Remember the race very well and an equally good one in the Athens Olympics a year later where the Moroccan prevailed there having already won the 1500m there.
This was Eluid Kipchoge's first ever biig win on a world stage. 15 years later, tomorrow, he is going to shatter the world record in marathon at Berlin. Officially, the king of marathon!
@@carlmorrow1600 Richard Limo - World 5000m Champion at Edmonton in 2001 and Tadesse - World Cross Country Champion 2007 and 5 x World Half Marathon Champion from 2006 - 2012!
Eliud Kipchoge was truly destined for greatness...winning this race when only aged 18 against great athletes like Hicham El Guerroug and Kenenisa Bekele was incredible and marked the beginning of his real climb to the top that has culminated in him being the greatest marathoner ever and the first to clock under 2hrs.
This is the race I love to watch. You never get to know who wins it until the last second, no matter who you are cheering for you will have your a heart attack until they finish it.
Hicham El Guerrouj is a legend best of all times record holder of 3 distances till now unbelievable and one of two in history who got 2 gold medals in same Olympic Games can’t talk about a certain distances without mentioning his name Amazing 🤩
The foundation of Kipchoge is deep and disciplined. The man has grown from strength to strength for nearly two decades. Well done Kip, you make Kenya proud. For the race, it was an African affair
Kipchoge has a real chance of producing a fairy tale ending in Paris. Paris was the location where he burst onto the scene and defeated both prime Bekele and prime El G. Will Paris be once more be the scene, where he exits the stage in a glorious fashion?
That slow motion replay of kipchoges run down the home straight really shows what potential he had to be a distance running great,, at 18 yrs but going hard against two greats of distance running, that sprint was a massive burn up and he was just willing his legs in the last few meters with grit and determination,, all hallmarks of his great mental strength which has been such an asset in his marathon career,, one of the all time great 5000m races and a deserving champion 👏
When I watched this race live, I could not believe Kipchopge was only 18. Yet here we are, an Olympic champion 18 years later. What I also failed to see was that Kipchoge had a clipped marathoner's stride while running sub-13:00 pace. Considering the competition, Paris 2003 5k is the greatest footrace ever filmed.
That race was the perfect lesson for Hicham to win the olympic medal a year later As 1500m runner attacking earlier in a 5000m race wasn't the good strategy
I' m a fan of all of these guys, 3 champs, 3 WR holders in 1500m, 5K/10K and Marathon. I have a theory watching them biomechanically: Bekele is a beast but he needed more abdominals to be faster in the last 80mt. He seems to be stronger to pull back terrain than rise up knees. He's not a 100m sprinter ok, but at that level you can't consider that high speed is needed to get first at photofinish... All greats btw.
@@panama8009 hilarous people tend to get offended by mo farah, maybe jealous? olympics double gold for 5k and 10k twice and several championships golds are maybe a joke for these fanatics haha
The #3 guy, Bekele, at age 41 ran a 2:04 marathon this Sunday in Valencia beating among others the current simultaneous 5K/10K WR holder, an honor Bekele himself held for like 15 years until 2020.
It is an incredible phenomenon to watch these brave runners showing their great potential. I didn't see Kenenisa losing a gold. Now I know. Very amazing how Kenenisa became world record holder in both 5k & 10k from 2004 till 2020 & winning the gold medal in both the 5k & 10k at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Hats off for the braves!
I love seeing Kipchoge disapproving commentator who usually have preformed judgement on some of the athletes. Kipchoge wins against all odds and against commentator's profiling of their favourite athlete whom they waste time giving them a "face" the whole race Kudos Kenyan boy, Kipchoge
KIPCHOGE..a hard-working Young man who broke the Ethiopian pride on track and has since then proved God can raise the humble over the high and mighty by reigning supreme over Bekele on the roads. Nobody imagined in this race Kip could beat the Bekele leave alone the Moroccan. Live long Kip. Abandance of blessings. Enjoy your hard earned livelihood! Bekele, you too has made EA proud and the unrelenting Gebreselasie. Kenya, Ethiopia, you bring the best out of each other and we shall be forever, the EA brothers NOT RIVALS.
certainly one the all-time great 5000 meters. Bekele had to go around the outside in the stretch on the last lap and that cost him maybe a second or two. El Guerrouj was a sportsman of the highest caliber, offering his hand in congratulations to the young Eliud Kipchoge. Who would have predicted that Kipchoge and Bekele would eventually be the greatest marathon runners of the present time?
