Saturday, November 14, 2009

Peter Rono: 1988 Olympics 1500m
















Click HERE to watch the video of the race.

In 1988 at the Olympic Games in Seoul, Peter Rono managed to beat closely the main favourites Peter Elliott and Steve Cram of Great Britain, thus becoming the youngest Olympic Champion at 1500m(21 years and 62 days).

Rono never won a major race again.

Flag of Kenya.svg Peter Rono
(KEN)
3:35.96 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peter Elliott
(GBR)
3:36.15 Flag of East Germany.svg Jens-Peter Herold
(GDR)
3:36.2

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