It is so inspiring and wonderful to see him at the height of his powers! He ran those last 6 laps or so all alone and had to make up time! Yes, 3:59 for the last mile? ASTONISHING! The greatest runner ever and a great man. I saw him in Boston indoors a few years ago when he ran the fastest 3000 on U.S. soil and I cried like a baby.
@@ahmedahmed-rr2wp I cried because the joy was overflowing in and around the track -- many Ethiopians making joyful noise and Haile Gebrselassie beaming with his joyous smile.
@ 7:15. Imagine if that other runner hadn't moved slightly out of the way for Haile in the inner lane. It's the little things like this that could determine a WR or not!
He is breaking the world record for the fourth time in the 5,000m (Henglo 1994, Zurich 1995,1997 , and Helsinki 1998) after his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele broke the record at Hengelo in 2004, and still the record is held by Kenenisa for the last 15 years and counting..
Awesome run. Running a four minute mile at the end of a blistering first 3600 meters completely solo speaks to the brilliance of Gebreselassie as an athlete.
It just goe,s to show you how fantastic the two miles world record is because gebrselassie and bekele never ran under 8 minutes !!!!!!!! Komen did it twice and his 3000 will stand for many many years to come , fantastic athlete's !!!!!!!!!!!
The guy is simply the best, and I proved it right here. His pace setters dropped out early, and he was left running alone for the second half of the race. Running next to someone or behind someone is 100% easier than running alone, and yet he displayed comfortable strides the entire time (sorta). The announcers were totally writing him off, and he still pulled through.
I wanna see that video too, people seem to forget about Komen, he's the only to have run under 8 min on 2 miles, and he did it twice. plus neither El G, Haile or bekele has been able to beat 7'20'67 on 3000m, he is one of the greatest
This is beyond inspirational. Despite the commentator (might be Seb Coe not sure) doubting him the entire time he did it. Just goes to show, that even the best have their skeptics and critics. I understand the announcer was just doing his job and it did seem unlikely at the time to run that fast for the last 3 laps but... 3:59.36 for the last 4 laps...whoa. And years later he's still putting up scary times in the Marathon...you're amazing Geb.
@@Stacie45 ---fast forward---Daniel Komen's 2 sub 8:00 2miles & 7:55 3200! Sub 4 -1 mile is rather common now a days-over 500 Americans so far............Bekele runs sub 4 on his 3rd 5000 mile!!!
Does anyone have the video where Daniel Komen ran his 7:58 2 mile. I've wanted to see this for years and I have not found the video anywhere on the internet. If you have it can you please post it!!!!!
Does anyone know where I can watch Bekele's 5000 world record? I've searched youtube all up and down and the only vids I can find aren't enabled for the United States.
i done my first 5k yesterday for 8 years, well my first race for 8 years period. i was 16 then and a 800m runner, pb for that is 1.52 my time was 15,48 which i was very pleased with, gutted to come second. makes me want to get right bak into it. i was so tired though after, i cant belive he dont get annoyed being picked up at the end.
Even today, almost 20 years later, nobody is running close to that speed. Gebrselassie, Bekele, Komen and Tergat were all better than the 5000 runners of today. I don't know why.
+pukulu It's a strategic race. You can get some very slow paced races which tends to be the trend these days, when Farah won 10,000m at the Olympics in 2012 the lead pack did 5,000m in 12:50... which is about 20 seconds faster than second place in this race
I wouldn't accuse Bekele, Gebrselassie, Komen or Tergat of doping, although it's not out of the question. Just a couple weeks ago in the 2016 olympics Almaz Ayana ran a time so fast in the 10000 meters that suspicions were immediately aroused, but Cheruiyat's time in that race was also hard to believe. Genzebe Dibaba's coach was detained due to blood doping allegations and could not be in Rio de Janeiro, so it appears that blood doping is not yet a thing of the past.
the commentators said there was no way he was going to get the WR, even with one lap to go. That just proves that A RACE IS NEVER OVER UNTIL IT IS OVER!!!
@SMHS28 No one knows what kind of suffering he went through. I have no problem admitting I've never pushed myself this hard. And I think if we're all honest, we don't either. Hats off to Haile, tough as nails this man.