15 ans plus tard, en 2018 Eliud Kipchoge est le détenteur de la meilleure performance mondiale de tous les temps sur marathon. Incroyable mais vrai ! Les perfs ne veulent plus rien dire mais c'est le spectacle qui prime ! 2H01 c'est humainement impossible même pour un super kenyan à la génétique parfaite disons...
EXCELENTE DISPUTA entre tres grandes corredores. Asi se rompen los records. Muy buenos MARROCO, KENYA y ETIOPIA,. FANTASTICOS. Bravo.. EXCELENCIA de EXCELENCIA. viva EL OLIMPISMO.
Kenenisa has the best sprint in long distance runner. He was young and inexperienced here. Had he pushed the pace from the start no way they would keep up with him. Just like bejing 2008 olympics. Still kipchoge and El guerrouij did amazing here
Eliud Kipchoge, Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele. Three of the greatest of all time.
i wonder how Mo would have fared against those 3.....not well i would imagine
Remember the race very well and an equally good one in the Athens Olympics a year later where the Moroccan prevailed there having already won the 1500m there.
Mo is a sit-n-kicker. Can't handle fast paces like this.
Also, all three ran faster in the race than Mo's all time personal best.
The days when long distance track men was worth watching. Now it’s all sit and kickers.
In my opinion the greatest 5k of all time. The three fastest distance runners of all time in one race.
The 2008 Beijing Olympics is my favorite both the womens and mens
The 5000 in 2004 was even better gotta see that one unforgettable with same great runners but Oh My God what a speed last 800 m was unbelievable!🤩
Damn. An 18 year old Eliud Kipchoge outkicking 2 of the greatest of all time, before becoming one himself. What an awesome race.
That was an amazing race! 20 years later and Kipchoge is still a BADASS!!!!
This was Eluid Kipchoge's first ever biig win on a world stage. 15 years later, tomorrow, he is going to shatter the world record in marathon at Berlin. Officially, the king of marathon!
Job done mate
you did foresee it.
Clearly you’re some sort of prophet 😉
NO it was not. He had won the same race some years before this.
Your prophesy came true
a race with 5 world champions! Jesus Christ, the level of talent. watching this made my lungs hurt
Who are the other 2?
Limo and Tadesse.
@@tommytempo1 in what events?
@@carlmorrow1600 Richard Limo - World 5000m Champion at Edmonton in 2001 and Tadesse - World Cross Country Champion 2007 and 5 x World Half Marathon Champion from 2006 - 2012!
The best comment on this race bar none!
And Eliud Kipchoge is still racing 20 years later. Now, he's the greatest marathoner of all time. What a career he's had
One year later and Hicham El Guerrouj beats both Kipchoge and Bekele at the same distance in the Athens Olympics 👊🏼🏃🏽
Saad El And only the second person ever to complete the 1500 and 5000 double in the Olympics.
Doesn’t matter, Africa wins in this race!
@@onyx2k206 very true brother 💪💪
17 years later.. bekele and kipchoge ran 2 best marathon of all times
@@onyx2k206 Agreed! Top 4 athletes in this race were all Africans and all ran under 13:00 minutes... incredible
This race had the greatest middle distance runner, distance runner, half marathon runner & greatest marathon runner !
The Athens Olympic race was so far better !!!
It's funny you say that. This was almost the exact same race as the Athens race. Great races nonetheless.
Literally every WR, for Olympic Events, from 1500m-Marathon
Yes. Won’t happen again!!
