We've NEVER Seen This Happen In Track & Field... || Historic 800 Meters Goes Down In Paris

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1:41 is not a language thats used often in the 800m, people don't understand how crazy this race really was. the mens 800m went from the event that was struggling the most in track and field to possibly being the event of the olympics.

The pace setter did an excellent job. No pace setters in the Olympics so times may be a little slower.

Rudisha 2012 was at the time and still is, the greatest run I've ever witnessed. Michael Johnson twice in Atlanta and Bolt twice in the world championships are almost parallel - but that Rudisha run was so ridiculous... It gets me every time!

Side note: Back in the day, many races were on grass. The record for 800 m grass was set in 1962 by Peter Snell (a 1500m specialist) and stil hasn't been beaten. 1:44.

What happened was two men wanted to prove they were the best in the world and one was racing in his home stadium. Everyone else came along for the ride. Sedjati is THE phenom.

Was not expecting this year to be particularly incredible in the 800m just as the last several years have not been remarkable. However, this could end up being one of the greatest season's in 800m history.

Sebastian Coe ran that fast before high tech shoes, modern training and steroids. One of the greatest track stars ever …and nobody pushing him

The craziest statistic in this video is that Seb Coe still has the 6th fastest 800m ever from FORTY THREE years ago.

I was surprised you didn't cover this first. This race was phenomenal

What a diamond league meeting this weekend, high jump WR, insane 1500 race and WR and this insane 800 race, lets hope we see similiar in the paris olympics in a few weeks

Wanyomi will win the Olympics. The consistency of sub 1:42 gives him the edge

And before the French championships of 2024, Gabriel Tual's personal best was 1:44.23 in the exact same track than here in 2022. His best performance in 2024 before his 1:43.99 was 1:44.43. He also wins the European championships with 1:44.87. In a short amount of time (1 month) he went from 1:44.87 to 1:41.61 this season. It was simply amazing. If he continues to improve this season, and if he reaches his peak in the Olympic final, with the cheer of his own crowd, this can be incredibly fast. For me the world record can go down at these Olympics if all competitors are in fire and if they set an incredibly fast pace in the finals. And the future of the 800 is very bright. I can totally imagine with this very young generation, break the world record and even threatening the sub 1:40 at their peak of their lives if they continued to improve and reach the max of the potential. I'm french and I'm super excited to see the evolution of athletics in general, with this fire generation in the 800, very curious of the level of Gabriel Tual this summer. Sorry for the possible faults in english I'm not good to write outside of french language.

Makes me wonder if the track is fast too

I can’t believe what is happening in 800m. All these unknown guys running crazy fast.

I wonder if Bryce Hoppel would’ve also run 1:41 had he been in this race 😳

Massive PBs across the board (6:05) + speculation of reasons for such a fast race (8:03)…. C’MON Andrew & track fans! Let’s address the white elephant in the room. There’s no way most of us aren’t thinking 💉. The juice has to be more sophisticated than ever to detect. Please. All legitimate reasons given at 8:05 but let’s get real with ourselves

WTF happened here? I have watched the 800 closely since El Cabello ran his WR, but I have never seen a race like this one. The 12 Games was close, as even 5th place Nick Simmons from Idaho ran 1:42.95. but only one man ran under 1:41.70 in London, and here were THREE men running PB's under that. Crazy fast. I hope Wanyonyi takes it out fast in Paris, so there is no repeat of the Sydney 800, but this is my most anticipated Olympic final. Fun vid. Thnx

feels a bit fishy that loads o records are being beaten in a short ish amount of time

Thanks for covering this race, imo the best 800m race of all time. I don't remember feeling the same excitement for an 800m since Rudisha retired until Djamel Sedjati ran in the Stockholm DL earlier this year. The 800m at the Paris DL may not showcase a world record, but for speed, competitiveness and rivalry it is unmatched. The head to head Sedjati vs Wanyonyi, Tual's break-through to 800m greatness which some of us already predicted for him, and the way the entire field tried to follow the leaders and ran NRs and PBs down to 8th place makes this race the best.