Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Canberrra, AUS

The first of two days of coverage on ABC's Wide World of Sports. Events shown:

Women's 200 - Marita Koch, GDR
Men's 400 Hurdles - Andre Phillips, USA
Men's Triple Jump - Willie Banks, USA
Men's 100 - Ben Johnson, CAN
Women's 400 Hurdles - Sabine Busch, GDR, with a profile of 2nd place finisher Judi Brown-King.
Men's 400 - Michael Franks, USA
Men's 3000 Steeplechase - Julius Kariuki, KEN, with a profile of 2nd place finisher Henry Marsh.
Men's 4x100 - USA
Men's Pole Vault - Sergei Bubka, URS
Women's 10000 - Aurora Cunha, POR wins when Olga Bondarenko, URS sprints one lap too early.

Commentators: Jim Lampley, Marty Liquori, Katharine Switzer.