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France's Yannick Agnel wins the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle swimming event in the aquatics centre at the london 2012 Olympics (30 July).
Korea's Park Taehwan won silver in the event with China's Sun Yang winning bronze.
Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.
Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.
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From time to time I come back here to watch the most perfect 200m freestyle ever swam.
now he stream on twitch xd
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@@polskillz Oui , j'ai les vues sur twitch fr avec gotaga
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Same
This field was just so ridiculously loaded. Agnel swam one of the best 200m freestyles of all time to win it. Great race.
What a swim from Agnel, sadly retired at 24 but that's the best 200 swim I've ever seen
yea why did he retire so young ?
@@williamrithaler4051 in an interview, he said that he achieved what he wanted in the sport, and he had other interests in life than swimming.
10 fastest men in 200 free in textile:
#1: Yannick Agnel (FRA) 1.43.14
#2: Michael Phelps (USA) 1.43.86
#3: Ian Thorpe (AUS) 1.44.06
#4: Ryan Lochte (USA) 1.44.44
#5: Sun Yang (CHN) 1.44.47
#6: Park Tae Hwan (KOR) 1.44.80
#7: Danila Izotov (RUS) 1,44,87
#8: Paul Biedermann (GER) 1.44.88
#9: Pieter Van Den Hoogenband (NED) 1.44.89
#10: Conors Dwyer (USA) 1.45.32
Since when did Pieter van den Hoogenband go a 1:44? I don't think he ever went under 1:45.
he ever got 1.44.89 at european championship in 2002 that's only one time I went under 1.45 in his career
Yeah I know I looked it up and that's when I realized that I was wrong. It's just that he never did it in the world championships or the Olympic which is why I didn't know about it.
like what Magnussen did in 100free, he reached his PB with a time of 47.10, which is the fastest ever in textile at Olympic trials while his best at olympic and championship is 47.53 and 47.49
At the world championships Agnel swimmed 1.44.20
the world record with hi-tech suits haha :)).
In my opinion, Yannick Agnel really derserves to be the world record holder in this event.
ok ill edit it to yannick agnel holding the world record
no more
Suits and Drugs not needed.
This guy is making it effortless... what a blast !
every winner celebrating his victory is really pumping adrenaline in anybodys heart
Agnel won by more than a body length lead!!! Amazing him.
Bravo Yannick!!! Tu as été le MEILLEUR de ces jeux de Londres!
3:40 race start
Welp, this hurts to watch now
Yh so awkward
Imagine if agnel had lochte & phelps' underwaters...
probably would have went 1 minute and 42.99 seconds
I think he would've gotten the olympic record, probably not the world record.
Would it really matter? He torched Lochte and his underwaters in this race.
@@eldoug1589 I think the OC was more referring to how fast Agnel could go, rather than whether or not he could win
@@shiftyboi8827 I’m pretty sure eldoug knows that; I think his point is that yannick is probably faster over water than underwater since Lochte already has world class underwaters.
200 Free at the olympics always has the best races
2004: van den Hoogenband, Thorpe, Phelps, Hackett, Keller
2008: Biedermann, Phelps, Vanderkaay, Tae-Hwan, Basson
2012: Sun, Tae-Hwan, Agnel, Lochte, Biedermann. (Phelps probably could've entered as he was still a good 200 freestyler)
Some god like company right there. Heres to 2016 being just as good
best race in 2016 would be 100 free
Magnussen, Mcevoy, Adrian, Morozov, Ning Zetao, Manaudou...or even Agnel, Feigen....
2016 will have lochte, hagino, agnel, McEvoy, guy, sun yang, maybe Phelps..
stravius also?
looking back at the 100 NOBODY saw Chalmers coming
@@hoangle2897 Also, nobody was expecting that Timmers will get the silver...
Agnel is the best ! i'm so proud :)
This swim is the reference of the 200m, just epic by Agnel
I think 08 and 09 were too recent when this happened, so the commentators don't realise what an incredible feed 1:43.14 is. No one since has even come close, yet the announcers just shrug it off, like it's an ok time or something.
The Arena X- Glide tech suit he wore in 2009 increased his buoyancy due to it made of 100% polyurethane. Beidermann was a pretty big and bulky guy when he set that record. The transition from the body suits to jammers hurt big guys like him because now he has to work harder to keep that weight afloat, where the bodysuit+weight combo used to make people like him incredible. Bob Bowman said it himself though. it took Phelps 5-6 years to drop 4 seconds in the 200. Biedermann did it in 11 months.
