Rudisha Breaks World Record - Men's 800m Final | London 2012 Olympics 

This man has the most beautiful running style Ive ever seen.

This might be the greatest race ever run, when you look at the individual performances of each runner: There was a World Record, a World Junior Record, 3 National Records, 7 Personal Bests, and 1 Season Best set in this race!! Now in Nov 2019, the World Record and Junior World Record still stand, and 7 of the 8 men who ran that final, never ran faster again! Historic!

A small note on just how fast everyone was in this race. 8th postion in this race was a whole second faster than the gold medal time in the tokyo 2020 olympics!

If you ever feel useless just remember there's a bell for the 800m

Nick Symmonds threw in 10-15 sticks of run gum for that last 100m

Am I the only one who comes back like once a week to watch this?

To note how insane this race was, last position time of 1:43:77 would have won gold at Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2008, Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000.

Imagine running 1:43.77 and getting last...the depth of the field in this race as well as Rudisha pulling everyone along to extremely fast times... crazy

Not only is Rudisha a beast but he also has such a poetic stride

His running style is so technically perfect and smooth that he doesn't look like he's running, he looks like he's floating.

Not only did he break the 800m WR he was 1.3 seconds away from breaking the 600m world record. Just a mind boggling performance

Just my opinion…the greatest race in history. Every single athlete went out at 100% for the full 800. This is what an Olympic race should look like.

The fact that the last place finisher was under 1:44 showed how fast this race really was. Amazing.

If I ever run a 1:43 in the 800m, and come last, I'm killing everybody!

He looks like he is chilling while running 49sec 400m. What a beast of a stride. Absolutely insane.

If that isn’t the Best Running form in Athletics then I don’t know! 🙌🏽

The fact that the top 3 broke the previous Olympic Record makes this race even more historic

I love how the athletes are all respectful for each other in track. A lot more good sportsmanship than football

His stride should be on display in every museum. He looks just as smooth in the last three steps as the first three.

10 years on and I still keep coming back to this race.

Those guys from Kenya are so humble.

That's how you run a 800!! The fact that he didn't even look tired after just shows how ready he was for this race amazing

There aren't enough superlatives to describe this race. I saw it live at age 15 and i've come back to watch it every year since. Simply put, there will never be a human better designed to race two laps around the track than Rudisha. It's an event where most of the records have had pacemakers, and the second lap usually a second or two slower. But he ran it wire to wire without anyone in sight and with nearly identical laps. Partially because of this race I became an 800 runner, and although I never broke 2 minutes, I loved it. It truly is an event for the masochists. You run just about as hard as you can...and then you still have to do another lap. You tie up in the last 150m and your legs feel like they're being crushed 5 miles beneath sea level and simultaneously being roasted inside the sun. If you're doing it correctly, you see double and your lungs feel like they're bleeding. When you get it wrong, you can barely move in the finishing straight and everyone passes you. Rudisha ran the absolute perfect half mile race anyone will ever do and he looked completely effortless. I'm not religious but watching this makes me believe in something!

Last place in this race got faster than the winner in Tokyo. Just shows how crazy this race was

To understand their speed: 1:40.91 for 800meters => 12.5s for 100meters

This race was crazy. Not only did Rudisha break the world record, but let's also acknowledge Nijel Amos the 18 year old and Timothy Kitum the 17 year old who both ran faster than the Olympic record in this race too.

8 years later I still get goose bumps watching this race. Greatest 800m race and it happened in our lifetime. Thank you to David Rudisha and all the athletes that ran this beautiful race.

Hearing that crowd showed me what we’re missing in Tokyo, 2021.

It looks easy when you see them running the 800 , but i can tell you the PAIN from the LACTIC ACID they going through are unimaginable. I ran the 800m back in high school and i can tell you that 800m is much more of a mans race than the 100m

Well the secret is clearly not to wear bright green shoes

Najivunia kuwa Mkenya: I'm proud to be Kenyan! ❤️❤️

What I remember about this race was the interview after and he said the words somewhere along the lines of "It was a beautiful day, and I said "just go for it".....it was one of the most stirring things I heard from an athlete. He deserved his win.

I revisit this race all the time. I was twelve at this Olympics and it was a weird time for me to watch live as an Australian, but I remember watching this and immediately knowing this would be one of the most impactful track moments in history. His stride, his humility, the fearless competitors, the stunning stadium & crowd... This is an art form. To watch him succeed again in 2016 (despite a horrible lead-up) in similar fashion, to me, confirms Rudisha as a once-in-a-lifetime athlete who is perhaps the best of all time in this event.

This has got to be one of the highest quality Olympic final distance races ever, or distance races in track & field ever, period. Nick Symmonds went through the 400m split in about 50.4 seconds...in last place! The last place finisher, Osagie, was 1:43.7. Rudisha's world record is one thing, but when someone runs 1:43 and finishes last, that is just incredible.

The last place guy in this race would have won gold in Tokyo by 20 meters for that time.

If you only watch one 800m final - this is the one to watch. I doubt if anyone will take on two laps and make it look as easy as this guy. Breathtaking performance.

Makes me happy because I know Nick Symmonds and it was suprise seeing him here

I'm a long distance runner and I can't stop watching this race. For sure the greatest performance I have ever witnessed on the track. The power and dominance of Rudisha during the race and the emotion after the finish, simply amazing. Olympic Gold and world record in the same race, greatest race of all time.

I think it’s hilarious how it’s all tall, slim, black guys and then there’s Nick - the short, bulky, white guy.

Rudisha has the most aesthetically pleasing running form ive seen, so smooth

i feel so bad for rudisha cos bolt ran the same night so everyone forgot about this and the papers just had bolt and not rudisha

Rudisha is incredible! He is literally sprinting half a mile!

