Every once in a while, I like to revisit some of the more dramatic moments in the state's sports history, especially now that they're so available on the internet. Here's the 5,000 meters from the 1972 Munich Olympic Summer Games, where Steve Prefontaine - 21 and still in school at the University of Oregon - finished fourth. A column written two decades later quoted the runner who finished third and got the bronze, Ian Stewart of England, quoted him as saying he wished he hadn't finished ahead of Pre because he hadn't been part of the lead pack in the closing lap, making Prefontaine much more worthy of the medal that he was. Especially after Prefontaine died three years later and didn't get a chance for another Olympic run.
Here's the 5,000 final. A great race.
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