10 Olympic Moments That Redefined Human Limits
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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Watch these 10 Olympic moments that redefined human limits. From record-breaking performances to incredible feats of athleticism, these moments will leave you in awe.
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That 2008 Beijing Olympics was special. You didn’t want to miss swimming & track
I was only 9 years old but somehow I remember some moments very clearly, like Usain Bolt of course
Beijing was the last Olympics to allow tech suits in swimming. Those things were awesome. I get why FINA banned them but I wish they would allow them under certain constraints (some could float with 10lbs weights on them that's way too much buoyancy) or as a separate category because those things made fast people even faster. Imagine Speedo and TYR/NikeSwim getting into a Ferrari vs. Ford-type arms race.
DREAM TEAM 1992???
Thank you for not using an AI voiceover.
This means a lot to me. Thank you
@@LengthsOfLife1no seriously we love you for that
Yes and subtitles actually high effort content
Nadia. The Legend of Al legends. Time cannot diminish the standard of her excellence. She is Queen.
ALSO: Jesse Owens, 4 gold medals at the Berlin 1936 games "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy"
Emil Zátopek won the first marathon he'd ever run, Helsinki 1952
Abe Bekila won marathon barefoot, Rome 1960
Dick Fosbury, invented the Fosbury Flop, Tokyo 1968
Carl Lewis, 9 Olympic gold medals + record for indoor long jump still stands.
Venus & Serena Williams - 3 x Olympics golds in doubles tennis
Ireen Wüst - 1st to win 5 gold medals (speed skating) over 5 Olympic games
Simone Biles is currently most awarded gymnast (male or female) of all time.
Katie Ledecky is the most decorated female swimmer in Olympic history
she got another gold yesterday by a mile
Regarding Biles are you talking about just olympics or overall all competition. If you are just talking about the olympics then you are wrong. She is the most decorated American gymnastics and not overall.
Wow.. you should make a video of all that 😅
And Hitler wrote Mr Owens a letter congratulating him on his victories and sent him champagne. 😊❤
@@Zyryne1the emojis make this message weird af
Bolt was something else. Indeed the face of the Olympics😊
Emil Zátopek and insane 3 gold??? He was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final gold medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life.He was nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive". His 1st ever marathon and won? That's unmatched, unparalleled...
Oh wow. That's impossible
Nadia Comaneci had the great advantage of having great grace as well as skill. She won over the judges easily.
Insane that she was only 14 for the legendary performance of her life
as a human athlete who completed in the 1968 Berlin olympics i approve this message :)
Video starts at 1:37
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Jan Zelezny throwing the javelin nearly 100m is pretty cool too!
I’m so mad that bolt kept pulling up. I wish we could see him run flat out for the entire 100. He would have been sub 9.5
He kept pulling up because its hard to keep top speed for that long it's a strain on the body bro
@@epic7224 he always started to celebrate in the last 10 metres 😂... He was just out of the world
Emil Zátopek missing? The only one to win gold's in 5000, 10000 and marathon at one Olympics? Moreover, it was his first marathon in life?
You know it’s a crime if not Michael Phelps on the top of the list as best Olympic athlete and performance
Come on. Bolt beats Phelps any day!
@@magnusrasmussen7391 How
@@magnusrasmussen7391 you’re more likely to win the double sprint triple, then 23 Olympic gold medals so Phelps is beater than Bolt in Olympic greatness
@@user-js6ms3cn8y It's not about winning it's about the time
@@user-js6ms3cn8y but there are waaaaay more people running than there are swimming
Don't forget Ester Ledecka who won two golds at 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. It was special, because one gold medal is in Parallel giant slalom in snowboarding and another one being in Super-G in alpine skiing. Truly amazing accomplishment.
@@qireals u should check out the winter edition on my channel ❄️
Thank you Bolt for pushing the Human limits.
I ran track when I was young. Bolt, van Niekerk and Rudisha are legends for me!
Phelps and Bolt are two great Sportsman.There will be greater in the future.
