Mary Decker was the favorite. Zola Budd was a mystery. Photographer David Burnett captured their clash.
In the history of athletic achievement, there are shared moments of spectacle that become revered as milestones belonging to the competitor, near winner, and the public at large. Bannister’s four-minute mile, Willie Mays’s ‘bread basket’ World Series catch, Bob Beamon’s miraculous long jump in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
“I couldn’t really see what had happened, only that there was a patch of red moving into a place it shouldn’t have been.” It was just in front of me that the collision happened. Zola had cut into the lead, just ahead of Mary. Their feet collided and Decker lost her balance, careening onto the infield grass. Because of the flickering in my camera, I couldn’t really see what had happened, only that there was a patch of red moving into a place it shouldn’t have been.
My film was sent on the overnight plane to New York, processed and edited the next morning, and the image led thecoverage when it came out Monday. It went on to be one of the most published sports pictures of the decade. For me, there was an oddly personal tone to it. The pain in Mary Decker’s face—so raw, and apparent—was something that almost should have remained the ultimate private moment.
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