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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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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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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Today’s #MondayMotivation: Dave Wottle. Video: (@Olympics/Twitter) | FloTrack
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Today’s #MondayMotivation: Dave Wottle. Video: (@Olympics/Twitter) | FloTrack
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#OnThisDay 50 years ago, Dave Wottle showed the world what to do when things look hopeless. 💪 @teamusa | @worldathletics | Olympics
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#OnThisDay 50 years ago, Dave Wottle showed the world what to do when things look hopeless. 💪 @teamusa | @worldathletics | Olympics
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The most iconic comeback of all time? 🧢 Dave Wottle coming from last place to win the 800m gold amazed the world at Munich 1972. In our new series, '72 - A Gathering of Champions' we took him & his famous white cap to re-live that life-changing moment. Team USA I World Athletics | Olympics
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The most iconic comeback of all time? 🧢 Dave Wottle coming from last place to win the 800m gold amazed the world at Munich 1972. In our new series, '72 - A Gathering of Champions' we took him & his famous white cap to re-live that life-changing moment. Team USA I World Athletics | Olympics
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La surprenante tactique de Dave Wottle ! En finale des Jeux Olympiques en 1972, l'américain Dave Wottle est directement décroché. C'est un étudiant, il n'est pas professionnel, mais surtout, juste après avoir remporté les sélections américaines, Dave s'est marié. Un décision qui a rendu folle de rage l'entraîneur américain. Car il ne sait, se marier ce n'est vraiment pas le meilleur moyen de préparer les JO. Et ça ne loupe pas. Lors du stage de préparation, Dave se blesse. Alors le voir décroche
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La surprenante tactique de Dave Wottle ! En finale des Jeux Olympiques en 1972, l'américain Dave Wottle est directement décroché. C'est un étudiant, il n'est pas professionnel, mais surtout, juste après avoir remporté les sélections américaines, Dave s'est marié. Un décision qui a rendu folle de rage l'entraîneur américain. Car il ne sait, se marier ce n'est vraiment pas le meilleur moyen de préparer les JO. Et ça ne loupe pas. Lors du stage de préparation, Dave se blesse. Alors le voir décroche
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Let's gain a few glimpses of Olympic champion Dave Wottle as he kicks past a pack of five down the home straight and nonchalantly moves away before easing up to the line in 1:46.59 for a clear win over 800m at a meet between USA and West Germany in Munich in mid July 1973 | Athletics Stargate
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Follow the hat! 🧢 At Munich 1972, Dave Wottle’s surge in the men’s 800m stunned everyone and turned his victory into an incredible and unexpected Olympic moment. | Olympics
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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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72 - The documentary series on the 50th anniversary of Munich 1972 Olympic Summer Games featuring Valerii Borzov, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Dave Wottle, Karin Janz.
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Remembering Dave Wottle's thrilling victory at the Munich Olympics, a race that still inspires and entertains 50 years on
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Track-Trail-Tarmac on Instagram: "The master of race strategy, Dave Wottle started slowly in both the semis and finals of the 800 meters at the 1972 Olympics, only to turn back the deficit in the final stretch on both occasions 🫡 #running #olympics"
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