Thanks to YouTube, some of the greatest track and field videos ever can be found on the Internet. Here are some of my favorites. Please send me an e-mail if any of these videos fails to load. The videos are (roughly) in chronological order.
Newsreel of Roger Bannister's first sub-4 minute mile:
Billy Mills' 10000m gold medal at the 1964 Olympics:
Steve Prefontaine's 5k race at the 1972 Olympics:
Dave Wottle's 800m gold medal at the 1972 Olympics:
1980 Olympic 800m final (Coe v. Ovett):
1980 Olympic 1500m final (Coe v. Ovett):
Wilson Kipketer's 800m world record run:
Daniel Komen's 3000m world record:
Hicham El Guerrouj's mile world record:
2000 Olympic 10000m final (Gebrselassie v. Tergat):
Alan Webb's high school mile record:
2004 Olympic 1500m final (El Guerrouj vs. Lagat):
Kenenisa Bekele's 10000m world record: