London 2012 Olympic Final Men's 800 RACE RECAP!
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- One of the most bittersweet moments of my entire career! I ran my lifetime best for 800 meters (1:42.95) but it was only good enough for 5th place. STILL the fastest 5th place finish ever!! :D
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Did u script this video? The speaking is really good!
You was the fastest finisher in this race. I believe you could of run 142.50 that day and got the bronze. 🥇
you liked my Instagram commenttttt!!!! LOVE YOUUU COME TO NYCC
In the history of the WORLD you’re the 35th fastest in this event. You’re a legend!!!
Insane
Still not number 1
@@bradcooper5667 Never underestimate Kenyans!!! Nick is still the fastest 800M white guy ever.
@@bradcooper5667 so?
@@craigwheeler4760 No. Nick is NOT the fastest 800M white guy ever. Andre Bucher & Juri Borsakowski were both faster than Symmonds
Nick, you got 5th place in the greatest 800m race of all time. Think about that!
5th place in the whole world! That's some impressive shit, right there!
All time!
Just watched a clip of the 800 meter final at London Olympics. "The pace was so fast, the last placed athlete would have won gold at the previous three Olympics" Arguably the best footrace ever at an Olympics. You were there. Amazing! Respect.
This race it was the fastest race ever for all positions, 1st was a wr. 2nd ran the fastest ever second place and the same for 3rd to 8th. One hell of a race to be involved in.
Man, too bad you can’t post the actual video. TH-cam’s copyright system is very bad. Using the video is definitely under fair use so I don’t know why they did that.
yeah it's ridiculous imo
@@NickSymmondsToo is there a place where you could upload a video of you commentating it, maybe somehwere other than TH-cam? or would the IOC still find it?
If it's genuinely fair use once a DMCA takedown is made you can fight it and they'll be forced to take you to court, where a jury will decide whether or not it was fair use. If it's just a content ID takedown then you can deny it with no repercussions.
we all know you would've gotten first if you had some rungum...
so true!! :D. Unfortunately I didn't create it until 2014 :(
@@NickSymmondsToo imagine rudisha eating run gum...
If Rudisha chew,d run gum,,,,, how fast would he have run????MMMMMMMMMMMMM????
Ha lol true
Simon Edwards wouldve done 1:39
Love hearing this unique perspective, Nick. Awesome! "Just Run" - Brilliant advice.
Also... that look of disbelief on Osagie's face in the semi 😂
When you said you genuinely didn't believe the 1:42.95 that made me so happy idk why
Bruh. When I see David Rudisha I just get so jealous. How is he so smooth and how does he run so effortless. I think I heard you say when you look at him you see a Messiah Warrior and I could only dream to be as good as Rudisha or even you, I mean you ran 1.42! Also give Amos credit for equaling the former record of Sebastian Coe.
...it was also a world junior record for Amos.🏃
*Maasai Warrior.
Maasai is a warrior tribe from kenya, pretty popular, known for chasing lions. Rudisha is from that tribe.
David has a insane form.
Watch Kenensia bekele perhaps the most incredible form I've seen. 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2013 North run are one of the most memorable performances
Nick, this was an important watch for me. In highschool, I missed my school record 5k by 0.9 seconds and missed my dream 3200 time by 0.3 seconds. It's tough to grapple with, but I love your perspective. It's about the journey, not the outcome. We're not defined by times or places, and I truly believe I did everything in my power to run as fast as I could in those days, so I can't have any regrets or hard feelings, the same way you shouldn't about not winning an Olympic medal. Thanks for being an inspiration, keep up the awesome vids ✌️
The olympics is a lot bigger than your school event nobody cares or remembers about other than you
@@anthonyjoshua1603 You like pissing on someone else's parade yea?
@@Tuindwergje I thought it was funny. Someone doesn’t know how hard it is to win or not break the record or even just PR. PRing in XC (running a season best 19:42) was one of my favorite moments in high school. I didn’t care that I took 29th place and just missed out on a medal, didn’t care, I cared about the record I set. The
13:52 This is so powerful, and I love how he mentions this because so many people gloss over that part. Those small moments are always the best!
let's go another race recap, loving these videos keep going
Nick, this was such a great story to hear. Thank you for telling it!
my pleasure! thanks for watching
“You can always run another race, but you can never relive a party” - Nick Symmonds (kinda)
Nick, I'm two years late on this comment, but you're an inspiration and a legend. Thanks for sharing this story, and it's been a pleasure following your post-Olympic exploits on the ol' Tube.