@@ethanennis8 except the half marathon
Eliud Kipchoge was truly destined for greatness...winning this race when only aged 18 against great athletes like Hicham El Guerroug and Kenenisa Bekele was incredible and marked the beginning of his real climb to the top that has culminated in him being the greatest marathoner ever and the first to clock under 2hrs.
just one thing...18 in africa is 23 in fact lmao
Can we take into consideration that Eluid Kipchoge was 18 years old!! Hicham El Guerrouj and Kenenisa Bekele are AMAZING
This is the race I love to watch. You never get to know who wins it until the last second, no matter who you are cheering for you will have your a heart attack until they finish it.
Hicham El Guerrouj is a legend best of all times record holder of 3 distances till now unbelievable and one of two in history who got 2 gold medals in same Olympic Games can’t talk about a certain distances without mentioning his name Amazing 🤩
Who could have imagined back then that Kipchoge would be the GOAT in the marathon 15 years later.
I did. He is a fighter, he ran sub 2hrs Marathon.
THE GOAT!
Samir Lakhouiri not quite he ran 2 hours 25 seconds, FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
top 3 all wolrd record holders
Just wait for Bekele's comeback
The foundation of Kipchoge is deep and disciplined. The man has grown from strength to strength for nearly two decades. Well done Kip, you make Kenya proud. For the race, it was an African affair
They ran a 1:52 last 800. Kipchope at 18 sensational and no wonder he would become the greatest marathoner of all time.
28 may be not 18
@@dr.mohamedaitnouh4501 nah 18
@@dr.mohamedaitnouh4501 he was 18
@@dr.mohamedaitnouh4501 he was 18
Dang, E.G.’s got class. Always the first to congratulate his opponents. Wonderful example in victory and defeat.
In a few hours, GOAT Eliud Kipchoge is gonna achieve running's equivalent of landing on the moon.
Mike Mwangi 1:59:40:2
Was right
This race was a work of art
This commentary was disgustingly hideous. Why couldnt they get a better commentator for such a great race...
Gotta see the 2004 Athens one with same great runners but higher speed especially in last 800 m unbelievable 🤩
Kipchoge has a real chance of producing a fairy tale ending in Paris. Paris was the location where he burst onto the scene and defeated both prime Bekele and prime El G. Will Paris be once more be the scene, where he exits the stage in a glorious fashion?
Some of the greatest names in the sport in this race.....epic
الزمن الذهبي لتخصص 1500 و 5000 متر على مر العصور...
Hicham El garouj is the best runner at 1500 m and comes second at 5000m that is very impressive.realy awsome
Doesn't matter who wins, i can see bekele running for hour
So graceful so smooth
Kicking his own butts on each stride
😂😂😂
people keep talking about mo farah, my friends mo farah wouldnt make the top 5 in that era...
Truth has been spoken
Probably not top 10 either. These guys r almost all 12:50 or less as PB
It’s the way Mo Farah raced. He was very tactical on the track, he worried about placing, not time.
FACTS
4th place for him
That slow motion replay of kipchoges run down the home straight really shows what potential he had to be a distance running great,, at 18 yrs but going hard against two greats of distance running, that sprint was a massive burn up and he was just willing his legs in the last few meters with grit and determination,, all hallmarks of his great mental strength which has been such an asset in his marathon career,, one of the all time great 5000m races and a deserving champion 👏
When I watched this race live, I could not believe Kipchopge was only 18. Yet here we are, an Olympic champion 18 years later. What I also failed to see was that Kipchoge had a clipped marathoner's stride while running sub-13:00 pace. Considering the competition, Paris 2003 5k is the greatest footrace ever filmed.
That race was the perfect lesson for Hicham to win the olympic medal a year later
As 1500m runner attacking earlier in a 5000m race wasn't the good strategy
Now Kipchoge has a world record like El Guerrouj and Bekele!
Eric Perez no
khafier France ummm, well, he does....
