Imagine being Bob Beamon sitting in front of a television hoping that no one breaks the record you set half a century ago...that must make you feel incredibly powerful
The World record before Beamon was almost 2 ft shorter than his jump and before him the record was being broken by fractions of inches. The former world record holder in the event at the same games said after his jump "compared to that jump we are children". What Beamon did at that games at the time seemed a physical impossibility. Historical records would indicate that the long jump record added about 4 1/2 ft from around the time of the ancient greeks to just before Beamon's jump. 4.5 ft in 2 millennia and Beamon adds almost 2 ft by himself in one jump.
He also chose the perfect career for his body type, have you seen the advantages he has in comparison to normal people? haha Double jointed elbows, smallest production of lactic acid ever measured in a swimmer, wingspan longer than his height! (not saying he's not great, just think it's a funny anecdote)
@@lunaquadrophenia17 i always thought he was like triple jointed in all major areas. his body was legitimately meant for swimming. also most people’s wingspan is longer than their height lol mine is
How many of Phelps’s 23 gold medals did he prove himself the fastest swimmer over a specific distance? Answer? Once. Just once. All the rest were from relays, less effective strokes than crawl, and medleys of those lesser effective strokes.
Glad that they are postponing the Olympics for next year. Besides, it might be good for the athletes to train even harder and make history in the making.
This is a good list. But I want to add some, at least as honourable mentions : 1. Jesse Owens's winning 4 gold in track and fields in Berlin 1936. This inspired Carl Lewis to achieve the same in Los Angeles 1984, something Usain Bolt could not do. 2. Mark Spitz 7 golds in Munich 1972. This is what inspired Michael Phelps to do his thing in Athens 2004 and in Beijing 2008. 3. Johny Weismuller in 100m free at Paris 1924. He was the 1st man to swim under 1 minute, i.e 59.0 secs at Olympic, although he had done it prior to the Olympic with 57.4 as the WR.
@@kx4998 I mean, the Olympics were the biggest sporting event since the ancient Greeks. Also in the 20th century, it was a dream for all athletes to get to the Olympics and it was the biggest glory to win it. I don't think it was the game of amateurs.
The different standards You really thinks it’s fair 20 year old guys playing for university teams against Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson? Olympic teams are recruited mostly It’s not like the top players are selected by competition It’s not like other disciplines
That’s actually how a lot of sports ended up being dominated by Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War for example. Without “professional” sports leagues, all the best athletes in these countries could maintain amateur status throughout their careers. That’s one of the things that made the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” so notable. The Soviets were playing all of the best players in the country, while the US could only send essentially college students.
As a gymnastics fan, I was happy to see nadia's perfect 10 on here but I'm surprised simone's triple double wasn't on here. It created the first J(or K, whichever it is) element on floor. I guess that could also be counted as breaking records though instead of game changing
I don't believe that was at the Olympics. It was at the US Gymnastics championships which is why it is not included here, this is for things that happened at Olympics specifically. though she has of course amazed us at the Olympics with her 7 medals she didn't change the way gymnastics was scored the way Nadia's perfect 10s did. I think that is why that is included and Simone is not in this particular list. In a gymnastics only (rather than Olympics specific) Simone Biles should probably top any list. Her roll of honours is incredible and longer than any competitor. Plus as you say she has performed some moves that no one else has been able to emulate.
@@Trisjack20 thank for this. This comment was long before I got heavily invested into the sport again so for some reason, I thought she had already done it at Rio before lmao. Have no idea why I thought that at the time lol. Thank you for being so insightful and positive though! ^^
@@murasakino101 It was still an epic delivery by a woman one can only stand in awe of. Love to talk to sensible people on line... it's very refreshing :)
So did Birgit Fischer (gold on each Olympics 1988-2004, plus one in 1980). Aladar Gerevich of Hungary won 6 consecutive golds; furthermore, he started before World War II in 1932, 1936, then 1948-1960.
