USSR, Romania, and East Germany--clearly the big three in gymnastics at that time. Even today Russia and Romania still have some of the best training programs in the world for this sport. On behalf of the United States of America, hats off to all three of these teams.
I think the most interesting aspect of this footage is how you get to see the gymnasts' faces so up-close... Shushunova had a very rare eye colour, Shevchenko was beautiful, and Boguinskaya's face was one of the most exotic I've ever seen...
Yeah, a country that had horrible men like Lenin and Stalin at the head of their government. A country that persecuted its own people for 70 years, and Eastern Europe for half a century. A country that allowed no freedom of speech, religion, or press. A country that abused its athletes with barbaric methods. That's epic alright.
@Johannes Cailles Guttenburg According to the A&E documentary More Than a Game, the Soviet coaches would have some of their gymnasts impregnated so that they could absorb the nutrients of a pregnant woman. After that, they would abort the baby. Former Soviet gymnasts who coach in the US and Canada like Olga Korbut and Elvira Saadi have been reported for abuse. I know the American gymnastics system has had its share of abuse, but it was not systemic abuse and the coaches were later caught and fired. The Soviet coaches, on the other hand, were never fired and the athletes would have most likely never been allowed to compete if they tried to report their coaches to anyone. That is how they abused their athletes.
That is all correct. Romania was under a vicious dictatorship, even worse than the Soviets. I was always uncomfortable with the Romanians then, it the same I am with North Korean gymnasts now, they too were not allowed to mix with others And the Romanian supporters were the party workers that were allowed out of Romania. Getting rid of that industrial symbol was very important for Romania. Nobody at this time imagined what would happen. Even at the 1989 Worlds, about two weeks before the Berlin Wall came down, nobody knew that change would come fast. And Nelson Mandela was realised in 1990.
When will the same happen to the evil CCP who created the W.u.h.a.n Virus and worked side by side with the evil big techs like UA-cam to silence all critics?
2020 год ,я уже взрослый мужик, слышу советский гимн, вижу наших девчонок победительниц и .... плачу. Как же мы могли позволить этим проходимцам разрушить ТАКУЮ страну?!
You must blame two subjects - the Idiotic and childish Gorbachev, and the naive and stupid Soviet people! Look at the Chinese: Deng was smart, and the Chinese people are much smarter than Soviets, and the Chinese always knew that the West's ultimate intention to harm you and your country, period!
I like the modern day leotards, with their colour and splash, but few are more iconic than the Leo's worn by the Romanians and Russians at these Olympics ❤️
Я прекрасно помню эту Олимпиаду. Интрига была до самого конца. Лена Шушунова закрывала соревнования - это были вольные упражнения. Её "Цыганочка" не оставила шансов. соперникам. 10 баллов! Браво Елене Шушуновой, Светлане Богинской и всем нашим девушкам!
Two things I noticed for the first time: first, Martina Jentsch, who was injured and couldn't compete in the team final, was able to walk out for the medal ceremony. Makes me wonder if she was really injured or something else was going on. Second, after the East Germans got their medals, two were ready to walk off the podium before the anthem. You'd think they'd never been a part of a medal ceremony before.
@@DesertStreams002 I’ve read a interview with Martina,she said that the coaches wanted her to compete in the team finals. After she refused she got the cold shoulder from them,Later when it turned out that both of her feet were broken,some of them apologized to her. I believe that Brandy Johnson also competed with broken feet at the 1989 worlds.
Not exactly. I remember the U.S. potentially finishing in the bronze medal position but there was some controversy over an American girl remaining on the podium while her teammate was on the bars (Phoebe Mills i think). The U.S. Team was then given a 3-tenth deduction from their Team Standing and that's exactly what they lost by. From what i heard, there were a handful of German judges underscoring the American Team and overscoring the German Team as well.
@@terry3872 so sorry but do you know the version of this kind of arirang like in this video, i already tried searching for Arirang but that all was sounds like sorrow 🙏
@@benkyo5177 yes. You are right. Original version is slow and sorrowful. I tried to find more cheerful version. But all that I found was more of techo version. It is typed 아리랑 in Korean. I will look around and if I find anything I will post the link.
Olga Strazheva injured her knee during her balance beam routine. She had to be carried off the podium. From there, the Soviet team had to finish with 5 athletes. No problem.
lilidaification is right. Both Yelena Shushunova (russian) and Natalia Lashchenova (latvian) are jewish. Yelena Shushunova was even inducted in the Jewish Sports Hall of fame some years ago.
