His name was Dorando Pietri. Two of the officials helped the runner cross the finnish line. American Johnny Hayes of the Irish American Athletic Club protested, leading to Pietri's disqualification. Runner up Johnny Hayes was awarded the gold medal.
The man' s long jump winner Frank Irons result -7.48 is quite impressive,women struggle to do such a jump even now ,The world record hold by soviet Galina Chistiakova is 7,52 and is 25 years old.
do you know the legend of the marathon? the first man to do it was a messenger, and he ran news of victory over the Persians back to Athens, and died soon upon arrival.
Not forced. That's how a classy lady was supposed to look like and most ladies liked it. Clothes was still considered an indication of wealth and power. If you had clothes that didn't cover your body you gave the impression you were from the gutter. Regular people's clothing should reflect the style of the wealthy. While they used cheaper materials the ideals were the same. A man without a hat was considered poor or strange. Walking around half naked was considered obscene and rude.
"The budget of the organising committee showed a cost of £15,000; over one-third was labeled "entertainment expense". Donations were the major source of revenue; only 28% of income derived from ticket sales. Total receipts of £21,377 resulted in organisers claiming a profit. Construction of the White City Stadium, which cost the government about £60,000, was not counted." Now try adjusting that for inflation. Cheap my ass.
That’s like $2.000.000 in today’s money. Which seems reasonable. This looks like a bigger high school, or maybe college sports event today. And those have this kind of budgets, including construction.
im not beaing able to see the newest videos because of where i live! more than 100 athletes from my country are participating this year.... :( so sad that some still choose to show their videos to certain parts of the world... it the olympics! its worldwide!
I can only imagine what their reaction would be to seeing today's athletes and the revealing outfits they wear. Beach volleyball, track & field, gymnastics... 😳😳😳
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It's actually insane that we even have footage of this
Even more insane that people 500 years later will have HD footage of us today!!
and a shitton of that
That scene where the guys were riding around on those high-wheeled bicycles was pretty cool. I'd love to see that in a modern-day Olympics!
Damm my great grand father was alive when this was recorded he was born in 1905 and still alive nowadays he's about to turn 111
Happy birthday to your great grandfather then
CreeperStrafes we are in 2016 not 2010
CreeperStrafes from 1905 to 2005 there's 100 years and from 2005 to 2016 is 11 years so do the math :)
CreeperStrafes u forgot from 2008 to 2012 there's 4 years there so 7+4 =11 its basic math
CreeperStrafes substract 1905 to 2016 and you will see who's wrong
His name was Dorando Pietri. Two of the officials helped the runner cross the finnish line. American Johnny Hayes of the Irish American Athletic Club protested, leading to Pietri's disqualification. Runner up Johnny Hayes was awarded the gold medal.
1:25 that's so badass. And those outfits. Gotta love that
The man' s long jump winner Frank Irons result -7.48 is quite impressive,women struggle to do such a jump even now ,The world record hold by soviet Galina Chistiakova is 7,52 and is 25 years old.
"American John Taylor was a member of the winning medley relay team, making him the first African-American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal."
I think it would be nice to see current olympians trying out the games and techniques of old Olympics see how different or difficult they were 😊
The pole vault and high jump with no pads is insane😊
@0:32 they should bring back the Tug o' War!!!
BRING BACK TUG OF WAR!
The long jumping style looks great,even by today’s standard
Awesome footage!
Loved the music
this is so beautiful to see
do you know the legend of the marathon?
the first man to do it was a messenger, and he ran news of victory over the Persians back to Athens, and died soon upon arrival.
it’s so weird to see footage from like what…113 years ago…this is insane- and the fact that the athletes are in dresses and fancy clothing, lol
As old as I am, the ankle length skirts on the tennis court were amusing at best
Absolutely love it!!! Got a sneaky feeling I may have a chance winning a medal there.
1:13 first gainer ever LOL
I'm so glad o be alive in today's great world.
the dude at the 24 second mark is insane.
Who's here instead of watching 2024 Paris Olympics Ceremony
How could people enjoy this without tv, radio, internet, cinema ?
For sure only people at the arena can enjoy the games
There was cinema in 1908.
@@LinkRocks Hardly !
I love how women dressed when they were in a game.
A great time in a great country.
1896 Athens, 1900 Paris, 1904 St. Louis & 1908 London.
Simply great
I’m heavily petitioning the IOC to bring back the ancient sport of Tug-of-War
0:23 Holy crap, he would be a good hurdler :P
Fantastic!
