France Win Gold In 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final | London 2012 Olympics
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In an extremely close finish to the 4x100m men's freestyle France comeback to take the gold medal just ahead of USA and Russia.
The event took place at the London aquatics centre, 24 July and saw American Michael Phelps claim one of his 22 Olympic medals.
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Official times:
Nathan Adrian (47.89) Michael Phelps (47.15) Cullen Jones (47.60) Ryan Lochte (47.74)
Amaury Leveaux (48.13) Fabien Gilot (47.67) Clément Lefert (47.39) Yannick Agnel (46.74)
Phelps delivered, but Agnel was just perfect.
46.74? That's faster than the world record!
It's a relay! They can anticipate the start and therefore have a slight advantage. This is why only the first leg of a relay gets an official time in case of an individual record. They mention at the beginning of the video that Magnussen swims the first leg of the Australian relay and therefore gets an official time.
Amaury Leveaux yeah!
If anyone was slow, it was Adrian. His winning time in the 100 was a lot faster
As a French guy, this is one of the most emotional moments of my life
jai des frissons chaque fois que je le regarde, quel finish de Yannick, toute les équipes ont mis leur meilleur nageur en premier mais nous ont a gardé le meilleur pour la fin!
Je ne suis pas français. I m not french but I am learning it in my school 8th grade. I am from India❤❤. J'aime France.
I can imagine. I'm American, and the moment with Lezak in 2008 was emotional for me. I still watch it when I want to feel inspired and think something is impossible. It was the most incredible upset I have ever seen. But the French team was so sad. It's kind of nice to see how happy this win made them, even though they aren't my team. This time it was their turn. Amazing athletes!
On en chiale encore tellement c'était beau.. malheureusement Agnel a cassé le mythe
Le pain aquatique
Signé pemmanuel
Phelps' last turn looks very amazing to watch. He's a beast underwater!
@M D he the baltimore bullet
@M D Give credit where it's due hater. All these guys deserve respect.
i watched it 3 times lol so smooth
Got goosebumps all the time !! Even more than 2 years later !! GO FRANCE !!
But they didn't beat lezak 😂😂fu of tears during 2008 LMAO
@@Bumlanchannel6388 And?? You didn't win against us in 2012! What are you coping on?
one the best olympic finals ever... nice job France
that underwater swim @ 4:50 is just amazing
He has gills
@@dakshsinghal5814 😂💪
Phelps is just a straight-up savage animal!
@Yong Geun Song Same reason Usain Bolt doesn't run the 1000m race. Play where you can win.
Yonggeun he already has so many events plus it's right before the 2 Im so he'd have no rest
RIVALRY OF US VS. FRANCE AT 4x100m IS LEGENDARY. KEEP IT UP.
don't blame lochte, his split was ok. It is Agnel that split 46.7 was amazing, if he would have done that time in the 100 free he would have placed first with a world record and more than half of body lenght ahead of Adrian
The last French is crazy
No, just incredibly gifted. And efficient.
@B Babbich the 2008 world record was swam with those speedo supersuits. To me agnels split was just as great as lezak's.
@B Babbich bias? he's stating the facts lol. they just did not swam with those speedo supersuits but along with some juice hahahaha
what a frog he is hey?
@B Babbich the french beat them and tou cant change anything about that, they were better.
Can't stop thinking about Agnel's career without his burnout
There are interviews with him but mostly all in French. Why exactly did he retire at only 24 and when? He still swam at the World Championships in 2013 but he didn't give such a great performance in the relay there at all...
« Burnout »… Raping
There are no words to describe how proud i am of the French team! VIVE LA FRANCE!!!
The day I ve literally broke my sofa 😂😂😂 one of my best memory in sport
Even though I'm from the United States, I am proud of both France and USA. I did feel bad for France at their loss in 2008, so France must be feeling satisfied here. :)
Agnel's technique is just perfect. If he had Phelps' underwater he would be unbeatable. If I look at Agnel's swimming I am sure that mammals were primarily water creatures:)
yeah and now he retired at 24yo... , like laure manaudou , when we have good swimmer they retired early
ils ont besoin de retrouver une vie Seb tu sais, tu imagines bien le temps passé dans l'eau tout au long de leurs jeunes années, très gros sacrifice sur le reste.
No, is a great swimmer, but his Technique is far from perfection.
