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For many months, seven
words symbolized all the planning

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that would lead to this
hour, lead to this place.

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The seven words.

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The world is coming to Los Angeles.

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And so this day many thought would never
arrive, did in fact happen.

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At 4.30 in the afternoon of July 28,
1984, the world came to Los Angeles.

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For

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the second time in the
same century, Los Angeles

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and its Coliseum play
host to the Olympic Games.

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Ladies and gentlemen, a salute to the
nations of the 23rd Olympiad.

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The flags of 140 nations formed a giant
mosaic.

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They came from countries whose history is
centuries old.

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And they came from
newly formed nations,

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which just two decades
ago were not yet born.

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18 invited countries did not send aid.

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13 followed the lead of the Soviet Union,
in boycotting the Games.

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The entrance of the tall flags.

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The tall flags serve as the protectors of
the Antwerp flag.

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The five ringed Olympic symbol
presented to each Olympic

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city since the games were
held in Antwerp in 1920.

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The five interlocking
rings symbolized the joining

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in brotherhood of all
the nations of the world.

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Each nation represented
here today has at least

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one color of the rings
in its national flag.

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Bradley

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of Los Angeles
receives the flag from the

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president of the International
Olympic Committee.

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Juan Antonio Samaraj.

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Now

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the moment has arrived.

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Out of sight of the 92,000 spectators,
more than 7,000 young men and women.

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The finest athletes to come forth from
their native lands.

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Presenting the athletes of the Games of
the 23rd Olympiad.

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Greece.

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By tradition, Greece is the first nation.

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Since was the host city when the modern
Olympic Games were revived in 1896.

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Greece is one of four nations which has
competed in every Olympiad since 1896.

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The others, Australia, Great Britain,
Switzerland.

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262 men and women from Australia.

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During the parade of nations, there will
be strange contrasts.

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New countries like Bahrain, Djibouti,
Gambia, and Qatar wear their native dress.

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They rank equally with Brazil,
Egypt, India, Portugal, and Sweden.

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Countries whose history is centuries old.

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The second largest delegation.

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489 men and women from Canada.

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It is Canada's strongest team in Summer
Olympic history.

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People's Republic of China.

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The People's Republic of China.

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231 men and women.

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For China and historic moment.

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52 years ago, in the same arena,
they competed for the first time.

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They sent a single athlete.

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Now here in Los Angeles,
they will serve notice that

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they have emerged as an
athletic power of the world.

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Great Britain!

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The team from Great Britain.

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London hosted the fourth Olympiad in 1908
and the 14th in 1948.

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Although these games are
called the 23rd Olympiad of the

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modern era, they will only be
the 20th Olympi Games to be held.

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Three Olympic Games were cancelled because
of World Wars.

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Korea.

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The host nation for the 1988 Games in
Seoul.

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The 132 men and women of Romania.

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The only country of the Soviet-aligned
nations to accept an invitation to the Games.

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You go sloppy.

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You go sloppy.

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The host nation of the 1984 Winter
Olympics in Saraje.

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The last country before the host nation.

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The flag there, 44-year-old Ed Burke.

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A hammer-thrower who competed in the 1964
and 1968 Games.

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Now, 16 years later, he again makes the
American Olympic team.

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The United States did not compete in the
1980 Moscow Games.

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But among their athletes
are several gold medal

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winners from the
Montreal Olympics of 1976.

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One of them, Edwin Moses, the winner of
the 400-meter Hurrah's.

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For some spectators, there is a
remembrance of the past.

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52 years ago, in this same arena,
337 American athletes marched into the

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stadium as the host nation for the first
Los Angeles Olympic Games.

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Ladies and gentlemen, assembled before you
are the finest athletes in the world.

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The competitors in the Games of the 23rd
Olympian.

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President

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of the Los Angeles Olympic organizing
committee, Mr. Peter B.

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Uberong.

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For Peter Uberong, it is a day of special
celebration.

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It's been said, before you stand,
the finest group of young men and women,

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ever to assemble in the history of sport.

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As he speaks, one reporter types the lead
to his story.

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It reads, The athletic competitions are
still a day away.

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But the first gold medal has already been
won.

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It goes to Peter Uberong.

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Now Juan Antonio Samo Ranch, President of
the International Olympic Committee.

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The President of the United States of
America.

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President Ronald Reagan to proclaim the
Games of the 23rd Olympian.

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Los Angeles Open.

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God bless America.

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Celebrating the 23rd Olympian.

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Of the modern era, I declare open the
Olympic Games of Los Angeles.

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Carried

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into the stadium.

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Born by 11 men and women representing
America's Olympic heritage.

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Bruce Jenner.

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Wyoming Attias.

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Harry O'Brien.

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John Neighbor.

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A combined total of 10 gold medals.

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Bill Thorpe Jr. Billy Mills.

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Mack Robinson.

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Al Bauder.

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Winner of four successive gold medals in
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Winner of four diving gold medals.

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Dr. Sammy Lee.

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Two diving gold medals.

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And Richard Sandoval.

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A boxer unable to compete because of the
1980 boycott.

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2,500 birds are released.

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They symbolize the dubs of peace.

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The Olympic torch that
began its cross-country

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journey 82 days earlier
is carried into the stadium.

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At the 1968 Games in Mexico City.

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For the first time in history,
the final torch barrel was a woman after.

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Now, here in Los Angeles.

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Gina Hemphill, who started the cross-country
torch relay almost three months before.

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Hands off to Rayford Johnson.

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The winner of the 1960 Olympic Decathlon
in Rome.

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It's great to stop

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Rayford Johnson.

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Dave and Linda Morecroft
live with their family

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in Coventry, some 90
miles north of London.

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Dave Morecroft was born
here and today supervises

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sports programs for
the children of Coventry.

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Dave Morecroft is esteemed in Great
Britain.

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He is admired for his
devotion to children

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and for one magnificent
day in July of 1980.

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All around 15 years and
I've never seen more exciting

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than ever since I've ever
seen the business stadium.

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On this day in Oslo, Morecroft wins the
5,000 meters in world record time.

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Running the distance nearly six seconds
faster than anyone has before.

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28 years earlier, Roger
Banister became the

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first man to run the
mile under four minutes.

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Now Dave Morecroft has a
chance to become the first man

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in history to run the 5,000
meters under 13 minutes.

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He misses by less than
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breaks the world record
by more than five seconds.

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Though the Los Angeles
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Dave Morecroft's
performance is so impressive.

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He immediately becomes one of the favorites
to win the 5,000 meter Olympic gold medal.

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It is Thursday, August 9, 1984,
the Los Angeles Coliseum.

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In the two years since his
incredible world record run in

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Oslo, Dave Morecroft has
been beset with crippling injuries.

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He has not fully recovered
from a stress fracture

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of the leg, a debilitating
attack of hepatitis.

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And a pelvic disorder that on certain days
makes it impossible for him to run.

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Morecroft has advanced to
the semi-final after having a

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comparatively easy race the
day before in the qualifying round.

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The runners must circle the 400 meter
track 12 and a half times.

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In his semi-final this day, Morecroft
faces a difficult challenge.

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John Walker of New Zealand,
the 1976 Olympic 1500

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meter champion, who has
moved up to the 5,000 meters.

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And 23-year-old Saeed Oeda of Morocco.

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Oeda, number 622, wearing
the green shirt and red shorts,

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has run the second fastest
5,000 meters in history.

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Only four seconds slower than Morecroft's
world record time.

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Oeda has a superb competitive record.

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A few weeks before the games, he announced
he would run the 1500 meters, an event in

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which he has run the fastest time of the
year.

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Shortly before opening
day, he withdrew from

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the 1500, but remained
in the 5,000 meter race.

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With 200 meters left in his semi-final,
Morecroft has survived the test.

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He is running without pain.

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The Moroccan, Oeda,
leads Morecroft running

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on the inside, and John
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But this finish has little meaning.

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The first six men in each semi-final
qualify for the final.

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I felt comfortable in the semi-final,
but it is very difficult to tell exactly

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how the others are feeling, because you're
all trying to conserve energy,

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if you like, trying to run as easily as
you can, to qualify.

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And I was aware that a waiter and Walker
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quickly, but I was also aware that I felt
comfortable at that pace.

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It is two days later.

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More than 90,000 spectators await the
final of the 5,000 meters.

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Two of the spectators are Linda and Paul
Morecroft, Dave Morecroft's wife and son.

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I had spoken to Dave in
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and I asked how he fells,
and he said he felt fine.

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And the injury was playing him up,
but no more than usual.

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It wasn't until I actually saw him warming
up that I realised something was a miss.

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He seemed to be dragging his leg a little.

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It was very stiff, and it was obvious that
his pelvis had tilted again.

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At that point, I was particularly
thinking, should I be running?

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But I guess you're hoping for a miracle,
and I was trying my best to forget the

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fact that the warmup hadn't gone too well,
and the fact that within a couple of laps

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of the final, it might disappear,
and I might be running reasonably freely.

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The race begins.

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There are 14 finalists.

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Saeed Aweida of Morocco falls comfortably
into third place to ensure a fast pace.

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But for Dave Morecroft, there is anguish.

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He is in intense pain.

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Just a few seconds into the race.

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Morecroft is third from last.

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I was absolutely certain then that there
was no way I could keep with the pace.

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And there are a million different
emotions.

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There's an element of panic.

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There's disappointment.

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There's being scared that you won't
finish.

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Basically, all you're
trying to do is put one

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foot in front of another
as quickly as you can do.

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But you know that quickly is nowhere near
as quickly as the guys in front.

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After two laps, Dave Morecroft is in last
place.

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I still hoped he could get into the race.

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I still hoped that perhaps he could
salvage something.

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But by the fourth lap,
his injury was hurting

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him so much that he
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And I realised the pace was so fast that
he just couldn't get into the race.

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With seven laps to go and
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Dave Morecroft had
thoughts about his wife Linda.

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Watching from the stands.

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It was a very difficult situation for her
because she could do nothing about it.

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I knew that she'd watched me do training
sessions when things had gone badly.

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You know, knew what I was going through.

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I've never ever dropped out of a race yet.

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Mainly because I
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you've given yourself
an option for the future.

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But I must admit, I'd have been quite
happy if somebody dragged me off the track.

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Coming down the stretch with two laps to
go, six men are still in contention.

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Antonio Laitel of Portugal Leeds,
followed by Syed Oeda of Morocco.

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Marcus Riffle of Switzerland, third.

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Tim Hutchings, Great Britain, fourth.

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Followed by the two Kenyans, Paul
Kipkoyech, and Charles Cherriote.

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The fast pace has forced John Walker of
New Zealand to break off the challenge.

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All eyes are on the leaders.

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But for Dave and Linda Morecroft,
there is another race.

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A personal one.

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Pride.

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Pride, known only to them.

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More than 350 metres behind the leaders.

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Morecroft is in danger of being lapped.

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I felt like bursting into tears.

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In fact, I was sort of secretly hoping
that he would pull out.

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Because I just didn't want to sit and have
to watch him go further and further back.

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And I was praying that he wouldn't be
lapped.

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I thought, please, please don't let him be
lapped.

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Up front, there is one lap to go.

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Laitau of Portugal leads with Saeeda Wido
Morocco at his shoulder second.

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Marcus Riffle of Switzerland, in the
all-red uniform, is third.

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With 250 metres left, Saeeda Wido makes
his move.

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He passes Laitau of Portugal.

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On the outside, Marcus Riffle of
Switzerland also passes Laitau.

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Into the final turn, Ouita leads.

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30 metres in front.

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Dave Morecroft fears he will be lapped.

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An element of panic sets him because they
didn't want to look behind.

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I could frighten Riffle.

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Even to the point that
coming down the finishing

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state, I still got a
lap and a bit to go.

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I pulled out to the second
lane because I thought, if they're

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going to go past me, I don't
know what he's getting their way.

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Dave Morecroft gains his personal triumph.

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Saeeda Wido Morocco wins the Olympic gold
medal.

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Now that it is over, there is the
recognition of what has been done.

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Saeeda Wido becomes the first man to win a
gold medal for Morocco.

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And Dave Morecroft has completed his long,
painful journey with honour.

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On official time, it gives you a record
for Saeeda Wido.

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Saeeda Wido stands on the highest step of
the victory platform.

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Beside him, Marcus Riffle Switzerland,
silver medal, Antonio Laitau, bronze.

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The victory scoreboard records the first
eight finishes.

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In the upper right-hand corner,
the world record time of Dave Morecroft.

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A final honour and tribute to the
magnificent day two years earlier,

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when he ran the fastest 5,000 meters ever.

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This is the gymnasium
at Cal State University

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Los Angeles, the scene
of the judo competition.

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On this day, a dramatic story is coming to
its conclusion.

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A story which had its beginning seven
years earlier and 6,000 miles away.

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This is a dojo in Hiratsuka, Japan.

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Here students practice the
art of judo, a sport that was

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introduced to the Olympics
at the Tokyo Games of 1964.

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The sport began a little
over a century ago in Japan

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as a non-violent means of
recreation and self-defence.

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Translated judo means the gentle way.

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Pupils are taught a philosophy
that emphasizes strength,

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technique and concentration,
as opposed to violence.

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Judo players are told that yielding is
strength.

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Gentle turns away sturdy.

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Bend like a bamboo.

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Then strike back.

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This is Yasuhiro Yamashita,
perhaps the greatest

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judo player in the
history of the sport.

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Yamashita is a national hero in Japan.

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As the Los Angeles
Games approach, Yamashita

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has a winning streak
of 194 straight victories.

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Undefeated over the last seven years.

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During this period, he has won the
all-Japan judo championships eight times

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and the world championships three
successive times.

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His opponents consider him unbeatable.

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Judo experts consider him invincible.

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Standing five feet 11 inches and weighing
280 pounds, Yamashita has one more goal.

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I have wanted to win an Olympic gold medal
ever since I was a child.

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I was very disappointed
in 1980 when the boycott

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prevented me from competing
in the Moscow Olympics.

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I am also very sad because
there are many great champions

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who will not compete in Los
Angeles for the same reason.

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It is August 11th, 5 p.m.

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More than 4,000 spectators fill the arena
for the Open Division Judo Championship.

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Three Japanese have already won gold
medals in lower weight classes.

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Changes in Olympic
rules have prevented

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Yasuhiro Yamashita from
winning two gold medals.

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In the past, it was possible for a judo
player to compete in his weight division.

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And then attempt to win the Open Division,
regardless of his weight.

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Throughout his career,
Yamashita has been

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besieged with offers to
become a sumo wrestler.

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And by Japanese promoters to enter
professional wrestling.

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Offers that would have made him a wealthy
man.

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His reply, it is my lifetime desire to
become Olympic champion.

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Yamashita's first opponent, Lance Nokoli
of Senegal.

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During Yamashita's string of 194 successive
victories, he has scored 189 Ipons.

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The equivalent in judo to a knockout in
boxing or a pin in wrestling.

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So dominant is Yamashita in his sport.

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The question is, how
long will an opponent

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last, rather than whether
the opponent will win?

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Most of Yamashita's bouts are over in 30
seconds.

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Lance Nokoli of Senegal is defeated in 27
seconds.

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One hour later, Yamashita faces author
Schnabel of West Germany.

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Victory in judo can be scored in several
ways.

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The most spectacular, throwing an opponent
onto his back with great force and impetus.

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If the referee decides
that a throw is not of

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the highest quality,
the match will continue.

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Victory can also be scored by pinning an
opponent for 30 seconds.

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Or if an opponent surrenders voluntarily.

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Finally, the inevitable.

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Schnabel signals his surrender.

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As Yamashita leaves the mat, he is limping
and in pain.

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During my match with Schnabel,
I injured my right leg.

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It did not appear serious at the time.

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Nevertheless, I had to
focus all my concentration

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on my opponent
and the task at hand.

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As I left the arena, I knew my injury was
more serious than I had originally thought.

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At 6.45 in the evening, Yasuhiro Yamashita
steps onto the mat for the semi-final bout.

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His limp is more pronounced, and there is
concern in the Japanese camp.

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The injury to Yamashita's right leg is
certain to affect his speed and mobility.

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Yamashita's opponent, Laura Del Colombo of
France.

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Del Colombo attacks Yamashita's injured
leg.

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He throws Yamashita, but the referee rules
the mat should continue.

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Nevertheless, it is a rare moment in judo.

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Yamashita is in danger of losing.

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Yamashita throws Del Colombo.

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Again, the referee
signals the bout to continue

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because the throw was
not a behind as quantity.

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Yamashita has now taken control.

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He holds Del Colombo to the mat.

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Yamashita wins.

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Now the most important match of his
career.

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The one for the Olympic gold medal.

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He will meet Mohammed Rashwan of Egypt.

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Rashwan has won all three of his
preliminary bouts decisively.

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All three have ended in victory by an
Epon.

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In my semi-final, it was the first time I
ever thought I might lose.

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My opponent knew
of my injury, but in judo

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attacking an injury is
considered part of the sport.

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If my opponent was injured, I would not
change my strategy.

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Therefore, I prepared for a similar attack
in the final.

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Rashwan attacks the injured leg.

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So Yasuhiro Yamashita leaves the arena as
he had entered.

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An unblemished record extending over seven
years.

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198 successive victories.

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And so the long journey of Yasuhiro
Yamashita is over.

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And with it, the fulfillment of the
philosophy of judo.

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Yielding his strength.

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Gentle turns away sturdy.

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This is the Olympic Village on the campus
of the University of Southern California.

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Two of the most celebrated
people in the Olympic

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Village are Edwin Moses
and his wife Morella.

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Edwin Moses won the 400 meter
hurdle gold medal at the 1976

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Montreal Olympics and has
not been beaten in seven years.

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102 successive victories, including heats
and finals.

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Morella Moses will be in the stands during
his three days of competition as she has

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been for every race since their marriage
two years ago.

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Just before noon on Friday,
August 3, 28 year old Edwin

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Moses running easily
leads in his qualifying heat.

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For Edwin Moses, the two years leading to
the Olympic Games have been emotional ones.

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He could not compete in 1982 because of a
series of injuries.

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When he returned, each race had additional
significance.

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Each victory meant the
continuation of one of the

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longest winning streets
in track and field history.

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But now here in Los Angeles, there is even
greater inspiration for Edwin Moses.

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Several months before the Games,
his beloved father, who saw him win the

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gold medal in Montreal, died after a short
illness.

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Before he stepped onto the track this day,
Edwin Moses met with his wife and mother.

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He told them the next three races would be
dedicated to dad.

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The following day is the semi-final.

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Since the first four finishers
of each semi-final move

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to the final, qualifying
should be a mere formality.

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But Edwin Moses must
win again to extend his

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winning streak to
104 straight victories.

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In lane seven, second from the left,
his Trinnell Hawkins, Moses' teammate,

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who finished third in the Olympic trials.

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My semi-final was the toughest of the two
semi-finals.

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Two now Hawkins was second place behind me
and he ran a good time as well.

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After the semi-final was
over, then most of the

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work was done and it just
came down to one big day.

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Sunday, August 5th, 6.30 p.m.

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Two finals are scheduled within a half
hour.

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The first, the women's 100 meters.

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A half hour later, Edwin
Moses will step onto

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the track for the 400
meter hurdles final.

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Some kind of paint I'd never felt before.

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I was totally numb.

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My whole body was going numb from the
inside out and it's like somebody's

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putting this big stick through me and I
can hardly move.

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Actually, it started when the girls were
running the 100 meters and it was like,

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oh my god, a few more minutes is coming
out.

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I was just trying to, I think,
just trying to breathe.

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I was thinking about how people have
babies and what they do.

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They just started taking deep breaths and
stuff.

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So I was trying to relax myself by taking
a deep breath.

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And then you can see these
little trucks with the hurdles

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on the, stacked on top of
them, you know, come out.

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And all these little guys
with the yellow jackets

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are walking around and
it's such an eerie sight.

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And you know, there's no escape.

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You can't go anywhere.

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You know, you're
sitting right there in the

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middle of it and you
have to witness everything.

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It was the longest time.

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God, I don't know how long it was,
but it was too long.

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I had this big towel
with me that I took from

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the hotel and I was
just holding on to it.

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And when I saw everyone, I just,
I think I just started crying and holding

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on to this towel, it
seemed like this was the

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only thing that could
save me or help me at all.

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And I was so helpless because I couldn't
do anything for the poor guy.

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You know, there he was led to his
execution.

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And I was sitting there so helpless and I
had to witness the whole thing.

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I felt like in one of these old
movies where they go hang

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a guy and the girls in the
back crying and everything.

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I'm in a very tranquil state
and for me being out on the

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track with the hurdles there,
I was completely warmed up.

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After I ran a few hurdles and decided that
I was ready, there was really not too much

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else to do, but try to relax and that's
why I lay down on the track.

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It worked to my advantage.

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I'd like to get out there
and relax versus just

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go out on the track,
set your blocks and go.

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Edwin Moses' main opposition in the race
is expected to come from his teammate

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Danny Harris in lane four and Harold
Schmidt of West Germany in lane five.

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Schmidt was the last man to defeat Moses
seven years ago.

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Since the lanes are staggered,
both Harris and Schmidt

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will be able to observe Moses
throughout most of the race.

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But Moses will not be able to see that.

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I found out what lane assignment I was
going to have as I came out to the track

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to warm up because I don't
like to agonize over it the

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night before what lane
I'm in versus the other guys.

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When I saw that I had lane six,
it put me at a little bit of disadvantage

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because I could see no
one who was going to be

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a factor in the race and
they could all see me.

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Hundreds of photographers are masked at
the start.

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The clicking of their
cameras makes it difficult

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for the runners to hear
the command of the starter.

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I heard the cameras, they were closest to
me on the outside than anyone else,

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so my concentration was not there after
hearing those cameras.

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None of the eight runners is charged with
a false start.

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The people around me, they were really
nervous after that.

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They said, oh my god, what's going to
happen?

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And I said, hey, no big deal.

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I know that he does this all the time and
it's no problem.

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It just gives him an extra few minutes to
relax and I know in lane six he was real

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close to the cameras and I know that
that's what set him off.

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00:45:33,380 --> 00:45:37,020
Because of this outside lane, Moses wants
to take the lead early.

465
00:45:37,860 --> 00:45:40,400
After 50 meters, he is already in the
lead.

466
00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:45,220
The hurdles are approaching every three
and a half to four seconds during the race

467
00:45:45,221 --> 00:45:49,460
and I really don't have a long time to
think about it.

468
00:45:49,461 --> 00:45:54,500
And once we got into the turn, I felt
that I was going out away from the guys.

469
00:45:54,740 --> 00:45:58,820
I didn't think that anyone would take a
chance on being with me at that point.

470
00:46:00,620 --> 00:46:03,880
Edwin Moses leads,
followed by Harold Schmidt of

471
00:46:03,881 --> 00:46:06,681
West Germany and Danny
Harris of the United States.

472
00:46:18,530 --> 00:46:19,770
Edwin Moses first.

473
00:46:20,450 --> 00:46:22,290
Danny Harris, United States second.

474
00:46:22,790 --> 00:46:24,650
Harold Schmidt, West Germany third.

475
00:46:26,190 --> 00:46:28,770
This is how Morella Moses witnessed it.

476
00:46:29,330 --> 00:46:31,230
My hands are doing well.

477
00:46:31,430 --> 00:46:32,650
My hands are doing well.

478
00:46:55,850 --> 00:47:01,190
Sitting beside Morella Moses in the red
jacket, Dr. Primo Nebiolo, the president

479
00:47:01,191 --> 00:47:03,470
of the International Amateur Athletic
Federation.

480
00:47:04,450 --> 00:47:06,950
On the left, John Holt, General Secretary.

481
00:48:25,860 --> 00:48:27,900
I was like, what am I going to do?

482
00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:29,600
I know I wasn't allowed on the try.

483
00:48:29,601 --> 00:48:32,082
But then that there
was this guard right there

484
00:48:32,083 --> 00:48:34,120
who was watching
this little piece of gate.

485
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,020
I knew that he knew that I was going to
jump all of that thing any minute.

486
00:49:06,620 --> 00:49:08,720
Oh, God, I'm glad he's out.

487
00:49:08,980 --> 00:49:16,760
Oh, yeah, Dad.

488
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:58,420
This is

489
00:50:55,660 --> 00:50:59,680
the story of two American swimmers who
competed at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

490
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:07,201
One is 25-year-old Rowdy Gaines, world
record holder in the 100-meter freestyle.

491
00:51:07,820 --> 00:51:11,580
Gaines is considered by most too old and
past his prime.

492
00:51:13,340 --> 00:51:17,860
The other is 20-year-old John Moffatt,
world record holder in the 100-meter

493
00:51:17,861 --> 00:51:21,120
breaststroke, who has an opportunity to
win three gold medals.

494
00:51:23,140 --> 00:51:27,220
Since childhood, both Gaines and Moffatt
had dreams of hearing the star-spangled

495
00:51:27,221 --> 00:51:29,140
banner played in their honor at the
Olympics.

496
00:51:30,460 --> 00:51:35,800
Within 48 hours, both of them would have
the opportunity to fulfill their dreams.

497
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:46,777
At 10 o'clock on the morning
of July 29, 1984, John Moffatt

498
00:51:46,778 --> 00:51:49,800
prepared for the 7th heat of
the 100-meter breaststroke.

499
00:51:50,620 --> 00:51:54,400
One month earlier, he set the world record
in this event at the Olympic Trials,

500
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:57,680
defeating his longtime rival, Steve
Lundquist.

501
00:51:58,940 --> 00:52:01,420
John Moffatt became the favorite to win
the gold medal.

502
00:52:04,340 --> 00:52:07,480
Moffatt swam a magnificent
qualifying heat, breaking

503
00:52:07,481 --> 00:52:09,781
the Olympic record to
become the fastest qualifier.

504
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,980
But during the race, he severely tore a
leg muscle.

505
00:52:14,900 --> 00:52:16,780
It's just totally indescribable.

506
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:20,340
I can still bring back the feeling of what
had... it's just complete panic.

507
00:52:20,980 --> 00:52:25,760
I just remember walking away from the pool
and the crowd cheering, and they just said

508
00:52:25,761 --> 00:52:28,261
I broke the Olympic
record, and it just really

509
00:52:28,262 --> 00:52:31,201
wasn't the same because
I just felt like that was it.

510
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:33,874
Six hours later, John
Moffatt was in the

511
00:52:33,875 --> 00:52:37,361
competitor's tent, awaiting
the call for the final.

512
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:40,220
The preceding hours were the most tragic
of his life.

513
00:52:40,221 --> 00:52:43,660
I couldn't kick breaststroke at all, and I
told the coaches I wasn't going to swim.

514
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:46,305
They said, well, we
can go to the last resort,

515
00:52:46,306 --> 00:52:49,300
Nagas, to put some local
anesthetic into the muscle.

516
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:54,482
So I got the injection, I got
my leg wrapped with adhesive

517
00:52:54,483 --> 00:52:57,980
tape, just as tightly as
possible, and tried to warm up.

518
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:04,180
Steve Lundquist, former world record
holder, and the man John Moffatt defeated

519
00:53:04,181 --> 00:53:07,460
in the trials, now becomes the United
States main home.

520
00:53:07,461 --> 00:53:11,380
Steve and I were roommates, and the only
thing that I ever said to Steve was,

521
00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:15,740
my hopes were really dwindling,
and I just told him to win it for the U.S.

522
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:19,276
because I really didn't
think that I could do it,

523
00:53:19,277 --> 00:53:21,901
because it just was too
sore I could barely walk.

524
00:53:23,340 --> 00:53:24,920
The eight finalists line up.

525
00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:26,980
The pool is 50 meters long.

526
00:53:27,620 --> 00:53:29,100
They will swim up and back once.

527
00:53:30,780 --> 00:53:40,960
Take your heart.

528
00:53:45,810 --> 00:53:48,190
All eight men hit the water
simultaneously.

529
00:53:49,170 --> 00:53:52,110
After a few strokes, Steve Lundquist
inches ahead.

530
00:53:53,770 --> 00:53:57,510
Lundquist, second from the top,
is the clear leader at 25 meters.

531
00:53:58,070 --> 00:54:00,630
Moffatt, in lane four, is having trouble
with his kick.

532
00:54:01,390 --> 00:54:03,250
Lundquist is swimming at a world record
pace.

533
00:54:04,370 --> 00:54:07,150
Until Moffatt took the record away from
him in the Olympic trials.

534
00:54:07,990 --> 00:54:10,470
Lundquist had broken the mark four times
in two years.

535
00:54:11,610 --> 00:54:15,870
Lundquist makes the turn first, followed
by Victor Davis of Canada in lane seven.

536
00:54:16,570 --> 00:54:17,590
It is now a two-man race.