Yeah buy time people know the reality of some final races they watch. 5000m Olympics was the 5000 race of the centry
What a beast El Guerrouj. 🇲🇦
Specially the 2004 one 🥇🥇
Wow! That's the best 5k I've ever seen!
Watch 2004 in olympic games
@@user-kx1ce6ot1o this one is better even though hicham lost
Three GOATS
here
1- KEN 2-MOR 3-ETH
& in 2004
1-MOR 2-ETH 3-KEN
I' m a fan of all of these guys, 3 champs, 3 WR holders in 1500m, 5K/10K and Marathon.
I have a theory watching them biomechanically: Bekele is a beast but he needed more abdominals to be faster in the last 80mt. He seems to be stronger to pull back terrain than rise up knees. He's not a 100m sprinter ok, but at that level you can't consider that high speed is needed to get first at photofinish... All greats btw.
John Kibowen of Kenya ran 12:54 and still came fourth. Perhaps the greatest 4th place finish in 5000m in World Championship history.
Yeah top 4 all under 13 minutes in a race is incredible
Agreed
Mo Farah would get dusted..
@@panama8009 hilarous people tend to get offended by mo farah, maybe jealous? olympics double gold for 5k and 10k twice and several championships golds are maybe a joke for these fanatics haha
The #3 guy, Bekele, at age 41 ran a 2:04 marathon this Sunday in Valencia beating among others the current simultaneous 5K/10K WR holder, an honor Bekele himself held for like 15 years until 2020.
Kenenisa made the race what an athlete
15 years later, marathon world record also his. What a man!!!
Kipchoge at 18 shows you how talented he is
The best middle distance runner of all time 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
احسن عداء في العالم
Thanks for this. Incredible race with so many champions
The commentators then make it even more beautiful to watch..wow! what a race!
Undoubtedly the greatest junior track performance of all time! Kipchoge was 18 and beats all the legends!
Kenenisa’s Berlin marathon 2019 performance reminded me of this...
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It is an incredible phenomenon to watch these brave runners showing their great potential.
I didn't see Kenenisa losing a gold. Now I know.
Very amazing how Kenenisa became world record holder in both 5k & 10k from 2004 till 2020 & winning the gold medal in both the 5k & 10k at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Hats off for the braves!
سباق الوطنية في القلب
One of track's greatest ever races!
When all legends are in same race .♥️♥️
El guerrouj is dominating the 1500m to 3000m but the 5000m is just as an addition from him, he is the best middle distance runner of all time
I agree he's a beast. My African brother. :) Moroccan!
@@blazeofficial6292❤❤❤
I love seeing Kipchoge disapproving commentator who usually have preformed judgement on some of the athletes. Kipchoge wins against all odds and against commentator's profiling of their favourite athlete whom they waste time giving them a "face" the whole race
Kudos Kenyan boy, Kipchoge
Now Kipchoge is the greatest Marathon runner of all time with consistent wins in a row
and he destroys the marathon record today, amazing
2004 the olympique champion of 5000 m and 1500 the king Forever Hicham ELguerrouj 🏆🎊🎉
This 3 guys ! Was the Best Runners for me Of All Time.
Are we not forgetting the great Haile Gebreselassie?
A phalanx of African runners they are unbelievable
What an amazing group of champions. Just being in the last place of this race would be an honor.
The greatest miler, 5000/10000m runner, and the greatest marathoner 🤯
Kipchoge won the race, but Bekele made the race
ثلاث أساطير ،بيكيلي له رقم 10000 وفاز ببطولة العالم هشام له رقم 1500 وفاز ببطولة العالم ،كبشوك بطل العالم 5000 أي اختصاصه ،هذه ملحمة
16 years later and Kipchoge becomes the best of the best...