Steven Redgrave: 5 gold medals in five Olympic games. In rowing! Incredible longevity of excellence
Agreed, but it is rowing
@@pacus123 😁🤪😂🤣
@@pacus123 He was an Olympic champion for 20 YEARS! He absolutely deserved to be on this list. Why does it matter what sport he did? Do you even understand what goes in to being a rower, how much work and training it takes? The stress and strain on their hearts? Even after retiring he had to continue rowing because his heart would have collapsed/given out and he could have died if he'd have just stopped.
I’m related to him 🤚
Don't know why but I expected Simone Biles to be here somewhere.
We'll definitely see her in a future similar video. Currently she's still competing and has great potential to achieve even more than the amazing results she has so far. Can't wait to see her in Paris!
If she nails her Yurchencho Double Pike Vault and Triple Double on floor (both named the Biles II) she 100% will be
She hasn't had an outstanding Olympic performance. She pulled out of Rio.. Paris may be her game
@@chall3831 "she pulled out of Rio"?? =)))))
@@lepi4san She had the "twisties"
Warner's 9000p+ decathlon in tokyo is pretty underrated...
Man, I love the Olympics so much. Seeing the world come together to celebrate human excellence is so heartwarming and beautiful. Though it does sadden me that so many amazing Russian athletes don't get to show off their athletic excellence this year. Hopefully next games.
forever love for nr 6, Nadia! Not ONE score of 10 before 1976, then 7 scores of 10 out of nowhere in just one olimpic competition. She must be nr 1
100 meters sprint is the flagship event of Olympics and bolt is absolute king of Olympics
0:40 I really admire this artistic skating performance
Yes, Phelps has more gold medals than any other, and won the most in a single games, but the track sprints are perhaps the most iconic of all the sports. I don't have the numbers, but the 100m is like the grand final event of the pinnacle event of all sports. Almost anyone on this planet can appreciate what it's like to sprint 100m, so I think it's why it's more relatable than swimming. Everyone can understand that to win 3 sprints across 3 consecutive games makes you the pinnacle of human ability, not just of the Olympics. Yes one medal was disqualified, but not from Bolt's doing. Bolt is more than the face of Olympics, he is the face of human physical ability.
Couldn't agree more
I kinda' disagree. Anyone can run (not as fast as Bolt obviously) BUT not all can swim.
@@zenethlaxa2359 Hence why running is more relatable. You kinda proved his point
@@tr0fast280 Relatable? It says "Redefined HUMAN LIMITS. How is relatable being part of HUMAN LIMITS? Lol.
@@zenethlaxa2359cuz he’s the fastest out of every human who can run in the world which is more impressive than being the fastest of 44% of humans who can swim
phelps dominance over 5 olympic games is beyond what anyone else has ever done. Yes he went 8/8 in 2008, but he has racked up 28 olympics medals with 23 of them being Gold. Also setting 39 career world records, there’s no doubt Phelps is the greatest olympian ever
LOL not even close. Quantity don't equal QUALITY. Bolt's golds are PURE QUALITY.
Phelps won half his medals in relays where the US could have put anyone in and still won. The remaining were in the god damn butterfly stroke, the LEAST of the 4 swimming strokes. The guy is pure quantity. ZERO quality. None of his records remain. His wins were wearing a super suit which is now banned. He wanted to be freestyle swimmer but failed. Biederman beat him by a body length to win the 200 freestyle at the World's.
Michael who?! Bolt all the way.
Yeah no
Alexander Popov became the Best Athlete in Men's Swimming at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. at the home Olympic Games for US swimmers.
Phelps also finaled in every single Olympic event he contested from 2000-2016
@@pacus123 2008 4x100 Free Relay Phelps opened with an American record, but they could have subbed in anyone else and won, yeah, that's a big fat NO
Phelps also had a contract with Speedo which never went full polyurethane unlike Arena and others. In 2009 that was the exact reason for his celebration when defeating Cavic.
Biederman benefitted the most from the tech suits, to be sure. But Phelps broke Thorpe's 200 Free record. Are you calling Thorpe a joke, too? He was in a full bodysuit.
There's this wrestler from Cuba, named Mijain Lopez, who has won 5 consecutive golds in his weight category. He is as great as Bolt or Phelps.
The fact that Kathie Ledecky isn't on this list is a crime
I was born in 74’. So I didn’t know much about Comenci (sp). Damn she was badass.