I like how you didn’t make excuses when you got 5th place it really shows how good and how humble of a athlete you are👍🏼. You just earned a new subscriber.
Olympians are on an entire level by themselves... You guys are actually thinking "Oh there's no way I can possibly shave off .5 seconds this year, that's just too much". Meanwhile, I'm down here in a local rural school running 800s at 3:00 knowing I can shave off more than 30 seconds this track season without training beforehand... That's just insane to me.
Yeah... because they are already at their best pace.
A 3:00 800 is so slow you probably didn't give it your best shot
@@warr1or705 nah i did give it my best shot, i brought that 3:00 down to a 2:08 in one year.. because i worked my ass off for it
@@jameshenry6655 that's great dude!
but i do think you didn't maximize your potential, because 3:00 is a damned slow time. 2:08 is a pretty decent time for a high schooler running track
Fifth best in the world is incredible. Fifth best in the greatest 800 ever is mind boggling. I’ve always felt it’s unfortunate that more olympians don’t get recognized for results that aren’t winning or medaling. So few people ever can even imagine doing something like this. Congrats, Nick. I always rooted for you when you were racing, and I thank you for the fun, and the videos now. But I did say to a friend that Rudisha was as big a lock as anyone in track, other than maybe Bolt.🙂
i love ur content. i met u in 2017 or 2018 in washington state at an xc meet. i was so surprised to meet u. didn’t know u had a youtube channel. i’m in college now but i remember that day meeting you, i PR’ed (16:24). love you man!
Man competing at the Olympic finals must have racked up so many nerves, your accomplishment was amazing! Are there also multiple rounds (prelims, semis, finals) for the longer events like the 1500, 5000, and/or 10000?
yes for the 1500 (three rounds). I think there are two rounds for the 5K and straight final for 10K. Don't quote me on that tho!
As an upcomming pro-athlete.. hearing your thoughts/feelings before the race and the emotions you had, makes me feel emotional, ngl.. thank you for sharing!
Watched this race and it was a proud moment for my country Kenya...Rudisha took Gold and the world record while Kiptum took bronze. The race was epic and all the athletes outperformed themselves and did really well including you Nick
Thanks for sharing those personal moments with us. As a 49 years old veteran athlete, it's inspiring to see other passionate people talking about their passion and it's additional motivation to continue training hard.
I think I enjoyed this even more than if you had been able to show the full video. you do such a good job of describing everything that it feels like we are transported there ourselves.
A philosopher athlete. Thanks, Nick.
Man I'm hooked on these recaps and the way you commentate them, this is pure wisdom like a father leaving a video to his son about life
As an older athlete at 36 years of age, I came to the conclusion that these memories about tough training sessions, good days and bad days, competitions and the connections to other friendly athletes and people are what has made the journey so absolutely sweet. I´m pushing hard and competing as good as I can, but not just for myself anymore. There is a group of young athletes at my club, about half or just one third of my age, who are doing the sport with the same passion as I did at their age. They are having a well charactered coach and I became a part of their group. The coach is coaching and I am trying to give them a good run for their money on every track sessions. Currently, I can still push and often bypass them, but I am waiting with excitement for the day until they surpass me. The sooner the better. The torch will be passed on.
Honestly, hitting a personal best on the biggest stage is probably all that we can ask for already. good job man.
I just love hearing the pros tell their stories. Loved it!
This was the most incredible race. Rudisha ran it like a Mike Tyson one-minute knock-out. I don't think he even looked at another runner from the start to the finish.
You did well in awesome company.
I have probably watched this race probably 100 times. I used to watch it before every race i ran and every time i’m amazed with this one! It’s a great motivational race and probably the most exciting to watch.
I know this is 3 months late.. but running a PB in the greatest 800m of all time!? That's insanely amazing to hear. I'm glad you got to experience that! 😁
Thanks Nick! I have a huge race Saturday and on my run today I told myself what you said. I said, "just run!" I know it's going to hurt and I hope I hurts the most I've ever hurt. Thanks again for inspiring young athletes and putting our immature minds on the right track!
