Dave Wottle's Classic Comeback 800 Meter Gold Medal Performance at 1972 Olympics At the 1972 Munich Olympics, one of the greatest comeback performances in 800 meter race history occurred with the gold medal performance by American Dave Wottle. Wottle, with his trademark white cap, went from last place to win the race by only 0.03 seconds with his finishing kick, passing four runners in the last 100 meters of the race. Wottle was only 22 years old at the time. I vividly remember watching this rac
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Dave Wottle's Classic Comeback 800 Meter Gold Medal Performance at 1972 Olympics At the 1972 Munich Olympics, one of the greatest comeback performances in 800 meter race history occurred with the gold medal performance by American Dave Wottle. Wottle, with his trademark white cap, went from last place to win the race by only 0.03 seconds with his finishing kick, passing four runners in the last 100 meters of the race. Wottle was only 22 years old at the time. I vividly remember watching this rac
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Munich Olympics 1972, men's 800m final: It's one of the all-time classic championship 800m races. Dave Wottle, from the USA, came from behind to take victory wearing his signature white cap..... | Runner's Tribe
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Dave Wottle "The Throttle" Wins 1972 Olympic 800 Meters I was a sophomore cross-country runner in high school when Dave Wottle "The Throttle" (in the white cap) of the USA won the Olympic 800 Meters in probably one of the greatest come-from-behind races in Olympic history. That inspirational race, along with Frank Shorter's gold medal in the marathon, was probably the impetus behind the "running boom" in the USA which started soon after the 1972 Olympics. In addition, the performances by distanc
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Dave Wottle "The Throttle" Wins 1972 Olympic 800 Meters I was a sophomore cross-country runner in high school when Dave Wottle "The Throttle" (in the white cap) of the USA won the Olympic 800 Meters in probably one of the greatest come-from-behind races in Olympic history. That inspirational race, along with Frank Shorter's gold medal in the marathon, was probably the impetus behind the "running boom" in the USA which started soon after the 1972 Olympics. In addition, the performances by distanc
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Watch the guy in the cap. Is Dave Wottle's 1972 Munich Olympics 800m victory the most exciting race of all time to watch? One things for sure, it never gets old. | Sweat Elite
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Dave Wottle didn't have the best of luck leading into the 1972 Olympic Games 800m. But he kept telling himself to just run his own race with his golf cap on. And that, he did. | Sweat Elite
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