I think this list should also have mentioned Wayde Van Niekerk's 2016 400m performance, he broke the WR from lane 8 (basically never saw anyone else in the entire race). One of my favourite races of all time!
Truly one of the most shocking track and field performances of all time. Love that race so much.
@@shalashaska5851 So true man, the commentary made it even better. The other winners were also so decorated: Kirani James and Michael Johnson, absolute legends. 🔥
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I really enjoyed this video!
Naim Suleymanoglu should be on this list. He broke the Olympic record in every lift he made in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
for sure Bekele has to be here. he is the greatest in track field.
To me the weight lift dude will always be the most inspiring
Hold on now. You're telling me that Mark Spitz competed in 7 events, won gold in all 7 of them, AND ALSO set new world records in all 7 of them in the process?
Absurdity
Thanks for the video! Although it focuses on the Summer Olympics, I think United States speed skater Eric Heiden (Lake Placid, 1980) should not be forgotten.
Winning gold medals on both the sprint and the endurance disciplines is quite an achievement in this sport.
I also think the United States women's artistic gymnastics team "The Magnificent Seven" (Atlanta, 1996) deserves an honourable mention.
Was there ever an athlete, male or female, to win both the 400-metre "flat" and the 400-metre hurdles?
If not, then during upcoming Olympics, Femke Bol (NL) could be the first.
You should check your facts. Donovan Bailey's 9.84 was long gone by then. Furthermore nice video.
i think he was speaking about the Olympics Record
The consistency of a man defines the outcome of an utmost limit.
There should be a limit of 2-3 events participation only for all competitors
Because in athletics you only get 1,2 or 3 events.
Where as in swimming you see a single athlete able to participate in 8 to 9 events.
I agree
You are free to compete in any number of athletic events as a person wants so,why limit swimming because track athletes chose to focus on 1 or 2 events?
Why would you limit somwone who can qualify for multiple events? Maybe the events suck by beeing to similar in terms of qualitis needed to be a rop athlete.
2016 wvn broke the 400m WR. Surely deserves to be somewhere here.
Of the ten moments that redefined human limits in excellence and endurance, I feel compelled to share with you an individual who exemplifies the purity of perfection. His name? Emil Zapotek. In the 1952 Helsinki Olympics he won three gold medals in three distance events: the 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters, and the marathon. To the present, no one has repeated this feat in a single Olympics. In my opinion, no one ever will. Any arguments regarding this? I think not! Add to this phenomenal feat, he set Olympic records in all three events.
MICHAEL PHELPS IS THE FACE AND THE GREATEST OLYMPIAD OF ALL TIME. PERIOD!!! NO ONE CAN TOUCH HIS RECORD. HE SHOULD'VE BEEN IN NUMBER 1. NO BRAINER
You do know there is a winter olympics also? It got some pretty iconic moments too. When half your list is short distance running or swimming it really makes the moments...well, less iconic.
There's a winter edition on my channel ;)
@@LengthsOfLife1 my apologies good man=) sorry if I came of harsh. have a good day!
This is quality content. Subbed.
Tyvm 🙏
If this video was made after after paris olympics. The 1st spot would be taken by Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis. The man who broken his own record 9th time.
congrats on getting picked up by the algorithm. Great video.
Your video was amazing. I appreciate your hard work!
yes, finally someone recognized how much epic was the 800m final made by David Rudisha
FloJo was juiced to the max.
I hope Yaroslava Mahuchikh will break her own new world record in Paris this year.
Another really cool achievement is Isabell Werth. German dressage rider who holds the record for most medals ever won by an equestrian at the Olympics (male and female) and the record of most years between first and last Olympic medals (29 years since Tokyo was in 2021)
Agree. Training yourself and your horse is harder than just yourself.
Isabell Werth is still competing. If she wins the gold in Paris, she can push the limit even further to 32 years.
Bolt and phelps record are going to stay for long long long runs
The shot at 2:58 of Bolt is crazy 😮
As a kenyan, we got to be here, but there is a story of kipchoge keino in mexico games, the guy was having kidney stones, was in hospital, did prepare, went by bus to the venue, then won gold, I don't know the story perfectly as it happened but you can check it out
Biles will soon be on 3rd here, she's on Bolt and Phelps league
One more for the list today in pole vault.