@@xerma67 As someone who did competitive swimming at a nacional level until i was 20 i must say swimming is very taxing on the mind, spending endless hours looking at the bottom of a pool is tiring. not having any social life, especially because i was still in school it took a toll and i just could not doing it anymore. Waking up at 5.30 to go swim, then classes, then strength training then another session in the pool. Now multiply that by like 10 for someone who is at an elite level from such a young age
lochtes underwaters are actually better than phelps
The last line at 6:24 of Yannick Agnel is probably one of the greatest moment of the french sport
I think Lezak's was better
@@HoustonflightSimmerdidn’t realize Lezak was French
Yannick Agnel was on another level at London 2012. Legend level!
this Frenchteam seem unbeatable again Europe champion 2014 after being olympic champion 2012 ...France have very good swimmers !
Lost in 2016
@@sahilppanjwani and 5 years later, France only had one swimmer across all finals at the championship in Gangwon
There is some Dutch blood in it. The Dutch are by essence good swimmers (they learn how to swim in any condition at a very early age because water is everywhere in Holland). Florent and Laure Manodou's Mom is Dutch. France's swimming tradition and history started out quite recently, thanks to Laure Manaudou.
@@clairau Olga Schippers, Manaudou's mom, was a badmindton player... and i don't see dutch blood in this video
@@sahilppanjwani even the G.O.A.T lost many races in his career, if you look at Agnel in his prime, he was unbeatable, check the 200 free in WC in Barcelona 2013, he dominated the best 200m freestyler from the beginning of the race to the end.
Best race ever, congrats to the french (my country) and to the USA. 4x100 in beijing and london was spectacular, thanks for this epic battle !!!
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 gold medals.
1. RUS. Alexander Popov. Denis Pankratov. only (4) four gold medals.
Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 check: USA 🇺🇸 - RUS.🇷🇺. 3 - 4.
agnel's got a beautiful stroke
That dolphin kick at 4:49 is incredible.
Amazing technique !
É um Golfinho...
@@rafaguitar2000 yeah that what he say 😐
That 3rd french swimmer holy... I know Agnel had the fastest split time but without this maniac swimming third leg france may not have won at all
So true
7:13 here’s the Gilot “wOOOOOOO” button
I'm french and i'm very proud of my country :)
Yes you can
yeah , last year was another story in the Pool for France .
You're right, but I'm proud anyway
Clément Reboul stay Proud , Belgium is proud too to have won the silver in the 100 free with Peter Timmers . Bring on a sprinter of his caliber .....and i will applaud again the french .
Bluehopi Bridge you seem buthurt
look at the guy from Belgium at 8:17 he is thinking dang that's fast.
Le seum belges !!!
France is nowhere to be seen in swimming now (2021), this was really a golden generation.
Manaudou juste get a silver medal so you are wrong 😉
Sure, it was a golden generation but now, we have a big hole, we will be back in 2024 in Paris
@@benjamint279 One. And we used to get so many.
@@benjamint279 France got 6 medals in 2004, 6 in 2008, 7 in 2012 (4 out of 7 of which were golds), 3 in 2016, and 1 in 2020. London was quite the year for France in the Olympics when it came to swimming.
Hugely disappointing performance by them in Tokyo. They need to revive the sport and encourage more French into swimming.
"Agnel is coming back!!". Incredible race.
Great race for France. It's almost a mirror picture of Beijing 2008; uncanny!
Stop blaming ryan lochte. France was able to come in clutch with an outstanding time.
I was a NCAA D1 swimmer from 81-84 and stacking relays is a black art for the coache................Cullen Jones again.
Tiffany S lochte had no business on a 100 free relay. neither did jones.
@@thomasprice7621 what are you saying? Jones finished 2nd in the trials and split a 47.6 here, faster than Lochte. Are you actually suggesting Cullen *shouldn't* have been on the relay?
@@thomasprice7621
If you're gonna blame someone, then make sure you have a good reason to do so. Jones split was the 4th fastest here...faster than that of Adrian and Lochte amongst others.
Yes but at the same time Lochte went a 47.74 as the ANCHOR which is horrible
What is the most amazing is that Agnel swam exactly the same time as Bernard did in 2008. In 2012 Agnel came back on the American Lochte, in 2008 the American Lezak came on Bernard !! Bernard swam very well in 2008 but he was unlucky to swim against an E.T. that day ! Anyway it was a sweet "revenge" for the French team.