537
00:54:18,230 --> 00:54:19,530
Lundquist, second from the top.

538
00:54:19,850 --> 00:54:21,150
Davis, second from the bottom.

539
00:54:21,710 --> 00:54:25,010
Moffatt, in lane four, in the middle,
knows it is all over.

540
00:54:25,770 --> 00:54:28,010
I couldn't kick at all, it was really
tough.

541
00:54:28,270 --> 00:54:29,910
I wanted to at least somehow get a medal.

542
00:54:30,050 --> 00:54:32,289
I saw Steve and I knew
that there was really no

543
00:54:32,290 --> 00:54:34,811
chance to catch him
because he was so far ahead.

544
00:54:35,050 --> 00:54:38,190
With 20 meters left Lundquist,
second from the top leads.

545
00:54:38,191 --> 00:54:41,810
Victor Davis of Canada, second from the
bottom, trails by three feet.

546
00:54:42,250 --> 00:54:45,270
Incredibly, John Moffatt has moved into
fifth place.

547
00:54:54,240 --> 00:54:56,960
Steve Lundquist wins and sets a world
record.

548
00:54:57,720 --> 00:54:59,080
Victor Davis, Canada second.

549
00:54:59,860 --> 00:55:01,280
Peter Evans, Australia third.

550
00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:04,240
Adrian Moore, house, Great Britain fourth.

551
00:55:05,120 --> 00:55:07,020
John Moffatt, United States fifth.

552
00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:13,240
You know, I turned around hoping to at
least a medal because I didn't know.

553
00:55:13,241 --> 00:55:15,160
And then saw I got fifth.

554
00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:19,276
I just remember Steve
coming up and I don't

555
00:55:19,277 --> 00:55:21,660
remember anything he
said, but it was comforting.

556
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,840
And I was glad that he wasn't for the
United States at least.

557
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:30,380
Lundquist's victory earns him an
opportunity for a second gold medal.

558
00:55:31,420 --> 00:55:35,200
He will swim the breaststroke on the four
by one hundred medley relay team.

559
00:55:38,500 --> 00:55:41,122
Moffatt's injury is so
severe, he must withdraw

560
00:55:41,123 --> 00:55:43,241
from the two hundred
meter breaststroke.

561
00:55:45,380 --> 00:55:48,335
Though John Moffatt is
unable to swim, his story

562
00:55:48,336 --> 00:55:51,900
here at the Los Angeles
Olympic pool is not yet over.

563
00:55:57,650 --> 00:56:01,410
This is Little Gasparilla Island off the
Gulf Coast of Florida.

564
00:56:02,490 --> 00:56:03,490
Few people live here.

565
00:56:05,050 --> 00:56:10,870
One who finds tranquility in this place,
his Ambrose gains the fourth, rowdy gains.

566
00:56:11,550 --> 00:56:14,990
Though he travels the world, rowdy gains
always comes home.

567
00:56:15,510 --> 00:56:17,430
Home to Little Gasparilla.

568
00:56:18,110 --> 00:56:20,650
I like to come here and be by myself.

569
00:56:21,150 --> 00:56:22,150
I like to be alone.

570
00:56:22,630 --> 00:56:25,750
When I come to this place, it's like a
battery charge.

571
00:56:26,890 --> 00:56:27,710
And I'm like a battery.

572
00:56:27,830 --> 00:56:30,710
I've got to come back here to get it
charged up again.

573
00:56:31,750 --> 00:56:36,770
In 1980, rowdy gains was expected to win
four gold medals at the Moscow Games.

574
00:56:37,430 --> 00:56:39,310
But the boy caught prevented him from
competing.

575
00:56:39,710 --> 00:56:44,810
As the Los Angeles Olympics approached,
gains was 25, old for a swimmer.

576
00:56:45,350 --> 00:56:49,410
He qualified for the 100 meters,
but failed dismally in the 200 meters.

577
00:56:49,990 --> 00:56:52,728
Depressed about losing
his speed, rowdy gains had

578
00:56:52,729 --> 00:56:55,250
thoughts about giving
up his place on the team.

579
00:56:55,990 --> 00:57:02,110
I went through such a period of mental
depression because of my swimming.

580
00:57:03,230 --> 00:57:06,530
It was the first time in like six years I
hadn't improved on my times.

581
00:57:07,490 --> 00:57:11,970
A month before the Olympic Games,
still depressed, rowdy gains returned to

582
00:57:11,971 --> 00:57:14,570
Little Gasparilla, not knowing whether he
would swim.

583
00:57:15,470 --> 00:57:19,410
I was starting to believe that I was
washed up because of how old I was.

584
00:57:19,790 --> 00:57:22,898
Even after I made the team, it
was almost worse as I realized

585
00:57:22,899 --> 00:57:25,311
I was going to be the oldest
person on the swimming team.

586
00:57:26,610 --> 00:57:30,450
I started reading stories about how old
and washed up I was and everything.

587
00:57:30,750 --> 00:57:32,570
I almost tended to believe that myself.

588
00:57:43,270 --> 00:57:45,430
It is 4 10 p.m.

589
00:57:45,770 --> 00:57:47,090
Tuesday, July 31st.

590
00:57:47,470 --> 00:57:50,223
At the Olympic swimming pool,
Tiffany Cohn of the United States

591
00:57:50,224 --> 00:57:53,610
is receiving her gold medal for
winning the 400-meter freestyle.

592
00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:03,860
50 yards away in the competitor's tent,
rowdy gains is one of the eight finalists

593
00:58:03,861 --> 00:58:07,700
awaiting the call to the pool deck for the
100-meter freestyle final.

594
00:58:08,460 --> 00:58:10,360
He qualified in the third fastest time.

595
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:15,720
Alongside him, his teammate Mike Heath
with the second fastest qualifying time.

596
00:58:16,300 --> 00:58:18,280
Heath defeated gains in the Olympic
trials.

597
00:58:19,140 --> 00:58:23,560
The fastest qualifier, Mark Stockwell,
the Australian National Champion.

598
00:58:24,380 --> 00:58:27,194
I got beat at the Olympic
trials and it was the first time

599
00:58:27,195 --> 00:58:29,621
in what five years that nobody
thought I was going to win.

600
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:31,480
People say I choke.

601
00:58:31,960 --> 00:58:35,840
I was reading it so much and I was hearing
it so much that I started believing.

602
00:58:36,780 --> 00:58:40,205
Right before I swam,
I think I was just going

603
00:58:40,206 --> 00:58:43,700
through my whole career
over and over my mind.

604
00:58:45,080 --> 00:58:50,061
And I was just sitting there singing the
old Phil Collins song, I don't care anymore.

605
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:52,765
I was, I was singing that song
just to try to make me relax

606
00:58:52,766 --> 00:58:55,080
a little bit and try to take
a little pressure off me.

607
00:58:56,640 --> 00:59:00,251
Ladies and gentlemen, now
coming onto the deck from the

608
00:59:00,252 --> 00:59:04,220
competitors and friends are
the eight finalists in the men.

609
00:59:04,221 --> 00:59:06,360
100 meter freestyle.

610
00:59:15,510 --> 00:59:20,530
I remember walking out and the whole time
I'm thinking, can't wait.

611
00:59:20,710 --> 00:59:21,710
This is over with.

612
00:59:21,870 --> 00:59:23,350
I can't wait until this is over with.

613
00:59:23,470 --> 00:59:28,151
At the same time I had a
feeling of excitement because

614
00:59:28,152 --> 00:59:31,250
I've never ever swam before
a crowd like that before.

615
00:59:31,690 --> 00:59:32,690
They were all for us.

616
00:59:32,810 --> 00:59:36,830
It's a feeling that it's so hard to
describe because it made me feel so warm.

617
00:59:37,090 --> 00:59:39,190
It made me feel so proud to be an
American.

618
00:59:39,191 --> 00:59:40,290
Of Switzerland.

619
00:59:42,070 --> 00:59:45,498
In lane number three,
the world record holder,

620
00:59:45,499 --> 00:59:49,051
roundy gains of the
United States of America.

621
00:59:54,480 --> 00:59:59,340
In lane four, the leading qualifier,
his country's national record holder,

622
00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:01,620
Martin Stockwell of Australia.

623
01:00:07,780 --> 01:00:11,260
In lane five, Mike P of the United States.

624
01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,500
The lanes are determined by the finishing
time in the heat.

625
01:00:14,501 --> 01:00:17,080
The middle lanes are considered the best.

626
01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:19,520
Rowdy gains is in lane three.

627
01:00:20,100 --> 01:00:23,900
Mark Stockwell of Australia wearing the
yellow cap, swims the choice lane,

628
01:00:24,340 --> 01:00:25,340
lane four.

629
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:40,860
Rowdy gains hits the water first.

630
01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:43,080
His start is quickest of all the swimmers.

631
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:45,740
A low trajectory straight into the water.

632
01:00:46,420 --> 01:00:48,400
However, to some, it appears he beat the
gun.

633
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:53,020
Rowdy gains third from the top leads.

634
01:00:53,420 --> 01:00:55,020
Stockwell in lane four trades.

635
01:00:56,020 --> 01:01:00,080
In lane six, Swedish champion Parry
Johansson stays with the leaders.

636
01:01:03,660 --> 01:01:08,300
As they approach the halfway pointed 50
meters, Rowdy gains is in the lead.

637
01:01:10,940 --> 01:01:12,600
I remember flipping at the wall.

638
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:14,080
If it's field, I was in the lead.

639
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:16,720
But in 100 free, you can't look,
you look, you get beat.

640
01:01:17,420 --> 01:01:20,307
So I wasn't looking, but I
could feel the presence of the

641
01:01:20,308 --> 01:01:22,901
rest of the swimmers and I
could feel like I was in the lead.

642
01:01:24,800 --> 01:01:26,700
Gaines third from the top still leads.

643
01:01:27,260 --> 01:01:30,420
Stockwell alongside him in lane four,
trails by two feet.

644
01:01:31,100 --> 01:01:34,880
With 10 meters to go, Rowdy gains closest
to the camera still leads.

645
01:01:41,220 --> 01:01:43,300
Rowdy gains does not know he has won.

646
01:01:44,120 --> 01:01:46,800
I was thinking to myself, I don't want to
turn around.

647
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:48,320
I don't want to turn around.

648
01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:51,569
I was slowly turning
around and when I looked at

649
01:01:51,570 --> 01:01:54,101
the clock, I still didn't
want to look at my name.

650
01:01:55,460 --> 01:01:57,820
Rowdy gains the United States first.

651
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,300
Mark Stockwell of Australia wearing the
yellow cap second.

652
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:03,880
Perry Johansson, Sweden, third.

653
01:02:20,800 --> 01:02:22,740
Mark Stockwell of Australia is furious.

654
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:25,600
He believes he is the victim of a quick
start.

655
01:02:26,700 --> 01:02:28,940
Nevertheless, he congratulates the win.

656
01:02:46,570 --> 01:02:49,990
Two facts emerge when the controversial
start is replayed.

657
01:02:51,230 --> 01:02:53,410
Mark Stockwell of Australia wearing the
yellow cap.

658
01:02:53,890 --> 01:02:56,470
Was not fully in the set position when the
gun sounded.

659
01:02:58,210 --> 01:03:01,890
Equally important, Rowdy gains did not
beat the gun.

660
01:03:16,600 --> 01:03:17,600
He

661
01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:32,301
gains moves to the victory platform followed
by Mark Stockwell and Perry Johansson.

662
01:03:36,890 --> 01:03:40,730
At the competitor's tent, 50 meters away,
John Moffatt arrives.

663
01:03:41,810 --> 01:03:43,410
It is two days after his injury.

664
01:04:08,020 --> 01:04:11,401
Ladies and gentlemen, please
remain standing for the playing

665
01:04:11,402 --> 01:04:14,740
of the National Anthem of
the United States of America.

666
01:04:19,500 --> 01:04:24,000
Rowdy gains stands to attention as the
National Anthem is played in his honor.

667
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:35,500
John Moffatt slowly moves to the pool deck
to pay tribute to his friend Rowdy gains.

668
01:04:57,870 --> 01:05:02,010
Or Rowdy gains, it is a dream that has
taken eight years to be fulfilled.

669
01:05:09,980 --> 01:05:12,660
Or John Moffatt, an unfinished dream.

670
01:05:13,620 --> 01:05:17,100
The dream that one day the National Anthem
will be played for him.

671
01:05:40,170 --> 01:05:43,510
They walked into the arena like the
gladiators of old.

672
01:05:44,350 --> 01:05:47,690
26 men, strong, agile, fast.

673
01:05:48,490 --> 01:05:51,590
Throughout the next two days, they would
compete in ten events.

674
01:05:52,950 --> 01:05:56,535
The Decathlon, a grueling
test of strength, speed and

675
01:05:56,536 --> 01:05:59,230
stamina that would earn
one of them a coveted title.

676
01:06:00,350 --> 01:06:02,310
The finest, all-around athlete in the
world.

677
01:06:04,110 --> 01:06:07,950
Though many would make the attempt,
there were in reality but two.

678
01:06:09,410 --> 01:06:11,373
Daily Thompson of
Great Britain, who won the

679
01:06:11,374 --> 01:06:13,810
Olympic gold medal in
Moscow four years earlier.

680
01:06:14,550 --> 01:06:17,999
And Jurgen Hinksen of West
Germany, the world record holder

681
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:20,550
who did not compete in
Moscow because of the boycott.

682
01:06:22,150 --> 01:06:25,424
Four months before the
games they trained, trained to

683
01:06:25,425 --> 01:06:28,150
gain the extra strength and
speed that could mean victory.

684
01:06:29,510 --> 01:06:33,110
The extra inches of distance in throwing
and height in jumping.

685
01:06:33,830 --> 01:06:38,871
The infinitesimal fraction of a second in a
running event that would earn more points.

686
01:06:40,090 --> 01:06:44,010
For the Decathlon is a unique competition
in the Olympic program.

687
01:06:45,890 --> 01:06:48,202
The winner is decided
by the cumulative total

688
01:06:48,203 --> 01:06:51,411
of points earned in
each of the ten events.

689
01:06:51,590 --> 01:06:57,171
Winning an event is not as important as
improving your own best previous performance.

690
01:06:57,550 --> 01:07:00,862
In effect, the decathlete
is competing against

691
01:07:00,863 --> 01:07:04,051
himself rather than the
other men in the competition.

692
01:07:06,150 --> 01:07:08,790
Thompson and Hinksen are a study in
contrast.

693
01:07:09,490 --> 01:07:15,970
Daily Thompson, six feet, one inch tall,
190 pounds, age 26, outgoing, dedicated.

694
01:07:17,030 --> 01:07:20,170
His ultimate experience, the joy of the
competition.

695
01:07:21,850 --> 01:07:24,330
There's nothing that I enjoy more in my
life.

696
01:07:24,470 --> 01:07:29,130
I don't mean I don't enjoy all the kind of
the razz, metas and all that kind of stuff.

697
01:07:29,610 --> 01:07:33,310
I'm happiest when I'm with a couple of my
friends and at the track.

698
01:07:33,850 --> 01:07:36,230
That's where I feel most at home.

699
01:07:36,650 --> 01:07:38,999
And so obviously to
change that situation, if I don't

700
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:41,331
need to, I'm going to work
and all that kind of stuff.

701
01:07:41,370 --> 01:07:43,810
I don't think I'll try and put that one
off as long as I can.

702
01:07:45,210 --> 01:07:47,930
Jürgen Hinksen, he is called the German
Hercules.

703
01:07:48,950 --> 01:07:51,730
Six feet, seven inches tall, 215 pounds.

704
01:07:52,690 --> 01:07:54,521
The world record
holder with a mark that is

705
01:07:54,522 --> 01:07:57,731
55 points better than
Daily Thompson's best.

706
01:07:58,970 --> 01:08:01,850
For Jürgen Hinksen, however, there is one
important statistic.

707
01:08:02,890 --> 01:08:07,330
He has never defeated Daily Thompson in
five head to head confrontations.

708
01:08:08,950 --> 01:08:13,630
He's a great athlete and of course it's
very hard to be always second against him.

709
01:08:13,850 --> 01:08:14,850
But it keeps me going.

710
01:08:15,450 --> 01:08:20,630
I know that he's very strong and I know
that he's also very friendly and always

711
01:08:20,631 --> 01:08:24,010
tries a little bit funny and buddy-buddy
was everybody.

712
01:08:25,870 --> 01:08:27,610
And it doesn't bother me.

713
01:08:27,770 --> 01:08:30,070
I mean, I have my way and he has his way.

714
01:08:30,071 --> 01:08:33,110
And we both want the same thing.

715
01:08:34,170 --> 01:08:38,110
It is Wednesday morning, August 8th,
the Los Angeles Coliseum.

716
01:08:39,310 --> 01:08:41,770
The top athletes have been grouped
together in one section.

717
01:08:43,190 --> 01:08:48,551
Throughout the two days, Daily Thompson will
be competing against three West Germans.

718
01:08:48,950 --> 01:08:51,090
His main adversary, Jürgen Hinksen.

719
01:08:52,490 --> 01:08:54,810
The Siegfried Vents ranked third in the
competition.

720
01:08:55,730 --> 01:08:58,390
And former world record holder,
Gito Kratchmer.

721
01:09:01,470 --> 01:09:04,230
The first event, the 100 meters.

722
01:09:07,210 --> 01:09:09,150
Jürgen Hinksen is in lane two.

723
01:09:12,390 --> 01:09:14,970
Daily Thompson on the far outside in lane
eight.

724
01:09:35,990 --> 01:09:42,010
Daily Thompson first, Gito Kratchmer
second, Jürgen Hinksen third.

725
01:09:43,730 --> 01:09:47,750
Thompson's time is superb, equally in the
fastest he's ever run.

726
01:09:48,950 --> 01:09:52,070
Hinksen is well below the time he set
during his world record.

727
01:09:53,530 --> 01:09:58,090
At the end of the first event,
Thompson leads Hinksen by 122 points.

728
01:10:05,100 --> 01:10:07,600
The second event, the long jump.

729
01:10:34,460 --> 01:10:37,480
Hinksen leaps 25 feet, seven and one
quarter inches.

730
01:10:39,900 --> 01:10:41,040
A superb effort.

731
01:11:11,620 --> 01:11:15,780
Thompson responds with the longest jump in
Olympic Decathlon history.

732
01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:20,260
26 feet, three and a half inches.

733
01:11:20,900 --> 01:11:22,920
He earns 1,022 points.

734
01:11:23,700 --> 01:11:25,340
He gains another 42 points.

735
01:11:26,100 --> 01:11:28,960
And after two events, leads Hinksen by
164.

736
01:11:28,961 --> 01:11:41,350
At one best in the long jump,
eight meters after two events.

737
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:49,800
The third event, the shot put.

738
01:11:50,680 --> 01:11:52,620
Each man has three throws.

739
01:11:56,630 --> 01:12:00,550
Both Thompson and Hinksen turn in their
best efforts on their first attempt.

740
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,340
Thompson, 51 feet, seven inches.

741
01:12:31,900 --> 01:12:34,240
Only six inches less than Hinksen's throw.

742
01:12:34,241 --> 01:12:37,180
He still leads by 155 points.

743
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:45,420
Now the high jump.

744
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:50,000
A critical event for Hinksen if he is to
stay in contention for the gold medal.

745
01:12:51,740 --> 01:12:55,540
In the past, Hinksen has cleared seven
feet.

746
01:12:56,560 --> 01:12:58,360
Thompson has rarely reached that height.

747
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:08,058
As the early heights are
cleared by both men, Hinksen

748
01:13:08,059 --> 01:13:10,581
appears to be having
trouble with his right knee.

749
01:13:11,940 --> 01:13:15,540
Even in the warm-up already, I had a
problem with my knee with my right knee,

750
01:13:15,860 --> 01:13:16,860
my jump and foot.

751
01:13:17,480 --> 01:13:20,729
And then in the first
height, I came too close to

752
01:13:20,730 --> 01:13:23,701
the bar, and that even
caused a much worse injury.

753
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:27,900
I had to call a doctor, my own doctor from
my team.

754
01:13:28,560 --> 01:13:31,900
And he gave me two shots in the knee,
and it was a little bit better,

755
01:13:32,140 --> 01:13:33,140
it was a painkiller.

756
01:13:34,180 --> 01:13:40,240
And then I jumped two times more,
and the same problem started again.

757
01:13:48,250 --> 01:13:51,670
I called again the doctor, and he gave me
another two shots.

758
01:13:52,350 --> 01:13:54,621
He said it's the last shot
that I can give you, otherwise

759
01:13:54,622 --> 01:13:56,970
you're out of the competition,
you can't do it anymore.

760
01:13:58,430 --> 01:14:02,050
Hinksen's injury is diagnosed as a
sprained tendon in his right knee.

761
01:14:02,790 --> 01:14:04,290
He continues in the competition.

762
01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:10,220
Meanwhile, Thompson is having his own
problems.

763
01:14:11,140 --> 01:14:15,721
With the bar at six feet eight, Thompson
has missed his first two attempts.

764
01:14:22,460 --> 01:14:24,520
He has one more chance at clearing the
bar.

765
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:44,940
This is Thompson's last successful leap in
the high jump.

766
01:14:46,380 --> 01:14:48,220
The injured Hinksen continues on.

767
01:14:49,080 --> 01:14:51,500
The bar moves to six feet eleven and a
half inches.

768
01:15:25,580 --> 01:15:27,860
Hinksen is the only man to clear this
height.

769
01:15:30,300 --> 01:15:31,540
But he can go no further.

770
01:15:32,460 --> 01:15:36,580
He gains back another 77 points,
and now trails Thompson by 78.

771
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:44,760
Now the fifth and final event of the day.

772
01:15:45,540 --> 01:15:46,540
The 400 meters.

773
01:15:52,400 --> 01:15:54,220
Thompson is in lane six.

774
01:15:54,700 --> 01:15:56,880
Hinksen on the far outside in lane eight.

775
01:15:57,720 --> 01:16:00,620
Though Hinksen defeated Thompson the last
time they met head to head.

776
01:16:01,000 --> 01:16:03,584
At his best, Thompson
is considered to be almost

777
01:16:03,585 --> 01:16:06,321
a second faster than
the world record holder.

778
01:16:22,340 --> 01:16:25,640
Coming off the final turn, Thompson leads
by five meters.

779
01:16:35,540 --> 01:16:39,259
Daily Thompson first,
Jim Whiting, United States

780
01:16:39,359 --> 01:16:42,000
second, Jürgen Hinksen,
West Germany third.

781
01:16:43,000 --> 01:16:48,340
Thompson gains 36 points, and now leads
Hinksen by 114 points.

782
01:16:49,740 --> 01:16:53,500
Daily Thompson has had the greatest first
day in the history of the decathlon.

783
01:16:54,780 --> 01:16:56,500
But Hinksen has not quit.

784
01:16:57,300 --> 01:16:59,340
In any other competition
but this one, his

785
01:16:59,341 --> 01:17:01,260
performance would be
considered outstanding.

786
01:17:01,261 --> 01:17:04,595
At the end of five
events, his score is only

787
01:17:04,596 --> 01:17:08,741
17 points less than
his world record pace.

788
01:17:08,960 --> 01:17:11,920
Yet he trails Thompson by 114 points.

789
01:17:19,000 --> 01:17:22,040
It is morning, Thursday, August 9th.

790
01:17:22,640 --> 01:17:24,340
The final five events of the decathlon.

791
01:17:25,340 --> 01:17:27,700
Daily Thompson of Great
Britain leads West German

792
01:17:27,701 --> 01:17:31,340
world record holder Jürgen
Hinksen by 114 points.

793
01:17:32,160 --> 01:17:34,900
The first two events are strong ones for
Jürgen Hinksen.

794
01:17:36,180 --> 01:17:39,208
If he reaches his fullest
capability in these two events,

795
01:17:39,209 --> 01:17:42,800
Thompson's lead of 114
points will be stripped away.

796
01:17:44,420 --> 01:17:47,000
Thompson is in lane four in the middle.

797
01:17:47,720 --> 01:17:49,320
Hinksen in lane seven on the outside.

798
01:18:38,670 --> 01:18:40,930
Hinksen first, Thompson second.

799
01:18:41,650 --> 01:18:43,450
He seek free events, West Germany third.

800
01:18:45,950 --> 01:18:48,974
Hinksen wins, but his time is
far below the performance he

801
01:18:48,975 --> 01:18:51,770
turned in two months earlier
when he set the world record.

802
01:18:53,090 --> 01:18:58,391
Though Thompson lost the race, his
effort was very close to his personal best.

803
01:19:00,330 --> 01:19:02,150
Hinksen gains back six points.

804
01:19:03,030 --> 01:19:04,690
He still trails by 108 points.

805
01:19:13,480 --> 01:19:19,241
The seventh event, the discus, the
most critical event of the competition.

806
01:19:19,540 --> 01:19:21,500
Each man has three throws.

807
01:19:22,620 --> 01:19:25,920
In head-to-head competition, Thompson has
out thrown Hinksen.

808
01:19:27,680 --> 01:19:31,822
But a superior effort by Hinksen
and a subpar performance

809
01:19:31,823 --> 01:19:35,080
by Thompson could reverse
all that has taken place before.

810
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:42,300
And this evening's last event,
the 1,500 meter run.

811
01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:47,920
Hinksen's first attempt.

812
01:20:14,510 --> 01:20:16,930
163 feet, five inches.

813
01:20:18,370 --> 01:20:20,510
The father's he's ever thrown.

814
01:20:41,020 --> 01:20:44,300
Thompson, 124 feet, four inches.

815
01:20:47,140 --> 01:20:50,780
Thompson's first throw is almost 40 feet
less than Hinksen's.

816
01:20:52,720 --> 01:20:54,580
Now Hinksen's second attempt.

817
01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:12,997
It is better than his
first throw, 166 feet, nine

818
01:21:12,998 --> 01:21:15,840
inches, just short of the
Olympic decathlon record.

819
01:21:30,090 --> 01:21:31,850
Now Thompson's second attempt.

820
01:21:52,850 --> 01:21:54,130
Another bad throw.

821
01:21:55,870 --> 01:21:57,930
135 feet, four inches.

822
01:22:01,960 --> 01:22:05,253
With each man having
one throw left in the discus,

823
01:22:05,254 --> 01:22:08,401
an incredible reversal
appears to be taking place.

824
01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:12,850
If neither athlete improves
on their final throws,

825
01:22:12,851 --> 01:22:17,140
Hinksen will lead in the
overall competition by 68 points.

826
01:22:18,400 --> 01:22:20,100
Now Hinksen's final throw.

827
01:22:20,101 --> 01:22:22,680
And the Olympic record after six events.

828
01:22:31,160 --> 01:22:33,780
It is not as good as his previous effort.

829
01:22:34,380 --> 01:22:35,980
This fact has little meaning.

830
01:22:37,160 --> 01:22:39,500
It is Thompson who will control his own
destiny.

831
01:22:40,420 --> 01:22:43,080
If he does not improve
on his final attempt,

832
01:22:43,081 --> 01:22:46,101
his chances for victory
will be in jeopardy.

833
01:22:47,020 --> 01:22:48,920
This is the nature of the decathlon.

834
01:22:50,100 --> 01:22:53,260
Victory is gained by consistency in all 10
events.

835
01:22:55,400 --> 01:23:01,280
In his first six events, Thompson has been
superb on his way to easily defeating

836
01:23:01,281 --> 01:23:04,180
Jürgen Hinksen and taking away his world
record.

837
01:23:04,980 --> 01:23:08,271
But here in the discus, he
has faltered and now has

838
01:23:08,272 --> 01:23:11,001
one attempt left to get
back in the competition.

839
01:23:12,560 --> 01:23:15,780
It was kind of like the moment I've always
been looking for.

840
01:23:16,440 --> 01:23:18,700
Everything at the end of the day has got
to be a test.

841
01:23:19,580 --> 01:23:22,680
And this moment was like my test.

842
01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:27,460
This was like everything had ever gone on
before and didn't mean anything.

843
01:23:28,220 --> 01:23:31,294
And this was the moment
to go and look over the

844
01:23:31,295 --> 01:23:34,301
goddamn cliff and face
what was ever down there.

845
01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:37,580
That was the biggest moment for me ever.

846
01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:40,180
That was everything wrapped up into one.

847
01:23:40,900 --> 01:23:43,958
That particular moment with
however many people watching

848
01:23:43,959 --> 01:23:46,820
on Telly and all that kind
of stuff and everybody there.

849
01:23:47,860 --> 01:23:49,300
That was my moment.

850
01:23:50,420 --> 01:23:51,420
The

851
01:24:57,700 --> 01:25:00,940
best throw the daily Thompson has ever
made in the decathlon.