I'm so proud for Agnel :)
Both this and the women's 200 race winner were a display of perfectly executed races.
I'm so excited to see how they do. There has been controversy about Yannick being sick and adding events at the last second, and there has been stuff about Sun having coaching issues. I can't wait to see if they can overcome their difficulties.
thats about as good of a meet as angel could have hoped for! just incredible
Agnel also got three medals in the olympics last year, two of them were gold, he beat Sun Yang in the 200m. They're currently even in Barcelona, knowing that Agnel isn't swimming lots of events this time. You cannot say which of them is the best, so we'll see in Rio.
That last 50 was ridiculous
Excited for this race in barcelona 2013. Expecting him to kill it again.
FRANCE FTW YEAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH COME ON BABBBYYYYY
Despite being an American, expat living not in Trumpy-Town.
Add this to your AWESOME BOX of moments in Olympic swimming history, Yannick was the man for 100-400 for about 30 mos. and it is here, Cheers. OUT. :)
The best 200 ever
2012 Agnel is still the benchmark for the 200 free.
Most certainly. Best 200m free swim ever - such a smart, and well implemented swim. Agnel actually talked about it on Brett Hawke's podcast (available on TH-cam).
Agnel : a new star is born ! ;)
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Yes Phelps' Beijing time was quicker.... because he wore a Speedo LZR. Not as fast as Biedermann's suit (Rome), but still quicker than those worn by the London field. Worth roughly a second over a textile, so without it the time would've been around what he did to win 07 Worlds (1.43.86). Good for silver here, but (probably) not enough to beat Agnel.
phelps had been at his peak in 2007 not 2008 before supersuits was applied...I think that he would never get under 1.44 again without LZR suits. It is proven that phelps swam 1.44.79 in textile (off his PB by 0.93) in shanghai 2011 or 1.44.05 as anchor leg in london 2012.
you can't take his time in 2007 into comparison, he was still wearing a full body suit.
full body suit but not super suit....
look at his 200 butterfly in 2007, he chased down former WR by 1.71s with only jammer and goggle
It was the Fastskin FS II. That suit is fully textile.
YES!
super star ~ yannick agnel
I guess I should be more specific. His over arm recovery looks similar but his pull is very unique. Straight down and back.
This is just awesome.
Last night, Agnel has come back with a time of 1.44.20. He didn't get the best but this record is good enough for him to get gold
9 years ago. What have you done lately?
is it me or does china always have the fastest reaction time on starts
epic lineup
Yannick Agnel have still had best record 1.45.48 in 2013 which is in front of 1.45.97 of Ryan Lochte. coaching issues could impact negatively sun yang in championships. anyway, I totally believe that he is invincible in 1500m at least
I think we can say France has the best new generation swimmer, look at Agnel, 20 years and this is a killer
and don't forget Park Tae Hwan. a little part may be Paul Biedermann. 200m freestyle is still the most interesting race in championships with 4 olympian gold medalists, 1 WR holder and potential new stars
True!
Sun Yang, wr 1500, .06 off 400 wr done in supersuit and still manages to be competitive in the 200m.
He deserves the world record in the 200m freestyle than Biedermann.
1m43.14s is real world record in this event
Superb technique, a little bit reminding me of Thorpe
Interesting. Didn't know Agnel was actually ahead of London pace at 150, presumed he was around 0.5-1 sec down..... what an absolute BEAST he was here! Rivalled only by Sun (relay) since.
And even then, still more than a second off Biedermann's 'WR'.... Farcical ;(
"the long white shark"
Agnel will certainly be one of the talent to watch in the following years
USA, Australia, France and Russia have the best swimmers ressources
Tu disais ?
keep calm and waiting for their performances in World Championships 8 days from now
Most cursed Olympic final in swimming history
Ikr! You got Ryan and well he’s not as bad now with the way he acts but still not great. You got Park who got suspended for doping. Then you mister smashing the vials sun. And then you’ve got redacted agnel
AGNEL, IL + GRANDE NUOTATORE DEI 200 SL DI TUTTI I TEMPI .