France should be proud, absolutely stunning race.
What a phenomenal race even to this day. Can't stop watching. By far my favourite race in any Olympic Games. Agnel - beyond unbelievable last 50m.
Eerily similar to Beijing 4 years earlier. Phelps underwater effort is a thing of beauty.
Epic Race.... Fantastic France!
Flawless commentary by Bruce McAvaney as always. Fantastic. Absolutely leaves Hadley for dead.
So much thrills for a French !!!! That's one of the most incredible sport events I've seen. What a moment for us !!!
On a beau connaitre l'issu, on a toujours le coeur qui bat à chaque visionnage, quel bonheur ce jour-là...
2:30 note to mind: if I ever go to the olympics, go to the men's swimming.
Great choice dear ,those guys look hot 😻
Merci pour le fair play des commentateurs.
agnel was in the form of his life in 2012. 4 years later, and he is not even one of the two best frenchmen. but in 2012 - he was untouchable.
4 years later, Michael Phelps still has what it takes and collect more gold medals. Already the most decorated Olympian of all time.....
france did it again !!
What a race it was... I think I'll remember it forever. :) Well done, France! And I'm sure this is not the last we've seen of Agnel. :)
This aged well
😳Ça donne les frissons, même en redif
Incroyable relais,
Magnifique finish,
watched this about 10 times still get chills
Phelps' turn at 4:50 is incredible.
Clement the 3rd french swimmer was absolutely awesome!!!!!
He let the american go on the first 50, to then clear the gap. Well done indeed. Then Agnel... its was over. Noone could challenge him at this time. I'm nearly mad at him for the choices he made after that.
If anyone noticed that fights for gold and bronze were absolutely same... Brilliant race from France and Russia!!!
France - Fantastica !!!
NOT TODAY BUDDY!
+John Rosalez so what?
France is king of relay 4x100m
Vive la France
France got their revenge after 2008
Agniel recovered exactly 1 second in the last 100m.
AGNEL is very strong!!!
Lezak's 46.06 still untouchable from 2008.
miraculous
Well he has a magic suit if I remember well. That make is about the same as Agnel's time in this race.
his jumping style is still my all time favourite
+Icanliketobewearing lxufs
nice rage
Agnel is amazing! What a talented guy!
So proud of France!
Vive la natation française!les meilleurs!tu nous manque deja camille repose en paix mon ange
Louise c close w mentioned-Back if it's kinda gives.
Louise 吃魚嗎哦哦提高哦改啊8,@:@::@":8:8/"
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Agnel... race of a lifetime. He will be remembered for all times just for this race.
He won gold in men's 200m freestyle too, beating Park Tae Hwan, Sun Yang, the same Ryan Lochte and Paul Biedermann (the world record holder). He beat them all by more than 1 body length. His record has been the fastest in textile suit until now.
The fly kick off Phelps turn tho !!!
Bishop must be really happy because it was the Oscar, not the Palme d'Or.
USA : 2016, 2008, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1972, 1968, 1964
FRANCE : 2012
SOUTH AFRICA : 2004
AUSTRALIA : 2000
WORLD RECORD : Long Course : USA : 3:08.24 ------------- Short Course : USA : 3:03.30
and FRANCE : 2017, 2019, 2020...
The Olympic Games are held every four years. The next one will be in Japan 2020. Now it's time for your medication. hahaha
he is talking about 2 worlds lcm and tokyo
LaFiesta Yes? and the original post was about the Olympics so his reply is irrelevant. Apples to Oranges.
wow that rage
4:50 WOW... Amazing
Brilliant swim by the French
Love that we have to Aussie commentary on the official Olympic Channel!
I agree that the other Frenchmen did great. I'm just saying that Agnel swam much faster than anyone could have expected. If you had told the U.S. coaches beforehand that Lochte would dive in with that lead and then go 47.7, they would've been thrilled with how their lineup worked out.
I saw Agnel at the Philippine Airport man he had a huge back really impressive when up close and personal with them and got his autograph once in a life time exp! go France! always nice to see new champs :)
Nathan Adrian should be the ANCHOR...
C'est la classe!!....vive la France
Im french and i love how we are a strong team.😀
Love this race hate we loss, goose bump for real
France avenged their loss in similar fashion as they were beaten by the US in Beijing. Le Clos also won against Phelps in much the same way Phelps won against Cavic. Amazing!