852
01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:06,460
With this one throw, he has again turned
the competition around.

853
01:25:08,300 --> 01:25:12,540
Before their final attempts, Hinksen led
by 68 points overall.

854
01:25:14,160 --> 01:25:18,180
But Thompson's magnificent effort keeps
him in first place by 32 points.

855
01:25:18,740 --> 01:25:20,420
A swing of 100 points.

856
01:25:32,750 --> 01:25:34,910
The eighth event, the pole vault.

857
01:25:41,620 --> 01:25:44,200
Hinksen still has a chance at winning the
gold medal.

858
01:25:45,900 --> 01:25:49,940
They both choose 14 feet, 9 inches as
their opening height.

859
01:25:50,820 --> 01:25:54,825
Based on past performances,
the height is a mere formality

860
01:25:54,826 --> 01:25:57,780
for both are capable of
vaulting at least one foot higher.

861
01:26:06,750 --> 01:26:07,750
Thompson clears easily.

862
01:26:10,030 --> 01:26:11,850
You know, the stadium was very hard.

863
01:26:12,170 --> 01:26:17,622
I was sitting underneath
the sun umbrella and I got

864
01:26:17,623 --> 01:26:21,071
really dizzy and drowsy or
I don't know how you call it.

865
01:26:21,410 --> 01:26:23,951
And then when I called
my name for the first

866
01:26:23,952 --> 01:26:26,751
attempt, I mean it was
totally strange for me.

867
01:26:28,430 --> 01:26:32,610
And there could have been 10 coaches or 10
people that told me how to jump.

868
01:26:32,850 --> 01:26:36,650
I couldn't have done it at that time
because I was totally out of control.

869
01:27:03,460 --> 01:27:04,840
Hinksen has missed twice.

870
01:27:05,840 --> 01:27:08,727
If he fails on his third
attempt, he will receive no

871
01:27:08,728 --> 01:27:11,780
score and his chances for
a medal will then be over.

872
01:27:46,300 --> 01:27:50,140
Hinksen clears on his last attempt,
but he can go no further.

873
01:27:58,340 --> 01:27:59,640
Thompson continues on.

874
01:28:06,060 --> 01:28:08,940
With each successful height, he increases
his lead.

875
01:28:25,750 --> 01:28:28,830
Finally, the bar is at 16 feet,
four and three-quarter inches.

876
01:28:29,550 --> 01:28:33,210
More than a foot and a half higher than
Hinksen's best effort this day.

877
01:28:49,770 --> 01:28:52,610
Thompson gains an additional 120 points.

878
01:28:53,930 --> 01:28:55,530
He now leads Hinksen by 152.

879
01:28:58,390 --> 01:29:02,470
It is at this point that both Thompson and
Hinksen know it is all over.

880
01:29:04,030 --> 01:29:05,770
I couldn't reach him anymore.

881
01:29:06,030 --> 01:29:06,490
That was clear.

882
01:29:06,950 --> 01:29:12,450
I just had to finish as a real athlete
finish.

883
01:29:13,290 --> 01:29:15,150
So I still tried to do my best in John.

884
01:29:37,210 --> 01:29:40,570
Now all that is left for Thompson is the
1500 meters.

885
01:29:41,350 --> 01:29:43,530
He leads Hinksen by more than 200 points.

886
01:29:44,590 --> 01:29:47,610
In less than five minutes, the gold medal
will be his.

887
01:29:54,130 --> 01:29:58,110
For daily Thompson, it is the fulfillment
of the Olympic philosophy.

888
01:29:59,390 --> 01:30:02,950
To enter the arena, make the attempt and
do your best.

889
01:30:04,130 --> 01:30:08,230
It's one of those utopian ideals which I
don't believe should be lost on the world.

890
01:30:08,650 --> 01:30:11,930
It may not be possible for them to
actually occur.

891
01:30:12,410 --> 01:30:15,171
There's nothing wrong with trying to
strive for what they say out for.

892
01:30:15,610 --> 01:30:19,030
And that is the youth of the world should
get together and have a good time.

893
01:30:20,050 --> 01:30:23,643
And maybe when they're older
and they're in charge of other

894
01:30:23,644 --> 01:30:26,211
things and countries and
companies and that kind of stuff.

895
01:30:26,410 --> 01:30:29,150
I'll go off and we can all be nicer to
each other.

896
01:30:29,350 --> 01:30:31,230
I don't believe that that ideal is out of
place.

897
01:30:31,530 --> 01:30:34,770
I always try and strive for the best for
myself.

898
01:30:35,010 --> 01:30:39,830
And so I'm probably in this aspect at
least I'm probably very much out of date.

899
01:30:40,470 --> 01:30:41,710
I just need a few more like me.

900
01:31:50,170 --> 01:31:52,490
On one hand, it's very sad for me on the
other hand.

901
01:31:52,650 --> 01:31:53,650
It keeps me going.

902
01:31:54,230 --> 01:31:58,890
Now because I'll still hope and I think
that I can beat him at least one time.

903
01:35:03,640 --> 01:35:05,400
This is an albatross.

904
01:35:06,160 --> 01:35:08,220
A bird that flies with effortless grace.

905
01:35:10,800 --> 01:35:13,498
The albatross, whose
wingspan generates speed

906
01:35:13,499 --> 01:35:16,941
and power far beyond
that of other birds.

907
01:35:22,680 --> 01:35:26,300
This is 20 year old swimmer Michael Gross
of West Germany.

908
01:35:27,100 --> 01:35:31,500
Whose arms extend in a span of more than
seven feet, propelling him through the

909
01:35:31,501 --> 01:35:33,720
water faster than any swimmer in the
world.

910
01:35:35,820 --> 01:35:38,500
Michael Gross is called the albatross.

911
01:35:47,340 --> 01:35:52,020
At the Los Angeles Olympic Games,
Michael Gross will swim in six events,

912
01:35:52,800 --> 01:35:54,800
three of them in less than 26 hours.

913
01:35:56,400 --> 01:36:00,820
When these events are over, Michael Gross
will leave the swimming pool with honor.

914
01:36:00,821 --> 01:36:04,040
And those who face him will share the
glory.

915
01:36:05,300 --> 01:36:08,000
The better for their meeting with the
albatross.

916
01:36:11,500 --> 01:36:15,880
July 29th, 4.15 p.f., the final of the 200
meter freestyle.

917
01:36:16,820 --> 01:36:18,540
Michael Gross is one of eight finalists.

918
01:36:19,780 --> 01:36:22,178
Earlier this day, he
created an Olympic record

919
01:36:22,179 --> 01:36:24,961
qualifying for the
final in the fastest time.

920
01:36:25,360 --> 01:36:28,240
A little less than half a second off,
his own world record.

921
01:36:36,290 --> 01:36:38,530
Michael Gross immediately goes into the
lead.

922
01:36:39,450 --> 01:36:41,150
The swimmers will go up and back twice.

923
01:36:44,810 --> 01:36:47,230
He makes the turn first at 50 meters.

924
01:36:51,890 --> 01:36:54,443
As the race progresses,
Gross goes father and

925
01:36:54,444 --> 01:36:57,491
father ahead, swimming
at a world record pace.

926
01:37:00,580 --> 01:37:04,306
With less than 50 meters to
go, Gross leads followed by

927
01:37:04,307 --> 01:37:07,140
Mike Heath of the United
States below him in lane five.

928
01:37:07,141 --> 01:37:10,580
And his West German teammate Tomas Foner
third from the top.

929
01:37:31,630 --> 01:37:33,550
Michael Gross, West Germany first.

930
01:37:34,230 --> 01:37:35,790
Mike Heath, United States second.

931
01:37:36,250 --> 01:37:38,030
Tomas Foner, West Germany third.

932
01:37:39,030 --> 01:37:43,370
Michael Gross breaks his own world record
by eleven hundredths of a second.

933
01:37:47,820 --> 01:37:51,560
Twenty-four hours later, the final of the
100 meter butterfly.

934
01:37:57,820 --> 01:38:02,040
The slight favored in the race,
Pablo Morales of the United States.

935
01:38:02,940 --> 01:38:07,740
Morales set the world record in the Olympic
trials and in qualifying for the final.

936
01:38:08,200 --> 01:38:12,680
Created an Olympic record less than half a
second slower than his own world record.

937
01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:20,400
The second fastest qualifier, Michael
Gross of West German.

938
01:38:23,560 --> 01:38:25,845
Pablo Morales is the
only man in the race

939
01:38:25,846 --> 01:38:29,101
who has swum the
distance under 54 seconds.

940
01:38:29,880 --> 01:38:31,740
Morales makes the turn first.

941
01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:34,920
Gross below him, trails by a few inches.

942
01:38:36,420 --> 01:38:38,360
Now the battle for the gold net.

943
01:38:39,300 --> 01:38:41,640
World record holder Pablo Morales on top.

944
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:43,860
Michael Gross alongside him.

945
01:39:03,530 --> 01:39:08,710
I touched the wall and looked on the
scoreboard and see 53, 0-8, 53,

946
01:39:09,550 --> 01:39:09,550
23.

947
01:39:10,510 --> 01:39:13,170
And I don't see that I finished first,
you know.

948
01:39:13,570 --> 01:39:15,030
First I was happy about the time.

949
01:39:15,510 --> 01:39:17,550
And I saw I finished first with a new
record.

950
01:39:18,030 --> 01:39:20,670
And of course it was more surprising for
me.

951
01:39:20,910 --> 01:39:22,650
And I think for the crowd too.

952
01:39:23,310 --> 01:39:27,270
Because Pablo was the guy who was world
record holder before.

953
01:39:27,650 --> 01:39:30,530
And of course he was really upset and was
crying.

954
01:39:31,550 --> 01:39:34,507
And I understand what
happened and I told him

955
01:39:34,508 --> 01:39:37,150
in his situation I will
be satisfied, you know.

956
01:39:37,390 --> 01:39:39,550
Because he has really done his best.

957
01:39:40,630 --> 01:39:47,130
He has better his own world record and I
was faster, but no reason to cry.

958
01:39:50,930 --> 01:39:56,390
It is one hour and 15 minutes later,
the final of the 4x200 relay.

959
01:39:57,430 --> 01:40:01,611
The race is expected to be a battle
between the United States and West Germany.

960
01:40:01,870 --> 01:40:04,110
West Germany is anchored by Michael Gross.

961
01:40:06,810 --> 01:40:11,190
Until the morning qualifying heats,
West Germany held the world record.

962
01:40:11,990 --> 01:40:16,410
Then incredibly, the United States broke
the record by more than a second and a half.

963
01:40:16,770 --> 01:40:21,410
Without using their two fastest 200 meter
swimmers, Mike Heath and Jeff float.

964
01:40:23,290 --> 01:40:27,550
Heath finished second and float forth
behind Michael Gross the day before,

965
01:40:28,090 --> 01:40:29,430
in the 200 meter freestyle.

966
01:40:30,330 --> 01:40:33,030
Now Michael Gross will make the supreme
effort.

967
01:40:33,630 --> 01:40:35,801
Just a little over an
hour earlier, he created

968
01:40:35,802 --> 01:40:38,551
a world record in the
100 meter butterfly.

969
01:40:38,630 --> 01:40:42,510
His second gold medal and second world
record within 24 hours.

970
01:40:43,330 --> 01:40:48,350
Of course I was a little bit tired if this
would be my first race.

971
01:40:49,210 --> 01:40:50,910
I would be not so tired, you know.

972
01:40:53,550 --> 01:40:58,650
Now here in the relay final, American
coach Don Gambrel's strategy is basic.

973
01:40:59,430 --> 01:41:01,530
Heath, their fastest swimmer, will lead
off.

974
01:41:02,230 --> 01:41:06,010
David Larson will swim
second, Jeff float third, and Bruce

975
01:41:06,011 --> 01:41:08,810
Hayes will swim the anchor
leg against Michael Gross.

976
01:41:09,730 --> 01:41:13,890
The United States will attempt to build an
insurmountable lead in the first three

977
01:41:13,891 --> 01:41:16,950
legs, to offset the final challenge by
Michael Gross.

978
01:41:21,780 --> 01:41:25,020
In the first leg, the American strategy
appears to pay off.

979
01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:30,860
In the duel between the silver and bronze
200 meter medal winners, Mike Heath of the

980
01:41:30,861 --> 01:41:34,700
United States touches off a second in
front of Tomas Foner of West Germany.

981
01:41:40,820 --> 01:41:44,680
On the second leg, West Germany narrows
the United States' leg.

982
01:41:48,980 --> 01:41:52,009
Jeff float swims the
third leg for the United

983
01:41:52,010 --> 01:41:55,160
States against West
Germany's Alexander Schwatka.

984
01:42:00,580 --> 01:42:06,341
Waiting alongside Michael Gross for the
anchor leg, Bruce Hayes of the United States.

985
01:42:06,720 --> 01:42:10,740
His best 200 time is two and a half
seconds better than mine.

986
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:17,340
So I thought, you know, a minimum of three,
and to make it safe had four second lead.

987
01:42:17,880 --> 01:42:21,320
But I knew, you know, coming in and it
wasn't that much.

988
01:42:23,420 --> 01:42:26,260
The United States pre-race strategy has
failed.

989
01:42:27,540 --> 01:42:30,487
Instead of the three second
lead expected, Bruce Hayes

990
01:42:30,488 --> 01:42:32,880
will have only a one and
a half second advantage.

991
01:42:37,430 --> 01:42:40,650
For Bruce Hayes, the confrontation is now
a reality.

992
01:42:41,570 --> 01:42:45,390
For many weeks before, he has dreamed of
this meeting with the Albatross.

993
01:42:46,050 --> 01:42:50,470
You know, mostly in my dreams,
I just, I could see him going past me or

994
01:42:50,471 --> 01:42:53,278
something like that,
or come in the wall and

995
01:42:53,279 --> 01:42:56,771
him using his big, long
arms to out touch me.

996
01:42:57,150 --> 01:42:59,550
So I didn't really win too many in my
dreams.

997
01:42:59,551 --> 01:43:00,551
James.

998
01:43:03,130 --> 01:43:05,910
Approaching 50 meters, Bruce Hayes on top
leads.

999
01:43:06,590 --> 01:43:09,730
But Michael Gross has nearly made up the
original distance between them.

1000
01:43:18,890 --> 01:43:21,010
They turn together at the halfway point.

1001
01:43:22,350 --> 01:43:23,730
Hayes is on top.

1002
01:43:24,570 --> 01:43:25,570
Gross is below it.

1003
01:43:29,760 --> 01:43:33,520
Approaching 150 meters, Michael Gross
takes the lead.

1004
01:43:34,240 --> 01:43:37,376
I think if I had gotten
further behind than him

1005
01:43:37,377 --> 01:43:39,540
say his waist, then I
really would have started.

1006
01:43:39,900 --> 01:43:43,677
I really would have thought
he's gone past me for good, but

1007
01:43:43,678 --> 01:43:46,301
I was able to stay in between
his shoulders and his waist.

1008
01:43:46,720 --> 01:43:48,794
Pretty much the second
half of the race, so

1009
01:43:48,795 --> 01:43:52,041
I knew if I got home
good, I'd have a chance.

1010
01:44:00,460 --> 01:44:03,800
Gross still leads, but now
Bruce Hayes, closest to

1011
01:44:03,801 --> 01:44:06,561
the camp, is cutting down
the distance between them.

1012
01:44:14,250 --> 01:44:18,610
The United States first, breaking the
world record by more than three seconds.

1013
01:44:19,830 --> 01:44:22,579
Though West Germany
finishes second, Michael Gross

1014
01:44:22,580 --> 01:44:25,510
has won the fastest
200-meter relay leg ever.

1015
01:44:31,280 --> 01:44:37,521
Michael Gross of West Germany, who in
victory and defeat, gained Olympic glory.

1016
01:44:39,980 --> 01:44:44,340
And those who faced Michael Gross will
forever remember the experience.

1017
01:44:46,680 --> 01:44:50,100
The better for their meeting with the
Albatross.

1018
01:45:17,980 --> 01:45:23,400
It is 9.30, the evening of August 1st,
at Pauli Pavilion on the campus of UCLA.

1019
01:45:25,040 --> 01:45:28,416
There the magnificent Romanian
team of six young gymnasts

1020
01:45:28,417 --> 01:45:30,841
stands on the highest
step of the victory platform.

1021
01:45:31,660 --> 01:45:33,820
The winner of the gold medal for the team
championship.

1022
01:45:36,020 --> 01:45:40,921
Standing beneath among the podium in second
place, the team from the United States.

1023
01:45:42,480 --> 01:45:45,800
Their silver medal is the
highest award ever won

1024
01:45:45,801 --> 01:45:48,541
in Olympic competition by
an American women's team.

1025
01:45:55,820 --> 01:45:59,015
The team competition has
direct bearing on the individual

1026
01:45:59,016 --> 01:46:02,420
all-around championship
that will take place in two days.

1027
01:46:03,560 --> 01:46:09,080
Half of each gymnast's individual total in
the team competition is carried over and

1028
01:46:09,081 --> 01:46:13,180
added to their final score in the battle
for the individual all-around.

1029
01:46:17,710 --> 01:46:19,790
It is two days later.

1030
01:46:20,730 --> 01:46:24,152
The 36 finalists for the
individual all-around are

1031
01:46:24,153 --> 01:46:27,710
introduced to the 13,000
spectators who fill Pauli Pavilion.

1032
01:46:29,130 --> 01:46:33,137
Under Olympic rules, only
the three highest scorers from

1033
01:46:33,138 --> 01:46:36,170
each team advance to the
individual all-around championship.

1034
01:46:37,130 --> 01:46:39,509
This rule prevents the
other three members of both

1035
01:46:39,510 --> 01:46:42,270
the American and Romanian
teams from competing.

1036
01:46:43,890 --> 01:46:46,599
Of the seven highest
qualifiers, three come

1037
01:46:46,600 --> 01:46:49,611
from Romania and three
from the United States.

1038
01:46:50,210 --> 01:46:56,950
The Romanian qualifiers, Simona Paulga,
Laura Katina, and Akaterina Zabo.

1039
01:46:58,930 --> 01:47:03,110
Representing the United States,
Cathy Johnson, Mary Lou Rhetton,

1040
01:47:03,710 --> 01:47:04,950
and Julianne McNamara.

1041
01:47:06,650 --> 01:47:07,930
Four events would be contested.

1042
01:47:09,890 --> 01:47:21,821
Uneven bars, balance beam,
vault, and floor exercise, so

1043
01:47:21,822 --> 01:47:25,271
that all the apparatus can
be contested simultaneously.

1044
01:47:26,650 --> 01:47:29,450
The 36 finalists are divided into four
groups of nine.

1045
01:47:31,970 --> 01:47:35,350
Mary Lou Rhetton and Akaterina Zabo are in
different groups.

1046
01:47:36,390 --> 01:47:39,150
There is additional drama this night.

1047
01:47:39,730 --> 01:47:44,230
One of the spectators is Nadja Comineche,
who electrified the sports world at the

1048
01:47:44,231 --> 01:47:47,729
1976 Montreal Olympics,
when she became the first

1049
01:47:47,730 --> 01:47:50,631
gymnast in Olympic
history to score a perfect ten.

1050
01:47:51,610 --> 01:47:56,170
Also at the competition, Nadja Comineche's
former coach, Bella Corolla.

1051
01:47:57,090 --> 01:47:59,430
Bella Corolla now coaches in the United
States.

1052
01:48:00,210 --> 01:48:04,590
His two most famous pupils, Julianne
McNamara and Mary Lou Rhetton.

1053
01:48:05,610 --> 01:48:08,130
Bella Corolla is here in no official
capacity.

1054
01:48:09,230 --> 01:48:11,775
The head coach of the
American women's team is Don

1055
01:48:11,776 --> 01:48:14,410
Peters, one of the most
respected men in gymnastics.

1056
01:48:15,070 --> 01:48:18,388
However, Bella Corolla
has obtained credentials in

1057
01:48:18,389 --> 01:48:20,951
the technical capacity as
an equipment representative.

1058
01:48:22,710 --> 01:48:26,809
In first place, as the
competition begins, a surprise,

1059
01:48:26,810 --> 01:48:29,731
16-year-old Mary Lou
Rhetton of the United States.

1060
01:48:30,790 --> 01:48:35,330
Trailing by just 1,500th of a point,
Akaterina Zabo of Romania.

1061
01:48:36,250 --> 01:48:40,830
On her first apparatus, the balance beam,
Akaterina Zabo reinforces the many

1062
01:48:40,831 --> 01:48:44,630
predictions that call for her to win this
individual all-around competition.

1063
01:48:49,400 --> 01:48:51,060
She scores a perfect ten.

1064
01:48:55,400 --> 01:48:59,680
Earlier on the same apparatus,
Julianne McNamara had all but eliminated

1065
01:48:59,681 --> 01:49:03,680
herself from gold medal possibilities,
receiving low scores from the judges.

1066
01:49:04,480 --> 01:49:06,340
She falls from third to fifth place.

1067
01:49:12,600 --> 01:49:17,880
Simona Poca of Romania moves from seventh
to fourth, with a marvelous 9.95.

1068
01:49:37,400 --> 01:49:41,740
Meanwhile, at the uneven bars,
as her coach Bella Corolla urges her on,

1069
01:49:42,680 --> 01:49:46,680
Mary Lou Rhetton scores well, but not high
enough to remain alone in first place.

1070
01:49:48,120 --> 01:49:53,020
After one round, Akaterina Zabo and Mary
Lou Rhetton are tied for the lead.

1071
01:49:54,020 --> 01:49:58,900
In the second rotation, the balance beam
becomes the undoing for Cathy Johnson of

1072
01:49:58,901 --> 01:50:01,120
the United States in her quest for a
medal.

1073
01:50:07,280 --> 01:50:12,760
Mary Lou Rhetton stays in contention with
a 9.8, but falls to second place overall

1074
01:50:12,761 --> 01:50:17,540
when Akaterina Zabo comes through with a
9.95 in her floor exercise.

1075
01:50:32,870 --> 01:50:38,590
After two rotations, Akaterina Zabo leads
Mary Lou Rhetton by 1,500th of a point,

1076
01:50:39,230 --> 01:50:42,410
the exact margin by which she trailed when
the evening began.

1077
01:50:45,750 --> 01:50:48,450
The third apparatus for Zabo is the vault.

1078
01:50:53,610 --> 01:50:55,250
She scores a 9.9.

1079
01:51:04,190 --> 01:51:07,930
Meanwhile, at the floor exercise,
Mary Lou Rhetton is magnificent.

1080
01:51:14,530 --> 01:51:15,530
That's

1081
01:52:11,070 --> 01:52:11,070
it.

1082
01:52:11,590 --> 01:52:12,590
That's gotta be it.

1083
01:52:12,790 --> 01:52:13,790
It's gotta be it.

1084
01:52:22,820 --> 01:52:27,720
Her 10 still leaves her 500th civil point
behind the Romanian Zabo.

1085
01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:33,800
The battle for the gold medal is narrowed
down to the last apparatus.

1086
01:52:36,000 --> 01:52:38,440
Zabo will compete first on the uneven
bars.

1087
01:52:39,420 --> 01:52:44,761
She will have completed her exercise before
Mary Lou Rhetton competes on the vault.

1088
01:52:45,280 --> 01:52:48,360
Zabo can clinch the gold medal with a
perfect 10.

1089
01:52:49,220 --> 01:52:50,880
Okay, ready for the vault now.

1090
01:53:06,750 --> 01:53:07,950
Who gives

1091
01:53:30,250 --> 01:53:31,350
another solid performance?

1092
01:53:32,030 --> 01:53:33,810
She is awarded a 9.9.

1093
01:53:34,690 --> 01:53:36,190
The situation is clear.

1094
01:53:37,190 --> 01:53:39,090
Zabo's final score has now been
determined.

1095
01:53:41,530 --> 01:53:45,070
If Rhetton scores a perfect 10 in the
vault, the gold medal is hers.

1096
01:53:46,150 --> 01:53:51,270
If she gets a 9.95, she and a cutarina
Zabo will share the gold medal.

1097
01:53:52,210 --> 01:53:57,410
If Rhetton scores anything less than a
9.95, the gold medal will belong to Zabo.

1098
01:53:57,570 --> 01:53:59,830
The control, you know what means height.

1099
01:54:00,190 --> 01:54:01,270
Okay, going flat to me.

1100
01:54:01,770 --> 01:54:02,890
Yes, feedback is good.

1101
01:54:03,570 --> 01:54:04,650
It's everything right now.

1102
01:54:04,890 --> 01:54:05,890
All right?

1103
01:54:06,190 --> 01:54:07,190
That was a good one.

1104
01:54:11,310 --> 01:54:12,790
Okay, so now it's all right.

1105
01:54:13,230 --> 01:54:14,230
We are going for it.

1106
01:54:14,530 --> 01:54:15,570
We are going for that one.

1107
01:54:15,710 --> 01:54:16,450
That's going to be a good one.

1108
01:54:16,650 --> 01:54:18,970
Make sure you're on the warmup.

1109
01:54:19,350 --> 01:54:20,350
Go nicely.

1110
01:54:20,410 --> 01:54:23,230
Hit it up first, hit it the second and try
to feel it already.

1111
01:54:23,910 --> 01:54:24,910
Do it with it.

1112
01:54:25,350 --> 01:54:26,430
We try to feel the landing.

1113
01:54:27,090 --> 01:54:28,090
Okay?

1114
01:54:28,190 --> 01:54:31,270
Mary Lou, never better.

1115
01:54:31,750 --> 01:54:31,930
Okay?

1116
01:54:32,630 --> 01:54:34,850
The best, the best what you can do.

1117
01:54:35,030 --> 01:54:35,370
All right?

1118
01:54:36,030 --> 01:54:37,030
I want to see you now.

1119
01:54:37,210 --> 01:54:37,650
No, or never.

1120
01:54:37,970 --> 01:54:38,970
Okay?

1121
01:54:39,010 --> 01:54:40,010
Are you going to make it?

1122
01:54:40,430 --> 01:54:40,830
Okay?

1123
01:54:41,430 --> 01:54:42,430
Go high, nicely.

1124
01:54:42,530 --> 01:54:43,530
Don't you don't bang.

1125
01:54:44,090 --> 01:54:45,090
All right?

1126
01:54:46,110 --> 01:54:47,010
Not in U.S.

1127
01:54:47,130 --> 01:54:48,490
just controlled after the landing.

1128
01:54:48,570 --> 01:54:50,310
Nice height and controlled the landing.

1129
01:54:50,570 --> 01:54:50,790
All right?

1130
01:54:50,990 --> 01:54:52,070
And you can't control it.

1131
01:54:52,350 --> 01:54:52,770
I know it.

1132
01:54:52,950 --> 01:54:53,950
You can't control it.

1133
01:54:54,070 --> 01:54:55,070
There is no way.

1134
01:54:56,590 --> 01:54:57,150
All right.

1135
01:54:57,450 --> 01:54:58,610
Other thing is coming now.

1136
01:54:59,310 --> 01:55:00,790
It's going to be everything you want.

1137
01:56:02,620 --> 01:56:05,714
There is fear that Mary
Lou Rhetton will be penalized

1138
01:56:05,715 --> 01:56:08,940
by the judges if Bella
Corolla moves on to the floor.

1139
01:57:31,210 --> 01:57:33,440
It is dawn in Los Angeles.

1140
01:57:38,340 --> 01:57:41,300
The air is heavy and the fog has not yet
lifted.

1141
01:57:47,260 --> 01:57:50,301
On the beaches, ghost-like
figures move slowly,

1142
01:57:50,302 --> 01:57:53,921
preparing for
competition still to come.

1143
01:57:55,600 --> 01:57:57,699
Unmindful of the
ceremony that will mark the

1144
01:57:57,700 --> 01:58:00,881
beginning of a new
chapter in Olympic history.

1145
01:58:03,400 --> 01:58:06,600
On the running track of
Santa Monica College,

1146
01:58:06,601 --> 01:58:09,801
athletes from 28 countries
march on to the field.

1147
01:58:11,700 --> 01:58:15,480
A simple ceremony to commemorate an
historic moment.

1148
01:58:16,500 --> 01:58:19,140
The start of the first women's Olympic
marathon.

1149
01:58:21,080 --> 01:58:23,580
Two of the favorites come from the United
States.

1150
01:58:24,520 --> 01:58:29,760
Julie Brown, who made the 1980 Olympic
team in the 800 meters and 1500 meters.

1151
01:58:30,680 --> 01:58:34,455
And Joan Benoit, the world
record holder in the marathon,

1152
01:58:34,456 --> 01:58:37,320
and unbeaten in that
distance for almost three years.