That Mark Spitz was gorgeous!
He now looks like a 70's porn star 😃
Great video
very good, but I would always include Jesse Owens, not just for his amazing performances but where, when, and especially, who was watching
Kobe braynt got olympic medal & oscar trophy
Bolt is 6'5" at least if not 6'6", not 6'4" and he beat his own record of 9.72s by 3/100ths not Donovan Bailey's 9.84s record from 1996
He's not 6'6 for sure. He's 6'5 or 6'4 I forgot which.
Bolt and Spitz are the GOAT
michael phelps is by far the number 1 olympian, this ranking is great but Phelps is untouchable if you are categorizing olympic athletes...
If I remember correctly, his outfit during one Olympic was banned due to giving too much of an advantage. I think it was hydrophobic or something. Phelps actually refused to swim again until they made the suits illegal.
No no no, the fastest man on the planet is nr. 1. nothing can beat that...
If you classify the greatest Olympian by number of medals won, it will always be a swimmer or gymnast as no other sport offers the opportunity to win such large numbers of medals. There is no way to make this judgment, there are too many variables. I personally think Steve Redgrave’s achievement is as remarkable as Phelps or Bolt.
Why? Just cos he's got the "most" medals? Quality vs quantity buddy.
Great job! Good editing, good script that was on point and not cringe inducing, and thank God you didn't use an AI voice. Bravo!
@@iarpak Wow. Thank you for the nice words!
This was very enlightening. Appreciate it!
great content with great scriptwriting man. love that. keep up the good work.
Thank you so much 🙏
Where is Naim SUleymanoglu on this list? He is the only weightlifter won 3 gold medals for 3 olympics in a row with many World Records for each who had a nickname called "Pocket Hercules". RIP
the most important thing I saw was - all the countries best athletes - gave there best - too much of hard work and dedication - then only u achieve GOLD -
Thank you for this. 👏
I miss synchronized swimming. Edit: Nevermind. Apparently, it's called Artistic Swimming (as of 2017). It's kind of sad that they don't bother to air this awesome display of art and power. Yes, power. The ability to synchronize your ballet dance moves with swimming in the water (upside down a lot) and creating art is extremely dangerous and you have to have some powerful lungs, core, back, and legs & arms to get it all right. I WISH they'd broadcast this. I remember watching the 1984 Summer Games and my family and I were mesmerized. Kudos to anyone who does this for a living!
Extremely dangerous? Artistic swimming? How so?
Don’t forget Naim Suleymanoglu. His record can’t be broken
Mijain Lopez definitely should be
Emil Zatopek Elsinky 1952 gold medal in 5000 m 10000 m and marathon. This record will never been broken
really nice video! keep going!
Emil Zatopek, Michael Johnson, Carl Lewis
there will never be another usain bolt, his performances, his attitude, nobody will ever reach him
how you only have less than 1000 subs is crazy to me. hope to see more quality content from you soon ❤
@@kurokun07 thank you so much❤️
Naim Süleymanoğlu pocket Hercules should be included in this list. A 190kg clean and jerk at 60kg with a height of 4’11”, he defied human limitations. He’s quite possibly the strongest human that’s ever existed pound for pound
I would have put Phelps as 1, and Bolt as 2, as because Bolt had better performances later. Phelps' 8 gold medals will certainly never be repeated. And I want to add, the 2008 olympics were the greatest olympics ever, having multiple transcending moments.
Certainly never be repeated? Certainly? You just want Phelps at the top cause he's American
@@mariatanya3533 LMAO!! Why would I want Phelps to be at the top cause he's American??? I'm not American, nor Jamaican. The fact you brought someone's nationality says more about your bias, than mine. And why 8 gold medals will not be repeated is, 1. You need to find 8 events that you can win gold in. 2. All those events need to be spread out perfectly with the schedule for you to not only be able to attend all of them, but be at your absolute best. 3. All of Phelp's time records have been broken already. Today's athletes are more specialised, rather than being the best at multiple disciplines, today's athletes are faster at specific races, not 8. In comparison, Bolt exploded on the scene winning both 100m and 200m in record time. That eventually will happen one day for someone else. There is zero conflict of schedules and plenty of rest period between the races.