@@jedrzejrakoczy6059 They are both titans of their sports and definitely deserve a special recognition for that. She was I believe the youngest and the oldest ever canoeing champion. Isabell Werth did something similar but she was mounted so it was not the same as Fischer's feat. I also think Aladar is a little different as he was doing fencing which though explosive and an incredible feat is not an endurance sport. People like Redgrave, Fischer, Gerevich and Werth are something special not just for their out and out power but their longevity. To keep something like this up at that level for so long is inspiring in a different kind of way.
yes! to me, that and the wind tunnel bike should have more focus, because that was when people applied science to the sports amd completely wrecked the perception of what it meant to be the best at it.
Michael Phelps is not the 1st Olympian who had most Medals at the same Olympic with his 8 gold medals. Alexander Dityatin of USSR/Russia did it first in gymnastic at 1980 Olympic. He won 8 medals, although only 3 were golds.
@@benjaminmicale7022 Naismith was a Canadian Immigrant to the US who became a US Citizen. He lived most of his life in the US including when the game was invited. In 1891 he created the game at the request of his boss at YMCA in Springfield Massachusetts USA. The first collegiate game was in 1893 in the US. The first Professional league was in 1898 in the US. Canada didn't have a professional basketball team until 1946. The sport of Basketball was created in the US and matured into the sport we know it today because of the opportunities and culture of the United States of America. It can't be Canadian sport if the first game, collegiate, and professional all were in the US.
@@whenisdinner2137 Also when you're one of the few countries where it's widely played. The only truly global sport is athletics. Every culture has its own complex team sports, but athletics is just about what we do when we are little kids - see who can run the fastest and jump the highest.
You missed Almudena Cid at Beijing 2008, the Only Rhythmic gymnast in all the history who make 4 olympic finals and Evgenia Kanaeva at London 2012, the only rhythmic gimnast who won 2 Olympic golds
Not to be *That Person* but I googled Bob Beamon to see if he was still alive (which he is!) after setting an amazing record and never having it broken. However, apparently someone did beat it in '91. NONETHELESS, his record stood for 23 YEARS!!! That guy is a legend! The current record holder is Mike Powell, the one who beat Beamon's record, (who is also still alive) and the record he set has not been beaten since!
no wonder why the long jump smashed records in 1986 mexico city because of the high elevation there in mexico city other places not as high elevation difficult for the long jump today probably lots of field records smashed high jump, discus and shot put as well as javelin and hammer throw and triple jump also broken due to the high mexico city elevation above 7,200 feet still hold record today in the olympics
@@erikayang5545 Basically he is saying that as long as it's an event that doesn't require a lot of endurance (ie breathing in lots of oxygen like in a marathon or cycling) it is thought that you can expect better performances in higher altitude. This is because moving has slightly reduced air resistance. Any objects thrown, such as a discus or javelin, would tend to travel further because of that as well. For runners etc it is countered because it is harder to breath in enough oxygen but something short that as all about wind resistance the elevation can scientifically help.
They stole one gold medal from Cavic and gave to Phelps in Beijing. 7 is great but he didn't win 8. Just like at this year at Olympics in Paris when judges stole in semifinals victory from Serbia.
Glad that they are postponing the Olympics for next year. Besides, it might be good for the athletes to train even harder and make history in the making.
The 1968 Olympics were epic lol so much stuff happened😂
First ones to be transmited on colour
And the first where a woman light the Olympic torch
Also the first to use synthetic tracks in place of clay or saw or cinder track.
George Foreman won gold in heavyweight at that Olympic, and then became a KO monster after turning to Pro.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos did Black Power Salute in 200m medal ceremony as a protest to racism and injustice for African-American in USA.
Imagine being Bob Beamon sitting in front of a television hoping that no one breaks the record you set half a century ago...that must make you feel incredibly powerful
i think it was wind-assisted so it didn't actually count world record-wise
@Jonathan Parks People give the altitude argument, however no one else was jumping that far
The World record before Beamon was almost 2 ft shorter than his jump and before him the record was being broken by fractions of inches. The former world record holder in the event at the same games said after his jump "compared to that jump we are children". What Beamon did at that games at the time seemed a physical impossibility. Historical records would indicate that the long jump record added about 4 1/2 ft from around the time of the ancient greeks to just before Beamon's jump. 4.5 ft in 2 millennia and Beamon adds almost 2 ft by himself in one jump.
