Franz Klammer 1976 Innsbruck - The Greatest Downhill Run of All Time - FULL UNEDITED!!

Watched this on black and white TV when it happened. I still say the most exciting two minutes in sports I ever saw.

I saw him do this....LIVE!!!

The greatest run in skiing history my hero of all sports

I was just 13 years old when I watched this live... it's still the greatest downhill performance I've ever seen in my life...

I watched this live (in black & white)!! Still one of the most exciting sports calls, ever - and I don't even ski!

My idol. I remember watching this on ABC when I was 10. I later learned how to ski and have always tried to emulate him. The best downhiller ever, and the most thrilling run in Olympic history. Klammer the King!

I remember watching this live on my college girlfriend's tiny tv in her room as she clutched my hand tighter on every crazy jump Hans made. She was the only Catholic girl in a Jewish sorority - Susan, my Polish Princess.

Höllenritt!!!

I remember watching this live when I was twelve. It was a huge deal for Austria, and huge Olympic moment.

I remember that run like it happened yesterday. Talking about living/ skiing on your edges, Klammer left all caution to the wind

He was the hometown hero he grew up there so he had to win and he did win.

I was blessed to have watched this as it happened, still my favorite run.

When I go to rent skis, poles, and boots, I always ask for the "Franz Klammer Package".

Like he was shot out of a cannon and glued to the mountain. I remember it like it was yesterday.

What an athlete Klammer was. Took the risks and still recovered. Greatest skier of all time.

Way to go Franz!

I was watching live as well I love watching the downhill to this day.

Thats Franz freakin klammer

Dřevorubec byl tenkrát nejlepší a bude tak už napořád

That’s brilliant!! Because it was kamikaze

Everyone in the universe wanted that run except maybe second

I agree.. saw it live as well, best 2 minutes of willing him through the turns👍

"If you're in control, you're not going fast enough."

I watched this live on TV in '76. I was 14 and it was the most amazing thing I ever saw. It made me want to be a downhill skier. Later that year I broke my arm skiing. Ironically, I was skiing slowly in sticky snow when I broke it after a few weeks of skiing very fast. Thus ended my downhill career ;-)

Watched this on TV and any kid that ever put skis on wanted to be Franz Klammer. 5 years later, I was able to go on a six day ski trip to Innsbruck. I skied this course and the orange catch fences were still in place. 41 years later it is the greatest thrill watching and listening to this video. Never, ever gets old.

Watched on TV, real time in '76. Still give me knots in the gut.

I was 6 when I watched this with my dad and every time we would go skiing I'd be at the top of the hill yelling I AM FRANZ KLAMMER! Then I would bomb down the hill as fast as I could and crash somewhere near the bottom. Only broke my leg once!

The Kaizer

Can’t tell if the end celebration is “I won!” or “I survived!”

I watched this live in 1976 and still remember it like it was yesterday

An interview with Frank Gifford about this coverage reveals that they're not recording their play-by-play live, the event had happened about 6 hours earlier, but for American TV coverage this was how they had to do it. They certainly sound unrehearsed and thrilled at the run. Some good acting. Gifford also said they were drunk when they recorded it.

Kaiser Franz 🏆🏆

WOW ! THERE'S THE GUY
WHO WILL GO DOWN IN
History !

More wild than photogenic!

Screw the aero tuck, just fly as far as you can like a ski jumper and use the whole course cornering on one leg.

Oag

Unforgettable skier.

I was 9 when this happened, but had never seen it before, until today, 4/6/2022. My step-brother (a skier) kept talking about how great Klammer was, all through the late 1970s. Now I know why.

Phil Church here I watched this on TV and I was 18 and a snow skier .. love it .

It is amazing when you realize that all they had available to film on back then was, in fact, a potato

Fantastic!

Grösster Angeber aller Zeiten. Aber er ist befreundet mit Erzfeind Bernhard Russi. Chapau

Franz running balls out! This guy was amazing. I was a kid, but I remember this

Saw this Live...still the Greatest..

Klammer was/is the best!

In 80s still some ski like this

Surplus testosterone is very entertaining.

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