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  • @Olympics
    @Olympics  4 роки тому +449

    We know there are more, so which other moments could make the list? We never rule out a part 2 (or 3, or 4)... 😉

    • @DRACOFURY
      @DRACOFURY 4 роки тому +24

      🥉Kurt Angle Winning The Olympics With A Broken Bacc
      Or 🥈Cathy Freeman victory lap with her Indigenous Flag waving
      🥇 Peter Norman with his 2 brothers John Carlos & Tommy Smith at the 68' Olympics... Those wer sum moments for me. Y'all need Olympic Rings emoji.

    • @ThePrasHx
      @ThePrasHx 4 роки тому +3

      Petra Majdic

    • @MoriElayne
      @MoriElayne 4 роки тому +13

      Michael Phelps' 8 Golds from Beijing or winning four 200m IM Golds in a row over 4 Olympic Games.

    • @lsggaming1136
      @lsggaming1136 4 роки тому +8

      Yeah, Phelps, and maybe Steven Bradbury? Just a couple favorites!

    • @kschlmnstr278
      @kschlmnstr278 4 роки тому +5

      Steven Bradbury

  • @randiekay4994
    @randiekay4994 4 роки тому +3827

    The German weightlifter is my favorite. His wife died in a car accident a year before. He won the gold for her.

    • @franklindcottrell
      @franklindcottrell 3 роки тому +86

      That one gets me every time.

    • @MaloPiloto
      @MaloPiloto 3 роки тому +8

      Ausgezeichnet!👍

    • @witchimarie
      @witchimarie 3 роки тому +68

      Why am I crying so much about it like actual tears

    • @Matthew_Calmert
      @Matthew_Calmert 3 роки тому +68

      She was lifting with him for sure

    • @tormint5073
      @tormint5073 3 роки тому +11

      almost cried in the middle of class

  • @meganlopez560
    @meganlopez560 4 роки тому +1488

    When dad ran onto the track to help his injured son I felt that.

    • @mariehernandez5878
      @mariehernandez5878 3 роки тому +15

      It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the program title.

    • @TheKBDestiny
      @TheKBDestiny 3 роки тому +19

      I cried super emotional to have your dad back you up

    • @scarfacepug4844
      @scarfacepug4844 3 роки тому +2

      Feel this d

    • @gf4453
      @gf4453 3 роки тому +22

      I cry every time you see this. The combination of physical and emotional pain Derek felt and the enormous embracing love his father emanated.

    • @beckscharre7375
      @beckscharre7375 3 роки тому +13

      And the fact that the father said something to keep him going to the finish line when they came up to help him off the track was honestly the Best part bc he would know an athletes pride in Olympics wouldn’t let him walk off without finishing at all so he helped get him to the line. Like that just shows he was proud of him to begin with and didn’t care if he won gold or was on last place. It was the fact that he did it to begin with.

  • @hurtled64
    @hurtled64 3 роки тому +251

    When Redmonds father went onto the field to help him it made me smile. Nothing would stop him from helping his son. Huge respect for him

  • @takyc7883
    @takyc7883 3 роки тому +410

    I wasn’t prepared to cry when the weightlifting one came up

  • @ThePrasHx
    @ThePrasHx 4 роки тому +1588

    4:20 There were 4 arms lifting the weight that day
    His podium scene gets me every time.

    • @Forteonyoutube
      @Forteonyoutube 4 роки тому +4

      im uploading athletics videos of me train on my channel trying to get faster

    • @dubbzzzzino4189
      @dubbzzzzino4189 4 роки тому +34

      i believe he would have lifted that weight even if hes arms snapped hes in pain from his wife dieing

    • @ianwhite4821
      @ianwhite4821 4 роки тому +43

      It was amazing. You can see the relieve and happiness when he did that lift. I have never seen it before and I didn’t know who he was before the video but I found it incredibly powerful. Great courage shown, showing the human heart was the strongest muscle on show that day.

