1999
52 Minutes
Olympic Games
Available, See Below
From the days of Thomas Burke, the first Olympic sprint champion in 1896, the fastest human beings on earth have captured the imagination of the public. Witness great performances by Frank Jarvis, Florence Griffith Joyner, Thomas Burke, Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Betty Robinson, Gail Devers, Fanny Blankers-Koen, Don Quarrie, Herb McKenley, Marita Koch, Marlies Goehr, Pietro Mennea, Irena Szewinska, and Valery Borzov. This is the first of three of this series all narrated by Andrew Sachs.
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