So a quick word here as I am a total moron. In the Heptathlon segment, I said it was 8 events when it's actually 7 events. I swear to you, dear viewer, I wrote it down as 7 in my script and then spoke 8 because apparently I am an idiot. So please forgive me!
its a good list. i lived in china for more than 15 years. i know ping pong is chinese national sport and they dominate, but they got more and more challenged..... but its not compare with the chinese women divers. those lady chinese divers and usain bolt are the toughest to catch.
You forgot Korea women archery team winning 10 consecutive gold medal the only country to receive gold medal in the event no other country has gold in that event since it started. Unbreakable record
The new gymnastics scores are a mix of Difficulty and Execution - hypothetically you could have a "perfect 10" on execution, but there's so many deductions, especially if you want to get your difficulty up (so for instance, having knees apart is a deduction, but it helps them get more air which helps them do more difficult skills which increases the D score). It's part of why Simone Biles is so dominant - her difficulty is unmatched. These are great though, neat trivia!
Thanks for the detailed breakdown of the gymnastics point system, it's tough for a layperson to wrap their heads around. Glad you like the video, thanks for checking it out!
Fun fact, Simone also has extremely good execution scores too like she wins with like a five-point margin, not just because she's doing the hardest gymnastics, but also she's getting extremely good execution scores
About Table Tennis, China is beatable. In Sweden we still speak about when we beat them in the TEAM-competion (which is insane) in three straight world championships in 1989, 1991 and 1993 (also in 2000). And in mens single Sweden won gold in 1992 and the same player took silver in 2000 and almost went on a miracle run in 2004 as a 40-year old (went to the semifinal), arguably one of the best players of all time and he's not Chinese.
Respect to Sweden, they have an awesome Olympic tradition and some serious reasons for pride in table tennis. They helped shape the early days of table tennis at the Olympics for sure!
that's 3 decades ago. Sweden no longer has the manpower to raise good players. China was good back then, but they really took off after 2004, after Wang Hao's loss to the Korean, they basically vowed never to lose gold singles ever again. If anything, we can look at Japan instead, since they actually won mixed doubles.
As a Chinese person who watched the 2004 game, let me say the 40-year old Swedish gentleman is an absolute legend to the Chinese. Dude played against multiple generations of Chinese ping pong players, and the commentators kept asking how come our 40-year olds already retired + became coaches + got fat, and this guy is still in top form. Respect ❤.
I think you're only missing the incredible record of the South Korean Women's Archery Team!!! 🤗 They have taken gold in every single Olympics, since the event started in 1988!!! So including this weekend's win, that is 10 consecutive golds!!! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 ❤️🇰🇷❤️
It's insane. Obviously swimmers get a lot more chances for medals, but that's been the case forever and no one has come close to Phelps' totals. It's not just one of the great Olympic records, it's one of the wildest SPORTS records of all time IMHO
@@voxathletica People always talk about how many events there are in swimming, but Phelps is the only person ever to be so good at so many events, so while swimming does give the opportunity, it's unlikely anyone will ever be so dominant in so many events.
@@educatedduck6618 100% this. There are absolutely more opportunities for him to win medals at Swimming than other events, but no one else has ever come close with all the same opportunities. It's the relative performance that is so incredible when you think about it
@@voxathletica Lets not forget that, if you take out Phelps, the most gold medals record would be for 4 different athletes with 9 gold each.. and only 1 of them is from swimming, while 2 of them from Athletics (it could be 3 if Bolt didnt lose one) and the last one from Gymnastics. If you considerer the next place, for athletes with 8 golds there are 9 before Paris 2024 and only 2 of them from swimming... so the argument of "Phelps is overrated because is swimming is easy to get that many medals" is the most ignorant thing to say to take out the credit of the greatest athlete of all times...
@@ymccormack9613 HIs 100m and 200m world records were not set at the Olympics, they were set at other events. So it directly proves that it is possible to run faster than his Olympic record (the topics in this video are for the Olympics), so they weren't included
India won 6 consecutive golds in a team sport, field hockey. USA broke this with 7 golds in women's basketball. In men's events though, I think the record still belongs to India.
Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. 2 USA. Jeff Rouse. Brad Bridgewater. Tom Dolan. only (3) three Individual Gold medals. 1. RUS. Alexander Popov. Denis Pankratov. only (4) four Individual Gold medals. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 check: USA 🇺🇸 - RUS.🇷🇺. 3 - 4.
Imagine watching the Olympics at 9 years old and knowing that you’ll be TOO OLD to break “The Youngest Gold Metalist” record by the time the next olympics comes around.
it wasn't in the olympics but 15 years ago Cesar Cielo beat the world record for 50m freestyle in swimming and it hasn't been beaten since and it's very unlikely to be beaten nowadays because of the change in regulations for swimwear, very impressive!
6 USA🇺🇸, The Olympic Games took place in the United States of America. 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics. - Victory of Russian Athletes in the overall medal standings. 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. - Victory of Russian Athletes in the overall medal standings. The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, USA. The Best Athletes of those games - Evgeny Grishin. won two (2) individual Gold medals. and Lidia Skoblikova also won two (2) individual Gold medals. The 1996 Summer Olympics, held in the United States, in Atlanta. The Best Athlete of those games - Alexey Nemov. won five (5) Individual medals, and one (1) team medal. and in Men's Swimming at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Alexander Popov became the Best Athlete.
There have definitely been some great performances by Soviet/Russian athletes over the years. Just as nearly every country has had their moment to shine at some point, relatively speaking at least
Lasha Talakhadze totaled 488kg in tokyo, if that record is ever broken I'll be VERY surprised. Weightlifting was one of the soviets favorite sports, and the soviets didn't fuck around. But Lasha SMASHED every all time record.
Those "youngest medalists" are the youngest ones whose ages are known, but what about the story of the young boy pretty much pulled out of the crowd by a Netherlands 2-man rowing team in 1900 as they needed a coxswain, and then won a gold medal? Also, heptathlon is 7 events, not 8 - it would be called an octathlon if there was an eighth event. Note that it is possible; prior to 1984, what is now the heptathlon was a pentathlon, with only 5 events (the 200m and javelin were not included, although for a long time, the 200m was run in place of the 800m).