1153
01:58:39,460 --> 01:58:42,332
From Norway, Ingrid
Christensen on the right,

1154
01:58:42,333 --> 01:58:45,301
who has run the second
fastest marathon ever.

1155
01:58:46,260 --> 01:58:49,600
And Bretta Vites ranked number one in the
world five of the last six years.

1156
01:58:49,601 --> 01:58:52,431
The winner of seven
marathons, including the

1157
01:58:52,432 --> 01:58:55,600
World Championship in
Helsinki, one year earlier.

1158
01:58:56,360 --> 01:59:03,120
Well, I personally was more concerned
about Joan Benoit because I knew that she

1159
01:59:03,121 --> 01:59:06,060
was in good shape after operation earlier
in the year.

1160
01:59:06,340 --> 01:59:11,080
And also Julie Brown, but I personally was
more afraid of Joan Benoit.

1161
01:59:11,780 --> 01:59:15,380
All the summer I've been preparing for
running in warm weather.

1162
01:59:15,381 --> 01:59:20,780
So the day I was glad that it was not so
warm as I expected.

1163
01:59:26,610 --> 01:59:27,610
The marathon.

1164
01:59:29,690 --> 01:59:34,530
Running every Olympic since the games were
revived in Athens almost a century before.

1165
01:59:36,730 --> 01:59:41,430
The marathon, 26 miles, 385 yards.

1166
01:59:42,350 --> 01:59:45,310
Erase of strength, speed, and endurance.

1167
01:59:45,311 --> 01:59:46,830
The marathon.

1168
01:59:48,030 --> 01:59:54,751
Erase the challenges the land, the
competition, and perhaps most important.

1169
01:59:55,870 --> 01:59:56,870
One's self.

1170
01:59:58,570 --> 01:59:59,570
The marathon.

1171
02:00:00,610 --> 02:00:03,830
Until today, run in the Olympics only by
men.

1172
02:00:05,670 --> 02:00:08,203
In less than two and
a half hours, the first

1173
02:00:08,204 --> 02:00:10,831
runner will approach the
Los Angeles Coliseum.

1174
02:00:11,570 --> 02:00:13,730
The completion of her journey.

1175
02:00:18,760 --> 02:00:21,609
With the race just
seven minutes old, the 50

1176
02:00:21,610 --> 02:00:24,721
marathoners share another
part of Olympic history.

1177
02:00:25,560 --> 02:00:28,960
At two kilometers a little more
than one mile, they have already

1178
02:00:28,961 --> 02:00:32,380
run the longest distance ever
by women in Olympic history.

1179
02:00:34,760 --> 02:00:37,040
Two of the favorites run side by side.

1180
02:00:37,780 --> 02:00:42,400
Joan Benoit of the United States wearing
the white cap and bred a vice of Norway.

1181
02:00:43,840 --> 02:00:46,931
At the end of three
miles, almost 18 minutes

1182
02:00:46,932 --> 02:00:50,401
into the race, Joan
Benoit takes a slight lead.

1183
02:00:50,940 --> 02:00:52,560
Her move to the front is not challenged.

1184
02:00:53,700 --> 02:00:56,720
Many still believe that her physical
condition is in doubt.

1185
02:00:57,420 --> 02:00:59,160
Her career has been plagued with injury.

1186
02:01:10,640 --> 02:01:13,820
I thought it was too early to leave the
rest of the fields.

1187
02:01:14,480 --> 02:01:19,840
I thought that Joan Benoit would slow down
and that we could catch her in the end.

1188
02:01:33,780 --> 02:01:37,360
Ingrid Christensen on the right joins her
teammate, Greta Vites.

1189
02:01:37,980 --> 02:01:42,300
In between Rosa Motach, Portugal and Julie
Brown, United States.

1190
02:02:01,850 --> 02:02:03,190
Joan Benoit presses on.

1191
02:02:04,010 --> 02:02:06,310
She increases her lead as each mile goes
by.

1192
02:02:06,950 --> 02:02:10,470
She is running without apparent fear of
injury or concern for the weather.

1193
02:02:13,790 --> 02:02:16,670
It is now clear that two women are setting
the temple.

1194
02:02:17,210 --> 02:02:19,910
Up front, Joan Benoit runs to her home
beat.

1195
02:02:26,050 --> 02:02:29,830
The others follow the rhythm of the
revered Norwegian Greta Vites.

1196
02:03:15,910 --> 02:03:20,750
With the race more than half over,
Joan Benoit is as strong as she was when

1197
02:03:20,751 --> 02:03:23,470
she took the lead more than an hour and 15
minutes ago.

1198
02:03:26,110 --> 02:03:31,150
At 30 kilometers, Greta Vites was one
minute and 50 seconds behind Joan Benoit.

1199
02:03:33,810 --> 02:03:37,590
Now at 33 kilometers, Vites has picked up
10 seconds.

1200
02:03:58,760 --> 02:04:01,780
I've got a little bit closer, but not so
much as I hope.

1201
02:04:02,000 --> 02:04:05,800
And at that point, I knew that there is no
way that I can catch her.

1202
02:04:06,660 --> 02:04:10,380
Perhaps the most amazing story of this,
the first Olympic women's marathon.

1203
02:04:11,160 --> 02:04:13,860
Joyce Smith of Great Britain is in 11th
place.

1204
02:04:14,540 --> 02:04:18,180
She is 46 years old, the oldest athlete,
male or female.

1205
02:04:18,181 --> 02:04:20,180
In the track and field competitions.

1206
02:04:24,780 --> 02:04:27,601
Of all the favorites,
Julie Brown of the United

1207
02:04:27,602 --> 02:04:29,620
States has been most
affected by the weather.

1208
02:04:30,240 --> 02:04:32,980
She has been out of contention since the
halfway point in the race.

1209
02:04:33,740 --> 02:04:36,120
She is in 36th place out of 50 stars.

1210
02:04:40,370 --> 02:04:42,830
Joan Benoit has two kilometers to go.

1211
02:04:58,310 --> 02:05:01,380
As Joan Benoit
approaches the stadium, it is

1212
02:05:01,381 --> 02:05:03,370
with the realization that
she is one of the best.

1213
02:05:03,390 --> 02:05:08,330
In every battle, a marathon runner must
face against the weather, the terrain,

1214
02:05:09,350 --> 02:05:10,350
the competition.

1215
02:05:15,840 --> 02:05:19,051
As you can see on the
screen, the leader, Joan

1216
02:05:19,052 --> 02:05:22,261
Benoit, is in the area
near the commissivity.

1217
02:06:03,860 --> 02:06:05,880
Rosa Molta of Portugal is third.

1218
02:06:54,960 --> 02:06:56,700
Ingrid Christensen, Norway fourth.

1219
02:07:10,590 --> 02:07:13,210
The second to finish her is Greater White,
Norway.

1220
02:07:20,340 --> 02:07:26,381
As Joan Benoit receives her acclaim, the
rest of the marathoners finish the race.

1221
02:07:27,220 --> 02:07:28,940
Rosa Molta, Portugal.

1222
02:07:33,210 --> 02:07:34,270
Ingrid D.C.

1223
02:07:34,390 --> 02:07:35,390
Youngson,

1224
02:07:38,640 --> 02:07:40,160
Lorraine Mullah, New Zealand.

1225
02:07:43,300 --> 02:07:44,300
Lisa Martin, Australia.

1226
02:07:47,550 --> 02:07:51,790
Thirty-nine-year-old Priscilla Welsh of
Great Britain, who finished sixth.

1227
02:07:52,690 --> 02:07:56,170
Urges her teammate, 46-year-old Joyce
Smith, to the finish line.

1228
02:07:57,410 --> 02:07:59,270
Joyce Smith finishes 11th.

1229
02:08:00,430 --> 02:08:01,430
The

1230
02:08:55,540 --> 02:08:57,680
winner of the first women's Olympic
marathon.

1231
02:09:00,640 --> 02:09:03,352
It is 7 p.

1232
02:09:40,822 --> 02:09:41,930
m.

1233
02:09:42,150 --> 02:09:43,530
the early evening of August 4th.

1234
02:09:44,930 --> 02:09:48,270
90,000 spectators await the final of the
men's 100 meters.

1235
02:09:50,070 --> 02:09:54,270
Four weeks, there has been speculation
about Carl Lewis' chances of winning four

1236
02:09:54,271 --> 02:09:57,555
gold medals, given the
100 meters, long jump,

1237
02:09:57,556 --> 02:09:59,910
200 meters, and four
by 100 meter relay.

1238
02:09:59,911 --> 02:10:04,810
Now, in his first event, Lewis is the
favorite after winning his three races,

1239
02:10:05,110 --> 02:10:06,110
leading to the final.

1240
02:10:07,130 --> 02:10:10,990
To many, the 100 meters is the most
critical of the four events for Lewis.

1241
02:10:11,510 --> 02:10:13,190
It is the event he fears most.

1242
02:10:14,290 --> 02:10:17,470
The slightest mistake at world-class level
can mean defeat.

1243
02:10:19,150 --> 02:10:23,030
For Carl Lewis, this final has dramatic
comparisons to the past.

1244
02:10:23,710 --> 02:10:29,290
48 years earlier, at the 1936 Berlin
Games, Jesse Owens had won all of his

1245
02:10:29,291 --> 02:10:31,790
preliminaries and was the favorite to win
the final.

1246
02:10:32,530 --> 02:10:36,450
I went through, I think, the ups and downs
that Jesse Owens had to go through in 1936

1247
02:10:36,451 --> 02:10:38,410
when he was trying to do the same four
events.

1248
02:10:39,010 --> 02:10:40,750
So, in that respect,
he was definitely an

1249
02:10:40,751 --> 02:10:42,850
inspiration because I know
what he had to go through.

1250
02:10:43,150 --> 02:10:48,690
And then being the person that he was,
and being someone who inspired me as a

1251
02:10:48,691 --> 02:10:52,390
young child to compete, I wanted to meet
individually running my events,

1252
02:10:52,950 --> 02:10:55,270
but I was also very much inspired by his
presence.

1253
02:11:05,000 --> 02:11:09,120
Jesse Owens wins, Ralph Mettaph,
United States 2nd.

1254
02:11:14,430 --> 02:11:18,961
Now, 48 years later, Lewis
prepares for those moments Jesse

1255
02:11:18,962 --> 02:11:22,710
Owens remembered as a lifetime
of training for just 10 seconds.

1256
02:11:23,590 --> 02:11:26,430
The noise started to go down and then we
started to concentrate.

1257
02:11:26,431 --> 02:11:29,137
And just before we
were ready to start, some

1258
02:11:29,138 --> 02:11:31,450
people were right
down close to the track.

1259
02:11:32,150 --> 02:11:33,546
And they, uh, come on, Carl, go get on.

1260
02:11:33,570 --> 02:11:36,530
I mean, just like two or three people just
started screaming like a frenzy.

1261
02:11:36,870 --> 02:11:39,430
And that woke me up at that point when I
was ready to run.

1262
02:11:40,770 --> 02:11:43,710
The men to watch, Carl Lewis second from
the left.

1263
02:11:45,090 --> 02:11:49,010
His teammates Sam Grady and alongside
Grady, Ben Johnson of Canada.

1264
02:11:52,810 --> 02:11:55,270
Johnson and Grady are in lanes four and
five.

1265
02:12:15,920 --> 02:12:21,460
At 40 meters Grady and Johnson in the
middle lead, Lewis is coming on.

1266
02:12:23,220 --> 02:12:28,400
Carl Lewis first, Sam Grady second,
Ben Johnson, Canada third.

1267
02:12:33,160 --> 02:12:36,960
The replay shows the explosive power and
confidence of Carl Lewis.

1268
02:12:38,580 --> 02:12:42,080
Carl Lewis is on the left, Sam Grady on
the right.

1269
02:13:03,860 --> 02:13:07,280
I got to about the 60-meter mark and I was
drawing very close.

1270
02:13:07,680 --> 02:13:10,395
So right when I drew
even at about 75 meters,

1271
02:13:10,396 --> 02:13:13,501
this great big relief of
joy just came over me.

1272
02:13:13,820 --> 02:13:15,860
And the only thing left was just to finish
the race.

1273
02:13:16,120 --> 02:13:20,700
So that smile and that relief just broke
open and that was my celebration early.

1274
02:13:34,630 --> 02:13:38,150
I just said, let me take a victory lap and
I remember the one thing I want to do,

1275
02:13:38,151 --> 02:13:43,150
since I felt so much USA and so much
pride, is just grab something American.

1276
02:13:43,650 --> 02:13:47,510
And the biggest thing I saw was this great
big American flag, so I smashed a flag.

1277
02:13:56,840 --> 02:14:00,480
All that put together just made me feel
very proud.

1278
02:14:01,200 --> 02:14:05,140
And knowing that the spirit was behind me
and Jesse Owens would probably be smiling.

1279
02:14:05,220 --> 02:14:09,607
And then later on here, Mrs.
Owens say it was just like watching

1280
02:14:09,608 --> 02:14:12,280
Jesse because she didn't
get to go to the Olympics in 36.

1281
02:14:12,281 --> 02:14:15,860
So this is my Olympics for Jesse,
so she was very happy.

1282
02:14:19,640 --> 02:14:23,156
Late in the afternoon, two
days later, 12 finalists walk

1283
02:14:23,157 --> 02:14:25,780
onto the field for the final
of the men's long jump.

1284
02:14:27,520 --> 02:14:30,480
The long jump is considered Lewis's most
certain victory.

1285
02:14:32,100 --> 02:14:35,634
This was not the case 48
years earlier, when Jesse Owens

1286
02:14:35,635 --> 02:14:38,940
was locked in a duel with Lutz
Long, the German champion.

1287
02:14:39,480 --> 02:14:44,260
Tied with Long, Owens finally moved into
the lead with a superb fifth effort.

1288
02:14:45,120 --> 02:14:49,080
Then on his final jump, Owens ensured his
victory by creating an Olympic record.

1289
02:15:02,880 --> 02:15:05,779
Going into the long jump
finals, what made it difficult

1290
02:15:05,780 --> 02:15:07,781
was that the 200 meter
heats were that morning.

1291
02:15:08,420 --> 02:15:11,860
So I ran those two races and I had four
hours in between events.

1292
02:15:12,700 --> 02:15:16,180
So we came out on the field, and first of
all we were delayed by the hammer throw.

1293
02:15:16,181 --> 02:15:17,640
That slowed things down.

1294
02:15:17,940 --> 02:15:22,860
My intention was to try and get one good
jump in, the first or second jump,

1295
02:15:23,120 --> 02:15:25,600
so that if anything happened, I could sit
on that.

1296
02:15:27,020 --> 02:15:30,960
The long jump finalists must wait until
the conclusion of the hammer throw.

1297
02:15:32,060 --> 02:15:34,828
There is fear that a stray
throw could land dangerously

1298
02:15:34,829 --> 02:15:37,560
close to the athletes
near the long jump runway.

1299
02:15:38,520 --> 02:15:42,658
That particular time was difficult
because it seems like you're

1300
02:15:42,659 --> 02:15:44,960
waiting for 16 hours, when
you're only waiting six minutes.

1301
02:15:44,961 --> 02:15:48,760
It's just the anticipation you want to get
into the event, and the adrenaline was

1302
02:15:48,761 --> 02:15:52,200
flowing, and there were so many things that
I had to think about during that period.

1303
02:15:52,540 --> 02:15:54,180
It seemed like that event lasted forever.

1304
02:15:56,620 --> 02:15:58,760
Finally, the hammer throw is decided.

1305
02:15:59,500 --> 02:16:02,280
Juha Tien in a Finland wins the gold
medal.

1306
02:16:07,360 --> 02:16:10,020
Now Carl Lewis gets ready for his first
attack.

1307
02:16:11,660 --> 02:16:14,920
He is the 11th jumper in a field of 12
finalists.

1308
02:16:15,700 --> 02:16:17,760
Each competitor will have six attempts.

1309
02:16:19,580 --> 02:16:23,420
The longest jump in the first round is 26
feet, six and a half inches.

1310
02:16:59,210 --> 02:17:01,390
28 feet, one quarter of an inch.

1311
02:17:01,750 --> 02:17:04,730
Almost a foot and a half farther than the
previous best lead.

1312
02:17:09,410 --> 02:17:10,990
Carl Lewis is in first place.

1313
02:17:13,910 --> 02:17:17,690
Larry Marek's Lewis' teammate is the final
jumper in each rotation.

1314
02:17:17,691 --> 02:17:22,350
He is the last man to defeat Lewis in the
long jump three and a half years earlier.

1315
02:17:23,110 --> 02:17:27,250
Larry Marek's, one of the few men in
history, to jump more than 28 feet.

1316
02:17:36,780 --> 02:17:38,800
26 feet, five and a half inches.

1317
02:17:39,340 --> 02:17:41,500
More than a foot and a half behind Lewis'
lead.

1318
02:17:44,820 --> 02:17:49,200
Throughout the competition, Lewis is the
11th jumper in a field of 12.

1319
02:17:52,510 --> 02:17:56,990
He will always be followed by his teammate
Larry Marek's, the final competitor.

1320
02:18:00,050 --> 02:18:04,330
As Lewis gets ready for his second
attempt, there are many whose thoughts go

1321
02:18:04,331 --> 02:18:08,210
back to the year 1968 at the Mexico City
Olympic Stadium.

1322
02:18:08,910 --> 02:18:12,810
Their Bob Beeman of the United States
makes his first attempt in the final.

1323
02:18:18,630 --> 02:18:22,210
29 feet, two and one half inches,
the longest jump in history.

1324
02:18:22,211 --> 02:18:25,390
A world record that has stood for almost
16 years.

1325
02:18:26,710 --> 02:18:31,090
Beeman's world record was considered
unreachable, but in the 13 months leading

1326
02:18:31,091 --> 02:18:35,370
to the games, Lewis has jumped just four
and a quarter inches short of this mark.

1327
02:18:36,790 --> 02:18:39,952
Many have speculated Carl
Lewis will attempt to break

1328
02:18:39,953 --> 02:18:42,870
Beeman's record here at the
Los Angeles Olympic Games.

1329
02:18:46,270 --> 02:18:48,350
Now Carl Lewis' second attempt.

1330
02:19:11,340 --> 02:19:12,920
He has fouled.

1331
02:19:19,480 --> 02:19:23,040
The third round goes by with no major
changes in the standings.

1332
02:19:23,940 --> 02:19:24,940
There is one surprise.

1333
02:19:25,620 --> 02:19:27,680
Carl Lewis passes on his third attempt.

1334
02:19:29,220 --> 02:19:30,760
The fourth and fifth rounds go by.

1335
02:19:31,840 --> 02:19:32,840
Again, Carl Lewis passes.

1336
02:19:33,860 --> 02:19:36,520
It is now apparent that Lewis will not
jump again this afternoon.

1337
02:19:38,880 --> 02:19:41,080
The sixth and final round gets underway.

1338
02:19:43,560 --> 02:19:48,700
Lewis gives no indication that he will
take his final jump.

1339
02:19:49,140 --> 02:19:54,020
Gary Honey of Australia, second most of
the afternoon, gets off his longest jump.

1340
02:19:55,880 --> 02:19:57,780
27 feet, one half inch.

1341
02:20:00,300 --> 02:20:03,980
But he is still almost a foot behind
Lewis' only successful jump.

1342
02:20:06,560 --> 02:20:11,300
None of the competitors can improve their
position, and now it is Lewis' turn again.

1343
02:20:11,800 --> 02:20:14,000
He passes for the fourth straight tie.

1344
02:20:15,820 --> 02:20:19,820
If Larry Myricks, the last jumper,
can equal his own best leap ever.

1345
02:20:20,180 --> 02:20:21,420
28 feet, one inch.

1346
02:20:21,980 --> 02:20:24,280
He will defeat Lewis by three quarters of
an inch.

1347
02:20:24,880 --> 02:20:28,880
After the first two jumps, I decided to
pass because the weather had gotten cold.

1348
02:20:29,240 --> 02:20:32,291
And I knew with the Olympic
trials, even Larry didn't jump

1349
02:20:32,292 --> 02:20:34,861
as well in the last three jumps
as he did in the first three.

1350
02:20:35,060 --> 02:20:39,720
But making a decision to pass and then sit
there watching Larry jump was difficult.

1351
02:20:41,580 --> 02:20:44,315
I had to take a big
chance, because if I had

1352
02:20:44,316 --> 02:20:46,660
taken another jump,
something might have happened.

1353
02:20:46,840 --> 02:20:49,840
But then 28 feet is a long way,
but Larry has jumped 28 feet.

1354
02:20:50,300 --> 02:20:54,140
I watched Larry's final jump with what I
did, because I was very, very nervous.

1355
02:20:54,300 --> 02:20:56,100
I knew that he has the capability of doing
it.

1356
02:21:03,870 --> 02:21:07,770
Myricks worst attempt of the afternoon,
20 feet, seven and a quarter inches.

1357
02:21:08,890 --> 02:21:11,330
Almost eight feet below his best effort
ever.

1358
02:21:12,090 --> 02:21:15,210
On that particular jump, he tried very
hard, and I think he got a step-saw.

1359
02:21:16,050 --> 02:21:19,444
And I felt bad for him because
of the fact that I felt that

1360
02:21:19,445 --> 02:21:21,931
Larry had the talent to get
a medal in that competition.

1361
02:21:28,560 --> 02:21:31,660
Carl Lewis is now halfway towards
fulfilling his goal.

1362
02:21:32,580 --> 02:21:36,474
Before the week is over, he
will run the 200 meters and four

1363
02:21:36,475 --> 02:21:39,820
by 100 relay in his quest to
win four Olympic gold medals.

1364
02:21:45,510 --> 02:21:48,850
Wednesday, August 8, the final of the pole
vault.

1365
02:21:50,210 --> 02:21:56,490
The pole vault, a combination of many
athletic abilities, the speed of a

1366
02:21:56,491 --> 02:22:04,190
sprinter, the strength of a weightlifter,
the agility of a gymnast.

1367
02:22:07,290 --> 02:22:09,790
Volters do not have to attempt to clear
every height.

1368
02:22:10,770 --> 02:22:11,930
They have the option to pass.

1369
02:22:14,110 --> 02:22:16,030
The competition begins.

1370
02:22:17,390 --> 02:22:19,290
14 Volters make it to the finals.

1371
02:22:20,350 --> 02:22:23,028
However, it has been predicted
that the battle for the gold

1372
02:22:23,029 --> 02:22:25,630
medal will be among four
men representing two countries.

1373
02:22:27,070 --> 02:22:28,410
Tieri Vigneron, France.

1374
02:22:30,670 --> 02:22:32,050
Earl Bell, United States.

1375
02:22:34,870 --> 02:22:36,230
Pierre Quinoa, France.

1376
02:22:39,610 --> 02:22:40,870
Mike Tully, United States.

1377
02:23:51,520 --> 02:23:53,480
The predictions are correct.

1378
02:23:54,320 --> 02:24:00,560
After eight rounds, the two Americans Mike
Tully and Earl Bell and the two Frenchmen,

1379
02:24:00,800 --> 02:24:04,468
Tieri Vigneron and
Pierre Quinoa, are the only

1380
02:24:04,469 --> 02:24:07,700
Volters of the 14 finalists
left in the competition.

1381
02:24:09,960 --> 02:24:13,917
Earl Bell and Tieri
Vigneron both cleared 18 feet

1382
02:24:13,918 --> 02:24:17,080
four and a half inches
and are tied for first place.

1383
02:24:36,380 --> 02:24:38,480
They are the only ones to clear this
height.

1384
02:24:45,970 --> 02:24:51,050
Because they have passed at various
heights, Mike Tully is third at 18 feet

1385
02:24:51,051 --> 02:24:55,390
two and a half inches, Quinoa fourth at 17
feet ten and a half inches.

1386
02:24:56,630 --> 02:24:58,850
Pierre Quinoa's chances are the most
suspect.

1387
02:24:59,790 --> 02:25:02,630
When he arrived in Los Angeles,
he could barely walk.

1388
02:25:03,310 --> 02:25:05,945
Every day he would
undergo physical therapy

1389
02:25:05,946 --> 02:25:08,951
for a severely pulled
muscle in his left leg.

1390
02:25:09,370 --> 02:25:10,990
Today he wears a bandage.

1391
02:25:11,830 --> 02:25:15,390
Though he is still in the competition,
he has cleared but one height,

1392
02:25:15,750 --> 02:25:17,450
passing seven times.

1393
02:25:19,330 --> 02:25:24,070
A week before the games, the question was
not whether I could challenge for one of

1394
02:25:24,071 --> 02:25:27,830
the medals, but rather whether I could
compete at all.

1395
02:25:28,570 --> 02:25:31,150
The treatments resulted in some kind of
miracle.

1396
02:25:32,030 --> 02:25:35,026
On the day of the
competition, it really felt good,

1397
02:25:35,027 --> 02:25:37,950
but I knew I must not
challenge the leg too often.

1398
02:25:39,610 --> 02:25:42,450
The bar is now at 18 feet six and a half
inches.

1399
02:25:43,190 --> 02:25:44,650
Bell and Vigneron pass.

1400
02:25:46,290 --> 02:25:48,250
Quinoa decides to make the attempt.

1401
02:25:58,180 --> 02:25:59,980
He fails on his first try.

1402
02:26:02,140 --> 02:26:04,580
The pole vault is like a chess game.

1403
02:26:05,440 --> 02:26:08,632
One must decide at each
height, whether the time

1404
02:26:08,633 --> 02:26:11,180
both physically and
psychologically is right.

1405
02:26:12,080 --> 02:26:15,558
Because of my physical
condition, I knew I must

1406
02:26:15,559 --> 02:26:18,460
conserve my strength until
the bar was much higher.

1407
02:26:19,480 --> 02:26:20,480
I didn't feel right.

1408
02:26:21,360 --> 02:26:24,171
After missing my first
attempt, I decided to pass

1409
02:26:24,172 --> 02:26:26,640
and use my other two
attempts at the next height.

1410
02:26:31,880 --> 02:26:36,680
Mike Tully has already missed twice at 18
feet six and a half inches.

1411
02:26:45,720 --> 02:26:47,660
Tully is now alone in first place.

1412
02:26:50,060 --> 02:26:52,820
Bell and Vigneron are tied for second.

1413
02:26:54,280 --> 02:26:55,560
And Pierre Quinoa is fourth.

1414
02:26:56,360 --> 02:27:01,060
The bar will now be raised to five metres
at 70, 18, 18, and one quarter.

1415
02:27:02,100 --> 02:27:04,473
Throughout the
afternoon, I was always the

1416
02:27:04,474 --> 02:27:07,921
first of the four vaulters
that must decide.

1417
02:27:08,140 --> 02:27:10,280
All of us were reaching our limits.

1418
02:27:11,060 --> 02:27:12,140
The afternoon was long.

1419
02:27:13,240 --> 02:27:17,440
I decided to make the attempt at 18 feet
eight and one quarter inches.

1420
02:27:27,110 --> 02:27:30,490
Incredibly, Pierre Quinoa has taken over
first place.

1421
02:27:31,330 --> 02:27:34,345
Before this successful
attempt, he had cleared

1422
02:27:34,346 --> 02:27:36,750
but one height and
had passed eight times.

1423
02:27:38,950 --> 02:27:41,490
The height is too much for both Bell and
Vigneron.

1424
02:27:43,090 --> 02:27:47,570
They are eliminated from the competition,
but will share the bronze medal.

1425
02:28:01,440 --> 02:28:04,120
Mike Tully will not challenge at this
height.

1426
02:28:05,200 --> 02:28:06,200
He passes.

1427
02:28:08,300 --> 02:28:11,600
The bar is raised two inches to 18 feet,
ten and a quarter inches.

1428
02:28:13,860 --> 02:28:15,560
I was feeling very good.

1429
02:28:16,280 --> 02:28:19,460
I decided to keep on placing the pressure
on Mike.

1430
02:28:36,760 --> 02:28:40,000
Pierre Quinoa reinforces his first place
position.

1431
02:28:41,700 --> 02:28:47,241
Mike Tully, in second place, almost four
inches below Quinoa's effort, passes again.

1432
02:28:47,660 --> 02:28:51,360
He will try to win at the next height,
19 feet, one quarter inch.

1433
02:28:52,640 --> 02:28:54,460
Quinoa will also make the attempt.

1434
02:28:55,680 --> 02:29:00,820
Quinoa was up first in the balling order,
and the height was 18, 10, and a quarter,

1435
02:29:01,420 --> 02:29:02,900
and he makes it on his first jump.

1436
02:29:02,901 --> 02:29:04,440
So what do I do now?

1437
02:29:04,780 --> 02:29:07,340
Do I do the same thing I did at 18,
8, and a quarter?