Merci beaucoup hicham pour les moments de bonheur normal Maroc1😀
Oui c'est vrai, il nous à fait vibrer depuis 1996 mais à 2004 j'avais 7ans 🥇😀👻
KIPCHOGE..a hard-working Young man who broke the Ethiopian pride on track and has since then proved God can raise the humble over the high and mighty by reigning supreme over Bekele on the roads. Nobody imagined in this race Kip could beat the Bekele leave alone the Moroccan. Live long Kip. Abandance of blessings. Enjoy your hard earned livelihood! Bekele, you too has made EA proud and the unrelenting Gebreselasie. Kenya, Ethiopia, you bring the best out of each other and we shall be forever, the EA brothers NOT RIVALS.
To be the Junior and win this must have felt fantastic! Kudos to Kipchoge to win this in such company.
Hot damn.. That was a heck of a race... I had goosebumps that whole last lap..
certainly one the all-time great 5000 meters. Bekele had to go around the outside in the stretch on the last lap and that cost him maybe a second or two. El Guerrouj was a sportsman of the highest caliber, offering his hand in congratulations to the young Eliud Kipchoge. Who would have predicted that Kipchoge and Bekele would eventually be the greatest marathon runners of the present time?
The one and only hicham el guerrouj . what a field though with all those champions , a race to be remembered
Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco the Best rénine in 1500 m in the word .
15 ans plus tard, en 2018 Eliud Kipchoge est le détenteur de la meilleure performance mondiale de tous les temps sur marathon. Incroyable mais vrai ! Les perfs ne veulent plus rien dire mais c'est le spectacle qui prime ! 2H01 c'est humainement impossible même pour un super kenyan à la génétique parfaite disons...
Over 1 million views - wow!
tommytempo1 congratulations you deserve it dude
Beaucoup $$$$$$ for sure!!
No money made!
Three genius of the athletism in the same race... WOW!
EXCELENTE DISPUTA entre tres grandes corredores. Asi se rompen los records. Muy buenos MARROCO, KENYA y ETIOPIA,. FANTASTICOS. Bravo.. EXCELENCIA de EXCELENCIA. viva EL OLIMPISMO.
تحية لجميع ابطال المغرب 🇲🇦✌
That was one of the all time great races !
what a race! really impressive
All 3 are such great sportsmen. What a race this was
Espectacular, fabulosa carrera con los mejores del mundo y un remate increíble de Eliud Kipchoge.
Africans doing well 💕💕💕love from Ghana 🇬🇭
Kenenisa has the best sprint in long distance runner. He was young and inexperienced here. Had he pushed the pace from the start no way they would keep up with him. Just like bejing 2008 olympics. Still kipchoge and El guerrouij did amazing here
Eliud Kipchoge !!!!! ahora es el mejor en Marathon ...INCREIBLE !!!!
Fantastic race!!And really brave of the Moraccan runner to take the race on..
A year after , in 2004 Olympics , same 3 were there but in defrent order, the Moroccan got the gold
What a beautiful race. Love it!
10:34 dude he looked so happy and excited to shake Hicham's hand lmao
Because Hicham is a legend. Kipchoge was still a child when El G was breaking WRs. He probably idolized him.
During the past 3 decades greatness has always been present on the track. (at every level)
Fantastic! Chokes me up
المغاربة و أجرك على الله
What a legendary race
So great these guys.
Let's not forget that it was Hisham's first participation in the 5000 meter race❤❤
Todos estrellas en su tiempo. Excelentes atletas, muy dedicados
2018 n still watching
After one year hicham el gerrrouj won gold medal Olympic in 1500 and 5k. Best middle distance runner ever! Absolutely Legend hicham el gerrouj
What an incredible race! Awesome! Great runners all!
What a runner is El guerrouj. Effortless running action .And what a race
الاسطورة التي لن تتكرر هشام الكروج morocco
15 years later.
Gracias por tanto, Kipcho!!!!
ÉLITE
Kipchoge,
Seul,
Contre Tous,
RESPECT,
what a race love you runners.
That Moroccan just doesn't quit.
One of the greatest races ever but s real champion always prevails
el guerrouj the resurrection and earthquake that shake the world of athletism.Thank u sir
Such a Great Race.