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Olympiad Series: The 1500 Meters

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1996
46 Minutes
Olympic Games
Available on VHS

This is the second half of tape two of the 1996 series with a running time of 46 minutes.

"The metric mile. No other Olympic event provides such an intensive test of strategy, speed and endurance. Featured in this Olympian look at the 1500 Meters for men are Finland's Paavo Nurmi, who won 9 gold medals in his Olympic career, Kip Keino's dramatic victory over Jim Ryun at Mexico City, Sebastian Coe's 1980 and 1984 victories, the only man to win the event twice, and the 1992 Barcelona winner Fermin Cacho of Spain who triumphantly won the race in front of his countrymen. These stories and many more capture the true drama of the premier race on the Olympic program."

Here are the athletes presented in this video:
  • Paavo Nurmi, Finland
  • Josef Barthel, Luxenbourg
  • Ron Delaney, Ireland
  • Herb Elliot, Australia
  • Peter Snell, New Zealand
  • Kip Keino, Kenya
  • Pekka Vasala, Finland
  • John Walker, New Zealand
  • Sebastian Coe, Great Britain
  • Peter Rono, Kenya
  • Fermin Cacho, Spain
· Olympic Games   · 1996   · Topics   · Bud Greenspan   · Middle Distance Running