Yeah that story from 1900 was featured in my video on the Paris Olympics of 1900, I put it at number one because it's such an insane story! OMG I am so embarrassed, I just went back and looked at my script and I wrote down 7, but for some reason I spoke 8 when recording. I'm such an idiot, I can't believe it. Thanks for pointing it out, I'm going to put up a pinned comment and accept the wrath of the internet as my punishment lol
Also, each governing body for sport can decide the age limit. So for example theoretically there could be a really amazing athlete who is just 12 or 13 years old, but their sports federation May set the age limit to 15 or 16 or older. So in gymnastics the age limit is 16. (Although historically, there has been a lot of cheating with age falsification from multiple countries)
Usain Bolt's world records. 9.58 is pushing the limits of human speed. Okay I just realised it wasn’t set at the Olympics, but his Olympic record times probably won't be beaten either.
His times are crazy fast, no doubt, but you hit the nail on the head as to why I couldn't put it on this list. By definition, his Olympic records have already been broken, so it stands to reason it's at least possible they will fall in the future
Soth Korea women's team in archery. Is more dominant than everything in your video... They have won gold for 40 years straight including 2024. 10 straight gold medals... Wanna know more...!? That is when the sport was introduced.
@@voxathletica you said there cannot be any team which has more dominance on a game. Which is certainly not true if you look at South Korea and archery. South Korean archery is atleast as good as Chinese table tennis. Atleast the women's category!
Also most of your records like the 13 year old or the lady winning it with such large points gap... Can be broken by some ONE person who is equally good or better. However to break South Korean archery record in Women's team event or even Chinese women's table tennis record. You need a nation to perform well or dominate for 40 years which is rediculous! So being consistent and dominating at the same time is even tougher than once in a blue moon kind of talent.
@@HarinathSrinivas Ok I'll say this again, this wasn't meant to be a video about ranking the most unbreakable records or a list of all of the unbreakable records, these were just some that I found interesting and I thought viewers might as well. But no doubt you are right, the South Korean's are hugely dominant in archery! Thanks for checking out the video.
I'm working on a whole video about Emil Zátopek, he's one of the greatest Olympians of all time and he's got a fascinating personal life as well, he's incredible!
How about Sir Steve Redgrave? 5 gold medals in 5 consecutive games. I am too lazy to do the research but would be interested to know who else has done this.
Olympics is getting worse. In the 80s when I was a kid it was such a revered thing. Skating seems kind of dumb to be an event. And the footage you showed didn't look like an olympic athlete to me. Also in swimming....They basically have the same race 4 different ways. That's why they have so many medals. Imagine if track and field had a "run sideways" and "run backwards" version of every race. Usain Bolt would have triple the medals.
I definitely agree that the Olympics have really shifted in the last 20-30 years. It's becoming more entertainment than athletics, which some may prefer so I won't judge as it's subjective. But it is definitely a long way from the amateur athletics of days gone by
It was extremely creative, I will give them that LOL.... I'm actually not as bent out of shape about the more controversial bits, I think it was just disappointing for me. French culture and history has SOOOOO much to offer and I feel like they really didn't do a great job of showcasing the best parts of their nation and their history. I also think there wasn't enough for the athletes. What do you think?
Too bad there isn't a time elapsed based event on the list. Those are some of the most impressive to watch when they do finally go down because you can look back on the time gap that was posted. Phelp's 400IM WR finally being broken set the stage for longest held swimming WR is an example of what I'm talking about.
There is an intresting wrinkle to the youngest to win a medal (gold or any) so gold is currently 13 and any is 10 but there might be someone who has both beat the only problem is it was like around 1900 and no one knows how old the kid was but many think he was 7 so if it could ever be 100% confirmed that would be the record and that would never be broken. Also it is crazy with Phelps if you remove team events he still has a crazy amount of gold and other medals that it probably won't be broken either.
Yes, that's why I said the youngest officially, as there is some dispute over the random French boy with the Dutch rowing team. That's a wild story on its own, and it's even wilder that the kid disappeared forever!
I would say China is just as if not more dominant in Diving especially since 1988. On the Women's Synchro 10 meter they have won All 8 Golds since it began in 2000. 3 Meter Synchro 7 in a Row. They have won 9 Straight Golds in Individual 3 meter & 6 times they also got the silver. at 10 Meter individual they won 8 of the last 10 Golds. And its a similar story on the Male side. No one tops China in Diving.
There are a few sports where there is a ton of dominance. Men's basketball for the USA, archery for South Korea, etc. So many wild stretches of impossible achievement, it's one of the most interesting parts of the Olympics
Big Brain Moment here I always wanted to be an Olympian and I wanna put out a challenge right here, I'll let the people on the channel to vote for any Olympic sport they want me to do and I'll make sure that I win gold in that sport for LA 2028 deal?
@@voxathletica Here are few more, if my memory is good. 1. China in women’s badminton. 2. USA in Basketball both men and women. 3. Russia in Rythmic Gymnastics. 4. Japan in Judo (overall class). You can check it out.
You're a bit off on the gymnastics scoring part. The new gymnastics scoring rules is a totally different system, and is way better and far more objective. Your routine starts with a base difficulty that you know going in. Around 14-16 points would be a hard routine. Then you are judged based off how well you execute the routine, and points are deducted. So you will have something like 15.5 points starting value, 1.5 points get deducted for imperfections in the routine, and your final score is 14.0.
Yes, bad clip grab from my end. Trying to pull footage and not have the IOC slap me with copyright claims is a tough act, but still I should have done better
never judge an athlete mainly about the number of gold medals, swimming have way more potential to win many Olympic medals vs most of sports. If your discipline is high jump sorry but you can win only one medal at each Olympic, swimming is way different. You can compare swimmers only vs other swimmers
Ok sure, but does that change the fact that he still won 23 gold medals and that's an Olympic record? At no point in the video did I say he is the greatest Olympian or the greatest athlete. I never said his achievements were any more or less remarkable than other athletes in other disciplines. The video was about Olympic records that may never be broken and I'm guessing, based on your comment, you agree with it being included And if you want to compare him against other swimmers, fine, how did the other swimmers do compared to him?