LONDON WAS THE HOST CITY IN 1948 AND 2012.
Awesome!
"Suicide Jump" at 1:13. Bring it back
Wow a lot has changed now...
Not forced. That's how a classy lady was supposed to look like and most ladies liked it. Clothes was still considered an indication of wealth and power. If you had clothes that didn't cover your body you gave the impression you were from the gutter. Regular people's clothing should reflect the style of the wealthy. While they used cheaper materials the ideals were the same. A man without a hat was considered poor or strange.
Walking around half naked was considered obscene and rude.
2008 athletes = 100 years later after 1908
"The budget of the organising committee showed a cost of £15,000; over one-third was labeled "entertainment expense". Donations were the major source of revenue; only 28% of income derived from ticket sales. Total receipts of £21,377 resulted in organisers claiming a profit. Construction of the White City Stadium, which cost the government about £60,000, was not counted."
Now try adjusting that for inflation. Cheap my ass.
That’s like $2.000.000 in today’s money.
Which seems reasonable. This looks like a bigger high school, or maybe college sports event today. And those have this kind of budgets, including construction.
It is coming to you all the way from 1908. Internet connections then were terrible!
only memories prevail
I'm still realing over the fact that this happened over a hundred years ago
that was good, it would be so cool if tug-of-war was still and Olympic sport!
776 videos on the Olympics Channel?
thoguh it wasn't until the 1960's when rome finally gets the olympics.
Nadie pensó en la gente que saltaba en garrocha sin colchón? Que locura
They should colorize this and correct the timing.
it's not about me being able to, it's about them blocking it! that's what makes me sad...
the Africans & Americans today would destroy these guys
im not beaing able to see the newest videos because of where i live! more than 100 athletes from my country are participating this year.... :( so sad that some still choose to show their videos to certain parts of the world... it the olympics! its worldwide!
110th Anniversary.
ikr!
Woah, they gonna introduce break dancing and
skating to the games but not bring back tug of wars or one wheel cycling...this is going wrong direction.
bring back tug o' war!
That's how long it took them to get ready.
I can only imagine what their reaction would be to seeing today's athletes and the revealing outfits they wear. Beach volleyball, track & field, gymnastics... 😳😳😳
im the only one around who is watching this video with lag?
NEXT IS IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN IN 1912
This 1908 stadium looks very much like the 1996 Greek stadium. Possibly incorrect picture for one of them?
who else is here from a pe class
me
People's arms got ripped off by tug of war....
They way they landed XD
is it just me or do high jump and pole vault kinda seem extremely painful due to the lack of padding on landing
The Olympics back then looks like a circus and the spectators are just watching the spectacles of a carnival...
Everyone you see on this video is probably dead by now! Now re-watch the video with that in mind! lel
omg pole vault with no mat o_0
Love the video, but what is name of music, please..
100% of current olympians would destroy them. except maybe Eric Moussambani
Bring back penny-farthings
It's 100 years ago already
Kerim Grozny 110
@@adrianvirgilio2099 116
Really really long skirt for archery
No we don't need no help I decline!
Pole volt with no mat wow high jump to
woo hoo! olimpics!
Все, кто от SurkovRussia - палец вверх!
Ahahahahahha look at this!!! 0:21
Olympic Games should be like this, more austere, without demanding so much debt for infrastructure.
Who’s the lady being helped out of her cart by a guy in Greek national costume at 0:04?
Wonder what the event is from around 0.46 with 6 guys doing synchronised circles on penny-farthings? Hmm.
Skirts were so long :)
Tug of war is an Olympic game back then?
we are nothing in the world. we are just dust.
actually probably 90% of olympians would destroy these guys lol
That's ignorant
any answers? i would be interested too..
What's music?
what is the song's name ?
song ? please
0:19 - 0:22 Seriously?
What the heck is that diving?
0:47 what sport is this?
yeah men and now that's what i call real SWAG :=)
Most of the ladies were still forced to wear dresses. Wow.
No. That was just the style then.
Nah
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lol people use to belly flop in diving and play tennis in a long dress back then?
better than 2024
❤️
Long jump looks the same. High hurdles looks absolutely amateur.
Tennis
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAY! :D
lol yea
The olympics were so cheap back then
A Woman playing sports highly unorthodox :{()