French we are the best
Exactement
Marcus Yakou What if they had better swimmers from the USA? There are about 196 states around the world. But Taiwan Ins't officially named yet which brings it to 195 states. Others might swim better than France did like the Australian teammate Thomas-Fraser-Holmes Who won the 200m Freestyle at the Pan-Pacific In 2014.
Human Beings are the best, not just French, ok?
thanks we are great champions 😉🇫🇷
"We"? I only saw one swimmer that won the race and not all french people.
After 200m freestyle in 2004 athens, i would say this was the one which had a lot of superstars and could have gone anywhere.....
Yeah... the great Ian Thorpe, Peter Van den Hoogenband (defending champion) and the GOAT Michael Phelps raced for the gold in a thrilling race. I didn't watch live on TV, but I saw a video on it....Wow.
Sunyang win 200m freestyle champion in 2016 rio Olympics and 2017 Budapest world championships，what's a pity for Agnel
Bruce is the greatest caller/commentator in Aus, and probe the World. You should hear him call his pet sport Athletics. He is just amazing, the Phelps/Usain of telecast sport.
Agnel the futur phelps !
he can't become phelps but may be thorpedo
theterminator308 well thorpe also reigned in the 400 for a long time so not exactly
Vomitoxx Did he race in Rio? I can't remember lol.
Phelps the endless trying to be Agnel
It would be interesting if Yannick Agnel and Sun Yang compete for "Fastest man in the water" in a 300m freestyle swimming, like the race of "Fastest man on the land" between Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson in 1997.
Asian swimmers have swag they got the dbs going on
9 years later, NODOBY came close to 1.43.1 , nobody even got under 1.44 , what a legendary swim.
Except for Chlorine Daddy
Definitely.
C'est marrant, dans les commentaires la plupart des francophones se mettent à écrire en anglais, mais vous êtes cramé les gars xD
Personne ne s'en fous
I remember I had been observing two French "tower" swimmers since 2010 European Championship : this guy and Camille Lacourt. I was impressed with their results there, esp Lacourt. When I knew their height, I was even more impressed : 2.02 m and 2.00 m, respectively. Wow.
I was glad Agnel won here. I didn't want Sun Yang or Park Tae Hwan won; let them only take 400m and 1500m which belonged to them.
Race start: 3:35
No one could have beaten Yannick here ! Not even Phelps, the reason why he chose not to swim that distance .
Yeh that would be a good race, or also Yannick Agnel vs James Magnussen over 150m would be pretty cool IMO
Biedermann cant even place without a suit
stuflikethis what do u mean?
Jason Bui He was a god in 2009 still holding the world record in the 200m free with a full body suit
but now in 2012 he had to wear a normal sized suit and didn’t even medal
Billy Bob ok thanks
Billy Bob do u know why they banned full body suits?
@@jasonbui6429 The issue isn't so much "Full body Suits", as those had been in use since the 1980's and really added a fairly marginal advantage to the swimmer; for example Ian Thorpe won multiple gold medals in the early 2000s wearing a full body suit, and no-one typically questions those victories.
HOWEVER, critically in around 2008, companies began producing full body suits and "legskin" (look like tight leggings, phelps wore'em a-lot) suits that were made of 50% POLYURETHANE, a compound that essentially floated on top water, leaving less water resistance for a swimmer to deal with. At the 2008 olympics, these suits were as previously mentioned, 50% polyurethane; which while adding a 1-1.25% decrease in time, wasn't that much faster than non-polyurethane suits (Also why phelps's many world record setting performances in 2008 are still held as the fastest in the world.)
Yet, in 2009 a suit that was 100% polyurethane was introduced, and this SHATTERED virtually every existing world record in Competitive swimming by a 2-5% decrease in times (WHICH is A TON in swimming at this level.) These 2009 suits, and sometimes the 2008 suits, which added less, but still a fairly substantial increase in speed are known as "Super Suits."
In 2010, any polyurethane at all in suits was banned, and perhaps because full body suits got so associated with the now illegal compound; they were banned aswell. Now swim wear known as "Textile Suits" are no longer permitted to be made with polyurethane, are not more buoyant than water, and are shorter than at the knee. People tend to consider the fastest times before the Supersuit era and after it (both in textile suits) as the actual world records; in some cases of exceptional swims, they are the world record.