1438
02:29:07,580 --> 02:29:09,500
Or go ahead and jump
at it and try to make it on

1439
02:29:09,501 --> 02:29:11,961
my first, where we can
maybe get into a jump off.

1440
02:29:12,020 --> 02:29:13,940
My decision was to go ahead and pass
again.

1441
02:29:14,360 --> 02:29:18,340
I was getting tired, and I really didn't
think I'd get into a jump off.

1442
02:29:19,920 --> 02:29:24,400
Pierre Quinoa has not cleared 19 feet in
the months leading to the games.

1443
02:29:26,200 --> 02:29:27,440
Nevertheless, he will try.

1444
02:29:29,460 --> 02:29:31,100
Again, I had to go first.

1445
02:29:32,020 --> 02:29:36,140
Even though I was in first place,
the gold medal was still in doubt.

1446
02:29:37,060 --> 02:29:38,200
We each had three attempts.

1447
02:29:39,060 --> 02:29:44,860
If Mike was successful and I was unable to
clear the height, the gold medal was his.

1448
02:29:45,960 --> 02:29:49,560
If neither of us was successful,
the gold medal was mine.

1449
02:30:45,840 --> 02:30:48,500
Pierre Quinoa has missed all three
attempts.

1450
02:30:49,540 --> 02:30:51,180
Mike Tully has one jump left.

1451
02:30:52,440 --> 02:30:56,000
For Mike Tully, it is the difference
between a gold and silver medal.

1452
02:31:23,030 --> 02:31:25,510
Mike Tully breaks the plane of the bar.

1453
02:31:26,550 --> 02:31:28,510
It is considered an official attempt.

1454
02:31:30,090 --> 02:31:33,430
Pierre Quinoa, France, is the winner of
the gold medal.

1455
02:33:11,970 --> 02:33:13,950
The People's Republic of China.

1456
02:33:16,450 --> 02:33:19,107
A country larger than
the continent of Australia

1457
02:33:19,108 --> 02:33:21,751
with a population of more
than one billion people.

1458
02:33:22,770 --> 02:33:24,270
The People's Republic of China.

1459
02:33:25,290 --> 02:33:30,650
A product of the political revolution of
1949, separating Taiwan from the mainland.

1460
02:33:34,010 --> 02:33:39,150
In recent years, the People's Republic of
China has gone through another revolution.

1461
02:33:41,170 --> 02:33:42,170
A sports revolution.

1462
02:33:44,770 --> 02:33:49,590
Today, the People's Republic of China
shows promise that they are destined to

1463
02:33:49,591 --> 02:33:52,490
become one of the greatest athletic powers
of the world.

1464
02:34:03,400 --> 02:34:06,020
July 28, 1984.

1465
02:34:07,040 --> 02:34:12,980
219 men and women athletes and 50 coaches
from the People's Republic of China enter

1466
02:34:12,981 --> 02:34:17,860
the Los Angeles Coliseum in the opening
ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games.

1467
02:34:19,560 --> 02:34:22,820
Finally, Chinese athletes competed
internationally with the slogan,

1468
02:34:23,440 --> 02:34:24,440
Friendship First.

1469
02:34:24,960 --> 02:34:25,960
Competition Second.

1470
02:34:26,800 --> 02:34:28,920
Winning or losing was immaterial.

1471
02:34:29,680 --> 02:34:30,920
This has now changed.

1472
02:34:32,120 --> 02:34:34,645
The People's Republic of
China has let it be known

1473
02:34:34,646 --> 02:34:37,201
that friendship can also
come through winning.

1474
02:34:37,760 --> 02:34:40,829
And here in Los Angeles, it
is predicted that their athletes

1475
02:34:40,830 --> 02:34:43,520
will do what no other
Chinese athlete has ever done.

1476
02:34:44,360 --> 02:34:46,160
Win an Olympic gold medal.

1477
02:34:55,040 --> 02:35:00,000
Twenty-four hours later, International
Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio

1478
02:35:00,001 --> 02:35:04,880
Samaranch presents the first Olympic gold
medal won at the Los Angeles Olympics.

1479
02:35:05,980 --> 02:35:07,140
It has historic significance.

1480
02:35:08,100 --> 02:35:11,320
It goes to Shu Haifang of the People's
Republic of China.

1481
02:35:11,960 --> 02:35:16,780
Shu Haifang, the winner of the men's free
pistol shooting championship, is

1482
02:35:16,781 --> 02:35:19,620
immortalized as China's first Olympic gold
medal winner.

1483
02:35:21,460 --> 02:35:28,180
In all, Chinese athletes would win 15
gold, 8 silver, and 9 bronze medals.

1484
02:35:31,260 --> 02:35:35,280
In Los Angeles, the prediction before the
Games has become a reality.

1485
02:35:36,440 --> 02:35:39,580
The People's Republic of China has become
a world athletic power.

1486
02:36:45,700 --> 02:36:48,720
This is 26-year-old fencer Luwan Zhugei.

1487
02:36:50,320 --> 02:36:53,920
Though she's won silver and bronze medals
in previous world championships,

1488
02:36:54,640 --> 02:36:56,980
she still trains in the tradition of her
ancestors.

1489
02:37:01,580 --> 02:37:06,821
Here in Los Angeles, Luwan Zhugei makes her
way through the preliminary competition.

1490
02:37:10,400 --> 02:37:16,741
The favorite to win the foil competition is
World Champion Dorina Vacaroni of Italy.

1491
02:37:17,140 --> 02:37:20,640
But she is upset by Cornelia Hanish of
West Germany.

1492
02:37:28,940 --> 02:37:32,540
Now Luwan Zhugei meets Cornelia Hanish for
the gold medal.

1493
02:37:46,150 --> 02:37:49,310
Luwan Zhugei wins, and again history is
made.

1494
02:37:50,330 --> 02:37:54,324
Luwan Zhugei becomes the
first Chinese and first Asian

1495
02:37:54,325 --> 02:37:57,770
male or female ever to win
an Olympic fencing medal.

1496
02:38:09,120 --> 02:38:13,098
Today, August 7, China
faces the United States in

1497
02:38:13,099 --> 02:38:15,781
the final of the Women's
Volleyball Competition.

1498
02:38:18,420 --> 02:38:21,360
They seek to avenge an early round loss to
the Americans.

1499
02:38:24,800 --> 02:38:27,998
With power, finesse,
and determination, they

1500
02:38:27,999 --> 02:38:31,201
capture the gold medal
in three straight games.

1501
02:39:02,470 --> 02:39:05,070
It is six months later Shanghai.

1502
02:39:06,510 --> 02:39:10,190
The People's Republic of China pays
tribute to its Olympic champions.

1503
02:39:11,830 --> 02:39:16,041
In a nationwide poll to
honor athletes in all sports, the

1504
02:39:16,042 --> 02:39:20,090
top winners are heroes of the
1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

1505
02:39:21,490 --> 02:39:26,530
The greatest number of votes is received
by the incomparable Leaning, winner of

1506
02:39:26,531 --> 02:39:30,130
three gold, two silver and one bronze
medal in gymnastics.

1507
02:39:30,790 --> 02:39:33,363
Leaning wins top
honors over lung ping, the

1508
02:39:33,364 --> 02:39:37,151
star of the Chinese
Women's Volleyball team.

1509
02:39:37,230 --> 02:39:41,450
In third place is Xu Haifeng, winner of
the pistol shooting gold medal,

1510
02:39:41,950 --> 02:39:45,230
and winner of China's first gold medal
ever in Olympic competition.

1511
02:39:46,430 --> 02:39:52,070
In fourth place, Xu Xianwap, who is
expected to win the high jump gold medal,

1512
02:39:52,410 --> 02:39:54,090
yet finished third in the competition.

1513
02:39:54,830 --> 02:39:58,567
And finally, in fifth place,
the one Xu Xianwap,

1514
02:39:58,568 --> 02:40:01,670
winner of the women's
foil fencing gold medal.

1515
02:40:04,850 --> 02:40:09,050
And so history has been written on the
playing fields of Los Angeles.

1516
02:40:10,170 --> 02:40:13,011
As the national anthem of
the People's Republic of China

1517
02:40:13,012 --> 02:40:16,370
is heard fifteen times during
the two weeks of competition.

1518
02:40:17,350 --> 02:40:20,485
The first time ever, the
Chinese athletes have stood

1519
02:40:20,486 --> 02:40:23,291
on the top step of the
Olympic victory platform.

1520
02:40:47,100 --> 02:40:53,120
At 5.50 Monday afternoon, August 6th,
eight men walked onto the field at the Los

1521
02:40:53,121 --> 02:40:56,080
Angeles Coliseum for the final of the 800
meters.

1522
02:40:59,640 --> 02:41:04,540
The favorite to win, 21-year-old Joachim
Cruz of Brazil.

1523
02:41:05,380 --> 02:41:08,560
He had easily won his three heats leading
to the final.

1524
02:41:09,700 --> 02:41:15,400
Also in the race, two legends from Great
Britain, 27-year-old world record-holders

1525
02:41:15,401 --> 02:41:21,080
Sebastian Cole, and 28-year-old Steve
Ovette, the defending Olympic champion.

1526
02:41:22,120 --> 02:41:26,320
Ovette defeated Cole four years earlier in
Moscow to win his gold medal.

1527
02:41:27,600 --> 02:41:32,020
Then, on the final turn, Ovette in second
place made his move.

1528
02:41:38,240 --> 02:41:41,372
Cole, in fourth place,
had run a poor tactical race

1529
02:41:41,373 --> 02:41:44,340
and found himself too far
behind to catch his teammate.

1530
02:41:57,760 --> 02:42:00,961
Now four years later, here
in Los Angeles, the physical

1531
02:42:00,962 --> 02:42:03,520
condition of both British
runners is questionable.

1532
02:42:04,380 --> 02:42:07,900
Until six months before the Games,
Cole was suffering with a rare,

1533
02:42:07,940 --> 02:42:10,560
limp-land infection that threatened his
career.

1534
02:42:10,561 --> 02:42:13,240
A problem started at the end of 1982.

1535
02:42:14,040 --> 02:42:15,520
It was injured for most of that year.

1536
02:42:15,760 --> 02:42:19,420
I got back a little bit during the winter,
but never really felt 100%.

1537
02:42:19,421 --> 02:42:24,034
I went down in 83 again
with this glandular problem

1538
02:42:24,035 --> 02:42:27,040
and feeling run down
and tired much of the time.

1539
02:42:27,360 --> 02:42:30,380
It was just a spiraling circle ever
downward.

1540
02:42:31,200 --> 02:42:35,200
And I got to the end of 1983 and had a lot
of treatment to get rid of the problem.

1541
02:42:36,140 --> 02:42:41,000
Since arriving in Los Angeles a few weeks
before the Games, defending Olympic

1542
02:42:41,001 --> 02:42:45,600
champion Steve Ovette has been played with
severe respiratory problems.

1543
02:42:48,080 --> 02:42:51,820
One day earlier in the semi-final,
one by Joachim Cruz of Brazil,

1544
02:42:52,400 --> 02:42:56,263
Ovette exhausted, managed
to lunge across the finish line to

1545
02:42:56,264 --> 02:42:59,280
gain the fourth and last
qualifying position for the final.

1546
02:43:02,680 --> 02:43:04,748
British doctors have
advised Ovette that

1547
02:43:04,749 --> 02:43:08,081
running in the final
would worsen his problem.

1548
02:43:15,680 --> 02:43:19,940
Now, here in the final, Sebastian Cole
becomes Britain's main hope.

1549
02:43:20,780 --> 02:43:22,970
Even though defending champions
Steve Ovette will make the

1550
02:43:22,971 --> 02:43:26,600
attempt to duplicate his Moscow
victory of four years before.

1551
02:43:32,340 --> 02:43:35,739
The outside runners led
by Joachim Cruz of Brazil

1552
02:43:35,740 --> 02:43:39,081
in the all-blue uniform
break to the inside.

1553
02:43:39,160 --> 02:43:43,100
Cruz is content to let Edwin Coetch of
Kenya set the pace.

1554
02:43:45,800 --> 02:43:50,194
As they pass the 400-meter
mark, the halfway point, Coetch

1555
02:43:50,195 --> 02:43:53,960
of Kenya still leads, followed
by Joachim Cruz in second.

1556
02:43:54,900 --> 02:43:58,280
Earl Jones of the United States and
Sebastian Cole share third.

1557
02:44:01,260 --> 02:44:03,480
Down the back stretch for the last time.

1558
02:44:03,980 --> 02:44:06,540
It is Coetch of Kenya leading Joachim Cruz
of Brazil.

1559
02:44:06,541 --> 02:44:08,380
Sebastian Cole is third.

1560
02:44:09,160 --> 02:44:11,040
In last place, Steve Ovette.

1561
02:44:13,060 --> 02:44:17,080
With 200 meters left, Cruz in the all-blue
uniform makes his move.

1562
02:44:17,640 --> 02:44:19,720
Cole and Jones try to go with it.

1563
02:44:34,450 --> 02:44:36,290
Joachim Cruz, Brazil first.

1564
02:44:37,010 --> 02:44:38,670
Sebastian Cole, Great Britain second.

1565
02:44:39,330 --> 02:44:41,050
Earl Jones, United States third.

1566
02:44:42,310 --> 02:44:45,430
In last place, defending Olympic champion
Steve Ovette.

1567
02:44:50,230 --> 02:44:51,390
Ovette is exhausted.

1568
02:44:57,440 --> 02:45:02,000
For many years preceding the Los Angeles
Games, the world press had reported that

1569
02:45:02,001 --> 02:45:04,700
the Coe Ovette rivalry had been
unfriendly.

1570
02:45:05,220 --> 02:45:06,860
This was denied by both men.

1571
02:45:07,780 --> 02:45:09,740
Ovette attempted to clarify the situation.

1572
02:45:11,300 --> 02:45:15,740
Said Ovette, we are not the best of
friends, nor are we enemies.

1573
02:45:17,180 --> 02:45:18,320
Rather, we are rivals.

1574
02:45:22,220 --> 02:45:25,432
Straight after the
final, I had no idea that

1575
02:45:25,433 --> 02:45:28,260
he had struggled quite
as much as he had.

1576
02:45:28,780 --> 02:45:32,085
I sort of walked away
and saw him literally

1577
02:45:32,086 --> 02:45:34,960
coming through and sort
of exchanged a few words.

1578
02:45:35,240 --> 02:45:37,980
He instinctively feeling a great deal of
sympathy for the guy.

1579
02:45:38,160 --> 02:45:39,340
He was champion last time.

1580
02:45:39,880 --> 02:45:41,700
And to sort of go out like that.

1581
02:45:42,600 --> 02:45:45,120
Although it was very brave, I know
underneath.

1582
02:45:46,080 --> 02:45:47,600
It was quite a heartbreak for him.

1583
02:45:47,601 --> 02:45:52,780
And I walked ahead and literally a couple
of moments later he was struggling again.

1584
02:45:58,980 --> 02:46:01,260
Steve Ovette is totally exhausted.

1585
02:46:04,560 --> 02:46:06,880
Officials place a call for a stretcher.

1586
02:46:07,860 --> 02:46:10,536
In a few minutes, Steve
Ovette will be carried from

1587
02:46:10,537 --> 02:46:13,620
the field and hospitalized
for the next two days.

1588
02:46:21,440 --> 02:46:24,140
1,500 meters of men final.

1589
02:46:24,740 --> 02:46:29,020
It is Saturday, August 11th, the final of
the 1,500 meters.

1590
02:46:29,460 --> 02:46:31,660
Steve Ovette has qualified for the final.

1591
02:46:33,640 --> 02:46:38,840
One of those missing, Joachim Cruz of
Brazil, the 800 meter gold medalist.

1592
02:46:39,280 --> 02:46:42,114
After winning his
preliminary heat, he withdrew

1593
02:46:42,115 --> 02:46:45,001
from the semi-final
because of the head cold.

1594
02:46:47,380 --> 02:46:50,247
With Cruz out, the winner
is expected to come from

1595
02:46:50,248 --> 02:46:53,181
one of the five men
representing two countries.

1596
02:46:54,220 --> 02:46:56,000
Steve Scott, USA.

1597
02:46:57,540 --> 02:47:00,713
Steve Scott, and Jim
Spivey of the United

1598
02:47:00,714 --> 02:47:04,741
States, and three-mileers
from Great Britain.

1599
02:47:04,880 --> 02:47:08,660
Steve Cram, the 1983-1500 meter world
champion.

1600
02:47:11,080 --> 02:47:15,320
Sebastian Cole, the defending champion
from the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

1601
02:47:16,440 --> 02:47:21,060
And Steve Ovette, the world record holder
who came in third behind Cole in Moscow.

1602
02:47:21,960 --> 02:47:23,800
It is a rare Olympic moment.

1603
02:47:24,220 --> 02:47:28,620
These same three British runners made it
to the final in Moscow in 1980.

1604
02:47:29,820 --> 02:47:34,260
In that race, Sebastian Cole in second
place, followed by Steve Ovette,

1605
02:47:34,680 --> 02:47:38,280
came out of the final turn to overtake
Jurgen Straub of East Germany.

1606
02:47:42,690 --> 02:47:46,250
Down the stretch, Cole increases his lead
to win the gold medal.

1607
02:47:47,130 --> 02:47:49,450
But Steve Ovette must be content with
third place.

1608
02:47:50,670 --> 02:47:52,410
Steve Cram finishes eight.

1609
02:48:00,810 --> 02:48:05,290
Now, here in Los Angeles, all three
British runners have had difficult

1610
02:48:05,291 --> 02:48:07,650
experiences in the months leading to this
final.

1611
02:48:08,830 --> 02:48:13,350
Steve Cram has had a succession of groin,
calf, and ankle injuries.

1612
02:48:14,190 --> 02:48:18,330
Cole was poor form because of his
illnesses in the past two years,

1613
02:48:18,870 --> 02:48:21,490
almost cost him his place in the 1500
meters.

1614
02:48:22,150 --> 02:48:26,950
He was beaten in the British Championships
five weeks before the Games, but was

1615
02:48:26,951 --> 02:48:30,152
nevertheless selected
to join Steve Ovette and

1616
02:48:30,153 --> 02:48:33,451
Steve Cram as Britain's
1500 meter representatives.

1617
02:48:33,650 --> 02:48:37,410
His selection was almost unanimously
disapproved by the British press.

1618
02:48:38,250 --> 02:48:43,330
The third British finalist, Steve Ovette.

1619
02:48:44,130 --> 02:48:47,650
Ovette appeared for his qualifying heat in
the 1500 meters.

1620
02:48:48,470 --> 02:48:49,890
Incredibly, he won his heat.

1621
02:48:50,970 --> 02:48:55,210
The following day, he finished fourth in
the semi-finals to qualify for the final.

1622
02:48:55,910 --> 02:48:58,330
He is still played with respiratory
problems.

1623
02:49:18,420 --> 02:49:20,080
Sebastian Cole breaks out quickly.

1624
02:49:24,180 --> 02:49:26,848
But Omar Khalifa of
Sudan in the black shorts

1625
02:49:26,849 --> 02:49:29,861
and Joseph Cheshire of
Kenya make the turn first.

1626
02:49:30,600 --> 02:49:35,180
Cole is third, and Ricardo Madarazzi of
Italy in the blue shirt, fourth.

1627
02:49:40,760 --> 02:49:43,902
Down the stretch for the
first time, Steve Scott of the

1628
02:49:43,903 --> 02:49:46,820
United States in the old red
uniform joins the front runners.

1629
02:49:47,820 --> 02:49:51,580
Jose Abascale of Spain is sixth,
followed by the two other British runners,

1630
02:49:52,060 --> 02:49:53,560
Steve Ovette and Steve Cram.

1631
02:49:59,860 --> 02:50:02,260
400 meters, the leader is Khalifa.

1632
02:50:02,261 --> 02:50:07,661
Steve Scott of the United States in the red
uniform makes a big move on the outside.

1633
02:50:07,980 --> 02:50:10,240
He goes from eighth place into the lead.

1634
02:50:11,160 --> 02:50:16,280
At this early stage, with two and a half
laps left, Scott's strategy is designed to

1635
02:50:16,281 --> 02:50:18,873
quicken the pace and
force the runners with strong

1636
02:50:18,874 --> 02:50:21,620
finishing kicks to expand
energy early in the race.

1637
02:50:24,640 --> 02:50:29,000
One year earlier at the World
Championships in Helsinki, Scott was out

1638
02:50:29,001 --> 02:50:32,640
kicked by Steve Cram of Great Britain in a
thrilling stretch duel.

1639
02:50:39,750 --> 02:50:43,352
Khalifa of Sudan, number
780, follows Scott into

1640
02:50:43,353 --> 02:50:46,551
the turn as Sebastian
Coe moves into third place.

1641
02:50:49,670 --> 02:50:51,070
Cram is behind Coe.

1642
02:50:52,010 --> 02:50:54,030
Down the stretch, coming up onto laps to
go.

1643
02:50:54,670 --> 02:50:55,670
Scott still leads.

1644
02:50:55,850 --> 02:50:56,850
Coe is second.

1645
02:50:57,210 --> 02:50:59,390
Abascale of Spain moves alongside Khalifa.

1646
02:51:00,390 --> 02:51:01,390
Cram is fifth.

1647
02:51:11,270 --> 02:51:14,350
They hold their positions for the next 100
meters.

1648
02:51:14,830 --> 02:51:18,610
But down the back stretch, Scott has been
unable to shake off the other runners.

1649
02:51:19,150 --> 02:51:20,150
Coe is second.

1650
02:51:20,730 --> 02:51:21,810
Abascale of Spain third.

1651
02:51:22,350 --> 02:51:26,970
Khalifa, Sudan fourth, followed by Steve
Cram and Steve Ovette of Great Britain.

1652
02:51:27,450 --> 02:51:33,210
With 600 meters left, Scott has lost his
gamble.

1653
02:51:34,310 --> 02:51:37,230
Abascale moves past the tiring American
into the lead.

1654
02:51:49,050 --> 02:51:50,050
Coe is second.

1655
02:51:50,750 --> 02:51:54,490
He is followed by his teammates,
Steve Cram and Steve Ovette.

1656
02:51:54,730 --> 02:51:58,130
Moving into fifth place, Jim Spivey of the
United States.

1657
02:52:00,190 --> 02:52:03,650
Unbeknownst to anyone, Steve Ovette is
having difficulty breathing.

1658
02:52:04,610 --> 02:52:05,770
Into the turn,

1659
02:52:12,080 --> 02:52:16,340
with less than a lap to go, the exhausted
Steve Ovette retires from the race.

1660
02:52:28,100 --> 02:52:32,058
Down the back stretch with
300 meters left, Abascale

1661
02:52:32,059 --> 02:52:34,821
leads, followed by Coe
and Cram of Great Britain.

1662
02:52:36,320 --> 02:52:38,200
Coe now starts his finishing kick.

1663
02:52:38,940 --> 02:52:40,480
Cram tries to stay with him.

1664
02:52:41,280 --> 02:52:42,280
Abascale is third.

1665
02:52:43,560 --> 02:52:45,680
Joseph Cheshire of Tijen has moved into
fourth.

1666
02:53:07,540 --> 02:53:08,880
Sebastian Cole first.

1667
02:53:09,820 --> 02:53:10,860
Steve Cram second.

1668
02:53:11,700 --> 02:53:13,840
Jose Abascale Spain third.

1669
02:53:14,560 --> 02:53:17,200
My first reaction as I came through the
table I think was pleasure.

1670
02:53:17,520 --> 02:53:19,843
And then suddenly I
just turned to a section of

1671
02:53:19,844 --> 02:53:22,000
the British press that
I'd had a rough time from.

1672
02:53:22,260 --> 02:53:24,660
A lot of them had doubted the fact I was
all the year before.

1673
02:53:25,220 --> 02:53:28,120
My exact words were, yes, perhaps you'll
believe me now.

1674
02:54:27,830 --> 02:54:33,090
It is June, 1984, a beach near Casablanca.

1675
02:54:35,110 --> 02:54:36,130
Noelle L.

1676
02:54:36,550 --> 02:54:40,870
Motowakil has returned home from Iowa
State University, where she is a student.

1677
02:54:42,210 --> 02:54:44,070
Her homecoming is a sad one.

1678
02:54:45,410 --> 02:54:50,130
She grieves for her father, who died in an
automobile accident a few months earlier.

1679
02:54:53,490 --> 02:54:54,770
For Noelle L.

1680
02:54:55,070 --> 02:54:58,010
Motowakil, the return to her homeland is
bittersweet.

1681
02:54:59,250 --> 02:55:02,137
It was her father's support
that made it possible for her

1682
02:55:02,138 --> 02:55:06,050
to achieve international
stature in the 400-meter hurdles.

1683
02:55:07,130 --> 02:55:11,510
Her success is unprecedented in Morocco,
where centuries-old customs and traditions

1684
02:55:11,511 --> 02:55:14,270
have severely limited the role of women in
sport.

1685
02:55:14,271 --> 02:55:18,610
He was one of the people who inspired me
to come to the track and, you know,

1686
02:55:18,730 --> 02:55:23,190
in our type of society, it's hard for lady
to go out and practice.

1687
02:55:23,870 --> 02:55:29,890
So I needed at that time that somebody
came and helped me and stayed beside me,

1688
02:55:29,891 --> 02:55:32,790
and that was the only one who was my
father.

1689
02:55:33,190 --> 02:55:36,710
He used to tell me that one day I may
become Olympic champ and I couldn't believe.

1690
02:55:37,130 --> 02:55:39,870
My only handicap is my size is kind of
short.

1691
02:55:39,871 --> 02:55:43,951
So he used to tell me, I
want you to be just a little

1692
02:55:43,952 --> 02:55:46,990
bit taller so you can win
the Olympic gold medal.

1693
02:55:49,210 --> 02:55:55,511
It is late afternoon August 8th, the
final of the women's 400-meter hurdles.

1694
02:55:55,770 --> 02:55:58,230
One of the finalists, Noelle L.

1695
02:55:58,570 --> 02:56:01,535
Motowakil, the
favorite in the race, her

1696
02:56:01,536 --> 02:56:05,611
good friend, Judy Brown
of the United States.

1697
02:56:05,710 --> 02:56:08,210
All we said is good luck to Israel,
that's all.

1698
02:56:08,610 --> 02:56:09,730
We couldn't look each other.

1699
02:56:10,030 --> 02:56:13,590
We were friends, that doesn't mean that
we're not friends, but not in the race,

1700
02:56:13,890 --> 02:56:15,850
outside, okay, but not in the race.

1701
02:56:19,690 --> 02:56:21,930
The race has historic significance.

1702
02:56:22,870 --> 02:56:27,270
This is the first time in Olympic history
that women will run the 400-meter hurdles.

1703
02:56:28,650 --> 02:56:31,829
Even more, no athlete
from Morocco, male or

1704
02:56:31,830 --> 02:56:34,430
female, has ever won
an Olympic gold medal.

1705
02:56:34,431 --> 02:56:38,470
I was the only one girl going to the
Olympics from Morocco.

1706
02:56:39,530 --> 02:56:44,910
So everybody was telling me that they are
hoping I can win gold.

1707
02:56:45,210 --> 02:56:48,650
I would say no, that's wrong, I can win
because everybody is so strong.

1708
02:56:49,350 --> 02:56:52,408
They say no, for that we
are bringing with us Moroccan

1709
02:56:52,409 --> 02:56:55,011
flag because we trust you
and we know you can win.

1710
02:56:55,610 --> 02:56:56,610
Noelle L.

1711
02:56:56,890 --> 02:57:00,830
Motowakil, in the green shirt and red
shorts, is in Lane III, third from the left.

1712
02:57:00,831 --> 02:57:06,531
She will be able to observe the favorite
Judy Brown in Lane III at the extreme right.

1713
02:57:08,130 --> 02:57:08,850
Noelle L.

1714
02:57:09,110 --> 02:57:10,390
Motowakil gets a good start.

1715
02:57:11,570 --> 02:57:13,670
At the first hurdle, she is in the lead.

1716
02:57:16,990 --> 02:57:21,110
Down the back stretch, she increases her
lead with every stride and every hurdle.

1717
02:57:40,900 --> 02:57:41,940
As Noelle L.

1718
02:57:42,140 --> 02:57:45,580
Motowakil approaches the finish,
no one is able to challenge her.

1719
02:57:47,360 --> 02:57:49,804
I keep turning my head
and everybody is just

1720
02:57:49,805 --> 02:57:52,480
far behind and was
kind of surprising us.

1721
02:57:52,980 --> 02:57:54,060
I couldn't believe it.

1722
02:58:01,700 --> 02:58:02,700
Noelle L.