The greatest 800 ever. EVERYONE brought their best including you!! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE
Your part of 800 meter history period
This is such a wonderful exposition. Your blog is very good as well. Everyone appreciates all you have done, from great, great races right up until today's commentary.
I've watched that 800m final dozens of times but had never thought about it from anyone else's perspective except for Rudishas. This was awesome. Thank you
This race was absolutely NUTS!!! Think about this....Andrew Osagie finished 8th in this race in 1 min 43.75, this would have won the Gold Medal in the recently-finished World Championships in Budapest, eleven years on!! Is that mad, or is that mad???
Thank you Nick!
I’ve been waiting 8 years for the inside story on the greatest 800 ever... Certainly bittersweet, and I’ve often wondered if Duane felt the same way- if you two have ever discussed that race years later?
PS the crowd’s epic roar in london was sorely missed in Rio, and looks like it will be in Tokyo for covid reasons too alas
Didn’t realize how much I needed this. Thank you so much Nick ❤️
I love the way you can still conjure up the joy, excitement, and nervous energy of your Olympics. We can see it in your face and hear it in your voice. I forgot this wasn't a video, you told your story so well. I found myself feeling nervous for you eventhough I knew the ending. Thanks for sharing.
Nick ! Would love a breakdown of the 2013 World champs 800m final! 🥈
coming soon!!
i ran and i
follow track since 1977. Listen to Nick telling his stories brings me so much joy. What an amazing person & extraordinary runner. Thanks Nick
Something tells me this guy has ran a mile or two
has run*
@@jacksonpope3955 it’s ran lol
@@dgsjrext282 no you don’t use two past tense words like that one after the other
@@jacksonpope3955 so it’d be have ran what that’s incorrect it’s has ran man what grade you in?
@@dgsjrext282 have ran is for plural pronouns
Awesome video nick, the 2012 men’s final 800 is one of my favourite races for sure.
you are a great storyteller, thrilling listening to every moment of this historic race!
I’m sorry you had to post this many times but thank you for posting this! This helps as inspiration thank you for sharing your feedback!! 😁😆😎
I’m sorry you had to post this many times but thank you for posting this! This helps as inspiration thank you for sharing your feedback!! 😁😆😎
Honestly I thought that 800 m is quite boring atlhletic discipline but these retrospective analyses just prove me wrong. They really are fun to watch and listen and that tho whole discipline isn´t just full gas with closed eyes from the very beginning. Perfect, love this!
I like very much your fun/fit videos but these ones where you share your experiences are the best ones. I love this one!
I’m so glad you did this video! You’re absolutely correct. You can only control what you can’t control.
It's a hell of an achievement. You took almost a second off your PB at the Olympics. Incredible.
Thank you for the upload and taking us behind the scenes for the greatest 800 meter race in history. Imagine the stories all the competitors will share over time about that one amazing experience.
Finally! I feel like running a personal best is always a success no matter what place you get. And running and racing with people faster than yourself is always a good way to get faster.
Nick, Nick, Nick... BRILLIANT VIDEO, BRILLIANT ADVICE, and quite honestly: a BRILLIANT RACE you ran that day. All in all, you truly had a blessed and BRILLIANT CAREER, and I am confident saying that you gave it your all throughout. You are truly an inspiration to the rest of us, and we appreciate you!
Nick love these videos, your recounting your experiences and the sports psychology. Ran in grade school through a couple of years in college as a walk-on in the 800m. Thanks for sharing.
Really enjoyed the break down Nick! Awesome to live this moment through your eyes with such detail, thank you I’m very happy for you. I remember watching that race live and I was like wow look at that guy sneaking through at the end. I was like he gave it his all!
One of my own fav Life Philosophies period, focus and appreciate all ways forward only on what we can control forward and don’t give any power to those and that which we can’t
You’re a true Human Super Hero Mr Symmonds!!
Great vid mate. A w.r., two n.r.s, all the other personal bests except just a season best. A world record out of anyone's mind. That was that race. Awesome being a part of it
Incredibly inspiring!!! That ending was epic, almost felt like I was watching a movie with a great sequel coming... going to find it now!!!
Nick I've watched this recap so many times. It just gets me amped up for my races as a 600er
This reflection’s value is tremendous, thank you for sharing. I just run my first 800m this weekend (2’05 ) and I just loved the distance. Gonna prepare for the outdoor season for it.