The truth is slowly coming out, now that people are finally realizing the E. Africans have been able to avoid all out of season testing for three decades, unlike everyone else in the world. Jama Aden, Gabriele Rosa, Jos Hermens (Geb's main man) and the rest are a bunch of vile turds, doping athletes to the gills. Geb was one of the filthiest cheats of all time, an incredible shame because he was so popular for so long. And now it turns out it was all a lie. He was just a great responder to EPO and other drugs.
Dear Bemo: With hard work and once-in-a-generation talent like his, Haile did not need to dope, not to mention the environmental factors such as having to run every day to school and having had unlimited access to altitude for most of his life time. You're a sad man who denies arguably the greatest runner in history.
@Cmastamega That would be great, except for one thing: the current world record is 12:37.35 by Kenenisa Bekele. 12:38.54 would be the 2nd fastest of all time.
11:54الصمود التحمل القوة الطموح هايلي للتاريخ أسطوره ماراح تتكرر🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦شوف الأرجل كيف كأنها تأخذ دائره كامله وتنزل ع الأرض عداء يستاهل الاحترام وتقدير هو الأفضل ع مر العصور
Yeah, Ritz has had a pretty good year this year with a whole new set of PBs- 5K, 10K, half marathon- a world bronze medal attached- and marathon (though ironically my neighbor took down his high school state meet record, 4:08.08 to 4:07.71 this year). I'm not sure how much more he'll improve, but his great breakthrough is an optimisitic sign for American distance running.
They do for some big races (i.e. Midwest Distance gala, one person usually takes the runners to halfway at 4 minute pace). Then again, this was a meet set up as a WR attempt by one man whose best time was over 25 seconds faster than the second best man.
Amazing how Haile made the commentator eat his own words, he kept saying that a sub-4 minute mile was beyond him, glad Haile proved him wrong and made history
Well, it depends. In high school, national record times are around mid to high 13's. Like I think for 2012, 13:58 or so was the national winning time for high school cross country by Edward Cheserek (spelling?), who is only a junior, going to be a senior this year.
@fungames2 because you don't see someone like gabresellasie that often. If you noticed, he was lapping everyone, which puts him at least a minute ahead. 13:41 is at least what everyone else was running
"Even if he runs a 60 here he would need a 57 second final lap and I think that's beyond him"..... And then that's exactly what he does:) Total announcer ownage!
I was there. The atmosphere in the stadium was an amazing. Everybody was makimg waves and cheering for Haile.
Oh so lucky
this is why hes my favorite of ALL TIME because he runs a sub 4 minute mile(3:59.26) in a 5k....
Last mile would have been slightly over 4 minutes as 1600m is not a mile
@@ffirstamendmentharrasers7399 you must be fun at parties
@@luispastor8089 hahahaa
Fluid, bouncy, long strides, mind-numbing cadence, sheer strength and endurance, and pure heart. Haile, you rock.
It is so inspiring and wonderful to see him at the height of his powers! He ran those last 6 laps or so all alone and had to make up time! Yes, 3:59 for the last mile? ASTONISHING! The greatest runner ever and a great man. I saw him in Boston indoors a few years ago when he ran the fastest 3000 on U.S. soil and I cried like a baby.
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@@ahmedahmed-rr2wp I cried because the joy was overflowing in and around the track -- many Ethiopians making joyful noise and Haile Gebrselassie beaming with his joyous smile.
That performance is just unbelievable. He makes me wanna go out on a track and do a few laps
Haile really pushed the limits to what was possible. Sub 12:40 in 1998 is just absurd. No fancy tech, no fancy shoes. GOAT!
An absolute legend, he will always be remembered as one of the greatest runners ever.
The GREATEST
YES The Greatest
Greatest I have ever seen. At all distances too. His attitude was a joy to watch. Big smile always.
Those British commentators are amazing, they enhance the enjoyment of the race.
Tim Hutchins is a great commentator
@ 7:15. Imagine if that other runner hadn't moved slightly out of the way for Haile in the inner lane. It's the little things like this that could determine a WR or not!
I know right!
He is breaking the world record for the fourth time in the 5,000m (Henglo 1994, Zurich 1995,1997 , and Helsinki 1998) after his compatriot Kenenisa Bekele broke the record at Hengelo in 2004, and still the record is held by Kenenisa for the last 15 years and counting..