Ok now it makes sense. I wouldn't want to miss the medal ceremony. Kerri Strug as you know injured her ankle on the vault obviously and still went to the medal ceremony.
Hello Saltlakecity,what is wrong with my comment? Is it only the difference between montage and video? Sorry for that but I come from Holland and I do the best I can to write englisch, maybe you can answer me in dutch?.....
What are you talking about? We already know that the USSR won the gold and we also know that Romania won the silver. And this isn't a montage this just a video showing the medal ceremony.
USSR, Romania, and East Germany--clearly the big three in gymnastics at that time. Even today Russia and Romania still have some of the best training programs in the world for this sport. On behalf of the United States of America, hats off to all three of these teams.
***** under the auspices Revolution, everyone was successful...
Russia is not the same as the USSR.
iamkarenh Once it's Soviet, Russian forever SOVIET!!!!
It's still not the same.
iamkarenh If you see Victory day every year, Russian army always bring Soviet flag!!!
SOVIET FOREVER!!!!!!
I think the most interesting aspect of this footage is how you get to see the gymnasts' faces so up-close... Shushunova had a very rare eye colour, Shevchenko was beautiful, and Boguinskaya's face was one of the most exotic I've ever seen...
And they were teenagers. Creepy
My favorite team was the Soviet Team, but GDR team just won my heart!
Elena Shushunova, such a badass, RIP
wtf? why rip?
@@mrnoob39 Sadly, she passed away, she was only 49 years old.
@@carolynrabbani6469 How?
@@mrnoob39 pneumonia
Pneumonia hates shushunova :(
For my ears "USSR" still sounds more epic than anything.
Huh?
Yeah, a country that had horrible men like Lenin and Stalin at the head of their government. A country that persecuted its own people for 70 years, and Eastern Europe for half a century. A country that allowed no freedom of speech, religion, or press. A country that abused its athletes with barbaric methods. That's epic alright.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@Johannes Cailles Guttenburg According to the A&E documentary More Than a Game, the Soviet coaches would have some of their gymnasts impregnated so that they could absorb the nutrients of a pregnant woman. After that, they would abort the baby. Former Soviet gymnasts who coach in the US and Canada like Olga Korbut and Elvira Saadi have been reported for abuse. I know the American gymnastics system has had its share of abuse, but it was not systemic abuse and the coaches were later caught and fired. The Soviet coaches, on the other hand, were never fired and the athletes would have most likely never been allowed to compete if they tried to report their coaches to anyone. That is how they abused their athletes.
And become more epic if "USSA" 😎🙌
Glad to see these ladies sporting the much loved 80's perm.
Cuando la gimnasia ARTISTICA todavia valia la pena.
All their flags were rise last time in The Olympic Games
That is all correct. Romania was under a vicious dictatorship, even worse than the Soviets. I was always uncomfortable with the Romanians then, it the same I am with North Korean gymnasts now, they too were not allowed to mix with others And the Romanian supporters were the party workers that were allowed out of Romania. Getting rid of that industrial symbol was very important for Romania. Nobody at this time imagined what would happen. Even at the 1989 Worlds, about two weeks before the Berlin Wall came down, nobody knew that change would come fast. And Nelson Mandela was realised in 1990.
all their flags are communist
When will the same happen to the evil CCP who created the W.u.h.a.n Virus and worked side by side with the evil big techs like UA-cam to silence all critics?
@@saychunjo2153 China nevera created the COVID there was the USA
Aurelia, Daniela, Elena, Svetlana...
Elena Shevchenko!!! ❤️
2020 год ,я уже взрослый мужик, слышу советский гимн, вижу наших девчонок победительниц и .... плачу. Как же мы могли позволить этим проходимцам разрушить ТАКУЮ страну?!
I regret what happened to you as a Chinese.
Indonesia for soviet..uraaaaa
You must blame two subjects - the Idiotic and childish Gorbachev, and the naive and stupid Soviet people! Look at the Chinese: Deng was smart, and the Chinese people are much smarter than Soviets, and the Chinese always knew that the West's ultimate intention to harm you and your country, period!
After the Moscow & Los Angeles boycott, this was the real competition.
And Soviets became winners of that battle. It once again confirmed Soviets' supremacy in the world sport...
@@NurTravel7292Sowjets and East Germany were crushing everyone lmao
Amo el equipo rumano 🇷🇴🇷🇴❤️❤️
Bro porque te llamas elvergalarga?