This was a pleasure to watch, Nick! Getting your personal perspective on such a great race and experience and how you felt as an elite athlete is a fascinating insight. You are awesome. Much respect.
Been waiting for this video!. It's my favourite ever race, great stories Nick
You obviously deserve a gold medal for this story Nick!
Thanks for the video Nick, great achievement! As I understood, you also run in 2008? What happened there?
Thank you so much for all your advice. As a freshmen collegiate athlete in this difficult time, it has really helped me to hear all the things you have to say.
This was such an awesome video! Not only was it a race breakdown but it taught some great life lessons.
Great stuff Nick. Very inspirational
Your comeback was amazing.
Hi Nick,
Enjoying watching your videos and impressed by your promoting of participation by the next generation or up & coming young runners. I thought your London 2012 recap was very interesting giving a unique perspective of the race.
Question regarding race strategy: Did you & your coach ever experiment with a faster first 300 In order to put you a better position for the final 200?....I am assuming the higher the level the opportunity to move from the back of the pack to the front is much harder.
Keep up the great work!
Thank You! I am a young 800 runner and I love watching you and this race!
Thanks Nick!
Your wisdom pack words are so true not just for a sportsperson but also in general.
Your words just healed a wounded soul.
Love from India!
My man, you are great. I cannot stress this enough Nick
Loved this video! Always loved to rewatch that amazing 2012 race. Great review of your race. You’re truly an inspiration Nick 🤘🏻 As a 400m/800m runner, it’s always nice to learn from guys like you, that know their stuff and also show that every athlete has its highs and lows. Keep up the videos man, always great 🔥
Genuinely inspiring, thanks Nick
Great video and recap of the greatest 800m race of all time. Still remember it vividly to this day. As an 800m guy myself, I know very well the importance of controlling all variables within your control, trust your training and preparation and dont worry too much about the other athletes. David Rudisha was obviously in a league of his own, but you did brilliantly to get 5th and sub 1:43.
This is outstanding, love hearing the story. Also, it's not just the greatest 800 race of all time, I believe it's the greatest race at any distance of all time. Well done.
5th All time by an American and 35th all time in the world, your a LEGEND!!
what a beautiful video! 😭❤️ I wish more professional runners would do what you just did. You are very inspiring ☺️
Such an awesome video Nick, thank you for this in depth look behind the best 800 race ever.
HEY NICH. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO. YOU GAVE IT YOUR ALL ON THAT DAY. THIS STORY WAS SURREAL.,,, THANK YOU
Thank you Nick. I was expecting this video and it is great
Your videos are a great inspiration to me, thanks for always creating great content, it's good for technical advice and also just fun viewing
Thanks for saying that Nick! And thank you for watching!!
@@NickSymmondsToo anytime Nick, stay fresh
I understand when you say you were disappointed for a long time. I was depressed after my section xc meet for awhile because I put massive pressure on myself to make state and I didn’t even come close but it’s gonna make me a better runner
You need a Spotify podcast, in the past year I joined cross country and kick started my running career I would just love listening to your voice and experience while running.
I’m watching your video before my state XC championship! Thank you, it’s really helpful
This is an incredible story. Good life lessons too. Thanks for sharing.
Nick today u r "the best" in this whole world for me .....love from India 🇮🇳
Nice race recap, always wanted to know more about this race!
Thank you nick you got my heart pounding just listening to this! Crazy good!
I've been waiting for this video for months. I love the behind the scenes story to this epic 800m race
"You're not going to win this" LOL
WOW!!! Really big thank for sharing it for us. Your are amazing! Wish I'll meet you someday.
I can’t even imagine how you would feel the day before the olympics man. When I used to race in the armory I was already extremely excited and nervous!
You should make another weight maxing video since you have had the body transformation, I’m really curious to see how your body has transformed from a leaner build to a bulkier stronger build. Also love the channel and content!!!
Nick, you are awesome. Love your racing, and even more these descriptions. Keep it up.
This is the race review I want heard always follow your guidence from last 2 years thanks for the video bro
Thanks for recap. It ain't the victory, it's the thrill of the race. Bottom line is you ran a great race, faster than your time goal and it was your third race in four days!!! Pre missed Olympic Medal also, but that does not diminish his legend.
wow just wow nick thanks for that!!! such an inspiration!! so proud of you and lucky we get to this side of things!