    • @douglas2437
      @douglas2437 4 роки тому +21

      Bruh that comment got something in my eye

    • @siddharthcharan
      @siddharthcharan 4 роки тому +5

      Best comment on whole youTube I have ever seen

  • @Peakmidwesting
    @Peakmidwesting 3 роки тому +600

    Started crying when the German weightlifter showed his wife's picture. NGL

  • @penquin402
    @penquin402 4 роки тому +866

    I hated that after Japan won the gold medal in Softball they got rid of softball. I'm glad that it's being brought back for Tokyo. I knew Nadia Comaneci was going to be on this list. You can't have a greatest Olympic moments without Nadia.

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 роки тому +64

      402 : I think the Americans not being able to handle losing had something to do with getting pulled.

    • @rainaftersnowplease3786
      @rainaftersnowplease3786 4 роки тому +31

      @@grousetheghoul2754 They'd already decided to nix baseball and softball before the 2008 games started, via a secret IOC vote in 2005, but the real reason is that the MLB in the States/Canada refused to alter its season to make its players available, so they nixed both sports. And softball is being brought back for the Tokyo games.

    • @KIM-xl6zs
      @KIM-xl6zs 3 роки тому +3

      What the difference between soft and base ball, all in all its not a popular sport

    • @penquin402
      @penquin402 3 роки тому +13

      @@KIM-xl6zs Ball, pitching style, ball speed and bat. Softball uses metal bats and baseball uses wooden bats most of the time.

    • @hmu05366
      @hmu05366 3 роки тому +8

      @@penquin402 both awful sports

  • @Serlina21343
    @Serlina21343 4 роки тому +393

    The one with Matthias Stein is one of my favourite. He promised his Wife that he will Win and he did. So beautiful and Sad

  • @logic-jessica1364
    @logic-jessica1364 4 роки тому +678

    3:24 sis was only 14 when she got a perfect 10. what am i doing with my life

    • @riyadinho6795
      @riyadinho6795 4 роки тому +48

      Most Olympic gymnasts are teenagers

    • @Veronicz
      @Veronicz 3 місяці тому

      @@riyadinho6795Yeah the flexibility really starts deteriorating 😭

  • @Usama559
    @Usama559 3 роки тому +305

    Larry lamieux saved 2 sailors instead of completing the race..Wow what an inspiration.. And the German weightlifter story was so emotional as he won the medal for her wife.... ❤️❤️❤️

    • @waynehanley72
      @waynehanley72 3 роки тому +27

      Yep, Lamieux's act wins in my book. Saving lives is the tops of sportsmanship.

    • @joeb1955
      @joeb1955 3 роки тому +37

      Not only didn't complete the race, but gave up a medal to do it. Some people recognize there are more important things in life than a piece of metal. The man has his priorities straight.

    • @rezhaadriantanuharja3389
      @rezhaadriantanuharja3389 3 роки тому +7

      So many gold medalists are forgotten over the times but Larry Lamieux’s action is immortalized and rightfully so

  • @Be1smaht
    @Be1smaht 3 роки тому +82

    The runner at the end.... TEARS. Can you imagine spending 4 years training/ disciplining yourself only to be stopped by your own body? Can you imaging the sacrifice? Can you imagin?

  • @carlos.cr.7139
    @carlos.cr.7139 3 роки тому +123

    German weightlifter had me crying so fast.

  • @Emul7ifier
    @Emul7ifier 4 роки тому +267

    4:33 gets me every time...

  • @HankAaronJoseph19
    @HankAaronJoseph19 4 роки тому +87

    Redmond finishing with his old man is my all time favorite.

    • @LeslieGMN
      @LeslieGMN 9 місяців тому

      Nobody ever remembers who won the race. We remember Redmond and his dad.

  • @pasandesilva2295
    @pasandesilva2295 3 роки тому +67

    Watching redmond and his dad always bring a tear to my eye! Amazing moment. Also Mathais's achievement is phenomenal. Cant even imagine what he must have felt!

