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A collection of memories: 1980 Olympics, Seb Coe v. Steve Ovett

Seb Coe winning the 1500m after losing to Ovett in 800m at Moscow Olympics. That's for my Mum who had dementia and loved Coe. David Schneider, (actor, writer and comedian)

Seb Coe and Steve Ovett winning Gold and Silver. Torvill and Dean winning gold. Wendy Vouzey

Seb Coe at the 1980 Olympics in the 1500m Stephen Fisher

At the 1980 Moscow Olympics Seb Coe was thought to be the slight favourite for the 800 metres but came second to Steve Ovett: six days later he won the 1500 metres, over what was thought to be Ovett's better distance, with Ovett finishing third.

Memory added on March 24, 2014

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