1975 Crystal Palace 2000m featuring John Walker, Rod Dixon, and Emiel Puttemans
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2017
- Field included:
Tony Simmons (GB)
Knut Kvalheim (NOR)
Emiel Puttemans (BEL)
John Walker (NZ)
Brendan Foster (GB)
Anders Gaerderud (SVE)
Rod Dixon (NZ)
Ian Stewart (GB)
Ervin Hartel (GB)
Jos Hermens (HOL)
Dave Black (GB) - Спорт
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Daylight fading and obviously an attentive, respectful crowd...with a quality field and a less often raced distance. Across the ocean in Florida, USA, those of us with our ears to the ground waited for weeks till our issue of Track & Field News arrived in our mailboxes to inform us of the latest continental results, so often the big ones happening in places like the mysterious and exotic sounding "Crystal Palace". It made our hearts beat faster, believe it or not...to learn of the finishing times and places of the favorite and familiar names from so many different countries. We teenagers played around in mimicking the running strides of some of these heroes, even fashioning our looks (hair, kit) after them, in the dubious hopes of acquiring some of their talent through mere imitation. All part of our histories and so many others'.
Well written and evocative piece, from a few Florida boy 🙂
What a line up of 70s talent.
John Walker at his best was awesome to watch!
John Walker is a NZ hero
John Walker a class act at his best !!!
Watched this for you Dad... & for the 1970s crew from Olympic Harriers Wellington.
Damn, Walker just of the plane, and he runs like a freaking rabbit. He is a pleasure to watch. One of the best of all time. Thanks for posting.
I always rooted for Tony Simmons - maybe because he seemed so tiny in comparison, yet so brave. Great memories of him fast catching Brendan Foster from miles back and missing out on Olympic bronze in '76 and a heart stopping runner up at the '74 Europeans.
I was there. It was always great to see JW win his races like that. I didn't remember the fact that he had just come from Milan which made it more impressive. Crystal Palace before they built the stand on the back straight. So many memories of that place especially the Coca Cola meetings and of course the night when Bedford broke the world record
First man to run under 3.50 in the mile.Walker was simply Unbeatable in 1975 and 1976.
Except he got thrashed by Ian Stewart in the World Cross Country Championships a few weeks earlier! See my biography on Ian, here: ua-cam.com/video/dLy4UEXPnTA/v-deo.html
@@PrentisHancock1 Cross country was a different beast though. I remember Dixon being a better cross country runner then Walker.
It was real cross country back then too! Running through big mud holes, climbing over fences, decent hilly parts and rough terrain (compared to today's well manicured courses)!
The winner of a major cross country race back then was truly the toughest!
I've just found out that he is suffering from Parkinson's disease. He really was a great runner.
@@gary1961 yes. He's seems to be managing it the best way he can. He's a fighter with a never say die attitude.
@@brettwilkinson9529 That's good to know. Whenever I hear of someone with Parkinson's disease, I always think of the actor Michael J Fox who was diagnosed more than 20 years ago and how it has affected him. It is a cruel disease.
Настоящие сборище звёзд на не олимпийской дистанции.Уокер,-закономерно,-победил,но Диксон и Гардеруд тоже показали высокий класс
Another fantastic race. Thank you for these classic races! Pleas keep them coming!
gakaface I was coached by Tony Simmons
Thanks for this upload!!!
havent´t seen this before, great !
Awesome Kiwis can fly...😊
There was a third New Zealand runner at the time but was not in the race....Dick Quax
Great track running days for our flying kiwis!
Hello....You certainly had some cracking athletes John Walker, Rod Dixon, Dick Quax
@@philrobinson981 you forgot Phil Costley
Sub 8 min record 3000m SC !
shit he sat down on a plane for 8 hours lol >And still came out like a BOSS!!!
Might have been there as a young boy, if I was I have their autographs!
5 laps 400m
I was coached by Tony Simmons
chris McAllister I am :-)
Hmmm walker ran 4:51'40 for this distance a few days after this!!!!!!
Ian Stewart coming off two great wins in the European Indoors 3000m and then a week later the World Cross Country title, not going so great here, but a great athlete. See his full biography here: ua-cam.com/video/dLy4UEXPnTA/v-deo.html
Is that Dickie Davies commentating with Adrian Metcalfe? If so, I'm impressed with his commentary. The pack didnt fancy the WR pace that the 800m runner was correctly setting for them, but a great race nonetheless.
kvalheim and gärderud my idols and also ian stewart
Not bad for two guys (Walker & Dixon) straight off the plane from Milan!
All those long, flowing locks...
ANDERS GÄRDERUD IS MY IDOL
Four seconds slower than Bekele's last five laps in the Olympic 5k final in Beijing, off a pace that wasn't slow.
doped africans doesn`t count
@@64fairlane305 Grammatically incorrect and an unfounded slur.
Walker was one of my heroes growing up. It seems like he started getting beat when he cut his hair short and started wearing socks with his track spikes......
As I recall, he also had to curtail his training because of compartment syndrome, for which he underwent surgery.
aah the 70's, when hair was by 'Lion King' !
Time finished 5:00.65
The al' SX 70
Mmm, Candace Bergen
Epic failed record breaking attempt
What a waste of the last 5 minutes. The only redeeming feature was hearing Adrian Metcalf again. Second only to the legend David Coleman who could make an ordinary race appear interesting as against today's commentators who do the opposite.