@Jonathan Parks we also have to consider less air at that altitude also means less oxygen
5:32 Lady wore clout goggles years before it was popular. Truly a game changing moment at the Olympics
so true henry lui
Omg yeah 😂😂
Phelps is one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Greatest of the 21st century so far
Digging the music
He also chose the perfect career for his body type, have you seen the advantages he has in comparison to normal people? haha Double jointed elbows, smallest production of lactic acid ever measured in a swimmer, wingspan longer than his height! (not saying he's not great, just think it's a funny anecdote)
@@lunaquadrophenia17 i always thought he was like triple jointed in all major areas. his body was legitimately meant for swimming. also most people’s wingspan is longer than their height lol mine is
How many of Phelps’s 23 gold medals did he prove himself the fastest swimmer over a specific distance? Answer? Once. Just once. All the rest were from relays, less effective strokes than crawl, and medleys of those lesser effective strokes.
Glad that they are postponing the Olympics for next year. Besides, it might be good for the athletes to train even harder and make history in the making.
Touché
Its bad for us swimmers. We don't have a facility to train in
Ya it’s good apart from some that are now past their prime and can’t compete at the highest level of their game or at all
This is a good list. But I want to add some, at least as honourable mentions :
1. Jesse Owens's winning 4 gold in track and fields in Berlin 1936. This inspired Carl Lewis to achieve the same in Los Angeles 1984, something Usain Bolt could not do.
2. Mark Spitz 7 golds in Munich 1972. This is what inspired Michael Phelps to do his thing in Athens 2004 and in Beijing 2008.
3. Johny Weismuller in 100m free at Paris 1924. He was the 1st man to swim under 1 minute, i.e 59.0 secs at Olympic, although he had done it prior to the Olympic with 57.4 as the WR.
Just so you know, his name was J C Owens
Imagine owning the rights to the live audio feeds from the stadiums these clips are taken from and instead choosing some radio rock and roll.
dad rock
Nadia not only hot a perfect 10 ,she got a perfect 10 four times in a row. This is absolutely mind boggling
She was like a butterfly on those bars. Seems to be barely touching them
In many ways she redefined how they scored gymnastics.
7:02 thé man in thé back couldn't believe his eyes...
Im normal person I see Michael Phelps I click
2:33 wait what is jens lehmann doing here isn’t he a legendary goalkeeper
Same name, but different guy!
Why couldn't teams bring their professional players to the Olympics? Then how can you decide who is the best if you can't bring your best??
because when the olympics begin it is seen as only for amateur only
@@kx4998 I mean, the Olympics were the biggest sporting event since the ancient Greeks. Also in the 20th century, it was a dream for all athletes to get to the Olympics and it was the biggest glory to win it. I don't think it was the game of amateurs.
so true aniko koren
The different standards
You really thinks it’s fair 20 year old guys playing for university teams against Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson?
Olympic teams are recruited mostly
It’s not like the top players are selected by competition
It’s not like other disciplines
That’s actually how a lot of sports ended up being dominated by Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War for example. Without “professional” sports leagues, all the best athletes in these countries could maintain amateur status throughout their careers. That’s one of the things that made the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” so notable. The Soviets were playing all of the best players in the country, while the US could only send essentially college students.
As a gymnastics fan, I was happy to see nadia's perfect 10 on here but I'm surprised simone's triple double wasn't on here. It created the first J(or K, whichever it is) element on floor. I guess that could also be counted as breaking records though instead of game changing
I don't believe that was at the Olympics. It was at the US Gymnastics championships which is why it is not included here, this is for things that happened at Olympics specifically. though she has of course amazed us at the Olympics with her 7 medals she didn't change the way gymnastics was scored the way Nadia's perfect 10s did. I think that is why that is included and Simone is not in this particular list.