1723
02:58:03,000 --> 02:58:04,000
Motowakil first.

1724
02:58:04,300 --> 02:58:06,120
Judy Brown, United States second.

1725
02:58:06,760 --> 02:58:09,080
Kristina Kojakaru, Romania third.

1726
02:58:29,790 --> 02:58:32,370
Judy Brown comes over to congratulate her
friend.

1727
02:58:36,010 --> 02:58:38,613
I think everybody in
Morocco really loved her

1728
02:58:38,614 --> 02:58:41,550
because she was so nice
and she kept hugging me.

1729
02:58:41,570 --> 02:58:47,150
And she cried when I cried and she was so
happy for me and I was crying.

1730
02:58:47,510 --> 02:58:48,870
I couldn't stop crying that day.

1731
02:58:49,090 --> 02:58:50,406
I don't know what happened to me.

1732
02:58:50,430 --> 02:58:54,150
He feels

1733
02:59:04,830 --> 02:59:08,050
compatriots are in the stands with the
flag they have brought from Morocco.

1734
02:59:09,310 --> 02:59:10,490
I couldn't believe it.

1735
02:59:10,630 --> 02:59:11,670
They say, you won't yet.

1736
02:59:12,130 --> 02:59:14,530
Go ahead and do one lap.

1737
02:59:15,390 --> 02:59:18,990
At the same moment, I was thinking about
my father and my family back home.

1738
02:59:18,991 --> 02:59:22,410
And I was kind of happy, but I was kind
though.

1739
02:59:31,000 --> 02:59:32,000
Noelle L.

1740
02:59:32,060 --> 02:59:36,200
Motowakil, the first woman from an Arab
nation to win an Olympic gold medal.

1741
02:59:39,140 --> 02:59:40,140
Noelle L.

1742
02:59:40,180 --> 02:59:45,620
Motowakil, the first athlete from Morocco,
male or female, to earn the right to stand

1743
02:59:45,621 --> 02:59:48,440
on the top step of the Olympic victory
platform.

1744
03:01:27,120 --> 03:01:31,600
Before the competition in the men's
springboard and platform diving began,

1745
03:01:32,280 --> 03:01:35,760
one columnist wrote, there are two
categories of divers.

1746
03:01:36,560 --> 03:01:45,840
There are those who perform with
magnificent skill, grace, beauty.

1747
03:01:56,250 --> 03:01:57,670
Then there is Greg Luganus.

1748
03:02:23,370 --> 03:02:26,273
On the afternoon of
August 8, each of the finalists

1749
03:02:26,274 --> 03:02:29,350
in the men's springboard
competition took 11 dives.

1750
03:02:31,950 --> 03:02:35,040
Greg Luganus of the United
States led from the first

1751
03:02:35,041 --> 03:02:37,491
dive and increased his lead
throughout the afternoon.

1752
03:02:42,890 --> 03:02:47,570
In the preliminaries and final,
he was awarded a perfect 10, 9 times.

1753
03:02:48,670 --> 03:02:50,573
Greg Luganus, a reverse
one and one half summer

1754
03:02:50,574 --> 03:02:54,690
salt, three and one
half twists free, 3.3.

1755
03:03:24,800 --> 03:03:28,280
His margin of victory, an incredible 92
points.

1756
03:03:29,380 --> 03:03:36,780
Winner of the gold medal, representing the
United States of America, Greg Luganus.

1757
03:03:38,480 --> 03:03:42,037
Now he would attempt to become
only the third diver in Olympic

1758
03:03:42,038 --> 03:03:45,220
history to win both the
springboard and platform events.

1759
03:03:45,960 --> 03:03:50,960
For Greg Luganus, the need to excel had
its beginnings when he was a child.

1760
03:03:52,000 --> 03:03:55,440
When I was a kid, I had a very bad speech
impediment.

1761
03:03:56,140 --> 03:03:59,067
And so it was difficult for me
when I was growing up because,

1762
03:03:59,068 --> 03:04:02,560
you know, I'd get up in front
of the classroom and read.

1763
03:04:02,980 --> 03:04:07,020
And it was so frustrating because I'd make
all these mistakes and everybody'd laugh

1764
03:04:07,021 --> 03:04:10,320
at me and I, you know, I was ridiculed and
everything.

1765
03:04:10,321 --> 03:04:13,920
And it was so frustrating that I just shut
up.

1766
03:04:14,620 --> 03:04:19,400
And that's when I directed all my time and
energy into what I could do physically.

1767
03:04:20,160 --> 03:04:24,640
I could show people that I could dance,
I could tumble, I could dive.

1768
03:04:39,700 --> 03:04:40,700
9?

1769
03:04:50,500 --> 03:04:52,120
I thought you stood up too straight.

1770
03:04:52,480 --> 03:04:53,120
That it didn't matter.

1771
03:04:53,340 --> 03:04:54,340
You're so damn high.

1772
03:04:55,400 --> 03:04:56,400
But

1773
03:05:48,970 --> 03:05:52,650
we're now shown the standings through the
completion of nine rounds of diving.

1774
03:05:54,770 --> 03:06:00,750
Greg Luganus, his gold medal now secured,
gets ready for his tenth and final dive.

1775
03:06:01,630 --> 03:06:05,670
The difficult and extremely dangerous
reverse three and a half summer salt tuck.

1776
03:06:06,230 --> 03:06:09,083
If he executes it well,
he will be the first diver in

1777
03:06:09,084 --> 03:06:12,650
history to score more than
700 points in the platform event.

1778
03:06:17,460 --> 03:06:22,580
One year earlier, a Soviet diver was
killed when his head hit the platform at

1779
03:06:22,581 --> 03:06:26,000
the start of the dive, more than 32 feet
above the water.

1780
03:06:26,960 --> 03:06:30,760
I was on the platform when the Russian
executed the dive.

1781
03:06:31,240 --> 03:06:35,295
I was on the platform and
the way that I knew that

1782
03:06:35,296 --> 03:06:38,601
he hit the platform was
I felt the tower shake.

1783
03:06:40,620 --> 03:06:46,140
And my first reaction was to run out to
the end and jump in, try and help him.

1784
03:06:46,300 --> 03:06:50,900
But that was very difficult to do to
remove yourself emotionally from

1785
03:06:50,901 --> 03:06:54,580
something, because it was such an
emotional thing that happened.

1786
03:08:48,910 --> 03:08:55,630
On the afternoon of July 28, 1984,
140 nations marched into the stadium for

1787
03:08:55,631 --> 03:08:58,610
the opening day ceremonies of the Los
Angeles Olympic Games.

1788
03:09:00,530 --> 03:09:04,310
One of the teams marching, the 132 men and
women from Romania.

1789
03:09:05,750 --> 03:09:10,950
Two of the team members, Marichika Puika,
who will run in both the 1,500 and 3,000

1790
03:09:10,951 --> 03:09:13,830
meters, and Yuan Puika, her husband and
coach.

1791
03:09:14,910 --> 03:09:17,350
It was a very memorable day for all of us.

1792
03:09:17,590 --> 03:09:22,451
The American public welcomed the Romanian
team with so much enthusiasm and affection.

1793
03:09:22,610 --> 03:09:25,047
I was in the second row
on the outside and people

1794
03:09:25,048 --> 03:09:27,871
tell me that they recognized
me by my blonde hair.

1795
03:09:28,450 --> 03:09:34,331
For me, it was a double celebration because
the next day would be my 34th birthday.

1796
03:09:35,810 --> 03:09:39,530
Marichika and Yuan Puika prepared for the
Olympics in Bucharest.

1797
03:09:40,230 --> 03:09:45,291
Since their marriage 14 years before, they
have maintained a daily training regimen.

1798
03:09:45,970 --> 03:09:50,630
I think the most interesting aspect of the
publicity before the race was that most

1799
03:09:50,631 --> 03:09:53,890
journalists wrote only about Mary Decker
and Zola Bud.

1800
03:09:53,891 --> 03:09:59,070
Few people recognized that Marichika had
run the fastest 3,000 meters of the year,

1801
03:09:59,590 --> 03:10:03,750
and that Mary Decker's best time was less
than two seconds better than Marichika's.

1802
03:10:04,870 --> 03:10:09,950
Friday, August 10, 12 runners line up for
the start of the 3,000 meters.

1803
03:10:10,790 --> 03:10:15,190
Four weeks before, the race had been
billed as a duel between Zola Bud of Great

1804
03:10:15,191 --> 03:10:17,770
Britain and Mary Decker of the United
States.

1805
03:10:17,771 --> 03:10:30,630
The race begins.

1806
03:10:30,790 --> 03:10:35,090
Mary Decker, capable of winning races by
running in front or coming from behind,

1807
03:10:35,470 --> 03:10:36,470
takes the early lead.

1808
03:10:37,690 --> 03:10:39,930
Marichika Puika follows in second place.

1809
03:10:41,410 --> 03:10:46,670
Decker chose to run only this race because
the 1,500 and 3,000 meters with their

1810
03:10:46,671 --> 03:10:50,290
qualifying heats would require four races
in four days.

1811
03:10:51,150 --> 03:10:54,110
Puika would be the only runner to make it
to both finals.

1812
03:10:54,910 --> 03:10:59,430
After 200 meter mark, Zola Bud moves into
second place behind Decker.

1813
03:11:00,270 --> 03:11:01,570
Marichika Puika is third.

1814
03:11:03,350 --> 03:11:06,830
I felt quite comfortable and was running
easily in third place.

1815
03:11:07,610 --> 03:11:10,381
I didn't feel tired
after my two days of

1816
03:11:10,382 --> 03:11:12,990
qualifications in the
3,000 and 1,500 meters.

1817
03:11:13,510 --> 03:11:17,350
It was fortunate because Mary Decker was
running a very fast race.

1818
03:11:18,250 --> 03:11:21,190
At 800 meters, she was setting a pace
close to the world record.

1819
03:11:23,530 --> 03:11:27,110
18-year-old Zola Bud is in second place
behind Decker.

1820
03:11:27,630 --> 03:11:30,400
Leading to the games, she was the subject
of worldwide publicity.

1821
03:11:31,810 --> 03:11:37,210
She first gained international fame as a
5-foot-2-inch, 84-pound, 16-year-old

1822
03:11:37,211 --> 03:11:39,790
prodigy from South Africa who ran
barefoot.

1823
03:11:40,630 --> 03:11:43,790
With South Africa barred from the games
because of its racial policies,

1824
03:11:44,370 --> 03:11:47,610
Bud moved to Great Britain four months
before the games were to begin.

1825
03:11:48,330 --> 03:11:50,690
The following month,
she became a British

1826
03:11:50,691 --> 03:11:53,851
citizen and earned a
place on their Olympic team.

1827
03:11:56,150 --> 03:12:01,083
With four laps to go, Joan
Hansen of the United States

1828
03:12:01,084 --> 03:12:04,710
fourth from last makes contact
with Aurora Kunia Portugal.

1829
03:12:18,800 --> 03:12:23,940
Out of the turn, Mary Decker on the inside
leads, Zola Bud in the middle second,

1830
03:12:23,941 --> 03:12:27,280
and Wendy Sly of Great Britain moves on
the outside third.

1831
03:12:27,900 --> 03:12:30,800
Maricica Puyka fourth, Lynn Williams,
Canada fifth.

1832
03:12:32,680 --> 03:12:36,080
The rest of the field is strung out in
single-file behind the leaders.

1833
03:12:37,700 --> 03:12:39,920
Joan Hansen moves closer to the pack.

1834
03:12:44,470 --> 03:12:47,323
Down the back stretch with
three and three-quarter laps

1835
03:12:47,324 --> 03:12:49,730
to go, the four leaders are
tightly bunched together.

1836
03:12:51,410 --> 03:12:54,203
Before the race, it was
predicted that Bud's only

1837
03:12:54,204 --> 03:12:56,530
chance for the gold medal
was to be far enough.

1838
03:12:56,550 --> 03:12:58,829
It was enough in front
to hold off the finishing

1839
03:12:58,830 --> 03:13:01,091
kicks of Mary Decker
and Maricica Puyka.

1840
03:13:08,400 --> 03:13:12,120
With 1,400 meters left in the race,
Zola Bud inches ahead.

1841
03:13:12,680 --> 03:13:14,380
Behind her Mary Decker and Wendy Sly.

1842
03:13:14,940 --> 03:13:17,060
Maricica Puyka is in fourth place.

1843
03:13:18,560 --> 03:13:21,997
The leader at two
kilometers, Bud Great Britain,

1844
03:13:21,998 --> 03:13:25,181
the intermediate time
shown on scoreboard B.

1845
03:13:43,190 --> 03:13:45,390
Into the stretch, Bud and Decker make
contact.

1846
03:13:50,420 --> 03:13:53,900
Puyka moves between Wendy Sly and Zola Bud
to take the lead.

1847
03:14:01,120 --> 03:14:03,420
Decker makes an attempt to get back into
the race.

1848
03:14:10,760 --> 03:14:12,840
Zola Bud has regained the lead.

1849
03:14:13,560 --> 03:14:15,960
Her teammate Wendy Sly runs alongside her.

1850
03:14:16,720 --> 03:14:18,040
Maricica Puyka is third.

1851
03:14:21,360 --> 03:14:26,180
With 500 meters to go, Wendy Sly and
Maricica Puyka pass the tiring Bud.

1852
03:14:28,340 --> 03:14:31,106
With a little more than
a lap to go, the three

1853
03:14:31,107 --> 03:14:33,661
leaders again pass
by the injured Decker.

1854
03:14:40,520 --> 03:14:43,860
Maricica Puyka and Wendy Sly run side by
side in the lead.

1855
03:14:44,680 --> 03:14:46,680
Zola Bud falls father and father behind.

1856
03:14:47,940 --> 03:14:51,600
With 250 meters left, Puyka makes her
move.

1857
03:15:27,120 --> 03:15:28,940
Maricica Puyka Romania first.

1858
03:15:29,700 --> 03:15:31,260
Wendy Sly Great Britain second.

1859
03:15:31,920 --> 03:15:33,080
Lynn Williams Canada third.

1860
03:15:42,780 --> 03:15:45,602
Zola Bud finishes
seventh, just in front of John

1861
03:15:45,603 --> 03:15:48,761
Hanson, the first
American to fall in the race.

1862
03:15:49,740 --> 03:15:52,558
Mary Decker is held to
her feet as the last runner

1863
03:15:52,559 --> 03:15:54,980
on Yacey Posumai of
Italy approaches the finish.

1864
03:16:04,830 --> 03:16:08,790
The replay of the fall indicates that the
runners were concerned about the

1865
03:16:08,791 --> 03:16:11,590
possibility of contact well before the
accident.

1866
03:16:30,520 --> 03:16:34,460
Five strides before the fall, they may
contact for the first time.

1867
03:16:45,570 --> 03:16:48,015
I believe the lack of
international experience

1868
03:16:48,016 --> 03:16:49,830
of both runners
contributed to the accident.

1869
03:16:50,470 --> 03:16:53,484
However, I truly believe
that even if the accident had

1870
03:16:53,485 --> 03:16:55,971
not happened, that the result
would have been the same.

1871
03:16:57,130 --> 03:16:59,510
The victory was a magnificent experience.

1872
03:17:00,430 --> 03:17:02,090
Of course, the accident was very
unfortunate.

1873
03:17:02,091 --> 03:17:07,890
However, I can tell you that if an athlete
is well trained for an event and certain

1874
03:17:07,891 --> 03:17:11,010
of her race plan, accidents like this
should not happen.

1875
03:17:11,650 --> 03:17:13,870
I realized the shock and pain that Mary
felt.

1876
03:17:14,270 --> 03:17:18,250
But to be honest, I think that I would
have tried to continue the race.

1877
03:17:19,370 --> 03:17:23,590
It would have been so beautiful,
so exciting if she had tried to finish.

1878
03:17:26,050 --> 03:17:28,990
The final result is something women,
this is 3,000.

1879
03:17:42,450 --> 03:17:45,810
Marachika Puika stands on the top step of
the victory platform.

1880
03:17:54,070 --> 03:17:57,230
On the following day, she will receive an
additional honor.

1881
03:17:58,750 --> 03:18:03,390
For then, in the 1,500 meter final,
her fourth race in four days, she is in

1882
03:18:03,391 --> 03:18:06,290
sixth place with only 100 meters left in
the race.

1883
03:18:17,520 --> 03:18:21,200
She finishes third behind
Gabriela D'Orio of Italy and her

1884
03:18:21,201 --> 03:18:25,100
Romanian teammate, Joina
Molinte, to win the bronze medal.

1885
03:18:32,970 --> 03:18:35,830
But on this day, she makes Olympic
history.

1886
03:18:37,230 --> 03:18:41,250
The winner of the first Olympic women's
3,000 meters ever run.

1887
03:22:04,390 --> 03:22:10,510
On Tuesday evening, July 31, more than
13,000 spectators filled Pauli Pavilion

1888
03:22:10,511 --> 03:22:13,650
for the finals of the men's gymnastic team
competition.

1889
03:22:14,850 --> 03:22:18,005
Before the event began,
the six-man team from the

1890
03:22:18,006 --> 03:22:21,070
People's Republic of China
was the heavy favorite to win.

1891
03:22:21,850 --> 03:22:24,152
One year earlier, the
Chinese defeated the

1892
03:22:24,153 --> 03:22:26,891
Soviet Union to win the
World Championship.

1893
03:22:29,190 --> 03:22:32,464
Now with the Soviet Union
boycotting the Games, a

1894
03:22:32,465 --> 03:22:35,391
Chinese victory is considered
a foregone conclusion.

1895
03:22:37,330 --> 03:22:41,510
But at the end of the compulsory
competition, there is a major surprise.

1896
03:22:42,450 --> 03:22:45,293
The six young gymnasts
from the United States are in

1897
03:22:45,294 --> 03:22:49,070
first place, followed by China's
second and Japan's third.

1898
03:22:49,850 --> 03:22:54,070
For the United States, the first place
positioned at the halfway mark is unique.

1899
03:22:54,071 --> 03:22:59,303
No American team has ever won an
Olympic gold medal since the 1904 St.

1900
03:22:59,683 --> 03:23:03,250
Louis Games, when different
gymnastic events were contested.

1901
03:23:04,850 --> 03:23:07,650
In a sport where the
difference between victory and

1902
03:23:07,651 --> 03:23:10,171
defeat is usually measured
by a fraction of a point.

1903
03:23:10,770 --> 03:23:12,730
The United States lead is even more
surprising.

1904
03:23:13,730 --> 03:23:18,370
They lead China by more than a point,
and Japan by almost three points.

1905
03:23:19,330 --> 03:23:22,699
It appears the battle for the
gold medal is between two

1906
03:23:22,700 --> 03:23:26,650
countries, the United States and
the People's Republic of China.

1907
03:23:28,890 --> 03:23:33,350
The same six events, judged in the
compulsory two days earlier, will be

1908
03:23:33,351 --> 03:23:35,770
contested in tonight's optional
competition.

1909
03:23:37,870 --> 03:23:39,370
The floor exercise...

1910
03:23:41,470 --> 03:23:51,760
Parallel bars, side horse, rings,
vault, and horizontal bar.

1911
03:23:53,030 --> 03:23:55,170
There is one major difference.

1912
03:23:56,010 --> 03:24:01,050
In the compulsaries, each gymnast had to
perform a predetermined, required routine.

1913
03:24:02,130 --> 03:24:06,230
Tonight, in the optionals, each gymnast
will create his own routine.

1914
03:24:07,210 --> 03:24:09,873
Though each country has
six members performing,

1915
03:24:09,874 --> 03:24:13,230
only the five highest
scores are tabulated.

1916
03:24:16,910 --> 03:24:21,830
In the first rotation, the floor exercise,
the United States team is consistent,

1917
03:24:22,470 --> 03:24:24,390
all receiving good scores.

1918
03:24:25,650 --> 03:24:27,841
Meanwhile, at the
side horse, the Chinese

1919
03:24:27,842 --> 03:24:31,051
are still not performing
as well as expected.

1920
03:24:32,070 --> 03:24:35,199
At the end of the first
rotation, the United States has

1921
03:24:35,200 --> 03:24:39,630
increased its lead by an
additional 2,500ths of a point.

1922
03:24:41,910 --> 03:24:44,910
The Chinese saw superb on the rings in the
second rotation.

1923
03:24:50,980 --> 03:24:57,361
With their two great individual stars,
Lining and Tong Fae, scoring perfect tense.

1924
03:25:06,720 --> 03:25:12,341
As the Chinese perform on the rings, the
United States team is at the side horse.

1925
03:25:16,480 --> 03:25:20,780
They are again consistent, but the Chinese
are now in the battle for the gold medal.

1926
03:25:21,860 --> 03:25:26,120
At the end of two rotations, the Chinese
have cut the United States' lead in half.

1927
03:25:29,080 --> 03:25:31,500
In the third rotation,
Mitch Gaylord of the

1928
03:25:31,501 --> 03:25:34,801
United States scores a
perfect 10 on the rings.

1929
03:25:43,240 --> 03:25:45,902
Again, the American
team is more consistent,

1930
03:25:45,903 --> 03:25:48,401
and they add 2,800ths
of a point to their lead.

1931
03:25:48,900 --> 03:25:55,540
With three apparatus to go, China trails
the United States by 8,500ths of a point.

1932
03:25:58,360 --> 03:26:02,180
In the fourth rotation, the Chinese
continue to make a comeback.

1933
03:26:03,140 --> 03:26:04,900
On the parallel bars, they are
magnificent.

1934
03:26:08,240 --> 03:26:11,320
None of their gymnasts scores less than a
9.90.

1935
03:26:16,040 --> 03:26:20,320
The Chinese cut 1,200ths of a point off
the United States' lead.

1936
03:26:21,020 --> 03:26:24,000
They now trail by 6,500ths of a point.

1937
03:26:28,940 --> 03:26:32,073
In the fifth rotation,
Bart Conner of the United

1938
03:26:32,074 --> 03:26:35,141
States gets a perfect
10 on the parallel bars.

1939
03:26:58,510 --> 03:27:01,830
But the Chinese are exceptional on the
horizontal bar.

1940
03:27:04,330 --> 03:27:07,370
Their lowest score is 9.90.

1941
03:27:08,090 --> 03:27:11,805
They gain back another 500ths
of a point, and now trail the

1942
03:27:11,806 --> 03:27:15,890
United States by 6,200ths,
a little more than half a point.

1943
03:27:20,800 --> 03:27:23,460
Now the competition comes down to the
final rotation.

1944
03:27:24,560 --> 03:27:27,238
The United States will
be at the horizontal bar,

1945
03:27:27,239 --> 03:27:29,441
while the Chinese will
perform the floor exercise.

1946
03:27:32,220 --> 03:27:37,220
Again, none of the Chinese gymnasts scores
lower than a 9.90.

1947
03:27:37,960 --> 03:27:39,500
The situation is clear.

1948
03:27:40,660 --> 03:27:44,880
If the United States plays it safe,
and performs without a major error,

1949
03:27:45,560 --> 03:27:46,760
the gold medal will be theirs.

1950
03:27:47,660 --> 03:27:51,720
Only a catastrophe on the horizontal bar
can defeat the Americans.

1951
03:27:52,640 --> 03:27:57,200
That possibility becomes a reality for the
third American performer, Mitch Gaylord.

1952
03:27:57,201 --> 03:28:01,012
Gaylord is one of the few
gymnasts in history, who has

1953
03:28:01,013 --> 03:28:04,280
been honored by having his
name associated with a routine.

1954
03:28:05,160 --> 03:28:10,420
It is called the Gaylord II, a routine
considered too risky by every gymnast,

1955
03:28:10,780 --> 03:28:12,920
and performed only by Mitch Gaylord.

1956
03:28:13,420 --> 03:28:17,740
A routine in which Gaylord leaves the bar
with a one and a half somersault,

1957
03:28:18,100 --> 03:28:21,080
and a half twist, and then recaches the
bar.

1958
03:28:21,081 --> 03:28:24,486
If Gaylord were to attempt
his spectacular routine

1959
03:28:24,487 --> 03:28:27,380
and miss, the team gold
medal would be in jeopardy.

1960
03:28:28,900 --> 03:28:30,460
The United States coach, A.B.

1961
03:28:30,600 --> 03:28:34,120
Grossfeld, would be at the apparatus to
act as a catcher for Gaylord.

1962
03:28:34,820 --> 03:28:40,120
Grossfeld is well aware that two days
earlier in the compulsaries, Mitch Gaylord

1963
03:28:40,121 --> 03:28:44,329
scored a low 9.40, missing
his routine on the horizontal

1964
03:28:44,330 --> 03:28:48,400
bar without even attempting
the spectacular Gaylord II.

1965
03:28:49,400 --> 03:28:56,600
I knew we were very close to winning the
team title, and there's a fair chance that

1966
03:28:56,601 --> 03:28:59,281
he could miss the bar, because it's very
difficult and very chancey.

1967
03:28:59,580 --> 03:29:02,340
So, at that point in time, I
looked at Mitch, and I was

1968
03:29:02,341 --> 03:29:06,000
thinking I would ask him not
to do it, but it worked so hard.

1969
03:29:06,160 --> 03:29:11,040
There had been so much to him that
weighing all the factors, I took a

1970
03:29:11,041 --> 03:29:13,960
personal survey on the number that he
caught.

1971
03:29:13,961 --> 03:29:19,420
He caught about 75%, several workouts
before the actual competition,

1972
03:29:19,880 --> 03:29:21,760
so with that in mind, I'd let him do it.

1973
03:29:31,720 --> 03:29:34,840
Gaylord's dangerous move takes place early
in his routine.

1974
03:30:08,410 --> 03:30:12,250
Gaylord's magnificent effort sets the
stage for the American victory.

1975
03:30:15,230 --> 03:30:18,412
Bart Connors and Tim
Daggett follow with spectacular

1976
03:30:18,413 --> 03:30:22,070
performances, and the gold
medal is now mathematically certain.

1977
03:30:23,110 --> 03:30:27,310
It is up to Peter Vidmark to fulfill the
last act of the drama.

1978
03:30:29,370 --> 03:30:32,022
Five scores count, and
I was the sixth man, and

1979
03:30:32,023 --> 03:30:33,950
those first five scores
did seal the victory.

1980
03:30:34,550 --> 03:30:37,627
But nobody was kind
enough to tell me that it was

1981
03:30:37,628 --> 03:30:40,010
all locked in there, and
don't worry about it, Pete.

1982
03:30:40,011 --> 03:30:44,670
And I didn't realize that it was locked
in, and I know the team couldn't fully

1983
03:30:44,671 --> 03:30:47,510
celebrate until I dismounted, but I did
get a 9.95.

1984
03:30:48,150 --> 03:30:52,970
And the best feeling really was as I
landed the dismount and stuck it cold,

1985
03:30:53,330 --> 03:30:57,050
I knew that we had won the team title.

1986
03:30:57,390 --> 03:31:00,950
And I screamed so loud, and we were
jumping up and down so much that when a

1987
03:31:00,951 --> 03:31:02,997
time came to get in the
victory platform, I was a little

1988
03:31:02,998 --> 03:31:05,091
bit lightheaded and I thought
I was going to pass out.

1989
03:31:08,820 --> 03:31:13,340
Though Peter Vidmark's magnificent effort
was not necessary to ensure the team

1990
03:31:13,341 --> 03:31:17,800
victory, it nevertheless has great
personal significance for him.

1991
03:31:20,280 --> 03:31:23,529
In two days, he will be
one of the 36 finalists in

1992
03:31:23,530 --> 03:31:26,560
the battle for the all-around
individual gold medal.

1993
03:31:27,580 --> 03:31:31,480
Half of each gymnast score is carried over
from the team competition.

1994
03:31:32,140 --> 03:31:37,580
When the all-around competition begins,
Peter Vidmark will be in first place.

1995
03:32:51,240 --> 03:32:54,720
This is 28-year-old Ulrika Myfarth of West
Germany.

1996
03:32:55,340 --> 03:33:00,540
When she won the high jump at the 1972
Munich Olympics at age 16, she became the

1997
03:33:00,541 --> 03:33:03,980
youngest track-and-field athlete ever to
win an individual gold medal.

1998
03:33:07,580 --> 03:33:10,960
This is 31-year-old Sarah Simeone of
Italy.

1999
03:33:11,360 --> 03:33:14,560
As a child, she studied ballet,
but grew too tall.

2000
03:33:16,060 --> 03:33:18,650
She turned to athletics
and finished sixth behind

2001
03:33:18,651 --> 03:33:21,560
Ulrika Myfarth's gold medal
victory at the Munich Games.

