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1985 | Bud
Maricica Puica boast in the documentary that if she had fallen down and injured herself during the 3000 meter race, as Mary Decker did, she would have gotten back up and finished the race. Ironically, four years later, at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Maricica Puica abandoned her 3000 meter race, 200 meters from the finish, due to injury.
During the victory lap of Edwin Moses, he pauses to shake hands with a man wearing a microphone/headset. That man is director Bud Greenspan.
The film premiered at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California on July 29, 1985. It had a two-week Oscar qualifying run in Santa Monica, California beginning October 23, 1985, and opened in New York City on March 7, 1986, grossing $84,000.
British decathlete Daley Thompson's t-shirt reads "Thanks America for a good games and a great time" on its front. But, the back of the shirt says "But what about the TV coverage?".
"Narrator: For many years preceding the Los Angeles games, the world press had reported that the Coe/Ovett rivalry had been unfriendly. This was denied by both men. Ovett attempted to clarify the situation. Said Ovett - We are not the best of friends, nor are we enemies, rather, we are rivals."
"Linda Moorcroft: It was obvious that his pelvis had tilted again."
