Film · 1981 · Drama · Sport

Where Chariots of Fire was filmed

Name: Chariots of Fire
Genre: Drama, Sport
Released: 1981

Two British runners chase Olympic gold in the 1920s for very different reasons. The film's iconic slow-motion training run unfolds on the West Sands beach at St Andrews.

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St Andrews, Scotland

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nature·St Andrews

West Sands

The long, flat beach is where the athletes run in the film's iconic slow-motion title sequence.

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