In a gymnastics only (rather than Olympics specific) Simone Biles should probably top any list. Her roll of honours is incredible and longer than any competitor. Plus as you say she has performed some moves that no one else has been able to emulate.
@@Trisjack20 thank for this. This comment was long before I got heavily invested into the sport again so for some reason, I thought she had already done it at Rio before lmao. Have no idea why I thought that at the time lol. Thank you for being so insightful and positive though! ^^
@@murasakino101 It was still an epic delivery by a woman one can only stand in awe of. Love to talk to sensible people on line... it's very refreshing :)
@@Trisjack20 I fully agree! It certainly was epic and it's still amazing to see her compete it today. Glad to know others feel the same ^^
How about Steve Redgrave winning gold at 5 consecutive olympics in an endurance sport? That was a huge deal
5:32 Lady wore clout goggles years before it was popular. Truly a game changing moment at the Olympics
So did Birgit Fischer (gold on each Olympics 1988-2004, plus one in 1980). Aladar Gerevich of Hungary won 6 consecutive golds; furthermore, he started before World War II in 1932, 1936, then 1948-1960.
Agreed but there are lots of game changers! He was and is an icon though!
@@jedrzejrakoczy6059 They are both titans of their sports and definitely deserve a special recognition for that. She was I believe the youngest and the oldest ever canoeing champion. Isabell Werth did something similar but she was mounted so it was not the same as Fischer's feat. I also think Aladar is a little different as he was doing fencing which though explosive and an incredible feat is not an endurance sport. People like Redgrave, Fischer, Gerevich and Werth are something special not just for their out and out power but their longevity. To keep something like this up at that level for so long is inspiring in a different kind of way.
How come nobody talking about the flop. That seemed the most impressive to me...completely changing the sport.
Absolutely, He's an engineer who used his brain to overcome his athletic limitations to win a Gold Medal.
yes! to me, that and the wind tunnel bike should have more focus, because that was when people applied science to the sports amd completely wrecked the perception of what it meant to be the best at it.
Incredible people
Digging the music
Olga korbut changed women's gymnastics forever. Girls all over the world wanted to be her. She should at least get honorable mention
I so glad to you, Michael Phelps.
Michael Phelps is not the 1st Olympian who had most Medals at the same Olympic with his 8 gold medals.
Alexander Dityatin of USSR/Russia did it first in gymnastic at 1980 Olympic. He won 8 medals, although only 3 were golds.
The video meant to say Phelps’ 8 gold medals is the first.
I must be getting old. I can no longer watch a race to its fullest extent, and read a caption below it at the exact same time.
Jason lezak the real hero doe
7:00 just look at the face of thr judge
Nice
That US bball team ain’t even fair🤣🤣
That's what happens when you invent the sport lol
@@whenisdinner2137 Naismith was a Canadian bro
@@benjaminmicale7022 Naismith was a Canadian Immigrant to the US who became a US Citizen. He lived most of his life in the US including when the game was invited. In 1891 he created the game at the request of his boss at YMCA in Springfield Massachusetts USA. The first collegiate game was in 1893 in the US. The first Professional league was in 1898 in the US. Canada didn't have a professional basketball team until 1946. The sport of Basketball was created in the US and matured into the sport we know it today because of the opportunities and culture of the United States of America. It can't be Canadian sport if the first game, collegiate, and professional all were in the US.
@@thejbturtle They dominate at BBall like Chinese in Table tennis haha
@@whenisdinner2137 Also when you're one of the few countries where it's widely played.
The only truly global sport is athletics. Every culture has its own complex team sports, but athletics is just about what we do when we are little kids - see who can run the fastest and jump the highest.
Nadia Comaneci scored the first 10 at the Olympics. She, and other gymnasts like Vera Caslavska, had scored 10's previously at other competitions.
Meanwhile, for men, Alexander Dityatin of USSR/Russia scored the 1st perfect Ten at Olympic.
FIRST!
Houve uma revolução no Atletismo no México'68.
Get rid of that hideous background music. Plus, it's far too loud.
