At 8.13pm 45,000 spectators at ISTAF were beside themselves with excitement. Said Aouita of Morocco, based in Italy and the 5,000m Olympic champion in 1985 and world record holder for the distance with 13:00.40, deposed Britain’s Steve Cram as the world record man for 1500m in a magnificent race. Aouita ran 3:29.46, the fourth time the world record for the distance had been set in Berlin and third in the Olympic Stadium.