@@voxathletica yes but video compare him vs other countries, these countries are probably not great in swimming (no opportunity to get a ton of medals in one discipline) This athlete is great there is no doubt but please do not focus mainly on number of medal and then compare with other countries total medals.
@@pascaljutras178 Ok you're kind of contradicting yourself now. In your first comment, you said I can't compare him to other athletes because they don't compete in as many sports as him. But when I compare him to other countries that play in MORE sports for a LONGER time than him, I can't make that comparison either? I guess I'm not following the logic, I'm sorry
Plenty of track and field events to score with. The deal with Phelps is that he excelled at every swimming discipline when the vast majority of swimmers are good at one or two maybe. But hey, thanks for playing.
it is impossible for a person to get full domination on a lot of different track and field events, you will simply not see it, to get that they have to be similar and it is very limited. Phelps is a great athlete for sure and probably one of the best of all time at the Olympics but number of medals should not be the main thing to take in consideration
The women’s heptathlon record while impressive is far from unbeatable. Anna Hall is not far from it would have had a good shot at it if she had been healthy this year. If she continues to improve and stays healthy I have no doubt she could break the record in the next Olympics.
If we are talking percent of gold medals won in an events history USA mens basketball is on par if not a higher percentage of gold medals won with China and table tennis. Since 1936 US has won the men's basketball gold all but 3 times ('72, '88, '04) and in all realityit should only be two times because they were unquestionably screwed out of gold in 88. That team has to this day never accepted those silver medals. What's also a little known fact is that they only used college players until the the loss in 88 prompted the creation of the 92 Dream team that was all professional NBA players.
USA Men's Basketball dominance has been incredible, there's no doubt about it. And I love the story of the team not accepting their silver medals, just fantastic
His world records weren't set at the Olympics. So the Olympic records, by definition, have been proven they can be beaten, hence they were left off the list
@@voxathletica By this I mean, a medal tally can more easily be reached than other sports. I guarantee the next person who surpasses or comes close will be a swimmer!?
Why did you expect that? The title says Olympic records and the thumbnail is one of the most famous Olympians of all time. I don't know how I could have made the video topic clearer
America - has the most medals in any one Olympic Games > how many people actually turned up besides Americans? American - nervous sweating. Honestly tho I get it’s a record but it doesn’t really feel like one. Like if all the football teams in England decided to not play and my local pub club decided to play are we the best club in England? No of course we aren’t.
For sure, I understand what you're saying. But it's still a record, regardless of how it happened. The USSR got a cakewalk in 1980 as it was heavily boycotted, it was on their home turf in Moscow, and their athlete's were loaded with PED's and they still couldn't beat the US record. So while I get what you're saying, and your point has validity, the record is the record and it can't be topped, hence its inclusion
The USA is as dominant in basketball as china is in table tennis and while table tennis is popular for party games maybe around the world, professional isn’t. So USA is far more impressive. And commenting on Usain Bolt is just crazy, that’s all I need to say.
Phelps isn't that impressive to be honest. In swimming there are just waaaay more gold medals available for basically the same skill than in any other sports. Let's say a tennis player would dominate for 22 years and win every possible gold medal in these 5 consecutive olympic games. Then he would still be at only 15? Single, double and mixed? At the 2024 Olympics in swimming there are 35 out of 329 gold medals. Even though it's only 1 out of 48 disciplines. Even if you only go for freestyle you can get 10 medals at one olympics. Phelps gaines only 13 out of 23 gold's in individual contests. At 4 olympic games he won 5 different ones. So he won 13 out of 20 medals in his primary events. Don't get me wrong. He is one of the best ever, being on top of it for 4 olympics. But the medal count doesnt make it more impressive than e.g. Bolt dominating 100m and 200m consecutively 3 times.
I appreciate your detailed response. I hear what you're saying, especially as a few others have brought up those same items. But even if you want to discount the TOTAL number of medals won, his record is still staggering for the RELATIVE number of medals won. Like sure, you can't compare swimming to track or tennis or archery or whatever. So fine, compare him to 130 years of other swimmers with all of the same opportunities for medals, he completely and utterly destroys them. That, to me, is what truly earns him the place on the list.
His medals or his time in the 100m? His world record is faster than the Olympic record, so that kinda proves the Olympic record can be broken, hence why I didn't include it
The 9.58 isn't included in this list because that's not an Olympic record, it wasn't set at the Olympics. But it's gonna be tough to break, no doubt about it!
@@BrAnDoN67k Yeah, if he dropped that time at the Olympics, I probably would have included it, it's such a crazy number and no one has come close in recent years
For sure there are, but it's the volume of medals and the % of medals won that stands out for China in Table Tennis. This isn't possible in something like basketball, where a country can only get a single medal. A couple of viewers have suggested I do a separate video on sports dominated by 1 or 2 countries, basketball would definitely be on that list!
If we are talking percent of gold medals won in an events history USA basketball is on par if not a higher percentage of gold medals won. Since 1936 US has won the men's basketball gold all but 3 times ('72, '88, '04) and in all realityit should only be two times because they were unquestionably screwed out of gold in 88. That team has to this day never accepted those silver medals. What's also a little known fact is that they only used college players until the the loss in 88 prompted the creation of the 92 Dream team that was all professional NBA players.
Yeah I'm stumped too, I gotta admit. I suppose some folks would point to tradition, but that can't be all of it because they have introduced surfing, breakdancing, etc. in the last couple of years.
Swimming is easy and your body doesn’t have a lot of demands when swimming. If track and field had the 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 meter dashes etc then Usain Bolt would have like 50 gold medals full stop. Phelps is an average ‘athlete’ he pales in comparison to even the true average track and field professional. Swimming should be taken out of the Olympics. Not a sport and humans aren’t meant to swim anyways
I think swimmers would disagree that it's easy on their bodies. Might not be the same as track for example, but I doubt they'd say it's easy. And yeah, I totally agree that Bolt would have like 50 gold medals, but he doesn't, so he doesn't get a record. He should have chosen swimming I guess?