Yeah you couldn’t script it any better.
Sans Léon Marchand. Quelle classe ! 😎😎
D'accord, mais le 4x100 nage libre n'a pas besoin de Léon, lequel est tellement polyvalent. Il faut simplement 4 spécialistes du crawl pour avoir la meilleure équipe. Depuis 2012, le niveau s'est beaucoup plus relevé, mais j'ai confiance que les Bleus peuvent revenir pour retrouver le podium sur cette course.
les françaıs sont les meilleurs!
Vamos...........Agnel, eres grande !
Virada espetacular da França!!!!!
What a race it was. I guess the trio Usa-Australia-France will again be a great battle during Rio Olympics. Can't wait for it, may the best win.
You live by the clutch comeback, you die by the clutch comeback. Lochte got smoked there
Phelps is brilliant underwater that is the key to his success in 100m freestyle
I just found the result of swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay on wikipedia that shows the results of Yannick Agnel who helped France get the gold medal over USA it shows that trailing behind by 0.55 seconds at the final exchange, Agnel blistered the field with a remarkable split of 46.74 to deliver the foursome a gold-medal time in 3:09.93 which means Agnel was swim faster than the 100 metre freestyle champion even faster than the 100 meter freestyle world record (46.91)
With a relay start
I love the two commentetors
France had a team , USA had individuals.
Personal split :
Adrian : 47.89
Phelps: 47.15
Jones: 47.60
Agnel : 46.74
Lochte : 47.74
So good to see the French beat the americans after the 2008 olympics.
+Aursqa We still had the sweetest victory.
+Simon Meyer but those weren't all over international media
France over America any day. Its great to see how French swimming has improved - I really hope they can become a power to be reckoned with in the world of swimming,
America is better, forever and always.
americans say french people are arrogant but they are not better....
The "robbed in the pocket" golden in beijing, finally came back
just pure justice
i have 11 years from Egypt
i like peaty and Cameron van der Burgh and michael phelps
Angel is the miracle, the best powerful swimmer
I'm french and I cried that day.
it 's the reward of good works that have been done before
BEJIN: USA - FranceLONDON : France - USACan't wait the next 4x100 in RIO !!!
+Vincent C I fear our french team won't be very performant :/
+Vincent C I reckon the Australian team is going to have a brilliant team in Rio
USA just won gold @ Rio today (7 August 2016)
Again USA-France lol
the french team is performant but Fabian Gilot won't be very performant
Yo I'm here 23rd May 2021! The European Championships just wrapped up, was a great Swim Meet! Can't wait for Tokyo in 60 days time! LET'S GOOOOO!!
They beated americans THE SAME WAY THAT THEY BEATED FRANCE😭
Vive la France !!! :D
Best revenge ever..
So true
B Babbich irrelevant but ok
@B Babbich nah this race was waaayy better then the one in 2008, we had a pre-story in this one which made it mkre epic
@B Babbich Nah when you consider the suits that 2008 race is way less impressive.
@B Babbich Can't hear you from the breaststroke events, could you please repeat?
I love that the camera team was ready to film the victory of the USA and were not prepared for the French 😅
I was not prepared either. Amazing comeback 😳
Good race...Agnel was awesome! Phelps should have anchored.....his sheer determination would have pushed him to a likely win....Lochte tends to die off at the end......If his finishes were proper he would have been bagging even more medals...
Lezak was born on Nov 12, 1975.
He was actually 33 when he anchored the relay in 2008.
We know
AMAZING AGNEL!!!!!!!!!!, =))
what an emotion to see again this race with Agnel finist OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS 2012 !!!! FRANCE is the best team freestyle relay and now 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONS and they are EUROPE champions in big and small pool too..they just have won all
Were Australia aiming for a Gold medal and World Record? LOL.
+Samantha Hoops doesn't everyone?
That was great. Allez France!
Best race in Londons olympics!
Lochte actually swam the fastest in the Men's team for USA although USA lost out during lochte's turn. Lochte was 45.74sec, followed by phelps at 47.15sec.
+25coolJY "45".74secs?
Are you mental, 45.74 is nearly impossible he swam 47.74 and he had the slowest time other than Adrian, but that's expected since he led off lol