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His courage is unbelieveable over the last mile!
OVER 15 MPH THE LAST MILE OF A 5K........UNREAL!
Most folk would struggle to keep up on a push bike.
Awesome run. Running a four minute mile at the end of a blistering first 3600 meters completely solo speaks to the brilliance of Gebreselassie as an athlete.
Finnish audience loves long-distance runners.
that's we
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PROUD TO BE ETHIOPIAN
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One of the greatest runs in history.
This man is at a whole other level. Just amazing. He sweats drops of glory.
In 2003, he ran 12:58 as a split for the second half of the World 10K, doing much of the pacing himself. Yeah, I'd think 12:50 is accurate enough.
He was so fucking good! Brilliant. He is a living legend!!!
No------he wasn't "so good" he still is SO GOOD--he ran 27:20 right before 40 yrs old & a 1:00:30 half marathon same year!!!!!!! One of a kind.
omg what a sprint finish!!!
It just goe,s to show you how fantastic the two miles world record is because gebrselassie and bekele never ran under 8 minutes !!!!!!!! Komen did it twice and his 3000 will stand for many many years to come , fantastic athlete's !!!!!!!!!!!
Unbelievable
el mas grande de todos los tiempos sin dudas
The guy is simply the best, and I proved it right here. His pace setters dropped out early, and he was left running alone for the second half of the race. Running next to someone or behind someone is 100% easier than running alone, and yet he displayed comfortable strides the entire time (sorta). The announcers were totally writing him off, and he still pulled through.
Great athlete really miss him
This is a very inspirational video!!! It goes to show what you can accomplish if you put your all and all into it.
Congratulations Haile! 👊💫✌️🙏
Haile Gebrselassie 1998 Helsinki 5000m WR 12:39.36 Part 2
I wanna see that video too, people seem to forget about Komen, he's the only to have run under 8 min on 2 miles, and he did it twice. plus neither El G, Haile or bekele has been able to beat 7'20'67 on 3000m, he is one of the greatest
maybe the greatest distance runner ever, though Kenenisa Bekele broke some of his records
العمر له دور ولكن يظل هايلي اسطوره لاتتكرر
Truly incredible last mile. Never seen a finisher like that.
What an amazing last 1600m. 3:58 and change
Woah, we were there cheering for Haile. So great a night!
This is beyond inspirational. Despite the commentator (might be Seb Coe not sure) doubting him the entire time he did it. Just goes to show, that even the best have their skeptics and critics. I understand the announcer was just doing his job and it did seem unlikely at the time to run that fast for the last 3 laps but... 3:59.36 for the last 4 laps...whoa. And years later he's still putting up scary times in the Marathon...you're amazing Geb.
these guys are incredibley fast. my fastest time is a 19:39 as a freshman in high school and im positive when im a senior ill be running in 16s or 15s
I'm sure your much faster now
Gebrselassie can set a world record in the 5000m and a marathon... Ridiculous!
IT'S ALL ENDURANCE AND STAMINA. The more you can endure the longer you can keep a high speed.
56,77 last lap... afther 11 and a half laps in 61 O_O
+alessandro quattrini Sub-4 for his last mile, less than 50 years after Roger Bannister broke 4 for the mile for the first time. Wow.
Big WOW.
Fantástico. The best running of the word
@@Stacie45 ---fast forward---Daniel Komen's 2 sub 8:00 2miles & 7:55 3200! Sub 4 -1 mile is rather common now a days-over 500 Americans so far............Bekele runs sub 4 on his 3rd 5000 mile!!!
But nobody faster than El Garrouj for a few years now.
Does anyone have the video where Daniel Komen ran his 7:58 2 mile. I've wanted to see this for years and I have not found the video anywhere on the internet. If you have it can you please post it!!!!!
this video makes every cross country runner look horrable and is so inspirational.
Does anyone know where I can watch Bekele's 5000 world record? I've searched youtube all up and down and the only vids I can find aren't enabled for the United States.