No hope in hell buddy. Bolt 1st. Daylight second.
Phelps quantity don't equal quality.
@@pacus123 your opinion, fair enough. But quality? how many world records did Phelps break as well? world records are literally what they are, the world's best, ever. To say what Phelps' WRs mean less is a bit ignorant. "quality" also implies the improbability of something happening, so Phelps' achievement of 8 golds in addition to all those world records is just even more difficult.
@@pacus123 Phelps Gold is quality and quantity LMAO
Mijain Lopez from Cuba should have been included. Retired at 42 in 2024 after wining his 5th gold metal in restling 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Naaah, 7 tens is crazy. How can that not be #1?
Very good Video! I would recommend you to lower the volume of the background music a tad bit so your voice is clearer to hear. However your research and effort are great, keep going and your channel will be huge in no time :))
Number 10 was definitely doping
not in the olympics but jonathan edwards triple jump record is pretty cool
I agree. I'm currently working on a video outside of the Olympics, so stay tuned
It is ABSURD! That Naim Suleymanoglu is not on this list. He is deemed as Sinclars GREATEST WEIGHTLIFTER of ALL TIME and one of the GREATEST ATHLETES of ALL TIME. His achievements are unparalleled by almost any Olympic athlete.
Bolt is a genetic freak. Blokes that tall just aren't meant to move so rapidly. I think 9.58 is one record that indeed may never be broken without some sort of medical augmentation, or someone as freakish as Bolt was.
I love this
paavu nurmi the legend - first man to win marathon and 10000 metters in olympic golds.
Good quality, thank you
excellently made!! you deserve more subs..
wow, thanks!
800m WR was broken yesterday by djamal sedjati from Algeria 🇩🇿
Thank you for such wonderful video
good vid thx
Or the limits of pharmaceuticals?
Flo Jo was so roided up and that's why her record will never be broken
You kinda forgot arguably the greatest race ever in an olympic games. The 400m hurdles in tokyo 2021
Mijian lopez - 5 time Olympic gold medalist in 5 Olympics 17-20 years of dominance
Wow
Just learnt
Bolt is THE GREATEST ATHLETE OF ALL TIME, across all sports. What he has achieved is beyond anything any other athlete has done. Bolt doesn't bounce a ball or swim a pansy swim style. He runs and he runs FAST. Running fast is PRIMAL. You either run or fight when it comes down to it.
How many gold medals does he have?
@@pacus123 couldn’t agree more 🙌
@@W-rizz244 It's quality vs quantity.
@@LengthsOfLife1 Thank you
Ha, ha, if that isn't the most idiotic statement I have ever heard about sports!! Greatest athlete of all time across all sports!!!! It's hard to even know where to start to answer you. Let's make it simple. Running is primal, a huge part of it is natural talent, some people are genetically born with some special characteristics which make them good at something so simple and purely athletic. Then you train. consistency, willpower and disciplina are important. And luck with no major injuries. And that's it.
Do you want to know what insane skills are required to compete at high level in some other sports?? Not just raw athleticism, but also incredible, quick reactions, and insane coordination between eye-foot-hand-arm-tool? Random example, a tennis player? Sprinting/braking/sliding in multiple directions for 3-4 hours nonstop while hitting a relatively tiny ball to precise locations at speeds of over 100 miles per hour? Do you know by the time a player has become professional, they will have hit roughly 600.000-1.000.000 balls in practice for 10-15 years in a row since they were tiny kids? Think about it, sprinting like crazy and hitting a ball as precisely as possible 10-15 MILLION times so that you can compete at the highest level?
That is not even comparable in complexity, intensity, time, skill, AND athleticism to what a runner does....
Do I need to go into other sports?? I could give you many more examples where you have the same insane athletic training PLUS a coordination, skill, ecc,
Now if you had said he is one of the greatest sprinters, maybe even runner of all time, you would have been forgiven for your bombastic ignorance. BUT, given that you couldn't stop there, but had to go over the top as usual, you just proved how dumb, uncultured, and how little knowledge you have of actual sports history.
Go and study a bit more before making inane and ridiculous comments.