2002
03:33:23,580 --> 03:33:29,060
At the 1976 Olympics, Ulrika Myfarth did
not qualify for the finals, and the

2003
03:33:29,061 --> 03:33:31,100
boycott prevented her from competing in
Moscow.

2004
03:33:31,900 --> 03:33:35,124
As the Los Angeles Games
approached, she regained her

2005
03:33:35,125 --> 03:33:37,540
early form and became
one of the favorites to win.

2006
03:33:39,580 --> 03:33:42,640
Sarah Simeone's career skyrocketed after
Munich.

2007
03:33:43,520 --> 03:33:46,373
She won the silver medal
in Montreal, and at the

2008
03:33:46,374 --> 03:33:48,560
Moscow Games in 1980,
she won the gold medal.

2009
03:33:50,160 --> 03:33:53,577
After three Olympics,
she had all but retired from

2010
03:33:53,578 --> 03:33:56,000
competition as the Los
Angeles Games approached.

2011
03:33:56,900 --> 03:34:00,606
I changed my mind about
retiring, because the Olympic

2012
03:34:00,607 --> 03:34:03,580
Games have always given
me very beautiful emotions.

2013
03:34:04,740 --> 03:34:07,540
Emotions that are very hard to experience
elsewhere.

2014
03:34:08,980 --> 03:34:13,760
And this time, I was full of love and
pride even before the competition began.

2015
03:34:14,720 --> 03:34:18,600
I had the honor of carrying the flag of
Italy into the stadium.

2016
03:34:19,720 --> 03:34:21,540
I felt so close to the athletes.

2017
03:34:21,541 --> 03:34:24,220
The people cheering the stands.

2018
03:34:24,980 --> 03:34:30,280
It was then that I knew how right it was
to live this experience once more.

2019
03:34:31,400 --> 03:34:34,220
Friday, August 10th, 4 p.m.

2020
03:34:35,380 --> 03:34:38,300
15 women have qualified for the finals of
the high jump.

2021
03:34:41,440 --> 03:34:46,120
The favorite, 28-year-old Ulrika Myfarth
of West Germany.

2022
03:34:46,940 --> 03:34:50,673
It is 12 years since she won
the gold medal in Munich,

2023
03:34:50,674 --> 03:34:53,540
and 12 years since she has
made it to an Olympic final.

2024
03:34:54,420 --> 03:34:57,759
I remember that I
was very tired after the

2025
03:34:57,760 --> 03:35:01,681
qualification, and I
was also very nervous.

2026
03:35:01,840 --> 03:35:08,860
And I think it's nice to counter this,
to counter this with a better result,

2027
03:35:09,140 --> 03:35:10,140
should I expect.

2028
03:35:10,380 --> 03:35:18,220
But the final I felt very good, very
relaxed, and I said, today, not or never.

2029
03:35:25,260 --> 03:35:26,900
The competition begins.

2030
03:35:41,260 --> 03:35:47,220
As each round goes by, Sarah Simeone and
Ulrika Myfarth show the way.

2031
03:36:16,350 --> 03:36:21,770
By the luck of the draw, Simeone will jump
before Myfarth throughout the afternoon.

2032
03:36:26,710 --> 03:36:31,350
As the bar goes higher and higher,
those who are expected to challenge

2033
03:36:31,351 --> 03:36:34,430
Myfarth and Simeone for one of the medals
are eliminated.

2034
03:36:51,030 --> 03:36:55,990
The bar has been raised in
one-meter-in-neighths, which is six feet,

2035
03:36:56,290 --> 03:37:00,030
five and one-half inches, and that at
equal the Olympic record.

2036
03:37:00,670 --> 03:37:01,670
Sarah Simeone.

2037
03:37:16,780 --> 03:37:17,800
Ulrika Myfarth.

2038
03:37:29,160 --> 03:37:33,200
Debbie Brill of Canada has missed twice
and has one attempt left.

2039
03:37:34,120 --> 03:37:38,487
Now 31, and the mother of
a small child, like Myfarth and

2040
03:37:38,488 --> 03:37:43,420
Simeone, she began her Olympic
career at the 1972 Munich Games.

2041
03:38:00,190 --> 03:38:03,839
Now the real surprise of
the afternoon, Joni Huntley,

2042
03:38:03,840 --> 03:38:06,730
considered the least likely
American to win a medal.

2043
03:38:15,000 --> 03:38:18,440
It has now been determined who will battle
for the three medals.

2044
03:38:19,380 --> 03:38:24,260
Joni Huntley of the United States,
a veteran of the 1976 Montreal Olympics,

2045
03:38:24,860 --> 03:38:28,180
who today has jumped higher than she has
ever jumped before in competition.

2046
03:38:29,760 --> 03:38:33,040
Sarah Simeone of Italy, defending Olympic
champions.

2047
03:38:35,020 --> 03:38:39,380
Ulrika Myfarth, West Germany, 1972,
Olympic champion.

2048
03:38:39,381 --> 03:38:43,517
Two meters, six feet,
six and three-quarters

2049
03:38:43,518 --> 03:38:46,380
inches, and you will
Olympic record high height.

2050
03:39:13,070 --> 03:39:18,638
In the women's height,
number 235, Sarah Simeone

2051
03:39:18,639 --> 03:39:22,450
of Italy has just established
a new Olympic record.

2052
03:39:23,310 --> 03:39:27,350
Two meters, six feet, six and three
quarters inches.

2053
03:39:39,110 --> 03:39:43,810
Until a year ago, Ulrika Myfarth held the
world record with a leap that was more

2054
03:39:43,811 --> 03:39:46,051
than an inch higher than the height she
will now attempt.

2055
03:40:13,450 --> 03:40:16,770
28-year-old Joni Huntley has missed her
first two attempts.

2056
03:40:17,590 --> 03:40:18,730
She has one try left.

2057
03:40:27,330 --> 03:40:30,150
Though she fails, the bronze medal is
hers.

2058
03:40:31,350 --> 03:40:34,422
Results on the women's
height, number 22 meters,

2059
03:40:34,423 --> 03:40:37,410
are now displayed on
scoreboard to A and D.

2060
03:40:38,350 --> 03:40:39,870
The ball has now been amazing.

2061
03:40:40,150 --> 03:40:44,490
Now the battle for the highest step on the
victory platform, between two gold medal

2062
03:40:44,491 --> 03:40:47,830
winners who first met at the Munich Games,
12 years earlier.

2063
03:42:12,960 --> 03:42:14,220
Simeone's second attempt.

2064
03:42:33,200 --> 03:42:36,860
Now 31-year-old Sarah Simeone has one more
try.

2065
03:43:08,780 --> 03:43:13,100
Sarah Simeone ends her Olympic career,
the winner of the silver medal.

2066
03:43:37,190 --> 03:43:39,470
Final results of the women's height.

2067
03:43:50,600 --> 03:43:54,880
The only woman in Olympic history to win
individual gold medals in the same event,

2068
03:43:55,680 --> 03:43:56,760
12 years apart.

2069
03:44:42,330 --> 03:44:45,950
On the afternoon of Wednesday,
August 8th, as the pole vault is taking

2070
03:44:45,951 --> 03:44:49,370
place, eight men get ready for the
200-meter final.

2071
03:44:50,190 --> 03:44:53,490
The eight finalists are the men's of 200
meters.

2072
03:44:58,140 --> 03:45:04,240
It is predicted that the three American
finalists, Carl Lewis, Thomas Jefferson

2073
03:45:04,241 --> 03:45:07,060
and Kirk Baptiste, will win all three
medals.

2074
03:45:09,180 --> 03:45:12,620
Carl Lewis is the heavy favorite to win
his third gold medal.

2075
03:45:12,940 --> 03:45:15,580
A sentimental favorite for many.

2076
03:45:15,581 --> 03:45:19,463
32-year-old Pietro Menaya
of Italy, world record holder,

2077
03:45:19,464 --> 03:45:23,160
and defending Olympic champion
from the 1980 Moscow Games.

2078
03:45:24,440 --> 03:45:25,440
Pietro was out there.

2079
03:45:25,640 --> 03:45:27,690
He was just happy that
it was his fourth Olympic

2080
03:45:27,691 --> 03:45:30,081
Games, and he was just
rooting everybody else on.

2081
03:45:30,220 --> 03:45:33,960
He came up and said, congratulations,
and I hope you run very fast.

2082
03:45:34,120 --> 03:45:35,120
I hope you run very well.

2083
03:45:35,360 --> 03:45:37,593
He's always been a
number one person to me,

2084
03:45:37,594 --> 03:45:39,700
and I've known him for
a number of years now.

2085
03:45:40,160 --> 03:45:42,673
It's nice to run against
people who are inspired by

2086
03:45:42,674 --> 03:45:46,380
competition and don't worry
about who wins and who does that.

2087
03:45:54,590 --> 03:45:57,004
As Carl Lewis gets
ready for the 200 meters,

2088
03:45:57,005 --> 03:45:59,991
there is again a
remembrance of the past.

2089
03:46:00,170 --> 03:46:03,346
At the 1936 Berlin
Games, Jesse Owens, like

2090
03:46:03,347 --> 03:46:07,011
Lewis, had won all his
races leading to the final.

2091
03:46:08,390 --> 03:46:11,967
Running against him, a worthy
teammate, Mac Robinson, the

2092
03:46:11,968 --> 03:46:14,650
brother of the famed baseball
player, Jackie Robinson.

2093
03:46:15,750 --> 03:46:19,210
Mac Robinson has also reached the final
without a defeat.

2094
03:46:23,280 --> 03:46:26,740
Coming off the final turn, Owens leads
Robinson by two meters.

2095
03:46:31,530 --> 03:46:37,150
Jesse Owens first, Mac Robinson second,
Martin Osindar Pollan third.

2096
03:46:40,050 --> 03:46:43,790
Now here in Los Angeles, Carl Lewis second
from the left in lane seven.

2097
03:46:44,390 --> 03:46:46,330
We'll try to duplicate Jesse Owens'
victory.

2098
03:46:48,290 --> 03:46:51,190
Kirk Baptiste has a slight advantage in
lane three.

2099
03:46:52,970 --> 03:46:55,050
Thomas Jefferson is in lane four.

2100
03:46:55,670 --> 03:46:58,669
My objective is to try to
accelerate all the way through

2101
03:46:58,670 --> 03:47:00,891
the turn and then just
relax down the home stretch.

2102
03:47:01,250 --> 03:47:05,270
Well, that race with having one person
outside of me, it was a solo effort

2103
03:47:05,271 --> 03:47:08,010
because I went by the guy from Brazil
very, very quick.

2104
03:47:25,600 --> 03:47:26,680
Carl Lewis first.

2105
03:47:27,320 --> 03:47:28,420
Kirk Baptiste second.

2106
03:47:29,220 --> 03:47:30,320
Thomas Jefferson third.

2107
03:47:31,360 --> 03:47:33,260
The United States wins all three medals.

2108
03:47:47,950 --> 03:47:52,650
He ate romania of Italy, the defending
champion finishes seventh.

2109
03:48:00,350 --> 03:48:02,510
Carl Lewis has won his third gold medal.

2110
03:48:05,290 --> 03:48:09,990
In three days, he will run the anchor leg
of the four by 100 relay team.

2111
03:48:24,310 --> 03:48:28,150
Saturday August 11, the final of the four
by 100 relay.

2112
03:48:29,630 --> 03:48:33,650
The United States team is capable of
running the fastest relay in history.

2113
03:48:37,090 --> 03:48:41,690
The lead-off man, Sam Grady, second to
Carl Lewis in the 100 meter final.

2114
03:48:45,790 --> 03:48:51,190
Running the second leg, Ron Brown,
fourth in the 100 meters, postponed a

2115
03:48:51,191 --> 03:48:54,710
professional football career to try and
win an Olympic gold medal.

2116
03:48:57,290 --> 03:48:59,070
Calvin Smith will run the third leg.

2117
03:48:59,610 --> 03:49:04,030
He failed to make the 100 meter and 200
meter Olympic team because of injuries.

2118
03:49:06,310 --> 03:49:10,830
The anchor leg, Carl Lewis, going after
his fourth gold medal.

2119
03:49:12,590 --> 03:49:15,430
They meet one last time, just before the
race.

2120
03:49:16,030 --> 03:49:19,030
We got down to the assembly area,
we put our numbers on everything together.

2121
03:49:19,650 --> 03:49:24,530
And this time, everybody looked at one
another and we just said, let's do it.

2122
03:49:24,870 --> 03:49:27,125
And I got a feeling that
everybody wanted me to win

2123
03:49:27,126 --> 03:49:29,411
that fourth gold medal and
we won it at world record.

2124
03:49:30,850 --> 03:49:33,310
Lewis will run the fourth and final leg.

2125
03:49:33,311 --> 03:49:36,731
The only change in his attempt
to duplicate Jesse Owens'

2126
03:49:36,732 --> 03:49:41,170
road to four gold medals at
the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

2127
03:49:43,650 --> 03:49:45,790
Then Jesse Owens was the lead-off man.

2128
03:49:56,140 --> 03:49:59,620
Jesse Owens in the middle gives the United
States a two meter lead.

2129
03:50:00,280 --> 03:50:03,900
Ralph Metcalf and Foy Draper add to the
United States advantage.

2130
03:50:04,580 --> 03:50:07,512
And by the time Frank Wyckoff
takes the final pass off, the

2131
03:50:07,513 --> 03:50:10,780
United States has a 10 meter
advantage and Owens has won.

2132
03:50:10,781 --> 03:50:12,280
His fourth gold medal.

2133
03:50:15,320 --> 03:50:19,140
Now here in Los Angeles, the United States
is in lane five.

2134
03:50:20,620 --> 03:50:22,140
Sam Grady will lead off.

2135
03:50:24,220 --> 03:50:28,620
The United States main opposition,
Jamaica in lane one on the extreme left.

2136
03:50:37,520 --> 03:50:39,480
Grady passes off to Ron Brown.

2137
03:50:46,080 --> 03:50:48,520
Now Calvin Smith takes the baton.

2138
03:50:52,410 --> 03:50:54,270
The United States is in the lead.

2139
03:50:55,510 --> 03:50:57,230
Smith passes off to Carl Lewis.

2140
03:51:07,900 --> 03:51:11,320
The United States first, Jamaica second,
Canada third.

2141
03:51:18,610 --> 03:51:20,970
This is how Carl Lewis saw the race.

2142
03:51:22,430 --> 03:51:25,850
The gun starts and you think, okay,
get a good start and start to accelerate

2143
03:51:25,851 --> 03:51:28,330
and Sam is running a good leg,
so I'm observing.

2144
03:51:29,110 --> 03:51:31,406
That's the good part and the bad part
about running ankle leg.

2145
03:51:31,430 --> 03:51:32,050
You can observe it.

2146
03:51:32,170 --> 03:51:32,490
That's fun.

2147
03:51:32,491 --> 03:51:34,750
But then you have to sit there at all this
agony.

2148
03:51:36,410 --> 03:51:38,624
Sam runs an excellent leg
and then when he comes into the

2149
03:51:38,648 --> 03:51:40,850
exchange zone, you say, oh
my goodness, get a good pass.

2150
03:51:40,930 --> 03:51:42,550
Or Ron and Sam had a good pass.

2151
03:51:43,410 --> 03:51:46,390
So the sign of relief, the first part is
over with.

2152
03:51:51,900 --> 03:51:55,137
Ron runs a storming leg
down the back stretch and my

2153
03:51:55,138 --> 03:51:57,781
chest is getting larger and
larger and larger and larger.

2154
03:52:01,710 --> 03:52:04,810
Then they make the second exchange and
it's a big sigh of relief.

2155
03:52:04,811 --> 03:52:07,050
And then Calvin, it absolutely explodes.

2156
03:52:14,540 --> 03:52:15,740
He's running through the turn.

2157
03:52:16,200 --> 03:52:17,260
It's so anxious to run.

2158
03:52:17,540 --> 03:52:20,056
You almost forget that you have to wait
for the person to get on the line.

2159
03:52:20,080 --> 03:52:22,880
Like two or three times, I want to just
run with Calvin 60 meters away.

2160
03:52:23,200 --> 03:52:26,580
So the only thing you can do now is just
put your hand back and wait for the baton.

2161
03:52:28,620 --> 03:52:32,116
I put my hand back and it's
right there and I get the baton

2162
03:52:32,117 --> 03:52:34,601
and I take it with my left
hand and switch to the right.

2163
03:52:35,040 --> 03:52:38,280
But once it was switched to the right,
everything just said, you've got it.

2164
03:52:38,281 --> 03:52:40,700
The whole saw releasing, you've got your
medal.

2165
03:52:40,900 --> 03:52:41,900
They gave your medal.

2166
03:52:42,280 --> 03:52:45,440
And then quickly, in my mind, I said,
now let's get all record.

2167
03:52:45,800 --> 03:52:49,040
At that point on, I really went for that
record and hit that finish line.

2168
03:52:49,680 --> 03:52:50,300
I looked up.

2169
03:52:50,640 --> 03:52:51,640
My mom went blank.

2170
03:53:07,890 --> 03:53:09,850
At that point, I forgot what the old
record was.

2171
03:53:10,070 --> 03:53:10,850
So I said, did we get it?

2172
03:53:10,950 --> 03:53:11,510
I mean, I didn't know.

2173
03:53:11,670 --> 03:53:14,178
I turned around and I
saw Ron running up with

2174
03:53:14,179 --> 03:53:16,450
the biggest smile that
I've ever seen in light.

2175
03:53:16,610 --> 03:53:18,090
But I said, well, I think we have it.

2176
03:53:18,650 --> 03:53:26,151
The time 37.83, breaking the existing world
record by three hundredths of a second.

2177
03:53:30,380 --> 03:53:34,900
48 years and two days later, Carl Lewis
has equal Jesse Owens record.

2178
03:53:35,820 --> 03:53:39,091
The gold medal winner
in the 100 meters, long

2179
03:53:39,092 --> 03:53:42,481
jump, 200 meters and
four by 100 meter relay.

2180
03:54:24,690 --> 03:54:32,351
It is July 29, 1984, the first day of
competition at the Los Angeles Olympic Games.

2181
03:54:33,230 --> 03:54:37,710
One of the opening events scheduled,
the women's individual cycling road race,

2182
03:54:38,350 --> 03:54:42,330
a distance of 79 kilometers, a little less
than 50 miles.

2183
03:54:43,190 --> 03:54:48,091
This is the first time that women will
compete in a cycling event at the Olympics.

2184
03:54:48,370 --> 03:54:50,290
45 women are entered.

2185
03:54:51,510 --> 03:54:55,310
It is predicted that the battle for the
gold medal will be between two Americans.

2186
03:54:56,570 --> 03:55:02,510
21-year-old Rebecca Twig and 27-year-old
Connie Carpenter Finney.

2187
03:55:03,370 --> 03:55:07,130
Connie Carpenter Finney is one of the
unique competitors in Los Angeles.

2188
03:55:07,890 --> 03:55:10,537
She is married to Davis
Finney, an outstanding

2189
03:55:10,538 --> 03:55:12,990
American cyclist who will
compete later in the games.

2190
03:55:13,690 --> 03:55:15,570
She is also an Olympic veteran.

2191
03:55:16,110 --> 03:55:21,050
12 years earlier, at the Sapporo Winter
Games of 1972, when she was 15,

2192
03:55:21,850 --> 03:55:26,410
Connie Carpenter finished seventh in the
1500-meter speed skating competition.

2193
03:55:27,310 --> 03:55:30,290
Injuries curtailed her career,
and she turned to cycling.

2194
03:55:31,230 --> 03:55:34,363
Her main opposition,
Rebecca Twig, who a few weeks

2195
03:55:34,364 --> 03:55:37,290
earlier, defeated her
twice in the Olympic trials.

2196
03:55:38,050 --> 03:55:42,570
The world press has made this event a
personal duel between the two Americans.

2197
03:55:43,410 --> 03:55:48,070
The aging veteran, who for years reign
supreme, and the newcomer, who many

2198
03:55:48,071 --> 03:55:50,430
predicted would win the Olympic gold
medal.

2199
03:55:51,230 --> 03:55:53,150
Cycling is, in a sense, a contradiction.

2200
03:55:54,350 --> 03:55:56,710
One strives to be the first to cross the
finish line.

2201
03:55:57,290 --> 03:56:01,690
But to reach that goal, one must become an
unselfish member of a team.

2202
03:56:01,691 --> 03:56:05,810
We were the leaders, but they didn't tell
either one to work for the other.

2203
03:56:06,030 --> 03:56:08,790
It's kind of known when it comes to the
world or the Olympics.

2204
03:56:09,430 --> 03:56:12,830
You have to work together as a team,
and it's not good for the press to say

2205
03:56:12,831 --> 03:56:15,651
that you're rivals, because
in that situation you're

2206
03:56:15,652 --> 03:56:17,990
not, and you don't want
people telling you you are.

2207
03:56:18,850 --> 03:56:21,955
I think Rebecca and I made
each other better cyclists,

2208
03:56:21,956 --> 03:56:24,350
because we wanted to
beat each other very badly.

2209
03:56:24,351 --> 03:56:28,010
And every race that we came to, probably
for the three years before the Olympics.

2210
03:56:28,790 --> 03:56:33,430
And I had been on top of the sport for a
long time, and she was young and coming up.

2211
03:56:33,690 --> 03:56:35,650
And she didn't know what it was like to be
second.

2212
03:56:35,690 --> 03:56:36,850
She didn't want to be second.

2213
03:56:39,190 --> 03:56:43,390
The race will be contested over a
prescribed course of hills, curves,

2214
03:56:43,830 --> 03:56:47,250
and flatland, with each lap a little under
10 miles.

2215
03:56:48,230 --> 03:56:51,790
They will travel the same route five
times, just under 50 miles.

2216
03:56:51,791 --> 03:56:55,290
It will take them more than two hours to
complete the race.

2217
03:56:56,650 --> 03:56:57,650
The

2218
03:57:04,960 --> 03:57:07,820
race is a combination of strength,
speed, and tactics.

2219
03:57:09,020 --> 03:57:14,120
A main tactic, drafting, riding behind
each other to decrease wind resistance

2220
03:57:14,121 --> 03:57:19,240
will conserve more than 25% of the energy
used by the cyclists in the league.

2221
03:57:20,580 --> 03:57:44,140
The tactic, the attack.

2222
03:57:44,540 --> 03:57:47,499
When a cyclist tests the
strength and speed of her

2223
03:57:47,500 --> 03:57:50,140
opponents by accelerating
and pulling away from the pack.

2224
03:58:26,940 --> 03:58:30,363
As the race nears its
completion, the original

2225
03:58:30,364 --> 03:58:33,161
45 contenders are
divided into two groups.

2226
03:58:39,230 --> 03:58:41,170
Those who broke away from the pack.

2227
03:58:43,290 --> 03:58:46,010
And the chases, trying to catch the
ladies.

2228
03:59:01,610 --> 03:59:05,610
150 meters left, three women battle for
the gold medal.

2229
03:59:06,350 --> 03:59:08,210
Rebecca Twig on the right.

2230
03:59:08,810 --> 03:59:10,930
Sandra Schumacher, West Germany in the
middle.

2231
03:59:11,570 --> 03:59:13,470
And Connie Carpenter Finney on the left.

2232
03:59:19,510 --> 03:59:22,070
Connie Carpenter Finney wins by an inch.

2233
03:59:22,950 --> 03:59:23,950
Rebecca Twig second.

2234
03:59:24,590 --> 03:59:26,530
Sandra Schumacher, West Germany third.

2235
03:59:32,160 --> 03:59:35,019
A replay indicates the
race was won and lost by

2236
03:59:35,020 --> 03:59:37,620
several factors that
could not easily be seen.

2237
03:59:37,621 --> 03:59:40,554
As the riders near the
finish, Rebecca Twig

2238
03:59:40,555 --> 03:59:43,521
on the right was the
first to make the break.

2239
03:59:43,560 --> 03:59:46,680
In retrospect, it seemed she started her
sprint too early.

2240
03:59:47,400 --> 03:59:52,000
As Connie Carpenter Finney on the left
began her stretch drive, Twig appeared to

2241
03:59:52,001 --> 03:59:56,380
be tiring and began veering towards Finney
instead of cycling in a straight line.

2242
03:59:57,040 --> 04:00:00,440
This perhaps added a few feet to the
distance she would travel to the finish.

2243
04:00:01,200 --> 04:00:03,680
She lost the race by just one inch.

2244
04:00:04,440 --> 04:00:06,680
I saw somebody coming up, I didn't know
who it was.

2245
04:00:07,160 --> 04:00:09,550
And I just kept going as
hard as I could, and it wasn't

2246
04:00:09,551 --> 04:00:12,021
until we were almost the line
that I knew that it was Connie.

2247
04:00:12,480 --> 04:00:14,640
But there's nothing wrong with any silver
medal.

2248
04:00:15,900 --> 04:00:17,220
I mean, for me it was everything.

2249
04:00:17,460 --> 04:00:19,240
I wanted to win the Olympics so badly.

2250
04:00:19,241 --> 04:00:21,927
And it would have been my mistake
if I wouldn't have won because

2251
04:00:21,928 --> 04:00:25,340
I was coming up faster and I
knew I should be the winner.

2252
04:00:25,880 --> 04:00:29,469
But that was the crowning
glory of a long career and gave

2253
04:00:29,470 --> 04:00:32,161
me a chance to retire on top,
which is what I wanted to do.

2254
04:00:33,020 --> 04:00:36,459
Connie Carpenter Finney
wins the first individual

2255
04:00:36,460 --> 04:00:39,381
women's cycling road
race in Olympic history.

2256
04:00:47,580 --> 04:00:50,627
It is Thursday, August
2nd, the finals of

2257
04:00:50,628 --> 04:00:53,941
the men's individual
all-around championship.

2258
04:00:55,480 --> 04:00:56,840
36 men have qualified.

2259
04:00:57,740 --> 04:01:00,200
They are divided into six groups of six
gymnasts each.

2260
04:01:01,000 --> 04:01:05,121
They will compete on the same six apparatus
that decided the team championship.

2261
04:01:05,620 --> 04:01:09,720
Olympic rules permit only the three
highest scorers from each country in the

2262
04:01:09,721 --> 04:01:13,000
team championship to compete for the
individual all-around.

2263
04:01:13,820 --> 04:01:16,583
Three gymnasts from the United
States and three from China

2264
04:01:16,584 --> 04:01:19,900
are among the seven highest
scorers as the competition begins.

2265
04:01:20,980 --> 04:01:25,920
In first place, Peter Vidmar of the United
States followed closely by Lee Ning of

2266
04:01:25,921 --> 04:01:31,760
China, Tong Fae of China 3rd, and Bart
Conner of the United States 4th.

2267
04:01:31,761 --> 04:01:37,480
Mitch Gaylord of the United States and
Shuzha Chung of China are tied for six.

2268
04:01:41,490 --> 04:01:45,546
27-year-old Koji Guushiken
of Japan in fifth place breaks

2269
04:01:45,547 --> 04:01:48,630
the dominance by the United
States and Chinese gymnasts.

2270
04:01:49,050 --> 04:01:52,610
Only 20 hundredths of a point separates
first from sixth place.

2271
04:01:53,370 --> 04:01:57,230
A mistake on any of the apparatus can
radically change the standings.

2272
04:01:59,630 --> 04:02:04,590
For Peter Vidmar, the road to the individual
all-around final has been a long one.

2273
04:02:04,930 --> 04:02:10,691
Four years earlier is a 19-year-old
sophomore at UCLA under Coach Mako Sakamoto.

2274
04:02:10,910 --> 04:02:13,722
Vidmar was given a good
chance to win a medal at the

2275
04:02:13,723 --> 04:02:16,590
Moscow Games, but the boycott
prevented him from competing.

2276
04:02:17,810 --> 04:02:21,430
His Japanese-born coach Mako then made a
momentous decision.

2277
04:02:21,431 --> 04:02:27,030
He gave up his plans to take a coaching
job overseas to prepare Peter Vidmar and

2278
04:02:27,031 --> 04:02:30,450
UCLA teammate Tim Daggett for the Los
Angeles Games.

2279
04:02:31,470 --> 04:02:35,990
Mako told his pupils, I will not leave
until you have won a gold medal.

2280
04:02:37,970 --> 04:02:40,399
Two days earlier, that
goal was achieved when

2281
04:02:40,400 --> 04:02:43,171
the United States won
the team championship.

2282
04:02:43,670 --> 04:02:47,650
Daggett on the left was one of the United
States team members to receive a gold

2283
04:02:47,651 --> 04:02:51,290
medal, but he did not qualify for the
individual all-around final.

2284
04:02:52,910 --> 04:02:56,490
Now Vidmar and Mako have a chance at a
second gold medal.