@@voxathletica once again swimming is not a sport, humans were not meant to swim. Saying you’re good at swimming is like saying ‘I’m good at something that’s irrelevant!’ I think Usain GOAT LEGEND WORLD RECORD HOLDER BOLT is very happy with his choice to run track and field. He is a far superior athlete to Phelps bar none. No comparison. Phelps also got arrested for DUI so he has no regard for other people’s health and safety. He could have hit and killed your loved one but okay!
@@user-bt4vs9ey1y Yeah that was a bad choice by Phelps, not sure what it has to do with his Olympic performances though. And if you go off of the logic of "humans aren't meant to swim", then that tosses most other Olympic events. Even sprinting itself, with Usain Bolt as you say, isn't what humans evolved to do as we are built for distance running, not sprints
@@user-bt4vs9ey1yand humans were meant to kick soccer balls? What a weird take. Actually almost all mammals can naturally swim, so if anything swimming is one of the most natural and relevant activities.
So a quick word here as I am a total moron. In the Heptathlon segment, I said it was 8 events when it's actually 7 events. I swear to you, dear viewer, I wrote it down as 7 in my script and then spoke 8 because apparently I am an idiot. So please forgive me!
Today I accidentally told my best friend she should be glad her grandma passed so maybe your mistakes aren’t so bad. Great video as always.
@@ajlorentz Oy, yeah that's worse, sorry to hear that. Glad you liked the video 👍
i thought you had to be 18, to compete in the Olympics 🤔
its a good list. i lived in china for more than 15 years. i know ping pong is chinese national sport and they dominate, but they got more and more challenged..... but its not compare with the chinese women divers. those lady chinese divers and usain bolt are the toughest to catch.
@@dodu8281 Chinese diving is another good example, you're right! So dominant
Getting a medal at 10 years old in Olympics is crazy and winning gold at 13 is also crazy
Right? Unbelievable stuff
I’m 11 and the closest I’ve ever gotten is getting 3rd in the 2nd. OST popular comp in my city
@@lalehh0 most people never make it anywhere close to the Olympics
Still waiting for the whistleblower to reveal his dope history.
You forgot Korea women archery team winning 10 consecutive gold medal the only country to receive gold medal in the event no other country has gold in that event since it started. Unbreakable record
And I saw they just won again today, what an insane achievement!
Damn that’s wild
Brady Elisson was so close man in men’s. The men and women archery team both unsurmountable.
The new gymnastics scores are a mix of Difficulty and Execution - hypothetically you could have a "perfect 10" on execution, but there's so many deductions, especially if you want to get your difficulty up (so for instance, having knees apart is a deduction, but it helps them get more air which helps them do more difficult skills which increases the D score). It's part of why Simone Biles is so dominant - her difficulty is unmatched.
These are great though, neat trivia!
Thanks for the detailed breakdown of the gymnastics point system, it's tough for a layperson to wrap their heads around.
Glad you like the video, thanks for checking it out!
Fun fact, Simone also has extremely good execution scores too like she wins with like a five-point margin, not just because she's doing the hardest gymnastics, but also she's getting extremely good execution scores
About Table Tennis, China is beatable. In Sweden we still speak about when we beat them in the TEAM-competion (which is insane) in three straight world championships in 1989, 1991 and 1993 (also in 2000). And in mens single Sweden won gold in 1992 and the same player took silver in 2000 and almost went on a miracle run in 2004 as a 40-year old (went to the semifinal), arguably one of the best players of all time and he's not Chinese.
Respect to Sweden, they have an awesome Olympic tradition and some serious reasons for pride in table tennis. They helped shape the early days of table tennis at the Olympics for sure!
that's 3 decades ago. Sweden no longer has the manpower to raise good players. China was good back then, but they really took off after 2004, after Wang Hao's loss to the Korean, they basically vowed never to lose gold singles ever again. If anything, we can look at Japan instead, since they actually won mixed doubles.
As a Chinese person who watched the 2004 game, let me say the 40-year old Swedish gentleman is an absolute legend to the Chinese. Dude played against multiple generations of Chinese ping pong players, and the commentators kept asking how come our 40-year olds already retired + became coaches + got fat, and this guy is still in top form. Respect ❤.
Please make some talented young Swedish Ping-Pong player. The Chinese team needs more powerful players from the other teams !
It's not quite at the medal level (yet), but Ni Xia Lian of Luxembourg at a young age of 61 competing at the Paris Olympic deserve a shout out!
I could Watch Old videos of Michael phelps and Nadia every now and then…They both are so freaking GOAT💪🏻💪🏻
Just incredible athletes, there's no doubt about it
I think you're only missing the incredible record of the South Korean Women's Archery Team!!! 🤗 They have taken gold in every single Olympics, since the event started in 1988!!! So including this weekend's win, that is 10 consecutive golds!!!
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
❤️🇰🇷❤️
Such an unreal streak of achievement! South Korea is incredible at Archery
Phelps record is the most incomprehensible ever.
It's insane. Obviously swimmers get a lot more chances for medals, but that's been the case forever and no one has come close to Phelps' totals. It's not just one of the great Olympic records, it's one of the wildest SPORTS records of all time IMHO
@@voxathletica People always talk about how many events there are in swimming, but Phelps is the only person ever to be so good at so many events, so while swimming does give the opportunity, it's unlikely anyone will ever be so dominant in so many events.
Imagine a boxer getting a medal every they fight.
@@educatedduck6618 100% this. There are absolutely more opportunities for him to win medals at Swimming than other events, but no one else has ever come close with all the same opportunities. It's the relative performance that is so incredible when you think about it
@@voxathletica Lets not forget that, if you take out Phelps, the most gold medals record would be for 4 different athletes with 9 gold each.. and only 1 of them is from swimming, while 2 of them from Athletics (it could be 3 if Bolt didnt lose one) and the last one from Gymnastics. If you considerer the next place, for athletes with 8 golds there are 9 before Paris 2024 and only 2 of them from swimming... so the argument of "Phelps is overrated because is swimming is easy to get that many medals" is the most ignorant thing to say to take out the credit of the greatest athlete of all times...
Michael Phelps is unbreakable
Dude was an absolute monster, I don't see how his achievements could be ever replicated again
We forgot about Usain Bolt 9.58 in the 100 and 19.19 in the 200 meters.
