[1] Four years earlier, Benjamin Kogo was the only Kenyan in the field, not making it out of the qualifying round.

On the final lap, Kogo was in third place and his teammate was back in fifth behind Soviet Aleksandr Morozov with 200 metres to go.

Kogo took that water jump so much faster than Young, he gained a foot and had the momentum to carry him several metres into the lead.

But Biwott had more speed, leaving O'Brien and Young and then sprinting past Kogo on to a three-metre victory.

Young took the lead with 300 to go, but Biwott ran down everybody in the final straight to win the gold medal.