a film (1981) about the 1924 Olympic Games, in which Harold Abrahams, a British runner, won the gold medal for the 100 metres race. The film won several Oscars and was very popular in Britain, where it made people feel proud to be British. Its title is a phrase from the poem Jerusalem by William Blake :
It was only the school sports day and he was acting as if it was Chariots of Fire.