We did not forget about them. Both of those records were not set at the Olympics, so they aren't Olympic records.
@@voxathletica..what?????
@@ymccormack9613 HIs 100m and 200m world records were not set at the Olympics, they were set at other events. So it directly proves that it is possible to run faster than his Olympic record (the topics in this video are for the Olympics), so they weren't included
Those two records was never set at the Olympics
India won 6 consecutive golds in a team sport, field hockey. USA broke this with 7 golds in women's basketball. In men's events though, I think the record still belongs to India.
That's a hell of a streak!
The US men's basketball team also won 7 in a row.
Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming.
2 USA. Jeff Rouse. Brad Bridgewater. Tom Dolan. only (3) three Individual Gold medals.
1. RUS. Alexander Popov. Denis Pankratov. only (4) four Individual Gold medals.
Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 check: USA 🇺🇸 - RUS.🇷🇺. 3 - 4.
Not six consecutively
@@blazer9547 It is actually six consecutively, all Olympics between 1928 and 1956 on the men's side
All your videos help me learn so much! Keep up the great work!
Thank you, I'm glad you like them! Lots more to come in the future too
Imagine watching the Olympics at 9 years old and knowing that you’ll be TOO OLD to break “The Youngest Gold Metalist” record by the time the next olympics comes around.
LOL it's insane, isn't it?
it wasn't in the olympics but 15 years ago Cesar Cielo beat the world record for 50m freestyle in swimming and it hasn't been beaten since and it's very unlikely to be beaten nowadays because of the change in regulations for swimwear, very impressive!
Crazy impressive, what a time, I just had to look it up!
Give ‘em table tennis, I’ll take anything else 😂😂😂
Oh they've taken it, that's for sure
Never knew that art was an Olympic event. Thanks for the info.
It's a wild story in its own right, I'm thinking of doing a separate video on it!
Eric Heiden won every single Mens Speed Skating event at Lake Placid in 1980. That's 5 of the 6 Gold Medals for the US that year!
And he set four Olympic records and 1 world record doing it!
6 USA🇺🇸, The Olympic Games took place in the United States of America.
1960 Squaw Valley Olympics. - Victory of Russian Athletes in the overall medal standings.
1980 Lake Placid Olympics. - Victory of Russian Athletes in the overall medal standings.
The 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, USA. The Best Athletes of those games - Evgeny Grishin. won two (2) individual Gold medals. and Lidia Skoblikova also won two (2) individual Gold medals.
The 1996 Summer Olympics, held in the United States, in Atlanta. The Best Athlete of those games - Alexey Nemov. won five (5) Individual medals, and one (1) team medal. and in Men's Swimming at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Alexander Popov became the Best Athlete.
There have definitely been some great performances by Soviet/Russian athletes over the years. Just as nearly every country has had their moment to shine at some point, relatively speaking at least
Lasha Talakhadze totaled 488kg in tokyo, if that record is ever broken I'll be VERY surprised. Weightlifting was one of the soviets favorite sports, and the soviets didn't fuck around. But Lasha SMASHED every all time record.
I don't know enough about weightlifting to comment, but I'll believe you on this one, it sounds pretty nuts
Especially because they cut weightlifting down by 50% and want to remove it
Those "youngest medalists" are the youngest ones whose ages are known, but what about the story of the young boy pretty much pulled out of the crowd by a Netherlands 2-man rowing team in 1900 as they needed a coxswain, and then won a gold medal?
Also, heptathlon is 7 events, not 8 - it would be called an octathlon if there was an eighth event. Note that it is possible; prior to 1984, what is now the heptathlon was a pentathlon, with only 5 events (the 200m and javelin were not included, although for a long time, the 200m was run in place of the 800m).
Yeah that story from 1900 was featured in my video on the Paris Olympics of 1900, I put it at number one because it's such an insane story!
OMG I am so embarrassed, I just went back and looked at my script and I wrote down 7, but for some reason I spoke 8 when recording. I'm such an idiot, I can't believe it. Thanks for pointing it out, I'm going to put up a pinned comment and accept the wrath of the internet as my punishment lol
Also, each governing body for sport can decide the age limit. So for example theoretically there could be a really amazing athlete who is just 12 or 13 years old, but their sports federation May set the age limit to 15 or 16 or older. So in gymnastics the age limit is 16. (Although historically, there has been a lot of cheating with age falsification from multiple countries)
Usain Bolt's world records. 9.58 is pushing the limits of human speed. Okay I just realised it wasn’t set at the Olympics, but his Olympic record times probably won't be beaten either.
His times are crazy fast, no doubt, but you hit the nail on the head as to why I couldn't put it on this list. By definition, his Olympic records have already been broken, so it stands to reason it's at least possible they will fall in the future
Soth Korea women's team in archery. Is more dominant than everything in your video... They have won gold for 40 years straight including 2024. 10 straight gold medals... Wanna know more...!? That is when the sport was introduced.
When did I say that these were the ONLY Olympic records that exist? That they were the ONLY ones that may never get broken? Geez, pump the brakes....
@@voxathletica you said there cannot be any team which has more dominance on a game. Which is certainly not true if you look at South Korea and archery. South Korean archery is atleast as good as Chinese table tennis. Atleast the women's category!
Also most of your records like the 13 year old or the lady winning it with such large points gap... Can be broken by some ONE person who is equally good or better. However to break South Korean archery record in Women's team event or even Chinese women's table tennis record. You need a nation to perform well or dominate for 40 years which is rediculous! So being consistent and dominating at the same time is even tougher than once in a blue moon kind of talent.
@@HarinathSrinivas Ok I'll say this again, this wasn't meant to be a video about ranking the most unbreakable records or a list of all of the unbreakable records, these were just some that I found interesting and I thought viewers might as well. But no doubt you are right, the South Korean's are hugely dominant in archery! Thanks for checking out the video.
where Emil Zátopek, he has won 5 km, 10 km and marathon in 1952
I'm working on a whole video about Emil Zátopek, he's one of the greatest Olympians of all time and he's got a fascinating personal life as well, he's incredible!
