One of the most memorable moments the world experienced at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona was not of the winner crossing the finish line, but rather the last athlete across the finish line. The race was the semi-finals of the 400 Meters. The athlete was Great Britain's record holder Derek Redmond. He was also a critical member of the shocking upset over the US 4 x 400 team from the year before (the Brits were Gold Medalists in the 1991 World Championships).

Derek was favored to win a medal boasting a time of 44.50 (yep, that is pretty fast). 30% of the way through the race, Derek's hamstring snapped (something that sprinters are concerned about, but not distance runners). After falling to the track in agony, he absolutely would not consider being carried off on a stretcher. Therefore, his other choice was to find a way to get up and endure the pain and hobble around the rest of the track. The most memorable moment of this situation was when one of the 65,000 spectators jumped out of the stadium to accompany him the last 150 meters - it was his dad.

In a recent poll of American's, his courageous effort ranked #3 of memorable Olympic moments in the last few decades. Americans declared him as an iconic hero even more so than the Britons did. He is rather surprised of that to this day.

This act of courage became the subject of one of the International Olympic Committee's 'Celebrate Humanity' videos that proclaimed the following: "Force is measured in kilograms. Speed is measured in seconds. Courage? You can't measure courage".