Very early film of The Olympics - "Athens 1896"
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Although the title proclaims this to be Athens 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era, this film is almost certainly of the so-called Intercalated Games of 1906 - the event captured is the standing high jump, which did not feature in the 1896 Games. The interim competition was held at a time when Athens and the International Olympic Committee were at odds over the decision to hold the Games in different cities of the world.
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There was a 10 year-old who competed and won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the original 1896 Olympics. He died in 1970, a year after the moon landing, and the year that the Beatles broke up. What a lifespan.
He was the last surviving athlete from those Olympics.
That’s fkn amazing
@@Sickestwackestbroad Actually not. There is a MASSIVE advantage of being smaller and lighter in gymnastics. The reason they today have an age limit of 16 is to prevent younger people like 13 year olds from winning, which would make everyone question the legitimacy of the sport.
My great great grandfather, Hajos Alfred participated in this Olympic Games. Amazing man.
Great swimmer
Where are you from?
I live in Australia
@@suzumiyaosu no I mean where was your father born....and u too?
@@suzumiyaosu or rather where is your family originally from?
0:31 This dude attempted fosbury flop without run-up 72 years before it was known by all.
Without cushion or anything that supports his back.
my first thought, too!
Amazing nobody has noticed this before
That's exactly my thought once I saw the jump 😅
Literally, every single person in this video is dead now.
Except the building
@@Michelle-sp2rx never knew buildings were a person
wow, time works
Some people from 1897, 1899 did die in 2017, 2018; I read
@@chefandmusician9170 this was 1896 not 1897
they had to high jump without a running start? thats pretty difficult to do.
I was actually there
How old are you then
Me too :v
@armstrong ojunkwu>>>So was I, bro! What seat were you in???
omg me too :)
armstrong ojunkwu shit, me too I was at the upper stand on the right sitting next to Mozart
My great grandfather, originally was born in greece participated in this Olympics❤
That's great. What sport?
Amazing
@@Radek494 unfortunately 🥲no spot, but he participated in the long jump, my great uncle said,
I love how the ancient guys dressed up at that time. Very neat and smart.
Just a note about the standing high jump. Both the standing high jump, and standing long jump, were separate events from the high and long jumps which allowed run-ups. They were last featured in the 1912 Stockholm Games.
Hold up guys no spoilers on the new Olympics I’m catching up
This is 100% the 1896 games, at 0:14 Ellery Harding Clark made a 1.81m high jump in 1896. He did not participate in 1906. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlétisme_aux_Jeux_olympiques_de_1896
This is the standing high jump. It did not feature in the 1896 games.
Not at all. Why? Because it's clearly less than 160cm 😂
Old school high jump, no soft cushion landing, you landed on the ground.
Does that stadium still exist?
Yes, we were there just yesterday. It's beautiful and well preserved, quite modern even by modern standards considering it's made of marble.
Bill Bergendahl - Yes, the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaron) - fully constructed of Pentelic marble.
Still intact. It was made 2,371 years ago but it's still there, well preserved.
Yes It Was Made Years Ago And Still Preserved.
It was used for the archery competitions of the Athens 2004 Olympics!
It's hard to think that in four months after this was held, Andres Bonifacio would start the Philippine Revolution...
Bakit kaya
Its a premium film.
Come here from 2024 paris😂😂
This film is from the Games of 1906. In 1896 wasn't yet builded the propylaea.
The text says 1896
@@plantcheddar4815 the text is wrong. I know very well this place an its history. My home is next of this stadium.
@@Argusnak moron. It's right.
@@reviewgodusa9613 According to the Criterion Collection's release of the official Olympic films, "no motion-picture cameras were there at the inaugural Olympic Games, in Athens in 1896..."
There was an official Olympics in 1906?...I know of St Louis 1904 and London 1908...
I think what's more interesting is the frosbey flop or whatever it was called was actually done in 1896..
I remember this damn I’m hella old
На самом деле это кадры 1906 года. На заднем плане видно входную колонаду. В 1896 году её не было. - - - Στην πραγματικότητα, αυτά είναι πλαίσια από το 1906. Η κιονοστοιχία εισόδου είναι ορατή στο παρασκήνιο. Το 1896, δεν ήταν εκεί. - - - In fact, these are frames from 1906. The entrance colonnade is visible in the background. In 1896, it was not there.
Ελλάδα ρε!!! ♥️
Greece for ever!!!
Türkiye 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
@@dirheinen17 Turkey too. We are all one. Love from Athens.
@@EvaFariou Thanks Sister. 🙂🤘
The high jump is an early version of the Fosbury Flop
This year my grandfather was born
My, how things have changed.
Actually the video is from middle Olympics, 1906, not 1896.
incredible
Why don't you just change the title, when you even write it in the description?
I was 36 years old then
Uh huh
Gold medals weren't awarded at the Athens 1896 Olympics!
1896 Athens.
Was the Audion invented? Were there sound? I couldn't tell. Wish someone could convert all this to sound and color picture, etc.
There were no audio films until 1929!
Well to be factually accurate the first film with sound type machine was being played around with in the early to mid-1890s. But to be honest besides the really rich big performers doing it from time to time, (including the 1927 hit “talkie” called “The Jazz Singer” featuring Al Jolson), you are right the average person didn’t have the technology for it until 1929.
Theaterstück 1859 in Berlin
I was there
This is from 1906 olympics
How they put text in this video?
I think there is not extant footage of 1896 Olympic Games. This film is from 1906
That's right the earliest exact footage of the Olympics is from 1904
Uruguay habra ganado un campeonato mundial de futbol aca? para que le pongan la quinta estrella a su escudo.
came here after tokyo olympics
Woe
The founder,,Baron Pierre de Coubertin
A
Wer das geschafft hat Gold
Why no run up?
at this time there was distinct jumping competition withtout run up, for long distance jump also
1906
Over a hundred years later, Michael Phelps would beat all these people by a couple minutes.
Ngày 12 tháng 8 năm 2024
It's 1906
0:04
Their all dead.
Or are they
Paris Better Than This
This is 1906 not 1896