@@voxathletica cool
How about Sir Steve Redgrave? 5 gold medals in 5 consecutive games. I am too lazy to do the research but would be interested to know who else has done this.
He is the only man in history to have won gold medals at 5 consecutive games in an endurance sport, per Wikipedia
Olympics is getting worse. In the 80s when I was a kid it was such a revered thing. Skating seems kind of dumb to be an event. And the footage you showed didn't look like an olympic athlete to me. Also in swimming....They basically have the same race 4 different ways. That's why they have so many medals. Imagine if track and field had a "run sideways" and "run backwards" version of every race. Usain Bolt would have triple the medals.
I definitely agree that the Olympics have really shifted in the last 20-30 years. It's becoming more entertainment than athletics, which some may prefer so I won't judge as it's subjective. But it is definitely a long way from the amateur athletics of days gone by
Opening ceremony Paris , YOUR THOUGHTS!!!!
It was extremely creative, I will give them that LOL.... I'm actually not as bent out of shape about the more controversial bits, I think it was just disappointing for me. French culture and history has SOOOOO much to offer and I feel like they really didn't do a great job of showcasing the best parts of their nation and their history. I also think there wasn't enough for the athletes. What do you think?
nafi thiam has the potential to have that new record (if she meets all her records in each discipline)
Good luck to her!
the two black men at 6:48 were the first ever South Africans to compete in the Olympics in 1904. Jan Mashiani and Len Taunyane.
Legends
Steve Redgrave a gold at 5 separate Olympics In an endurance event.
That dude deserves his own video, what an incredible athlete
May need to update this video every time Diplantis breaks his own world record🤣
LOL he can never be on the list, he breaks it too often!
I saw china won another table tennis gold in the mixed doubles this year. crazy how dominant they are
Truth. Though I also saw the #1 player shockingly lost, so it's not all sunshine!
Not surprising. Recommend reading about ping pong diplomacy between China and USA.
So Jackie Joyner set a world record in a sport she did as a side mission while trying to do multiple sports?
Yeah, that's basically it. She's the modern-day Jim Thorpe, just finding stuff to do and being awesome at it
Age limit in gymnastics is 16 years old now
Unless you're the Chinese team, where you just fudge the paperwork lol
Bro didnt even go into detail as to why the gymnast's perfect 10's is impressive... he mentioned other perfect 10's and that was it lol
Bro didn't have time in a 10 minute video. I'm working on a bigger video around the topic though
Too bad there isn't a time elapsed based event on the list. Those are some of the most impressive to watch when they do finally go down because you can look back on the time gap that was posted. Phelp's 400IM WR finally being broken set the stage for longest held swimming WR is an example of what I'm talking about.
Some of those events could have made the list too, incredible stuff there
"Tender" is a wild word choice to pick when describing a 13 year old
WTF? That says a lot more about you than me
“Tender age of” is a common English expression, don’t make it weird
@@superben1755 Yeah I'm gonna assume something got lost in translation here
Most people killed during the Olympics - Israel in Munich 1972. I don't think anybody want to break that record.
Um yeah, that's not a good record
Argentina won the gold at football in 2004 winning all the matches without conceding a single goal. You can improve it if you score more goals though.
Sure you can do better on goal differential, but it's hard to improve on zero allowed goals, insane!
They're also the only country to win gold in Men's Football & Basketball in the same Olympics.
Pakistani Arshan Nadeem has made a new best Javelin Throw Men Olympic World record of 92.97M Throw.
08/07/24 🎉
Congrats to Pakistan, first Olympic medal in a very long time!
@@voxathletica yes Absolutely. Thanks sir. ❤️🇵🇰
There is an intresting wrinkle to the youngest to win a medal (gold or any) so gold is currently 13 and any is 10 but there might be someone who has both beat the only problem is it was like around 1900 and no one knows how old the kid was but many think he was 7 so if it could ever be 100% confirmed that would be the record and that would never be broken.
Also it is crazy with Phelps if you remove team events he still has a crazy amount of gold and other medals that it probably won't be broken either.
Yes, that's why I said the youngest officially, as there is some dispute over the random French boy with the Dutch rowing team. That's a wild story on its own, and it's even wilder that the kid disappeared forever!
Oksana Chusovitina best athlet all time
The only gymnast ever to compete in eight Olympic Games, now that's impressive!
There was an 11year old competing in Paris 2024 skateboarding
Imagine if the 11 year old brought home the gold, wild stuff
I guessed the amount of medals Germany won at the 1904 Olympics first try without knowing
Come on, amazing! Go buy a lottery ticket :)
Bolt’s 9.58 should have made this list imo
Bolt's 9.58 was not set at the Olympics, so unfortunately it doesn't qualify for this list
@@voxathletica basically 9.63 hasn’t made it on the list because lightning Bolt himself has proven it can be done faster.
@@jurgenrudiger Exactly
I would say China is just as if not more dominant in Diving especially since 1988. On the Women's Synchro 10 meter they have won All 8 Golds since it began in 2000. 3 Meter Synchro 7 in a Row. They have won 9 Straight Golds in Individual 3 meter & 6 times they also got the silver. at 10 Meter individual they won 8 of the last 10 Golds. And its a similar story on the Male side. No one tops China in Diving.
There are a few sports where there is a ton of dominance. Men's basketball for the USA, archery for South Korea, etc. So many wild stretches of impossible achievement, it's one of the most interesting parts of the Olympics
Swimming has way too many categories!
Many folks would agree with you!
Usain Bolt 100 metres world record will never be broken.
There is already a faster time than his Olympic record, so his Olympic record can most definitely be broken. That's why it's not on this list
23 gold medals! Insanity...
Phelps was such a beast, I don't see how anyone can ever top him. But I suppose never say never...
Big Brain Moment here I always wanted to be an Olympian and I wanna put out a challenge right here, I'll let the people on the channel to vote for any Olympic sport they want me to do and I'll make sure that I win gold in that sport for LA 2028 deal?
You got a deal!
The domination of Kenya in the modern 3000-steeplechase should get a lime light. I think.
I'll check it out, maybe I'll add it to part 2!
@@voxathletica Here are few more, if my memory is good.