  • @pranavwali67
    @pranavwali67 4 роки тому +125

    God! Sports never ceases to amaze me

  • @hanoman78
    @hanoman78 Рік тому +8

    For my country (Indonesia) and I, it would be Barcelona 1992 in Badminton. Susi Susanti shedding tears on top of the podium hearing our national anthem for the very first time in the Olympics.. 😍

  • @gmf121266
    @gmf121266 4 роки тому +56

    Sometimes best isn't always just best. When you know the story behind, best is bravest.

  • @Cps1402
    @Cps1402 4 роки тому +348

    "The benefits of being bald is not needing a headcap" -Me

    • @momoadem
      @momoadem 4 роки тому +5

      top 10 legendary recitation

    • @horsebox5138
      @horsebox5138 3 роки тому +1

      They should all shave their hair!

  • @BrianDeCosta
    @BrianDeCosta 2 роки тому +7

    The weightlifter's celebration brought tears to my eyes. Humans are amazing

  • @AbhikShome
    @AbhikShome 4 роки тому +17

    I was feeling depressed. This inspired me. Thank you Olympics!

  • @TraceFaceTV
    @TraceFaceTV 3 роки тому +12

    A great moment for me is when Aly Raisman (gymnast) won the silver medal in Rio in the all around final (2016). She failed to medal at the 2010, 2011, and 2015 world championships in the all around, and she lost a bronze medal in London 2012 due to a tie breaker. She overcame so much, and she got it on her 5th try! She was better in 2016 than she was in 2012.

  • @fladoodleflamy
    @fladoodleflamy 4 роки тому +12

    That joy of underdogs winning is out of this world

  • @gattikawekas6449
    @gattikawekas6449 3 роки тому +37

    the gymnastic comitte wasnt ready for 10 perfect point. the score board just shows 1.00, instead of 10.00 😂

  • @Christoforos-Matthew_25-34
    @Christoforos-Matthew_25-34 3 роки тому +3

    Haile Gebrselassie is a legendary athlete in Greece,i remember watching him when i was a kid and was blown away about how much stamina a person can have

  • @sierraa4227
    @sierraa4227 4 роки тому +86

    Nadia Comaneci was 14 years old!!!!!

  • @robertoesperanza5087
    @robertoesperanza5087 2 роки тому +13

    The german weightlifter is so touching dedicated his win to his dying wife

  • @darkhorseash4337
    @darkhorseash4337 3 роки тому +21

    That sailing one is both amazing sportsmanship and heartbreaking cause it never should've been up to him to help there should've been a better system in place

  • @sebbyh9764
    @sebbyh9764 3 роки тому +22

    My favourite moment is/was Cathy Freeman winning the 400 in Sydney.. Such a legend

  • @virnan
    @virnan 5 місяців тому +2

    Billy Mills, Mattias Steiner, Derek Redmond, and Cathy of Australia in the 400 m. Those four are emotional.

  • @p0wer.pr0ductionz
    @p0wer.pr0ductionz 4 роки тому +77

    5:02 just inspirational

  • @arijeanz
    @arijeanz 3 роки тому +8

    my personal favorite is felix sanchez winning gold in athens 2004 athletics..... for us dominicans just him qualifying was a big deal, so when he won it shook the nation, truly a national treasure

  • @formulah113
    @formulah113 3 роки тому +10

    the German weightlifter got me. my eyes will be puffy all day now. thanks.

  • @TJJulkowski
    @TJJulkowski 3 роки тому +11

    When the Dad says get away from me this is my son. I hope someday I can be half the dad he is.

  • @Strawberry-12.
    @Strawberry-12. 4 роки тому +28

    I can’t believe the miracle on ice wasn’t on here

    • @kragratt
      @kragratt 4 роки тому +3

      I agree but at the same time enjoyed seeing some other moments that I had not seen before. I have seen the Miracle on Ice and Bob Beamon's jump in sooo many videos it was a nice change. Just my opinion. Have a great day.