TLDR: They banned full body suits cuz they usually had POLYURETHANE in them, a material that made swimmers go much faster than with something that mimicks human skin. People essentially saw the suits as not really swimming; or rather swimming in a way that was not "natural" or "real" (There are many other reasons aswell however.) The issue wasn't really that they "covered the entire body" however, that has a marginal effect on times; its rather the material that suits from 2008-2009 used known as Polyurethane that made them so much faster than the suits used before and after.
Also, Sun is invincible in the 1500. Totally agree there. He could have skipped training for a week leading up to this WC and still win it.
Let's imagine a race between Agnel London vs Phelps Beijing WOW
phelps was only 0.18 faster and did it with a much better suit. even if phelps had a smaller program agnel would still win
2001 Thorpe vs Angel.
Ian was in his own league as well, he would have been faster.
But this Angel form was nearly unexpected.
Noone has predicted a swim and dominance like this.
WOAH we can comment on these now?
5 of the 8 men are over 6ft4. huge.
Does anyone know what suit Biedermann is wearing?
Are those Beats product placements?
When did Yannick swim 3:43? If he did, he should have swum 400m freestyle at London Olympic because he would be more competitive in 400m than 100m. They are both great swimmers. Hope they will have more competitions at more events together in the next few years.
Where was Agnel in the Rio Olympic Games?
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I'm still stunned lochte didn't get a medal here.
2024 Olympics paris France is home advantage The fencing and cycling events that you may want to try are of course swimming and judo at least gold medal three to four. Bonus game football.
You'd better relax dude, you just cannot be saying Agnel isn't currently one of the best swimmers in the world.
2016 200m there's no full video on the match...
Sun needed to go out faster, Agnel swam perfectly here.
6:17. Can someone explain this hand entry? I've never seen it before
Teddy Tom He might be trying to make his hand as streamlined has possible as to minimize drag. I’m not sure if it’s that, or if he just does that out of habit haha.
2016?
Agnel&Titmus perfect combo for this distance ! Nobody can beat them at the moment and in a fair way (I mean without polyurethan) !
We will see what Popovici will do in 2024 ! Maybe under 1:44 but it will be difficult !
Gg Popovici, really impressive !
@@madafok He just went under 1:43
exactly my thought xD ... "he cant even medal" you wont believe that he´s talking about an olympic finalist in one of the hardest sports out there like that on youtube...wtf
I dont think so. Agnels stroke looks like no stroke ive seen before. Park tae hwan's stroke looks like thorpe's, just like sun yang's looks like grant hackett's (gee i wonder why). But agnel's stroke is very original and its probably my favorite stroke aesthetically
My stroke is like Agnels but obviously not as fast
Why isnt michael swimming can someone please tell me?
Paul Biedermann is still world class. I say they bring back the suits. Made the sport a lot more fun to watch.
tsk tsk, agnel! breathing on the breakout stroke!
What happened between Sun Yang and Park Taiwan or however it's spelled, what happened since they tied?
They both get silver and no bronze medal is awarded to anyone.
Shinoda908 oh ok
Park Taiwan Lol
Does anyone know what kind of training Yannick did?
Just look at Paul biederman his suit gave him that 1.42. He is 3 seconds off
Me who is watching this while eating cake wondering when we gonna swim
btw im not criticizing lochte, my reply was in defense of agnel. locte is brilliant
Texture 200m freestly world record
well, he's talked to bowman and bowman agreed to train him now. It's been on the swimming news lately.
Park is 6foot tall but swim so awesome :v
However, Yang's coaching problems might be a serious issue. I've heard rumors of him dropping various events.
why the heck they have got the same googles
....just enjoy the video guys and leave all the debates behind!
that's the proof that biederman did 1:42 thanks to his suit.
I mean his best in textile....not super suit
with a banned super suit. His best real time was a 1:44 high.
Paul Biderman beat Pheps and Agnel in the first leg of 4 200 shangai 2011
Emil Aliyev no its just because their are 3 years between and a lot happens in 3 years and a suit can’t give you 4 secs
@@frnzahnrt7044 They actually could. They were full body suits made out of polyurethane. They made you much more boyant and hydrophobic as the material wasn't absorbing any water at all.
I know right? All that was missing was Phelps Thorpe and VDH and it would have been the best field in history.