God's of running dweleth in East Africa. Hail Haile
damn, brought a tear to my eye.
that is so awesome. i can't ever imagine running one sub-4 minute mile...
i done my first 5k yesterday for 8 years, well my first race for 8 years period. i was 16 then and a 800m runner, pb for that is 1.52 my time was 15,48 which i was very pleased with, gutted to come second.
makes me want to get right bak into it.
i was so tired though after, i cant belive he dont get annoyed being picked up at the end.
MyAaga.
tu non sei nessuno.
sono entrambi grandissimi atleti di fronte ai quali dovremmo tutti inchinarci e ammirare l'enorme talento.
can someone tell me where I can see the 5000m Bejing Olympics 2009 video for Bekele winning? I have search all over the internet and cant find it?
Even today, almost 20 years later, nobody is running close to that speed. Gebrselassie, Bekele, Komen and Tergat were all better than the 5000 runners of today. I don't know why.
+pukulu It's a strategic race. You can get some very slow paced races which tends to be the trend these days, when Farah won 10,000m at the Olympics in 2012 the lead pack did 5,000m in 12:50... which is about 20 seconds faster than second place in this race
I wouldn't accuse Bekele, Gebrselassie, Komen or Tergat of doping, although it's not out of the question. Just a couple weeks ago in the 2016 olympics Almaz Ayana ran a time so fast in the 10000 meters that suspicions were immediately aroused, but Cheruiyat's time in that race was also hard to believe. Genzebe Dibaba's coach was detained due to blood doping allegations and could not be in Rio de Janeiro, so it appears that blood doping is not yet a thing of the past.
pukulu bro... you think 12:40 5k runners arnt doping? wtf is wrong with you. If you are running below 13:30 you are on epo 99.99% of the time
Flo-Jo is even worse at 30 yrs later for the 100m
pukulu agreed. Even Mo Farah (the best runner of this decade) is way off these times
His upper body is so stable that he looks like gliding
This was the last great record in 5000m in the 1990's after that came the Kenenisa récord in 2004 until today..!
Kenenisa is still the record holder
Haile has so much heart!
This is one record I thought would never be broken! The time is all most hard to wrap your brain around.
Well with the new shoe technology and wave light pacing system sadly
Bekele ran 12:37 in 2004
@mexsicansk8ter Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia holds the 5,000 m world record with a 12:37.35, which he ran on May 31, 2004.
I hope to be a 5k runner when im older, ive only being running 15 weeks and ive already gone sub twenty from 25 mins
Hey, what is your time now after 5 years?
@@klemenlendaro1917 7 years
This guy Haile is my inspiration in sports
is it even humanly possible. true inspiration.! what a legend!
the commentators said there was no way he was going to get the WR, even with one lap to go. That just proves that A RACE IS NEVER OVER UNTIL IT IS OVER!!!
Amazing Haile. But you can't take Kenenisa out of the picture.. 12:37.35 by Kenenisa Bekele
agreed but both are legends
Also, just think Bekele only had pacemakers for the first 2,000m (5min)
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Who CAN you take out of the picture? Geb, Tergat, Kenenese, Yifter, Rono, Ayana, Debabas, who?
run Caz fantastic names !!!!!
12:39.74 by Daniel Komen in Brussels only 9 days after Gebreselassie defeated him in Zurich with a WR of 12:41.xx.
@SMHS28 No one knows what kind of suffering he went through. I have no problem admitting I've never pushed myself this hard. And I think if we're all honest, we don't either. Hats off to Haile, tough as nails this man.
I like that he never used dope
How can you be sure?
The truth is slowly coming out, now that people are finally realizing the E. Africans have been able to avoid all out of season testing for three decades, unlike everyone else in the world. Jama Aden, Gabriele Rosa, Jos Hermens (Geb's main man) and the rest are a bunch of vile turds, doping athletes to the gills. Geb was one of the filthiest cheats of all time, an incredible shame because he was so popular for so long. And now it turns out it was all a lie. He was just a great responder to EPO and other drugs.
just like his successor Bekele...
where is your source?
Dear Bemo:
With hard work and once-in-a-generation talent like his, Haile did not need to dope, not to mention the environmental factors such as having to run every day to school and having had unlimited access to altitude for most of his life time.
You're a sad man who denies arguably the greatest runner in history.
Last 400 m.only 57 seconds.Fuc..ing amazing!
