Steve Ovett, the greatest of them all! Absolute legend.

Ovett was always my man
Seb always seemed a little privileged.  
Watching them together was pure gold,  thank you both for the amazing memories

I had always loved Ovett's performance. Super race!

Coe v Ovett in the early 80s, that was the golden age of middle distance, 800/1500/mile.

Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett, and Steve Cram. That was an incredible time for British middle distance running. Britain was the home of the Olympic champion, World champion and World Record holder in the 1,500 m - titles held by Coe, Cram and Ovett respectively at the same time. Trading records and medals back and forth. A small country, but had the best middle distance runners. Their times are still elite.

Great to hear David Coleman’s voice again.

Coe and Ovett were both brilliant, but my heart was always with Ovett.

Ovett and Coe what a champions!

Ovett really was the tough of the track back then.

One of the greatest 800m finals of alltime. Ovett was amazing.

Ovett was the best. He didn't always win, he didn't always have the world record, but he was always the most exciting racer. What an era this was - for Brits and non-Brits.

Why do countless rowers and cyclists who are barely recognized in the UK have knighthoods while the great Steve Ovett has just an OBE,its as bad an omission as Bobby Moore except since Ovett is still with us it should have been corrected years ago

This race is often framed as Coe losing it due to his tactics. But, Ovett’s 2nd lap of 50.6 was brutal.

The great races on Telly no satellite dishes back then in the 80's.Tune into BBC1 or BBC2 back then, saw all the  Running on every olympic games brilliant coverage  we got 🙂

How did they get away with so much shoving and pushing! Amazing. Ovett was tough. He basically sliced that field in two like a knife when he was blocked. It wasn't just his great last lap but his ability to break free of the tactical hold on him.

The great David Coleman! The greatest commentator of alltime and what world class 800 mtr. Running by the legendary Steve Ovette!

Ovetts 50:6 second lap is still the fastest in a major games 38 years later !!!!!!!!! That is truly phenomenal !!!!!!!

Ovett was brilliant!

I passed Ovett’s statue on the seafront in Brighton today. It had a mask on.

Brilliant run by Mr Ovett. At 2.38 he puts his foot on the gas and no man would have caught him. The slow first lap played into his hands. Coe can have no complaints. From 320 meters to go, there was the same distance between him and Ovett as there was on the finishing line.  Beaten by a better man on the day, but his day would come