    • @Strawberry-12.
      @Strawberry-12. 4 роки тому

      @@kragratt yea I guess your right but I don’t think everyone knows about those events. And a good day to you as well

  • @God-mv2sy
    @God-mv2sy 2 роки тому +1

    I got chills on the weight lifting one

  • @pidolbaragas2309
    @pidolbaragas2309 3 роки тому +1

    that german weightlifter is the shortest clip that makes you tears!

  • @sepilokfui
    @sepilokfui 3 роки тому +16

    Nadia, is still the greatest of the greatest legend in Olympic history. If one has watched it life that how fast she did that routine, you would know why.

    • @shpongle7322
      @shpongle7322 2 роки тому +1

      That was seriously insane. The talent gymnasts have is incredible

  • @99jarjarbinks
    @99jarjarbinks 4 роки тому +49

    Awesome moments! This is why I love The Olympic Games! 🤘🤘 ✊
    Honorable mentions go to Jesse Owens in 1936, The Miracle On Ice of 1980, and Cathy Freeman in 2000. 👍👍

    • @Galimah
      @Galimah 4 роки тому +4

      Jesse Owens and Cathy Freeman for sure. also Tommie Smith(BP-fist in the air), Bob Beamon, Muhammad Ali lighting the olympic fire

    • @Galimah
      @Galimah 4 роки тому +1

      and Naim Suleymanoglu 1988

    • @Forteonyoutube
      @Forteonyoutube 4 роки тому

      im uploading athletics videos of me train on my channel trying to get faster

    • @jbas7525
      @jbas7525 4 роки тому

      why cathy freeman ? whats so special

    • @colleenross8752
      @colleenross8752 4 роки тому +4

      @@jbas7525 she was the first native Aboriginal athlete to win a gold

  • @kashattack
    @kashattack 5 місяців тому

    The Derek Redmond moment was sadder when realising he was injured in the previous Olympics too during the heats. It's so cruel that after 8 years of hard work injury denied him his moment in two Olympics games.

  • @visheshpatel5490
    @visheshpatel5490 3 роки тому +10

    Salute to Derek Redmond and his father 💪❤💯⚡

  • @savannahthreefingers7502
    @savannahthreefingers7502 4 роки тому +5

    there were so much times i almost teared up but i held back

  • @mmm-uw1ep
    @mmm-uw1ep 3 роки тому +2

    Stephen John Akhwari in Mexico 1968. Through decades of memorable Olympic moments, his last place finish in the men's Marathon is one of the most inspirational Olympic memories for me.

  • @jitendrashah36
    @jitendrashah36 4 роки тому +8

    My wish for Olympic world of sports is to bring these revolutionary change for the first time in world.

  • @xecidex
    @xecidex 3 роки тому +2

    that weightlifting one made me cry out of nowhere

  • @saibliss7976
    @saibliss7976 4 роки тому +6

    Love them all, so inspiring 💕

  • @harshdeepsagar1
    @harshdeepsagar1 3 роки тому +184

    How about the incident with black men track athletes who raised their fist to oppose racism (which they were banned for)

    • @bolibardo1514
      @bolibardo1514 3 роки тому +17

      It was Tommy Smith in 1968 Mexico,

    • @shojoe
      @shojoe 3 роки тому +2

      With Peter Normand, who was outcast by his own country, when he stood with them.

  • @Aditya-ns9xl
    @Aditya-ns9xl 3 роки тому +3

    Literally chills.

  • @bennetthomas1739
    @bennetthomas1739 4 роки тому +8

    I cried during this

  • @reezalrosli3104
    @reezalrosli3104 3 роки тому +2

    The weightlifter seemed like he had trouble pushing it... but once he did, he held it longer out of spite. Claiming it like unchallenged victory.

