1983 Vitalis Invite Indoor Mile World Record



Eamonn Coghlan runs 3:49 indoors setting the world record!

Comments

  1. And he did it clean in an era of EPO
  2. Eamonn Coglan: The Chairman of the Boards.
  3. The best Irish athlete ever.
  4. Pure class on and off the track.
  5. he was a great hero of mine when i was a kid, king off the boards!
  6. He would have beaten el guerrouj. This was a 10 lap plywood track!
  7. Those were the days
  8. I agree fully,there was no doubt about his tremendous talent.
  9. He was a class act,I tried to imitate his style of running,must admit I was a slow motion version by comparison,nice to remember the chairman of the boards,cheers.
  10. Agreed. Eamonn often underachieved outdoors due to a lot of impatience on his part. He loved to race though.
  11. Eamonn did just a little too much in his olympic heats,what a talent he was,gold was his but for minute details and a touch of naivety.
  12. Yes, I agree.
  13. Eamonn Coghlan and Steve Scott are probably two of the greatest runners to never win an Olympic medal.
  14. I always admired Eamonn as a runner in the 1970s when I was a schoolboy . He was superb and always one of the best . Stumbled on this by chance . Shocked to realise he is now nearly 60 years old . Where do the years go .
  15. whow what an athlete led for 800 meters and an Irish one, two. Where did the tradition of Irish indoor runners go like Coughlan, Flynn, O' Sullivan and runners like O'Mara, and O'Donavan they were the Golden days of Irish indoor athletics. I suppose the smame could be said of The Britsih 800m and 1500m outdoor athletes. Is it because the Africans (Morrocons, Kenyans and Etheopians have taken over that mantle ? There has been the odd athlete through like Sonia O' Sullivan and C. Mc Kiernan
  16. whow what an athlete led for 800 meters and an Irish one, two
  17. @niall29 he was always outclassed by Walker, Coe and Ovett outdoors. He didn't have the pure speed over the last 300m. Still one of the greats though and even ran sub 4:00 at the age of 40!!!
  18. great days for ireland..thanks eamonn
  19. Coughlan was dominant indoors, but not outdoors. They called him Chairman of the Boards for all his wins in Madison Square Gardens on the small wooden indoor track.
  20. Q What do 7 white guys do in a mile race? A Chase the black dude.


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Duration: 5m 33s

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