@Cmastamega That would be great, except for one thing: the current world record is 12:37.35 by Kenenisa Bekele. 12:38.54 would be the 2nd fastest of all time.
Unbelievable
The King ! Gebre is awesome and a pure runner
they said 2nd fastest at 1500m indoors, not 5000m...plus now he is the 2nd fastest 5000m because bekele has the WR at 12:37
11:54الصمود التحمل القوة الطموح هايلي للتاريخ أسطوره ماراح تتكرر🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦🇸🇦شوف الأرجل كيف كأنها تأخذ دائره كامله وتنزل ع الأرض عداء يستاهل الاحترام وتقدير
هو الأفضل ع مر العصور
@barchetta575m Bekele was on his own from 2000m out, so he was by himself for longer; splits for Bekele: 2:33-2:32-2:31-2:30-2:29.
Yeah, Ritz has had a pretty good year this year with a whole new set of PBs- 5K, 10K, half marathon- a world bronze medal attached- and marathon (though ironically my neighbor took down his high school state meet record, 4:08.08 to 4:07.71 this year).
I'm not sure how much more he'll improve, but his great breakthrough is an optimisitic sign for American distance running.
I have to start training for my last high school cross country season!! This seasons goal 18:30!!!
well? did you achieve it?
Lol ^
still waiting for a reply!
Yes we are all eager for your response
i can make you a running program from 5k to 21k
Greatest of all time
They do for some big races (i.e. Midwest Distance gala, one person usually takes the runners to halfway at 4 minute pace). Then again, this was a meet set up as a WR attempt by one man whose best time was over 25 seconds faster than the second best man.
It's crazy how someone this tiny outpaces runners with long legs
A showing of incredible courage. Any one who runs knows how much suffering he went through.
this guy makes me proud to be Ethiopian, he's the reason i started running.
Amazing how Haile made the commentator eat his own words, he kept saying that a sub-4 minute mile was beyond him, glad Haile proved him wrong and made history
14 degrees? Wow that's cold, he must of wanted to run faster to keep warm lol. He's amazing, 5k record and Marathon record.
The 5k was beaten by Kenenisa Bekele in 2004
daniel Komen ran 2 miles in sub 4 also both great athletes
How come the 2012 olympics they only ran 13:41++ when in 1998 they were running in the 12:5x???
What else is there to say? Simply stunning.
My fastest 5k is 16:21. This is just incredible!
Well, it depends. In high school, national record times are around mid to high 13's. Like I think for 2012, 13:58 or so was the national winning time for high school cross country by Edward Cheserek (spelling?), who is only a junior, going to be a senior this year.
3:59:36 for the last mile. Come on. That's not fair! Best ever
@fungames2 because you don't see someone like gabresellasie that often. If you noticed, he was lapping everyone, which puts him at least a minute ahead. 13:41 is at least what everyone else was running
If we can just watch Daniel, Haile, and bekele race during in their primes.
@bridiebooboocute The guy who dropped it is Haile's teammate from Ethiopia who was just pacing Haile to the wor
i remember sammy kipketer runnning 13 minutes flat at carlsbad. he did the the following year. no easy feat
Close to the peak of human physiology :)
Rogerio34567 the module of mechanical efficiency !!!!!!!!
What a great run with Haile Gebrselassie his a very good runner in this world I hope you can compete this comming olympic and win a lot of golds;
15:07 is still amazing for HS (state level time isnt it))?
Why does Haile poke the leader on the shoulder at 1:14? I would think that would be against the rules.
😂😂
This proves that anyone ahead of Haile is really just a pace setter!
Watching him run this world record looks so easy. But it is not
easy for him
I absolutely *love* this video.
"Even if he runs a 60 here he would need a 57 second final lap and I think that's beyond him"..... And then that's exactly what he does:) Total announcer ownage!
OMG! simply z best.proud of u HG
@wuhanclan well it is somewhat like sprinting. In the 2012 Olympics the marathon runners averaged 46 seconds per lap, the last 4 miles
I love how the commentators said he couldnt do it
2:27.5 last 1k is insane
Could pre ever imagined a time like this for 5k? he would appreciated this performance.
the annoucner said something about his fans fell or something like that at his 2000 world record indoor meet? did anyone catch that?