Paul Ereng vs. Seb Coe - Men's 800m - 1989 Cologne Grand Prix
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- Grand Prix Track and Field Meet
Cologne, Germany
August 20, 1989
Men’s 800m Results:
1) Paul Ereng - 1:44.01
2) Jose-Luiz Barbosa - 1:44.45
3) Tom McKean - 1:44.89
4) Sebastian Coe - 1:45.13
5) Faouzi Lahbi - 1:45.62
6) Peter Braun - 1:45.98
7) Ocky Clark - 1:46.54
8) Bodo Kuhn - 1:47.88
David Patrick - DNF (400m in 50.2)
Watching Ereng run was a treat. What a character… so full of confidence.
Coe was spent as an 800m runner by now
Paul Ereng had a simply MASSIVE stride, the longest I've ever seen on any middle-distance runner.
Not as long as Alberto Juantorena's!
@@deano27671 Unfortunately, I never saw Juantorena compete in person. I saw Ereng win the U.S. collegiate championship in Eugene, Oregon, in June 1988. I was sitting at track level, and when I saw him bound past everyone with ease in the last 150m, I told the friend sitting next to me that Ereng would win in Seoul.
roger federer This was Coe’s first race since getting injured winning the AAA 1500 after almost falling. A week later Coe ran 1:43.3. Coe’s 88 season was going well and ended by the selectors 7 weeks before the Olympics. He still managed a 1:43.9 while recovering from bronchitis after the Trials, faster than Elliott managed all year! The length of time between that 1:43.9 and the Olympics was longer than the time between the AAA defeat by Elliott (and his 1:43.8 win in Oslo) and the LA medals in 84. Coe had proved twice before, and in less time, that he could come back from illness to reach a peak and win medals. That, together with 2 wins over Ereng, is enough for me to believe he would have won medals (notwithstanding injuries) in Seoul.
@@deano27671 key for not selecting him (Crabb was i think) in '88 was his last race in Rieti where he was well beaten by Di Napoli, posting 3:35.7 with atrocious last 300 in 43 secs. at his best, he was capable of sub-40 off this pace. Hardly a threat in Seoul, though his '89 campaign was nearly great. watched him live in Belgrade early in the season where he dominantly won both 800/1500m at European clubs championships. Ereng was great in '89, too, but not much more after that.
@@soulyrasheed to be fair to Coe, he still hadn’t fully recovered from the chest infection that hampered him at the trials 3 weeks earlier. He still had about a month in which to recover and train before the Olympics. He had also beaten Ereng twice over 800m in 88 before the chest infection and ran faster than Elliott managed all year over 800m after the chest infection.
Seb Coe fastest ever finish in 11.3 last 100m of a 800m.
Nobody has had Coe’s blistering finishing speed of 1979-84
at last someone that understands just how good seb coe was
Korir
Ereng wouldn’t touch Coe at his very best. By 1989 he was all but done at 800m
@@deangarratt4965 exactly your right 👍
Perhaps so. It's just a pity he couldn't put it to optimum use and secure a major global gold over the distance during that period.
В 1989 Эренг убедительно доказал что его олимпийская победа не была случайной Его финишный спурт вызывает восхищение!
I timed Ereng's last lap here at around 51.3, which is pretty astounding given the finishing time. Anyone have a more accurate time for his second lap?
He will live to be remembered in the 800m athletics history. He explodes at the end like a super human
a great runner in deed and an alumni of Starehe Boys. I think he won the Olympics while still in high school.
That last 100 from Ereng. I've never seen anything like that before. It's looks like he didn't even know he'd crossed the line
COE would have pissed on this lot back in the day and guess what??? COE RAN 1:43 ,3 just a few days after this,,,, nearly 33 YEARS OLD !!!!!!!!! IN HIS LAST YEAR OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION,,,???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like Coe. I hope to shake his hand in an IAAF Masters Meet if he is around. But this is Ereng's day. I like Paul's tactical style. 😎🇵🇭💐
@@joeysarmiento1925 huh,,, with this WORLD KILLER VIRUS,NO OLYMPICS FOR A YEAR, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE SHAKING HANDS WITH ANYONE I'M VERY, VERY SORRY TO SAY!!!!!!! CHIN UP,,,YOU WILL GET TO SHAKE HIS HAND,,,WE WILL BEAT THIS VIRUS =AND THE 2021 OLYMPICS IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!-YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coe was the best
How bout this latest 2024 Olympics 800, the top 4 under 1:42!
Ereng it doesn't matter which way you run. The result is always the same..... loved that statement
Sebastian coe would have pissed all over ereng in his day and still ran 1:43 '3 in 1989!!!!!! Ereng had his day in 1988 / an indoor record (FANTASTIC) and by 1991 was GONE!!!!! NEVER GOT NEAR SEBS WORLD OUTDOOR RECORD' '' 'BUT HE WAS AN AWESOME RUNNER!!!!!! OLYMPIC CHAMPION,,, WELL DONE!!!!!!
Yes but sad to watch such a legend lose when he was undoubtedly over the hill..
@@stevebbuk over the hill,,,and still was chosen to represent Britain in the world cup later that year over 1500m in Barcelona...BILE cutting INTO COES lane just as he was UNDOUBTEDLY capable of winning....coe was over the hill....but still caused WORLD champions to CUT him up in races ISN'T THAT SO ABDI(CATED) BILE !!!!!!!!!!!!! SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED!!!!!!!!!!!
@@simonedwards5564 I think Bile would of won on that day anyway. Coe lost his zip by 1989. 86 was good for him, 87 injured, 88 No olympics, 89 his last come back year and he did well at 33. 90 it was all over for him at 34 years old
Love Ereng, but shocking camerawork to focus on leader for so long.
That Ering really didn't have much of a kick, did he.
Coe was well past his best by this date
i am sorry but seb coe was well past his best in this race, he was 33 , paul ereng was at his best and so was tom mckeng imagine seb coe in 1981 first lap 49.5 second lap 51;7 last 100m 11.3 no one else on the planet could compet with this
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Ereng....... i don't think he was human.
The world's greatest 800m runner.
Beat all the so-called greats at the time.
Aouita, Coe, Ovett et al
Coe was 33 years old , if the race had been a decade earlier between these I suspect the result would have been different
@@darrenshaw767 Yes, a decade earlier Paul Ereng was 13 years old.
@@cerjat exactly, that’s why Coe would have won 👍
Idiotic post
Joking aren't you, Coe and Ovett would have destroyed this lumbering fella in their heyday. If he was that great then he'd have smashed the world record but he didn't, says it all.
questi non avrebbero nessuna fortuna contro il grandissimo Sembastian ' se non c'e'rano le lepri
Oboedoeboe
Ereng may never have held the world 800 meters record, but he was the greatest 800 meters runner I ever saw. He could out kick anyone.
Coe and Kipketer were better.