1. China in women’s badminton.
2. USA in Basketball both men and women.
3. Russia in Rythmic Gymnastics.
4. Japan in Judo (overall class).
You can check it out.
Which athlete has participated in the most Olympics and won something?
Don't leave us in suspense, tell us!
You're a bit off on the gymnastics scoring part. The new gymnastics scoring rules is a totally different system, and is way better and far more objective. Your routine starts with a base difficulty that you know going in. Around 14-16 points would be a hard routine. Then you are judged based off how well you execute the routine, and points are deducted. So you will have something like 15.5 points starting value, 1.5 points get deducted for imperfections in the routine, and your final score is 14.0.
Thanks for the clarification! I am definitely not an expert, that's for sure
Long Jump Record by Mike Powell in 1991 may never be beaten!
Agreed! Dude basically flew that day
It was not in the Olympics though.
@@stevem.3646 true but still will probably never be broken
1:28 was Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe
Yes, bad clip grab from my end. Trying to pull footage and not have the IOC slap me with copyright claims is a tough act, but still I should have done better
Still waiting for the whistleblower to reveal his dope history.
You may be waiting a rather long wait
@@voxathletica well you only get to know what you are allowed to know, so keep sleeping mate
@@gdaymate2391 Well yeah, that's the definition of knowing something
one of think should be on here is the us womens basketball team. they havent lost a game in Olympic play since 1992
They are a crazy dominant force for sure! Such a wild record of achievement
Phelps is the greatest olympian ever!
And, if going by medals, it's not even close
a bit crazy :)
Just a bit? :)
never judge an athlete mainly about the number of gold medals, swimming have way more potential to win many Olympic medals vs most of sports. If your discipline is high jump sorry but you can win only one medal at each Olympic, swimming is way different. You can compare swimmers only vs other swimmers
Ok sure, but does that change the fact that he still won 23 gold medals and that's an Olympic record?
At no point in the video did I say he is the greatest Olympian or the greatest athlete. I never said his achievements were any more or less remarkable than other athletes in other disciplines. The video was about Olympic records that may never be broken and I'm guessing, based on your comment, you agree with it being included
And if you want to compare him against other swimmers, fine, how did the other swimmers do compared to him?
@@voxathletica yes but video compare him vs other countries, these countries are probably not great in swimming (no opportunity to get a ton of medals in one discipline) This athlete is great there is no doubt but please do not focus mainly on number of medal and then compare with other countries total medals.
@@pascaljutras178 Ok you're kind of contradicting yourself now. In your first comment, you said I can't compare him to other athletes because they don't compete in as many sports as him. But when I compare him to other countries that play in MORE sports for a LONGER time than him, I can't make that comparison either? I guess I'm not following the logic, I'm sorry
Plenty of track and field events to score with. The deal with Phelps is that he excelled at every swimming discipline when the vast majority of swimmers are good at one or two maybe. But hey, thanks for playing.
it is impossible for a person to get full domination on a lot of different track and field events, you will simply not see it, to get that they have to be similar and it is very limited. Phelps is a great athlete for sure and probably one of the best of all time at the Olympics but number of medals should not be the main thing to take in consideration
The women’s heptathlon record while impressive is far from unbeatable. Anna Hall is not far from it would have had a good shot at it if she had been healthy this year. If she continues to improve and stays healthy I have no doubt she could break the record in the next Olympics.
Let's hope so, that's why I titled the video "may" never be broken, I'd love to see them all fall in time!
Romania 🇷🇴
Great country!
If we are talking percent of gold medals won in an events history USA mens basketball is on par if not a higher percentage of gold medals won with China and table tennis. Since 1936 US has won the men's basketball gold all but 3 times ('72, '88, '04) and in all realityit should only be two times because they were unquestionably screwed out of gold in 88. That team has to this day never accepted those silver medals.
What's also a little known fact is that they only used college players until the the loss in 88 prompted the creation of the 92 Dream team that was all professional NBA players.
USA Men's Basketball dominance has been incredible, there's no doubt about it. And I love the story of the team not accepting their silver medals, just fantastic
@adamriddle7425 It was actually 1972 when the US was screwed and not 1988.
india gold medal in hockey is also unbreakable
Which specific record are you speaking about?
WHERE S USAIN BOLT?
His world records weren't set at the Olympics. So the Olympic records, by definition, have been proven they can be beaten, hence they were left off the list
Swimming is swimming though!
I think we're in total agreement on that one
@@voxathletica By this I mean, a medal tally can more easily be reached than other sports. I guarantee the next person who surpasses or comes close will be a swimmer!?
it will be broken not may never be broken
Which one? Or all of them?
They will all be broken eventually. Give it another few hundred years and you will see.
On a long enough time scale, you're almost certainly right
13 years old gold medalist broken this year at 2024 paris
Which event?
what about Usain Bolt 8 gold medals at 3x Olympic games?
And only lost his 9th for something beyond his control, it doesn't get talked about enough!
I was expecting to for the video to talk about the world records not about contextual stuff about the Olympics, useless video
Why did you expect that? The title says Olympic records and the thumbnail is one of the most famous Olympians of all time. I don't know how I could have made the video topic clearer
America - has the most medals in any one Olympic Games
> how many people actually turned up besides Americans?
American - nervous sweating.
Honestly tho I get it’s a record but it doesn’t really feel like one. Like if all the football teams in England decided to not play and my local pub club decided to play are we the best club in England? No of course we aren’t.
For sure, I understand what you're saying. But it's still a record, regardless of how it happened. The USSR got a cakewalk in 1980 as it was heavily boycotted, it was on their home turf in Moscow, and their athlete's were loaded with PED's and they still couldn't beat the US record. So while I get what you're saying, and your point has validity, the record is the record and it can't be topped, hence its inclusion
ISA ISA USA USA EAHHHH (i only get like this during sports against other countries)
The patriotic spirit is strong with this one! 🦅🏅
The USA is as dominant in basketball as china is in table tennis and while table tennis is popular for party games maybe around the world, professional isn’t. So USA is far more impressive. And commenting on Usain Bolt is just crazy, that’s all I need to say.
When did I comment on Usain Bolt? Or are you saying it's insane NOT to comment on him? Why is that insane?
