Stories of the Olympic Games: 1500 Metres
- Episode aired Jul 11, 2012
- 1h
BBC2's history of the Olympics now tells the story of the blue riband event of any Games - the 1500 metres, or metric mile. This was the race that gave Britain its finest Olympic hour in Los... Read allBBC2's history of the Olympics now tells the story of the blue riband event of any Games - the 1500 metres, or metric mile. This was the race that gave Britain its finest Olympic hour in Los Angeles in 1984 when three British world champions competed for gold - Sebastian Coe, Ste... Read allBBC2's history of the Olympics now tells the story of the blue riband event of any Games - the 1500 metres, or metric mile. This was the race that gave Britain its finest Olympic hour in Los Angeles in 1984 when three British world champions competed for gold - Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram. Travelling to the many and varied environments that have helped s... Read all