Wayde van Niekerk vs Michael Johnson 400m World Record Head to Head Race!



See new 400m World record holder Wayde van Niekerk take on the former World record holder Michael Johnson in an epic head to head battle!

Comments

  1. Wayde Van Niekerk is talented but will never replace Mikey Johnson
  2. that stuff was intense
  3. The funny thing is that Wayde ran a slower last 200m than Johnson did when he set his world record.
  4. Out of the two I think MJ run is more impressive. The way he finished the race and blew the track up. Huuuuuge respect to Niekerk for Lane 8 world record though. Just hope he is legit like MJ was. Just saying.
  5. Niekerk is a loose, playful, flexible childlike runner. Johnson in a Powerful Mature Manpower Runner. I'll take whichever I can get.
  6. Can anyone tell me what the commentator for Van Niekurk 400m is? Absolutely love it but can't find the full video of that commentator, only the other British one which isn't as good.
  7. Micheal Johnson could've beaten him seeing him dim down the stretch nowadays
  8. they were both great.
    maar wayde is beter!
  9. Excellent comparison video...Johnson ran the last 100m quicker than Wayde and would have caught him and pulled away..
    However, Johnson was in a middle lane, not an outside lane like the South African...
    If it had been reversed and Wayde was in the middle lane and Johnson was in lane 8...the South African runner would have beaten Johnson.
    A pity they were both from different time periods...it would have been a great match up..
  10. both absolutely amazing! I'm truly stunned at the south African guys time. it almost seems unreal. I didn't think Johnsons record would be broken for at least another 10 years. thank you for making this video
  11. I see Van Niekerk crossing the line at 42.8 here. But hey, i am not the Olympic timer
  12. I think Michael could have walked Van Niekerk down in the last 100.
  13. Quebrar uno de los records mundiales y olimpicos más antigüos es del otro mundo felicitaciones a Wayde Van Niekerk.
  14. My ears are arguing with each other ;-;
  15. you can see Johnson was way behind Van Niekerk before the last straight. He did it 0,5 second faster than van Niekerk. Still more impressive for me than new WR. Johsnon would go under 43 if he was facing Van Niekerk in that race. Van Niekerk would make him run his first 300m a bit faster and the last 100m Johnson would take it.
  16. Great presentation, thankx for posting!
  17. Well done. That was fun to watch.
  18. Copyright strike in 3..2..
  19. wow if you look at the marks on the track wayde reached the 4x100 marks at 200m and 300m ahead of johnson, he slowed down the last 50m more than johnson did, may have just been a different race strategy since he was in lane 8 but i think he may be the first man to go under 43 seconds
  20. What's more impressive is that, W Niekerk did it in lane 8.


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