Phelps isn't that impressive to be honest.
In swimming there are just waaaay more gold medals available for basically the same skill than in any other sports. Let's say a tennis player would dominate for 22 years and win every possible gold medal in these 5 consecutive olympic games. Then he would still be at only 15? Single, double and mixed?
At the 2024 Olympics in swimming there are 35 out of 329 gold medals. Even though it's only 1 out of 48 disciplines.
Even if you only go for freestyle you can get 10 medals at one olympics.
Phelps gaines only 13 out of 23 gold's in individual contests. At 4 olympic games he won 5 different ones. So he won 13 out of 20 medals in his primary events.
Don't get me wrong. He is one of the best ever, being on top of it for 4 olympics. But the medal count doesnt make it more impressive than e.g. Bolt dominating 100m and 200m consecutively 3 times.
I appreciate your detailed response. I hear what you're saying, especially as a few others have brought up those same items. But even if you want to discount the TOTAL number of medals won, his record is still staggering for the RELATIVE number of medals won.
Like sure, you can't compare swimming to track or tennis or archery or whatever. So fine, compare him to 130 years of other swimmers with all of the same opportunities for medals, he completely and utterly destroys them. That, to me, is what truly earns him the place on the list.
How about usain bolt?
His medals or his time in the 100m? His world record is faster than the Olympic record, so that kinda proves the Olympic record can be broken, hence why I didn't include it
bolts 9.58 and 19.19 times in the 100m and 200m respectively wont ever get broken. got people like lyles running 9.80. fookin terrible
The 9.58 isn't included in this list because that's not an Olympic record, it wasn't set at the Olympics. But it's gonna be tough to break, no doubt about it!
@@voxathletica the runners today just dont have it in them. yes bolt set 9.58 at the world championships in berlin in 2009 didnt he
@@BrAnDoN67k Yeah, if he dropped that time at the Olympics, I probably would have included it, it's such a crazy number and no one has come close in recent years
Max Verstappen will win all the gold medals.
F1 in the Olympics would be an interesting sight to see
There's no other sport that is this thoroughly dominated by another country? Basketball???
For sure there are, but it's the volume of medals and the % of medals won that stands out for China in Table Tennis. This isn't possible in something like basketball, where a country can only get a single medal. A couple of viewers have suggested I do a separate video on sports dominated by 1 or 2 countries, basketball would definitely be on that list!
@lamelists I see... the volume is indeed hard to compete with, especially given that it's an individual sport and not a team sport.
@@whenisdinner2137 For sure, it's apples to oranges
If we are talking percent of gold medals won in an events history USA basketball is on par if not a higher percentage of gold medals won. Since 1936 US has won the men's basketball gold all but 3 times ('72, '88, '04) and in all realityit should only be two times because they were unquestionably screwed out of gold in 88. That team has to this day never accepted those silver medals.
What's also a little known fact is that they only used college players until the the loss in 88 prompted the creation of the 92 Dream team that was all professional NBA players.
Diving / China, this time they may get all 8 gold medals。 last time in Japan, China won 7/8
Why are shoot events considered Olympics but not art, neither of them involve being fit 😅
Ask the IOC, I've got a few questions for them too lol
But once it's broken, the australians will claim it's FAKE and not HUMANLY possible :)
Which record are you referring to?
Did he past the
Banned drug testing?
Did who pass the drug testing? There's more than a few "he" in this video
Kenya winning nine steeplechase gold consecutively
I hadn't even heard of that, truly remarkable!
Why not trent boults 100m record??
Trent Boult, the cricketer? Do you mean Usain Bolt?
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Period!
Phelps didn't win 23 but 22 , one against Čavić was the one they gave him.
So he won 22, they gave him 1, is that the math? That adds up to 23 I think
I'll never understand why events like Lacrosse or Ball hockey, something that requires athleticism, are not in the olympics but shooting a gun is....
Yeah I'm stumped too, I gotta admit. I suppose some folks would point to tradition, but that can't be all of it because they have introduced surfing, breakdancing, etc. in the last couple of years.
Nadia's is not a record. It's a mistake
Okie dokie
Swimming is easy and your body doesn’t have a lot of demands when swimming. If track and field had the 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175 meter dashes etc then Usain Bolt would have like 50 gold medals full stop. Phelps is an average ‘athlete’ he pales in comparison to even the true average track and field professional. Swimming should be taken out of the Olympics. Not a sport and humans aren’t meant to swim anyways
I think swimmers would disagree that it's easy on their bodies. Might not be the same as track for example, but I doubt they'd say it's easy.
And yeah, I totally agree that Bolt would have like 50 gold medals, but he doesn't, so he doesn't get a record. He should have chosen swimming I guess?
thats funny
@@voxathletica once again swimming is not a sport, humans were not meant to swim. Saying you’re good at swimming is like saying ‘I’m good at something that’s irrelevant!’ I think Usain GOAT LEGEND WORLD RECORD HOLDER BOLT is very happy with his choice to run track and field. He is a far superior athlete to Phelps bar none. No comparison. Phelps also got arrested for DUI so he has no regard for other people’s health and safety. He could have hit and killed your loved one but okay!
@@user-bt4vs9ey1y Yeah that was a bad choice by Phelps, not sure what it has to do with his Olympic performances though.
And if you go off of the logic of "humans aren't meant to swim", then that tosses most other Olympic events. Even sprinting itself, with Usain Bolt as you say, isn't what humans evolved to do as we are built for distance running, not sprints
@@user-bt4vs9ey1yand humans were meant to kick soccer balls? What a weird take.
Actually almost all mammals can naturally swim, so if anything swimming is one of the most natural and relevant activities.
With a population of 1.4 billion my country 🇮🇳 is poor in sports....😢😢
But getting better all the time! And India is dominating chess right now, so there's that :)
@@voxathletica what about Olympics poor in all events..🤡😭🥴🥴🙂
@@sameerchourasia8421 I did a couple of videos on countries that have never won medals, does that count?
You need to change your mentality when it comes to divisions in society. It's 2024. The whole country will benefit from that, in every field.
Your country is not poor in sports. Resources are not put in place to help athletes. Hopefully it will get better