  • @asosav2001
    @asosav2001 3 роки тому +3

    Greg Luganis, a legend.... Tears in my face now.... :)

  • @ellenchavez2043
    @ellenchavez2043 6 місяців тому +1

    There was a winter Olympic in the 1970s, where an Indian or Pakistani cross country skier participated. A camera followed him, capturing his challenges. A Swede won the race and the gold. The ceremony was held, flowers and medals were awarded. And the skier labored on. He was met at the finish line by the gold medal winner, who congratulated him and gave him the bouquet of flowers. One of the most profound moments. They did show a snippet of it in the opening ups of the Wide World of Sports. I can't find it anywhere.

  • @noirjacques3274
    @noirjacques3274 6 місяців тому

    Gebreselassie winning that incredible 10,000m in Sydney was, as an Aussie, my favourite
    NON-Australian victory of Sydney 2000. ❤

  • @gawrguwwa
    @gawrguwwa 3 роки тому +5

    i miss pre-pandemic world so much

  • @MarkSmithhhh
    @MarkSmithhhh Місяць тому

    Mattias steiner is hands down my favorite...so much to it...his wife dying, his failure of weights LESS than his told life, the fact he could have gone with a lower weight to easily win silver, but went for a PR on a 1 in a million shot

  • @Mindphaser1
    @Mindphaser1 3 роки тому +3

    Olga Korbut's amazing performance at Munich 1972 deserves to be on the list.

  • @tharakaram2402
    @tharakaram2402 3 роки тому +1

    Their emotions are not just emotions..their tears are the result of their extra efforts than others..

  • @archivio9186
    @archivio9186 3 роки тому

    this’s so emotional

  • @enakshiparua836
    @enakshiparua836 3 роки тому +2

    4:50 brought tears....

  • @aly.steiner_tx
    @aly.steiner_tx 10 місяців тому

    So much respect for Haile Gebrselassie

  • @rushisushi2130
    @rushisushi2130 3 роки тому +1

    Simply, Just Inspirational!

  • @shrirangmoghe1881
    @shrirangmoghe1881 3 роки тому +1

    what music is that? wonderful video. his wife's photo made me emotional.

  • @alexpower1134
    @alexpower1134 3 роки тому +3

    We all know the greatest moment in Olympic history is when Steven Bradbury won gold in the speedskating finals when all the other skaters bombed out.

  • @rahulsenwal1685
    @rahulsenwal1685 3 роки тому +1

    Nadia Comenci.... WONDERFUL...thisi is called perfection

  • @devnayak1296
    @devnayak1296 4 роки тому +5

    Wonderful moments,

  • @loulecloss8014
    @loulecloss8014 3 роки тому +7

    I’m surprised the legendary comeback by Jason Lezak in the 2008 4x100m freestyle relay wasn’t on this video

  • @jluc9456
    @jluc9456 3 роки тому +15

    Best moments ever in Olympics???? No mention at all of Jesse Owens??? I’m very disappointed!!! Just sad!!

  • @kristoferjensjangeles6641
    @kristoferjensjangeles6641 8 місяців тому +1

    German weightlifter feels like he recieved a golden buzzer. Honestly

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 3 роки тому +5

    Well, there are many great moments in sports. Two, to me obvious, moments on lists like these would be
    1) Bob Beamon winning in Mexico with a jump that beat the old world record by 55 cm, or an increase by 6,5 % in one go.
    2) The Soviet last second win in basketball vs the US in 1972, the first ever title lost by the US.
    And of course, there are plenty of great moment in the winter games too, e.g. the US win in ice hockey in 1980!

    • @colleenross8752
      @colleenross8752 Рік тому

      And now the shared gold in the high jump in Tokyo

  • @dailyadventures.
    @dailyadventures. 6 місяців тому +1

    You missed Kerri Strump’s vault 💪

  • @lotus6314
    @lotus6314 2 роки тому

    That weightlifting one deada** almost made me cry and I barely ever do.

  • @elijahbates4771
    @elijahbates4771 3 роки тому +10

    Just a couple of moments in history where you can't help but think: "Wow, humans are pretty cool."