@@TSRLietuvosCountryball1945 imagínate 😌😂😂
nostalgia
My 1988 Olympics favorite gymansts:
1. Daniela Silivas
2. Dagmar Kersten
3. Aurelia Dobre
4. Dorte Thuemmler
5. Gabriela Potorac
6. Svetlana Boguinskaia
7. Elena Shushunova
The total and complete dominance of the Eastern Block - Soviet Union, Romania, and the German Democratic Republic!
I like ROMANIA TEAM ..... lovelly smile
Rest in Paradise, Ms.Yelena Shushunova (1969-2018, USSR)
7:40 your chances of being murdered by a Soviet Olympic gymnast are extremely low
7:54 but never zero
🤣🤣🤣
She would have made a perfect James Bond villain
1988 seoul olympic 🇰🇷 south korea❤❤
I love the Soviet gymnasts
Mult succes Sabrina și Camelia Voinea.
Fie ca Sabrina sa fie pe podiumul de la Paris așa cum și Camelia a fost la Seul.🏅
Какие наши девочки красивые умнички!
タイムリーに観ていました。ソ連、ルーマニア、東ドイツどこも素敵でした。
and 2 years later, none of these countries would exist in there present state.... the end of an era.....
I like the modern day leotards, with their colour and splash, but few are more iconic than the Leo's worn by the Romanians and Russians at these Olympics ❤️
Я прекрасно помню эту Олимпиаду. Интрига была до самого конца. Лена Шушунова закрывала соревнования - это были вольные упражнения. Её "Цыганочка" не оставила шансов. соперникам. 10 баллов! Браво Елене Шушуновой, Светлане Богинской и всем нашим девушкам!
Какие ве красивые утончённые гимнастки❤ нынешние просто отдыхают
7:54 : we destroy capitalism
I will be a capitalist look is that.
leriod
capitalist is sleeping in the home
The Socialist Podium!!
I miss URSS every day more
Papa Stalin woulda been proud
In a country where the act of flying the Soviet flag was illegal.
socialist is the best in the world
Slave athletes are the best! ....When you have nothing to do in your life but serve your master perfecting one art or skill.
Oh dear God, the HAIR. Mullets on parade.
nice
Still a recurrent question in every Silivas interview today 😄
Thank-you inprekorr! Much appreciated.
Good Quality vídeo...nice
Wauuu es uno de los primeros videos en UA-cam
La Urss, Rumania y la Alemania Democratica
Как мило все целуются
Gran competición...
Y un plus, la Belleza de Svetlana Boginskaya❤❤❤
Las verdaderas batallas en la Gymnacia eran URSS vs Rumania !
Yeap. Cold war was USSR vs USA but gymnastics was USSR vs Socialist Roumania.
Hermosa Svetlana Boginskaya
Lol Shushunova mocking the announcer before the anthem
Potorac was stunningly beautiful with her porcelain flawless white skin and jet black hair.
Puras estrellas!!
Наши девчонки !!!!!!
All Eastern Block Communist countries that invested lots of Money in sports and lots of time that paid off.
2:10
7:39
wait a minute
USSR had Hermione Granger too?
No, she is Natalia laschenova. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalia_Lashchenova
Defence Bangladesh
В СССР было всё!
@@heythere4065 it was a joke
@@defencebangladesh4068 ooh apparently I got woooshed😂😂
The three communist winners
This will always be remembered
The east german team is the cutest
The Romanians are amazing during 1988 Olympics, but I also love the East German gymnasts as well.
Although Soviet lost in Cold War, Soviet won in Sports Competition after boycott of LA and Moscow
Elena Shevchenko
Two things I noticed for the first time: first, Martina Jentsch, who was injured and couldn't compete in the team final, was able to walk out for the medal ceremony. Makes me wonder if she was really injured or something else was going on. Second, after the East Germans got their medals, two were ready to walk off the podium before the anthem. You'd think they'd never been a part of a medal ceremony before.
Probably she would have failed a drug test
@@metsdudenj Exactly what I was thinking regarding Jentsch.
She had two broken feet.
@@Dutchfan33 Seems to be walking very well for having two broken feet. I'm sorry, but I question her injury.
@@DesertStreams002 I’ve read a interview with Martina,she said that the coaches wanted her to compete in the team finals. After she refused she got the cold shoulder from them,Later when it turned out that both of her feet were broken,some of them apologized to her.
I believe that Brandy Johnson also competed with broken feet at the 1989 worlds.
may favorit Tim alltid är romanien 👍🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Beautiful! CCCP ❤️
Sve su bile lepe💟
German girls won the gold in best hair though.
