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It’s the post-World War I era. Britons Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell are both naturally gifted fast sprinters, but approach running and how it fits into their respective lives differently.
The son of a Lithuanian Jew, Harold, who lives a somewhat privileged life as a student at Cambridge, uses being the fastest to overcome what he sees as the obstacles he faces in life as a Jew despite that privilege. In his words to paraphrase an old adage, he is often invited to the trough, but isn’t allowed to drink. His running prowess does earn him the respect of his classmates, especially his running teammates, and to some extent the school administration, if only he maintains what they consider proper gentlemanly decorum, which isn’t always the case in their minds. Born in China, the son of Christian missionaries, Eric, a Scot, is a devout member of the Church of Scotland who eventually wants to return to that missionary work. He sees running as a win-win in that the notoriety of being fast gives him an added outlet to spread the word of God, while he sees his speed as being a gift from God, and he wants to run to honor God and that gift. This view does not sit well with his sister, Jennie Liddell, who sees his running as only taking away time from his work to God. Harold and Eric’s lives do intersect in national races, but it is the one hundred meter track event at the 1924 Paris Olympics which the two men and their supporters most anticipate. Beyond the fact that Americans Charles Paddock and Jackson Scholz are favored in the event, the much anticipated head to head between Harold and Eric may be further shadowed by other issues, especially as it affects Eric’s Christian beliefs.
本片敘述1924年英國菁英運動員在奧運上使出渾身解數以為國爭光，本片乃真人真事改編，取材自在國際體壇上揚眉吐氣的英國運動員亞伯拉罕和李德爾的奮鬥故事。休赫德遜執導，獲得奧斯卡54屆最佳影片、最佳原著劇本、最佳服裝設計等四項大獎。
1919年英國劍橋大學考進一位猶太學生生亞伯拉罕，他平時飽受種族歧視之苦，一心想成為奧運百米比賽金牌得主第一人，為同胞爭光。蘇格蘭高地也有一位想奪得百米金牌的青年李德爾，他父親是傳教士，本人是虔誠的教徒，他認為運動員須具備堅強的意志和精神，和基督教教義是一致的，既然老天賜他一雙快腿，就是要他為上帝爭光。
1920年，蘇格蘭和法國舉行田徑比賽，李德爾代表蘇格蘭出賽。比賽情況膠著之際，李德爾忽然摔倒，但他毫不氣餒，急起直追，終於先馳得點。亞伯拉罕在看台上目睹意志造就奇蹟的結果，十分激動。他急切地求意大利教練穆比尼指導他。穆比尼當時沒有答應。
一九二三年，倫敦舉行全國田徑賽，李德爾和亞伯拉罕一起在跑道上。李德爾得冠軍，亞伯拉罕落後兩碼。他的女友、歌劇演員西比爾安慰他下次定能超越李德爾，但他痛苦地表示，他的速度似乎已到了極限，再也無法提高了。穆比尼看到他身上有一种渴望拼搏的精神，決定助他一臂之力，跟他說：“那兩碼包在我身上，亞伯拉罕才恢復了信心。
1924年，第８屆奧運在巴黎舉行。英國代表隊起程赴法，李德爾才知道百米比賽在星期天舉行。按照基督教規定，星期天是安息日，不得工作。他考慮再三，最後決定遵守教義退出比賽，各國好手聚集巴黎。英國王子威爾斯赴巴黎督陣。然而最有希望的冠軍得主李德爾卻放棄參賽資格，威爾斯命令他加比賽。李德爾只回答：“國家、國王也都是上帝所造。
正在相持不下時，英國四百米選手林賽爵主將自己的選手資格給了李德爾，因為那場比賽不在安息日舉行，他可以參加。後來李德爾不孚眾望得四百米冠軍，而且打破世界記錄。現場觀眾向他歡呼，同伴把他抬在肩上，李德爾則向成全他的林賽爵士致敬。
而亞伯拉罕雖然沒有遭遇上李德爾，但和他角逐的選手全是美國短跑名將。不過，亞伯拉罕已領悟到，面前最大的障礙不是對手，而是自己的信心不足。他克服了心理障礙，信心百倍地參加了百米賽，並奪得冠軍。
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