I keep coming back and just can't grasp how incredible this was

London Olympics had the best crowd.......gosh. the Olympics should be held in England. They cheer for everything and anybody. This alone boost morals. Love love the atmosphere.

But who saw the white bro go from last to 5th in the last 50m

The pace and world Record he set are truly phenomenal. But the HUMILITY before and after the race.... that's something else. No signs or poses or nothing... just a smile. Now this a Living legend.,both in the track and in character.

Unbelievable. What a race. Lost count how many times I have watched this. Shout out to the Commentator. He was also at is best.

hands down the greatest 800m race of all time

Every single person ran the fastest time they have ever run! Amazing!

The greatest 800m race in human history！！

No ego, no disrespect for the opponent just pure sportsmanship among them all. Love it.

I return to this race every few months when I need a pick-me-up. The best race of all time.

From this video, I can see how being humble can take you very far. Somebody look at the way Rudisha was behaving before the race. He was the most humble and composed athlete. God bless you Rudisha.

This is still the race I go back to for motivation. I live near the Olympic stadium and every time I go by I think of Rudisha setting the WR there.

amongst all this chaos, Botswana got its first ever medal at an Olympic Games

I remember watching this race when I had a very difficult academic challenge. Literally teared up at Rudisha performance and it gave me the spirit to win. Got a distinction. The focus, preparation and talent was incredible to watch.

Wow, what an unbelievable stride.

im still amazed at the fact that the last place time in london (8 Andrew OSAGIE GBR 1:43.77) was better than the gold medalist in Beijing (1 Wilfred BUNGEI KEN 1:44.65)

Can’t stop watching this - the greatest race ever!

Yes, i totally agree, .. rudisha has such a beautiful stride n grace over 2rds at the olympic final. Really awesome olympic final. Tks 4 video.

i remember watching this back in 2012, with my campus mates and the moment he got to the bell and the commentator said its fast, we were up on our feet others on top of seats shouting world record coz we knew something special was about to unfold. And to think of it, no one was concerned about Kitum in 3rd only to realize later in the standings he was actually a bronze medalist was absolutely incredible. 4 years later i still comeback to this piece and it brings back the memories. Lovely!

Rudisha and Alyson Felix are such a joy to watch when they run. Probably the most graceful runners I have ever seen.

At random times during the day while jogging or biking, I replay in my head the way the commentator says, “what’s the time, it’s a world recooooooooord, a world record”.

Rudisha is the athlete that makes other athletes break their own records

I remember watching this at the time and crying. My Mum had heard on the Irish radio that we all had to watch this amazing Maasai runner trained by an Irishman who was just a missionary who went to Kenya in the 70s. Rudisha is an amazing athlete in a time of so many people cheating.

We love you Rudisha....all the way from Nairobi Kenya...uve made our country proud of you....God bless you

Indisputably the best 800m race ever run. Most of these guys have never beaten their time here, and most of the various records set in this race are still standing. Really, really special race

The 800 is the hardest event in my opinion

The kick around the 500 meter mark as they come off the turn is really something to see...he just pulls the field behind him like a freight train

i just realised the guy who won silver Timothy Kiptum is married to Faith Kipyegon a world recorder in 1500m women

one of the most underrated sports performances ever

Today, 8 years ago. When we need something to cheer us up, we come here to watch this race

Bolt is great, Phelps is great....But Rudisha is THE MAN.

Best 800 meters ever run by a human being. Hopefully this record stays for a long long time as a tribute of Rudisha´s greatness

His strides were so strong and perfect from beginning to the end what a run...one of the greatest

Still watching in October 2019...Rudisha you will go down history as the world's best of all times.

who is here watching this in 2019? RUDISHA is a beast!!!!!!

A decade on now and I still haven't seen a better race. A world record in an Olympic final, leading an 800 wire to wire... absurd. Rudisha is a legend forever

Truly remarkable. When someone like that comes along and makes others perform greater.. An entire field surpassing what most think is possible. You watch the olympics for great competition, but also for the chance that someone truly remarkable, or someones, might make their presence known on the world stage.

Nick Symmonds had one hell of a kick there. He passed around 3 people on the home stretch.

kenyans we are proud of him

Had to come back and watch this race after learning that the first 5 athletes rank among the 35 fastest times in history. Dudes were flying at low altitude.

His stride! his form! just beautiful, so smooth

His stride for the last 100m. Oh my god. He takes like 40 steps!!! His stride is immaculate

Rudisha's stride pattern/gate is not human!

Bruh symmonds there what an absolute kick

He was my class mate it's 2021 still watching I was with him in the same high school I was the class prefect form 2005_2008 thank you Rudisha thank you I have never achieved what you have but you still remember when I told you that you will be great ...he was clueless in form one he did not know he could run haha I was actually faster than him in 100 and 200 m

I get emotional by watching this video. We are truly amazing beings and it´s so wonderful seeing these athletes proving it.

He destroyed the field from gun to tape with no rabbits. Who has ever done this in the two lap event?? This was magical .

An Olympics video where the sound is in sync! It's a miracle!

Beating your own WR over and over again takes so much will power.

Rudisha's stride length is 8.5 foot (2.6 meters)! Truly amazing!

Still gives me chills....8 x 12.5 second 100m sprints in a row. The toughest race in track and field in my book

Look how far he brings his arms back. So beautiful. I aspire to race like that

I watch this race every few months to repump my motivation and focus. Wow. What a race.

The best run on all Olympics History...

this was a great video with a anouncer that doesn't care about the race or who wins it but just cares about the records

Nick summons’s had a crazy kick

11 years on and I am still in AWE of this run. Absolutely incredible.

8:12 Rudisha: Go play son, this is my world record Kitum: ok dad