Olympics: Reebok's $30m Dan and Dave advertising campaign flop | news.com.au — Australia's leading news site
![In 1992, Reebok squandered its budget hyping the Olympic showdown of "world's greatest athletes" Dan & Dave, which ended in disaster with both athletes performing horribly. This brilliantly foreshadowed HBO squandering ITS In 1992, Reebok squandered its budget hyping the Olympic showdown of "world's greatest athletes" Dan & Dave, which ended in disaster with both athletes performing horribly. This brilliantly foreshadowed HBO squandering ITS](https://preview.redd.it/nnz8ux4vu9z21.jpg?auto=webp&s=d8ecbabb4aadd0004f289bf54004408a934e5ab1)
In 1992, Reebok squandered its budget hyping the Olympic showdown of "world's greatest athletes" Dan & Dave, which ended in disaster with both athletes performing horribly. This brilliantly foreshadowed HBO squandering ITS
![The Legend of Reebok's 'Dan and Dave' ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave | Sports | santafenewmexican.com The Legend of Reebok's 'Dan and Dave' ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave | Sports | santafenewmexican.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/santafenewmexican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/f1/af1a31fa-728f-5ea4-90d4-a8334b154fa4/594eef363e903.image.jpg?crop=660%2C347%2C0%2C326&resize=660%2C347&order=crop%2Cresize)
The Legend of Reebok's 'Dan and Dave' ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave | Sports | santafenewmexican.com
![Darren Rovell on Twitter: "This week in 1992: Dave Johnson, the man behind Reebok's $25M “Dan vs. Dave” campaign, wins bronze in Olympic decathlon. Ad campaign went bust when Dan O'Brien failed Darren Rovell on Twitter: "This week in 1992: Dave Johnson, the man behind Reebok's $25M “Dan vs. Dave” campaign, wins bronze in Olympic decathlon. Ad campaign went bust when Dan O'Brien failed](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E78kgpbXsAogkMr.jpg)
Darren Rovell on Twitter: "This week in 1992: Dave Johnson, the man behind Reebok's $25M “Dan vs. Dave” campaign, wins bronze in Olympic decathlon. Ad campaign went bust when Dan O'Brien failed
Reebok made decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson the center of a memorable 1992 marketing campaign that backfired on the road to the Barcelona Olympics
Dan & Dave | Remember the Dan & Dave Reebok campaign? This is the story of how two unknown track stars and a $30 million ad campaign took the country by storm...
![The Legend of Reebok's 'Dan and Dave' ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave | Sports | santafenewmexican.com The Legend of Reebok's 'Dan and Dave' ad campaign, as told by Dan and Dave | Sports | santafenewmexican.com](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/santafenewmexican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/7f/37f54af9-963c-502f-baa0-b767330f2084/594eef365aa76.image.jpg?resize=800%2C500)