Not exactly. I remember the U.S. potentially finishing in the bronze medal position but there was some controversy over an American girl remaining on the podium while her teammate was on the bars (Phoebe Mills i think). The U.S. Team was then given a 3-tenth deduction from their Team Standing and that's exactly what they lost by. From what i heard, there were a handful of German judges underscoring the American Team and overscoring the German Team as well.
jaydee103 yes, but was Ronda Phane standing in the podium during Kelly Garrison's routine
Long live the Soviet Union!
Iman gymfans aw, who hurt you, babushka? Vodka? 😎🤣
Все молодцы🎉❤🎉сильные смелые❤❤❤
The last of the great Soviet team...
I have no idea. But on the IOC site, they have medal tallies for each country in each olympics. It says that Olyga got a medal.
Gym. olympic in my memory forever
0:03 Korean traditional music _Arirang_ Point!
What was the crowd yelling in the background?
Total Soviet Alliance Power!
Молодцы Девочки
boginskaya very beautiful athlete
thank U !
No te cuidaron bien querida SHUSHUNOVA , muy joven para morir, siempre te recordaré
The anthem of the former USSR (or URSS in French and in your case) is Russia's national anthem since 2001 and is still in use today.
슈슈노바가 경기하는것을 봤는데 너무 잘 했어요^^
am i the only one who has come only for 7:47
Me too!
@@xaviervillalba3504 Elena Shevchenko
Should have been the USA on that bronze medal stand! Proven Fact...not to mention that the GDR got some generous scores.
After fours years later, all the flags of the medalists changed.
Bring back my lovely country USSR.
And the abuse
Si trova sempre li
I don't want gulags back
What surprised me is that none of the gymnasts wore their sweatsuits on the podium.
So many interesting hair do's
Svetlana Boginskaya !
You can see them 5:31 real kissing on the cheeks and looking and one each other in the eyes. Damn i miss those times....
I love the background music! the traditional korean instrumental, curious what's the titlw of that song?
It is called arirang.
@@terry3872 so sorry but do you know the version of this kind of arirang like in this video, i already tried searching for Arirang but that all was sounds like sorrow 🙏
@@benkyo5177 yes. You are right. Original version is slow and sorrowful. I tried to find more cheerful version. But all that I found was more of techo version. It is typed 아리랑 in Korean. I will look around and if I find anything I will post the link.
How come 5 are on the Soviet team podium and 6 for the rest?
Was the best gymnastics team event ever. I remember watching it. Shouting for Daniella.
The 6th one, Olga Strazheva, was in hospital, watch here:
ua-cam.com/video/Wk0XrBoAqIo/v-deo.html
Olga Strazheva injured her knee during her balance beam routine. She had to be carried off the podium. From there, the Soviet team had to finish with 5 athletes. No problem.
URSS!!!!
There's something odd about seeing the soviet flag in an everyday situation like this
The Olympics are not every day, but it certainly is very strange seeing it because of the political situation during the 19th century.
@@nasanierulastname2997
20th century*
A Warsaw Pact Podium!
East Germany...solche herzallerliebsten Mädels.❤❤❤
Who was the Soviet gymnast missing? I know she was injured towards the end of the team competiton.
Mischa Med olga strazheva
I would say one thing ... on anthem, everyone of those girls could sing it ... :-) full "red" podium
foarte bine
Do I really hear the melody of Arirang?
Laschenova was so tiny!
Daniela Silivas si Aurelia Dobre the best !
Ilove you elena shusnova
A really good competition nobody with asthma there!
USSR was last time in Olympic. 1992 won United Team, 1996 USA, 2000 Romania, 2004 Romania, 2008 China, 2012 & 2016 USA and 2020 Russian olympic team
lilidaification is right. Both Yelena Shushunova (russian) and Natalia Lashchenova (latvian) are jewish. Yelena Shushunova was even inducted in the Jewish Sports Hall of fame some years ago.
Shushunova 😍🤩
Aurelia Dovre was recovering from an injury back then. Otherwise Romania could get the Gold Medal 🥇
Perhaps, in your slumberland. Lol.
Aurelia Dobre and Daniela Silivas could get the all-around title and the second place with their best routines and health in Seul !
Svetlana ❤
Ok now it makes sense. I wouldn't want to miss the medal ceremony. Kerri Strug as you know injured her ankle on the vault obviously and still went to the medal ceremony.
Romênia Love 🇷🇴😍
Hello Saltlakecity,what is wrong with my
comment? Is it only the difference between
montage and video?
Sorry for that but I come from Holland and
I do the best I can to write englisch, maybe
you can answer me in dutch?.....
What are you talking about? We already know that the USSR won the gold and we also know that Romania won the silver. And this isn't a montage this just a video showing the medal ceremony.