2285
04:02:57,990 --> 04:03:00,570
For Peter Vidmar, there is additional
inspiration.

2286
04:03:01,490 --> 04:03:03,190
He was married a year before the Games.

2287
04:03:04,130 --> 04:03:06,604
His wife Donna, formerly
a gymnast, is in the

2288
04:03:06,605 --> 04:03:08,831
arena working as a film
production associate.

2289
04:03:09,370 --> 04:03:11,090
They are both devout Mormons.

2290
04:03:12,330 --> 04:03:16,370
Because of her knowledge of gymnastics and
the involvement with her husband,

2291
04:03:16,371 --> 04:03:21,050
Donna Vidmar's speed of calculations is
faster than modern technology.

2292
04:03:22,450 --> 04:03:26,750
Working with pencil and paper,
she can tabulate the standings before the

2293
04:03:26,751 --> 04:03:28,830
computers announce the scoring to the
crowd.

2294
04:03:31,270 --> 04:03:35,630
On his first apparatus, the high bar,
Peter Vidmar is magnificent.

2295
04:03:56,850 --> 04:04:00,710
He scores a perfect 10 and increases his
first place lead.

2296
04:04:01,510 --> 04:04:05,510
But in the floor exercise, his weakest
event, Vidmar folders.

2297
04:04:10,320 --> 04:04:13,240
Donna Vidmar knows it is not his best
routine.

2298
04:04:15,540 --> 04:04:17,330
He receives a 9.80.

2299
04:04:22,760 --> 04:04:26,180
Donna applauds but already knows that
Peter's lead has vanished.

2300
04:04:28,460 --> 04:04:33,320
Because earlier, Leaning of China was
awarded a 9.95 on the side horse.

2301
04:04:43,370 --> 04:04:48,070
After two rotations, Vidmar and Leaning
are tied for first place.

2302
04:04:53,120 --> 04:04:59,381
On the third rotation, Koji Guushiken of
Japan is awarded a perfect 10 on the vault.

2303
04:04:59,420 --> 04:05:03,860
Now with the competition half over, Guushiken
has moved from fifth to third place.

2304
04:05:04,480 --> 04:05:07,810
Vidmar on the side
horse and Leaning on the

2305
04:05:07,811 --> 04:05:11,621
rings both get 9.90s
and still share first place.

2306
04:05:13,720 --> 04:05:16,016
The rest of the contenders,
though consistent,

2307
04:05:16,017 --> 04:05:18,841
are not moving up
on the three leaders.

2308
04:05:19,140 --> 04:05:22,420
The battle for the gold medal appears to
be among three gymnasts.

2309
04:05:23,260 --> 04:05:27,340
Peter Vidmar of the United States and
Leaning of China are tied for first.

2310
04:05:28,160 --> 04:05:32,840
With Koji Guushiken of Japan, just
25,000th of a point behind in third.

2311
04:05:35,700 --> 04:05:39,820
For Koji Guushiken, competing here in Los
Angeles is a near miracle.

2312
04:05:39,821 --> 04:05:44,071
At age 27, he is considered
old for a gymnast, yet

2313
04:05:44,072 --> 04:05:46,980
he has never appeared in
previous Olympic games.

2314
04:05:48,520 --> 04:05:53,060
He was not good enough to make the
Japanese team in 1976, and like Peter

2315
04:05:53,061 --> 04:05:57,240
Vidmar did not compete in Moscow in 1980
because of the boycott.

2316
04:05:57,980 --> 04:06:03,621
Then he was the victim of two extremely
serious injuries that threatened his career.

2317
04:06:03,840 --> 04:06:07,900
In 1975, at age 18, he broke his ankle.

2318
04:06:08,640 --> 04:06:12,020
Upon returning to competition,
he ruptured his Achilles tendon.

2319
04:06:13,480 --> 04:06:17,540
Though he is an instructor at the Nippon
School of Health and Physical Education,

2320
04:06:18,440 --> 04:06:23,840
Koji Guushiken remained in competition,
overcoming age and injury to compete in

2321
04:06:23,841 --> 04:06:27,020
his first and last Olympic games here in
Los Angeles.

2322
04:06:27,740 --> 04:06:32,640
Now, as the fourth rotation gets underway,
Guushiken is at the parallel bars.

2323
04:07:32,160 --> 04:07:36,212
All three leaders score
9.90s, and their positions

2324
04:07:36,213 --> 04:07:38,940
remain the same with
just two rotations left.

2325
04:07:40,140 --> 04:07:44,240
Vidmar and Leename tied for first,
and Guushiken of Japan in third.

2326
04:07:47,240 --> 04:07:49,160
Now the critical fifth round.

2327
04:07:49,940 --> 04:07:53,046
By the luck of the draw, because
they are in different sections,

2328
04:07:53,047 --> 04:07:56,060
the three leaders are performing
it precisely the same time.

2329
04:07:57,520 --> 04:07:59,540
Peter Vidmar prepares for the vault.

2330
04:08:00,700 --> 04:08:04,018
While Koji Guushiken is
performing his routine at

2331
04:08:04,019 --> 04:08:07,021
the high bar, and Leename
is on the parallel bars.

2332
04:08:11,490 --> 04:08:16,130
Vidmar, the first to complete his routine,
misses the landing on his dismount.

2333
04:08:30,920 --> 04:08:34,220
Donna Vidmar knows Peter will lose points
on the landing.

2334
04:08:34,940 --> 04:08:36,180
She quickly looks to Guushiken.

2335
04:08:38,620 --> 04:08:40,200
Her concern is justified.

2336
04:08:41,440 --> 04:08:47,120
Guushiken is magnificent, and is awarded a
9.95 to Vidmar's 9.90.

2337
04:08:50,640 --> 04:08:53,980
Leename all but eliminates himself from
gold medal possibilities.

2338
04:08:55,640 --> 04:08:57,460
He receives a 9.80.

2339
04:09:07,540 --> 04:09:11,095
Incredibly, Koji Guushiken
has moved into first

2340
04:09:11,096 --> 04:09:14,741
place over Peter Vidmar
by 25,000th of the point.

2341
04:09:15,340 --> 04:09:20,000
The battle for the gold medal is narrowed
down to the last apparatus between Koji

2342
04:09:20,001 --> 04:09:23,160
Guushiken of Japan and Peter Vidmar of the
United States.

2343
04:09:24,000 --> 04:09:28,120
Both men must commit major errors for
Leename to contest for the gold medal.

2344
04:09:29,280 --> 04:09:33,480
This is the final act of the drama that
began many hours before the competition.

2345
04:09:35,000 --> 04:09:39,620
Early that morning, Peter Vidmar went to
Pauli Pavilion for a final workout,

2346
04:09:40,120 --> 04:09:41,260
expecting to be alone.

2347
04:09:42,280 --> 04:09:48,900
I walked into the room, and I saw Koji
Guushiken kneeling and facing the corner

2348
04:09:48,901 --> 04:09:54,360
of the gym, and he was reading something,
and I don't know what it was.

2349
04:09:54,580 --> 04:09:57,880
I'm sure that it was something religious,
and he was reading out loud.

2350
04:09:58,640 --> 04:10:02,560
When I was a freshman in high school,
my teacher gave me a book.

2351
04:10:03,480 --> 04:10:06,820
I decided the creation of life was living.

2352
04:10:07,620 --> 04:10:10,422
My teacher said that
with the help of this book,

2353
04:10:10,423 --> 04:10:13,641
I'd make the number
one gymnast in the world.

2354
04:10:14,180 --> 04:10:16,700
The book's message was to develop my
skills.

2355
04:10:17,500 --> 04:10:21,940
He said, look up to ideas, but do not run
away from reality.

2356
04:10:23,140 --> 04:10:24,780
Fulfilled the reality slowly.

2357
04:10:26,040 --> 04:10:30,620
Look forward to eternity and improve the
present condition step by step.

2358
04:10:31,420 --> 04:10:32,780
Make an endless wish.

2359
04:10:33,400 --> 04:10:34,400
Keep doing things.

2360
04:10:35,240 --> 04:10:37,260
Always look back and be enlightened.

2361
04:10:38,540 --> 04:10:44,100
Then, just before my performance,
I utter the words, top, top, top.

2362
04:10:44,420 --> 04:10:47,926
Which means concentrate
and perfect yourself,

2363
04:10:47,927 --> 04:10:51,421
and you will break
through the barriers.

2364
04:10:52,820 --> 04:10:54,394
Finally, I looked through
the window, and I saw

2365
04:10:54,395 --> 04:10:56,000
that he was done, and he
bowed toward the corner.

2366
04:10:56,360 --> 04:11:00,720
And then I opened the door, and he turned,
and I wondered if he even noticed me the

2367
04:11:00,721 --> 04:11:02,736
first time, because he looked at me,
and I said, oh, Vidmar!

2368
04:11:02,760 --> 04:11:03,760
And I said, hello.

2369
04:11:03,840 --> 04:11:06,120
And we spoke a little bit in sign
language.

2370
04:11:06,280 --> 04:11:07,560
We should have the best of luck.

2371
04:11:07,760 --> 04:11:11,080
I said, Gumba, which in Japanese I guess
means to stay tough.

2372
04:11:12,920 --> 04:11:15,040
Now the sixth and final rotation.

2373
04:11:15,980 --> 04:11:17,260
This will decide the gold medal.

2374
04:11:18,940 --> 04:11:22,960
Both Gushikin and Vidmar will be the
lead-off men in their particular sections.

2375
04:11:23,840 --> 04:11:27,580
Gushikin in the floor exercise,
and Vidmar on the parallel bars.

2376
04:11:28,720 --> 04:11:31,670
Incredibly, Peter Vidmar
does not know that he

2377
04:11:31,671 --> 04:11:34,881
trails Koji Gushikin
by 25,000th of a point.

2378
04:11:35,280 --> 04:11:37,780
I absolutely did not keep track at all
over us.

2379
04:11:37,860 --> 04:11:41,820
I was getting so involved in the
competition, and I knew the way Donna was

2380
04:11:41,821 --> 04:11:43,800
that she did not want to make eye contact
with me.

2381
04:11:44,300 --> 04:11:46,360
I was right by parallel bars.

2382
04:11:46,780 --> 04:11:50,700
So I was right within five feet of him
throughout the whole thing.

2383
04:11:50,701 --> 04:11:53,153
I was so close and I wanted
to just go down there and hug

2384
04:11:53,253 --> 04:11:56,000
him and tell him, you only
need a 9.95 and you can do it.

2385
04:11:58,680 --> 04:12:04,541
As Gushikin performs his floor exercise,
Peter Vidmar prepares for the parallel bars.

2386
04:12:16,940 --> 04:12:19,560
Gushikin finishes his floor exercise in
the background.

2387
04:12:21,580 --> 04:12:23,540
Vidmar begins on the parallel bars.

2388
04:12:26,300 --> 04:12:27,980
Gushikin receives a 9.90.

2389
04:12:31,120 --> 04:12:35,980
Donna Vidmar knows that Peter will need a
9.95 to win the gold medal.

2390
04:12:47,540 --> 04:12:50,780
I saw his hop, and I knew the way the
scoring was going in the Olympics,

2391
04:12:51,440 --> 04:12:54,060
that the judges were taking off for hops.

2392
04:12:54,360 --> 04:12:56,440
You had to stick your dismount if you
wanted to tend.

2393
04:12:56,860 --> 04:12:58,920
And he did take that hop, and I saw it.

2394
04:12:59,080 --> 04:13:03,280
And I knew right then that he would most
likely get a 9.9, and he did.

2395
04:13:03,540 --> 04:13:05,580
And I knew that that meant the silver
medal.

2396
04:13:50,980 --> 04:13:55,900
For Koji Gushikin, these moments are the
fulfillment of his personal philosophy.

2397
04:13:57,100 --> 04:14:04,420
Topa, topa, topa, look up to ideals,
but do not run away from reality.

2398
04:14:05,800 --> 04:14:06,880
Make an endless wish.

2399
04:14:08,360 --> 04:14:13,260
If you concentrate and perfect yourself,
you will break through the barriers.

2400
04:16:49,710 --> 04:16:56,250
In the early evening of August 10,
1984, 12 men walked onto the track for the

2401
04:16:56,251 --> 04:16:59,199
final of the 3,000-meter
steeple chase, one of

2402
04:16:59,200 --> 04:17:02,051
the most ruling events
on the Olympic program.

2403
04:17:02,650 --> 04:17:07,330
One of the favorites, number 9.19,
Henry Marsh of the United States.

2404
04:17:08,050 --> 04:17:12,530
For Henry Marsh, the years and months
leading to this final have been challenging.

2405
04:17:12,531 --> 04:17:15,910
He is not the typical world-class athlete.

2406
04:17:17,190 --> 04:17:20,951
Henry Marsh is 30 years
old, married the father of three

2407
04:17:20,952 --> 04:17:24,810
children, a practicing
attorney, and a devout Mormon.

2408
04:17:26,230 --> 04:17:30,710
His daily routine leading to the games
combined his devotion to his family,

2409
04:17:31,230 --> 04:17:37,510
to his legal profession, to his religion,
to his athletic career.

2410
04:17:40,130 --> 04:17:44,310
Although many consider Marsh usually
ranked first or second in the world,

2411
04:17:44,750 --> 04:17:46,330
the greatest steeple chaser in history.

2412
04:17:47,270 --> 04:17:51,190
His prominence has been marred by an
incredible series of injuries and bad luck

2413
04:17:51,191 --> 04:17:54,501
that has prevented him from
winning a medal at the Olympic

2414
04:17:54,502 --> 04:17:58,110
Games, World Championships,
or World Cup competitions.

2415
04:18:00,910 --> 04:18:06,810
At the 1981 World Cup final in Rome,
Henry Marsh, in third place coming off the

2416
04:18:06,811 --> 04:18:11,290
final curve, turned in a thrilling stretch
drive to win the world title that had

2417
04:18:11,291 --> 04:18:13,937
eluded him the year before
at the Moscow Olympics, when

2418
04:18:13,938 --> 04:18:16,950
he could not compete because
of the United States boycott.

2419
04:18:20,210 --> 04:18:23,190
But Henry Marsh's victory lasted only a
few minutes.

2420
04:18:23,191 --> 04:18:25,895
He was disqualified
for going around and not

2421
04:18:25,896 --> 04:18:29,511
jumping over the
next to last water jump.

2422
04:18:30,110 --> 04:18:32,550
On the replay, Marsh is in fourth place.

2423
04:18:33,770 --> 04:18:36,950
I like to go inside on the water jumps to
try to keep the space down.

2424
04:18:37,290 --> 04:18:39,384
As I did that, as I made my
move to the inside, one of

2425
04:18:39,385 --> 04:18:42,230
the runners who had started
to fan out cut back inside.

2426
04:18:43,350 --> 04:18:47,070
And it forced me right before the water
jump to run around the water jump.

2427
04:18:47,770 --> 04:18:50,410
Marsh on the right is forced off the
track.

2428
04:18:50,411 --> 04:18:53,410
I said, oh, no, you're not supposed to do
this.

2429
04:18:53,810 --> 04:18:54,910
It happened so fast.

2430
04:18:55,790 --> 04:18:59,930
And evidently the Italian, it was in Rome,
waved at one of the officials there and

2431
04:18:59,931 --> 04:19:02,131
said, hey, you know, he can't run around
the water jump.

2432
04:19:02,510 --> 04:19:05,334
And they pulled me out of the
line, they marched everybody

2433
04:19:05,335 --> 04:19:09,550
into the stadium, and I was
left there without even a place.

2434
04:19:11,150 --> 04:19:15,990
Two years later, at the World
Championships in Helsinki, Marsh in second

2435
04:19:15,991 --> 04:19:20,590
place trails Patrice Ilge of West Germany
with one hurdle left in the race.

2436
04:19:25,520 --> 04:19:29,980
Marsh finished eighth, ranked first in the
world the two previous years.

2437
04:19:30,520 --> 04:19:33,420
Marsh would now be ranked second in the
world in 1983.

2438
04:19:35,140 --> 04:19:37,692
My strategy was to make
my move down the final

2439
04:19:37,693 --> 04:19:40,280
straightaway thinking that
he had already used that burst.

2440
04:19:40,281 --> 04:19:43,600
And if I could stick with him, then
surely I'd reel him in the last 100 meters.

2441
04:19:44,340 --> 04:19:48,220
The problem was I had a mental lapse and
all of a sudden there it was.

2442
04:19:48,700 --> 04:19:53,520
Then I'd hit my trail leg on it, did a
somersault on the track, just stunned.

2443
04:19:54,660 --> 04:19:58,480
Got up and jogged home and finished eighth
place.

2444
04:19:58,960 --> 04:20:02,420
And I was just after the race, I just
kept saying to myself, why me, you know?

2445
04:20:03,040 --> 04:20:04,641
And I just kept hitting
my head and I said,

2446
04:20:04,721 --> 04:20:07,000
no, this can't be, you
know, this can't be.

2447
04:20:07,840 --> 04:20:10,520
Bad fortune continued to play Henry Marsh.

2448
04:20:11,200 --> 04:20:15,820
After winning the Olympic trials in June,
he was struck by a severe viral infection.

2449
04:20:16,640 --> 04:20:19,980
As he gets ready for the start of his
qualifying heat here in Los Angeles,

2450
04:20:20,780 --> 04:20:23,220
Henry Marsh is still concerned about his
physical condition.

2451
04:20:24,120 --> 04:20:28,320
To make it to the victory platform,
he must race three times in five days.

2452
04:20:29,520 --> 04:20:32,120
I talked to the doctors and they said,
well, you got two choices.

2453
04:20:32,840 --> 04:20:36,285
You can either one train
and worsen the virus,

2454
04:20:36,286 --> 04:20:39,200
or you can rest and
work on getting rid of it.

2455
04:20:39,660 --> 04:20:40,736
So I really didn't know what to do.

2456
04:20:40,760 --> 04:20:41,900
So I sort of went 50-50.

2457
04:20:42,320 --> 04:20:43,952
I trained and did all
the speed work that I

2458
04:20:43,953 --> 04:20:46,741
thought I would need
to maintain my fitness.

2459
04:20:46,860 --> 04:20:50,900
But yes, rest more than I had planned on
wrestling to try to lick this virus.

2460
04:20:51,740 --> 04:20:52,960
And I never did.

2461
04:20:54,320 --> 04:20:57,120
Marsh finished fourth in his qualifying
heat.

2462
04:20:57,760 --> 04:21:02,920
But here in the semi-final, Marsh in the
all-red uniform barely manages to finish

2463
04:21:02,921 --> 04:21:07,380
fourth again, less than half a second away
from being eliminated from the final.

2464
04:21:08,240 --> 04:21:11,381
Now two days later, as he
prepares to go to the starting

2465
04:21:11,382 --> 04:21:14,560
line in the race for the gold
medal, he has another setback.

2466
04:21:15,600 --> 04:21:17,980
I had time just to do one more form of
hurdle.

2467
04:21:18,260 --> 04:21:19,300
I went to take the hurdle.

2468
04:21:19,960 --> 04:21:24,980
I caught a spike on my sweat pant,
and it catapulted me into the hurdle.

2469
04:21:26,000 --> 04:21:26,500
I hit the hurdle.

2470
04:21:26,720 --> 04:21:27,300
I cut my shin.

2471
04:21:27,440 --> 04:21:28,100
My shin was bleeding.

2472
04:21:28,280 --> 04:21:29,020
I sprained my knee.

2473
04:21:29,260 --> 04:21:30,276
I was lying there on the ground.

2474
04:21:30,300 --> 04:21:31,460
I didn't know how bad it was.

2475
04:21:31,980 --> 04:21:35,620
And so I just had to rest for a second and
see what happened.

2476
04:21:36,500 --> 04:21:37,500
Just in a days.

2477
04:21:39,920 --> 04:21:42,480
The race begins at the start of the home
stretch.

2478
04:21:42,481 --> 04:21:45,651
The runners will move
past the finish line and

2479
04:21:45,652 --> 04:21:48,460
travel the 400-meter
track seven more times.

2480
04:21:49,120 --> 04:21:51,552
In the course of the
race, they will have to

2481
04:21:51,553 --> 04:21:54,861
jump four hurdles and
one water jump each lap.

2482
04:21:55,080 --> 04:21:56,600
A total of 35 obstacles.

2483
04:21:57,960 --> 04:22:00,240
The hurdles are both formidable and
dangerous.

2484
04:22:01,020 --> 04:22:03,920
They stand three feet high and weigh more
than 200 pounds.

2485
04:22:04,840 --> 04:22:07,240
A miscalculation can cause a serious
injury.

2486
04:22:08,400 --> 04:22:10,120
Marsh's strategy is basic for him.

2487
04:22:10,121 --> 04:22:14,220
He is comfortable trailing the pack throughout
most of the early stages of the race.

2488
04:22:15,060 --> 04:22:19,040
Marsh, last on the inside, is joined by
his teammate Brian Deemer.

2489
04:22:19,940 --> 04:22:23,940
As Fettie Bakuche of Tunisia leads the
runners after the first water jump,

2490
04:22:24,560 --> 04:22:28,040
a spectator leaps from the stands and
falls in behind Henry Marsh.

2491
04:22:28,560 --> 04:22:30,260
I heard a splash behind me.

2492
04:22:30,620 --> 04:22:32,400
And I knew I was the last guy in the race.

2493
04:22:32,480 --> 04:22:33,536
And I heard a splash behind me.

2494
04:22:33,560 --> 04:22:34,580
I said there's something wrong here.

2495
04:22:34,581 --> 04:22:39,780
I didn't know at the time that an intruder
had come out the stands and he had taken

2496
04:22:39,781 --> 04:22:41,430
the water jump,
taken her hurdle, and it

2497
04:22:41,431 --> 04:22:44,021
followed us all the way
down the back stretch.

2498
04:22:44,200 --> 04:22:46,236
And I heard the steps all the way down the
back stretch.

2499
04:22:46,260 --> 04:22:47,120
I just tried not to focus.

2500
04:22:47,121 --> 04:22:48,860
I really didn't know what it was.

2501
04:22:49,580 --> 04:22:52,480
I didn't know that he was alluding to
police and running down the track.

2502
04:22:52,780 --> 04:22:56,700
I guess after they had caught him once,
he broke away from him and did it again.

2503
04:23:02,990 --> 04:23:05,290
And I was trying to concentrate so much on
this race.

2504
04:23:06,130 --> 04:23:08,570
But it was very distracting to hear all
these people laughing.

2505
04:23:19,830 --> 04:23:23,510
Henry Marsh settles into his accustomed
position at the back of the pack.

2506
04:23:24,230 --> 04:23:28,210
As the race progresses, he will slowly
pick off the runners in front of him.

2507
04:23:30,210 --> 04:23:31,410
It was a fast pace.

2508
04:23:31,970 --> 04:23:33,530
I just didn't feel comfortable to pace.

2509
04:23:33,610 --> 04:23:37,350
And even though I knew I wasn't 100%,
I kept telling myself, I said,

2510
04:23:37,550 --> 04:23:38,590
Henry, this is it.

2511
04:23:39,110 --> 04:23:40,510
This is everything you trained for.

2512
04:23:40,650 --> 04:23:43,790
You don't step off this track until you've
given it everything you've got.

2513
04:24:18,000 --> 04:24:22,780
With two laps to go, Peter Renner of New
Zealand in the all-black uniform leads,

2514
04:24:23,100 --> 04:24:27,060
followed by Julius Corrieur of Kenya and
Brian Deemer of the United States.

2515
04:24:27,860 --> 04:24:31,700
Corrieur wearing number 586 is considered
Marsh's main opposition.

2516
04:24:32,520 --> 04:24:35,560
He has won both his qualifying and
semi-final races easily.

2517
04:24:37,800 --> 04:24:42,400
Marsh has passed six runners and is now in
sixth place with 500 meters left.

2518
04:24:44,860 --> 04:24:49,140
With a little more than a lap to go,
Marsh on the outside makes his move.

2519
04:24:58,380 --> 04:25:04,260
Corrieur of Kenya first, Marsh second,
Joseph Mahmood, France third, Julius

2520
04:25:04,261 --> 04:25:07,940
Corrieur of Kenya fourth, and Brian Deemer
United States fifth.

2521
04:25:13,000 --> 04:25:14,800
Henry Marsh makes one final bid.

2522
04:25:23,070 --> 04:25:26,370
Julius Corrieur of Kenya will not be
caught this day.

2523
04:25:29,570 --> 04:25:32,670
Marsh, exhausted, is passed by Mahmood,
France.

2524
04:25:35,070 --> 04:25:38,390
He must now hold off his teammate Brian
Deemer for the bronze medal.

2525
04:26:58,090 --> 04:27:00,070
It is evening August 11th.

2526
04:27:06,680 --> 04:27:10,000
The victory platform ceremony for the
men's high jump.

2527
04:27:13,610 --> 04:27:17,534
Henry Marsh now fully
recovered, returns to the Olympic

2528
04:27:17,535 --> 04:27:20,170
Stadium 24 hours after he
collapsed at the finish line.

2529
04:27:20,710 --> 04:27:34,370
For Henry Marsh, as in the past,
it was not the end, but a new beginning.

2530
04:27:35,230 --> 04:27:38,058
No matter what sort of pain
you go through, it's worth

2531
04:27:38,059 --> 04:27:40,251
it because it's going to
be a lifetime of memories.

2532
04:27:40,630 --> 04:27:44,830
You're only a success if you get up one
more time than you fall, and so if I were

2533
04:27:44,831 --> 04:27:48,910
ever to quit after a fall, then I wouldn't
deem myself as a success.

2534
04:27:49,730 --> 04:27:52,350
And that's what life's all about.

2535
04:27:52,910 --> 04:27:57,870
Henry Marsh's philosophy, the lifelong
pursuit of excellence.

2536
04:27:58,810 --> 04:28:01,950
I feel like everything that's happened in
my life has happened for a purpose,

2537
04:28:02,430 --> 04:28:04,750
and I don't fully understand the purpose.

2538
04:28:05,810 --> 04:28:09,050
If there's one athletic achievement I'd
like to have that I don't have,

2539
04:28:09,210 --> 04:28:10,410
it'd be an Olympic gold medal.

2540
04:28:12,370 --> 04:28:13,850
And that is a dream for me.

2541
04:28:15,830 --> 04:28:21,450
And if I fulfill it, or if I don't fulfill
it, I always will dream.

2542
04:28:43,000 --> 04:28:46,136
And so it was on the
evening of August 12th,

2543
04:28:46,137 --> 04:28:49,921
the 16 days of glory
came to their close.

2544
04:28:51,520 --> 04:28:56,660
And the young men and women who gave us
this daily celebration joined together for

2545
04:28:56,661 --> 04:28:59,740
the last time to say their final
farewells.

2546
04:29:03,620 --> 04:29:09,040
They had entered the arena, made the
attempt, and competed with honor.

2547
04:29:10,840 --> 04:29:14,580
And all of them would go back to their
homes, the better for it.

2548
04:29:16,180 --> 04:29:19,460
And for these moments, there was beauty on
this earth.

2549
04:29:24,600 --> 04:29:26,800
It was left for one poet to write.

2550
04:29:28,360 --> 04:29:30,520
We have seen the best that is in us.

2551
04:29:31,680 --> 04:29:34,700
A tribute to all the hopes and dreams of
our youth.

2552
04:29:36,680 --> 04:29:38,800
A hymn to the highest forms of the human
spirit.

2553
04:29:41,360 --> 04:29:43,480
A hymn to the nations.

2554
04:29:43,481 --> 04:29:56,200
O mighty Father here, our prayer,
and bless our home and earth.

2555
04:29:57,200 --> 04:30:08,440
With random dirt, your fields,
and with come the working men to her love.

2556
04:30:08,441 --> 04:30:12,560
O mighty Father!

2557
04:30:35,760 --> 04:30:45,840
And the surprise, the treasure,
we sing the word forever.

2558
04:30:47,840 --> 04:30:58,000
Then we shall leave
to the world what's won.

2559
04:32:04,730 --> 04:32:37,630
O mighty Father!

2560
04:32:37,631 --> 04:32:45,010
O peaceful Netherlands, where your flag
unfolds in freedom.

2561
04:33:01,910 --> 04:33:02,910
O

2562
04:34:04,060 --> 04:34:07,840
peaceful Netherlands, where your flag is
full of dreams.

2563
04:34:07,841 --> 04:34:10,161
O beautiful Netherlands, where your flag
is full of dreams!

2564
04:34:54,570 --> 04:34:56,810
O beautiful Netherlands,

2565
04:35:02,990 --> 04:35:04,430
where your flag is full of dreams.

2566
04:35:04,431 --> 04:35:13,510
For a land of arms in nature's gates,
for you be rich and command.