  • @mikeb3327
    @mikeb3327 3 роки тому +1

    My Favorite will always be Billy Mills at the 1964 olympics.

  • @yonb0
    @yonb0 Рік тому

    Thank you marshal, for not preventing Redmon's father from coming to help his son

  • @nickthefox72
    @nickthefox72 6 місяців тому

    Steiner clearly but Derek Redmond gives me chills every time

  • @yvonnelee534
    @yvonnelee534 6 місяців тому

    Nothing else will ever come close to the Derek Redmond moment.

  • @ATATDRIVER
    @ATATDRIVER Рік тому

    I love how the most watched is Matthias Steiner winning gold.

  • @Lubbylove89
    @Lubbylove89 3 роки тому +6

    Keri Strug landing the vault on one foot to win gold....

  • @santshuki1677
    @santshuki1677 4 роки тому +8

    Respect for Larry Lemiux

  • @abinandhans5386
    @abinandhans5386 3 роки тому +3

    the weightlifter had me in tears

  • @StFidjnr
    @StFidjnr 4 роки тому +5

    can you please upload more olympic ceremonies

  • @giuseppegiuseppe5875
    @giuseppegiuseppe5875 3 роки тому +2

    The Olympic games have a symbol race, this Is the Marathon, now in 2004 ...100 years After the First game in Maratona, this race opening in the same place!! Stefano Baldini Legend

  • @fartsquirel880
    @fartsquirel880 3 роки тому +2

    few people know this Carlos Lopes won the Marathon gold medal in LA 1984. Two weeks before he went to LA he was ran over by a car while training on the road.

  • @danielacastro9122
    @danielacastro9122 Рік тому

    The German weightlifter always makes me cry

  • @rizzdog3
    @rizzdog3 3 роки тому +2

    the weightlifter was determined and spirited to win because of his wife's death. R.I.P

  • @Isfahan_7
    @Isfahan_7 3 роки тому

    Incredible

  • @tonyschuman3869
    @tonyschuman3869 2 роки тому +1

    Dave Wottle coming from last to first in the 1972 Munich 800 meters

  • @saktimaankafan9053
    @saktimaankafan9053 8 місяців тому +1

    Love 💞 from india jharkhand jamshedpur jugsalai chaprahiya mohallah home town Bihar Chapra jila gram khanpur ekma ❤ 0:43

  • @carrieprzelski1628
    @carrieprzelski1628 3 роки тому +3

    Please, what about Dan Jansen? Speedskater? Most inspiring story!

  • @kathynossaman330
    @kathynossaman330 6 місяців тому

    A greatest moment from a sport that is no longer considered an Olympic sport -- softball. I've never understood removing baseball and softball. There are plenty of other team sports. Please bring back those 2.

  • @charliebaxter
    @charliebaxter 3 роки тому +1

    My favorite is the Greek men's diving winning gold in Athens because they made the same mistake at the same time

  • @ashishvig7715
    @ashishvig7715 3 роки тому +1

    Thumbs up if you came here in preparation of Tokyo 2020

  • @happybu
    @happybu 2 роки тому +2

    Pure human positive energy

  • @sandeepjoshua3019
    @sandeepjoshua3019 3 роки тому +1

    German weightlifter is a real-life hero.

  • @francisnguyen6349
    @francisnguyen6349 4 роки тому +6

    Gail Devers is her best Greatest ever!

  • @colescornersb
    @colescornersb 6 місяців тому

    Awesome

  • @allisterkefilwe3847
    @allisterkefilwe3847 3 роки тому +1

    I will have to go for Eric The Eel, even thou he was not even close to winning a medal i still feel it was a beautiful moment

  • @steve2trilllvkin20
    @steve2trilllvkin20 2 роки тому

    Please stop putting music over this, the commentary makes it special and gives you chills too

  • @ezrc9294
    @ezrc9294 3 роки тому +1

    greg hitting his head on the board - nota great moment