I agree
where is Usain Bolt in Beijing 2008 ???
didnt do anything that changed the game just broke a record
@@peenhead9938 he changed 100m sprint forever
I like how each time a sport gets suspended someone posts highlights from others ones like they think it’ll make us feel better.
You missed Almudena Cid at Beijing 2008, the Only Rhythmic gymnast in all the history who make 4 olympic finals and Evgenia Kanaeva at London 2012, the only rhythmic gimnast who won 2 Olympic golds
IDK why Beamon and Fosbury never competed at any other Olympics?
Yes! Because of Corona
Jens Lehmann 😂
M.P THE GOAT
What about Stefka Kostadinova and her world record in the high jump. of 2.09 metres has stood since 1987 .
This is about events at Olympics.
6:17🔥
Felups is king of olampic forever he is only one golden man
Where's Nigeria's win at Atlanta 96. The biggest upset of all time and first African country to win an Olympic football gold
Did Jesse Owens not happen or sum?
hasnt the long jump record been beaten and now its like 8.95m ?
The Olympic record still stands. Mike Powell got his 8.95 at WC 1991.
Hi
Nba players allowed to compete better be on here it really changes the game
My CI worker Merel is Syrian!
Not to be *That Person* but I googled Bob Beamon to see if he was still alive (which he is!) after setting an amazing record and never having it broken. However, apparently someone did beat it in '91. NONETHELESS, his record stood for 23 YEARS!!! That guy is a legend! The current record holder is Mike Powell, the one who beat Beamon's record, (who is also still alive) and the record he set has not been beaten since!
Yes his record was broken but not in the Olympics. His Olympic record still stands.
They say in the video at the Olympics specifically
Imagine being able to watch this without the most annoying music ever. ?
WHO ELSE GOT THIS FROM SCHOOL? no?, just me okay
👍👍👍
hello marlingod
Corona
Yes! Because or Corona
What’s with the music
The editing and music in this video are unbearable.
Hai i love you
The music makes the video almost unwatchable
Video+ music -
Please Olympic Channel change the music.
Third
What's with the music?
Boardman didn’t ‘overlap’ Lehman, he ‘lapped’ him. Please use the correct terminology. You should know this.
phelps' record should have been first cuz no one even got close to achieving of what he has
no wonder why the long jump smashed records in 1986 mexico city because of the high elevation there in mexico city other places not as high elevation difficult for the long jump today probably lots of field records smashed high jump, discus and shot put as well as javelin and hammer throw and triple jump also broken due to the high mexico city elevation above 7,200 feet still hold record today in the olympics
hi i don't really understand what you mean- could you explain how elevation affects jumps/javelin/throws? thanks!
Also, drug testing was in it's infancy... Track and Field is notorious for doping.
@@erikayang5545 Basically he is saying that as long as it's an event that doesn't require a lot of endurance (ie breathing in lots of oxygen like in a marathon or cycling) it is thought that you can expect better performances in higher altitude. This is because moving has slightly reduced air resistance. Any objects thrown, such as a discus or javelin, would tend to travel further because of that as well. For runners etc it is countered because it is harder to breath in enough oxygen but something short that as all about wind resistance the elevation can scientifically help.
They stole one gold medal from Cavic and gave to Phelps in Beijing. 7 is great but he didn't win 8. Just like at this year at Olympics in Paris when judges stole in semifinals victory from Serbia.
Yes Phelps. The Lance Armstrong of the swimming world I think 🙈
No way...Phelps played clean, Armstrong is a cheater.
7 minutes of poor, unnecessary and irritating gituarnoise on the backround. 😒. Great moment though.
Troubles nu ik ken geen verdwjjning
Olympics 2016 in Brazil is very bad
Okh.
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Video is too long. U could have make it way shorter and more entertaining
who from 2020 covid-2019 die
Glad that they are postponing the Olympics for next year. Besides, it might be good for the athletes to train even harder and make history in the making.
Jason lezak the real hero doe
Best close in a swimming relay ever. Never forget it.