Yannick Agnel (FRA) Wins 200m Freestyle Gold - London 2012 Olympics
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France's Yannick Agnel wins the gold medal in the men's 200m freestyle swimming event in the aquatics centre at the london 2012 Olympics (30 July).
Korea's Park Taehwan won silver in the event with China's Sun Yang winning bronze.
Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.
Women's swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men's and women's programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.
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From time to time I come back here to watch the most perfect 200m freestyle ever swam.
now he stream on twitch xd
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@@polskillz Oui , j'ai les vues sur twitch fr avec gotaga
@@polskillz il a une video sur youtube avec littlebigwhale et gota
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What a swim from Agnel, sadly retired at 24 but that's the best 200 swim I've ever seen
yea why did he retire so young ?
@@williamrithaler4051 in an interview, he said that he achieved what he wanted in the sport, and he had other interests in life than swimming.
This field was just so ridiculously loaded. Agnel swam one of the best 200m freestyles of all time to win it. Great race.
10 fastest men in 200 free in textile:
#1: Yannick Agnel (FRA) 1.43.14
#2: Michael Phelps (USA) 1.43.86
#3: Ian Thorpe (AUS) 1.44.06
#4: Ryan Lochte (USA) 1.44.44
#5: Sun Yang (CHN) 1.44.47
#6: Park Tae Hwan (KOR) 1.44.80
#7: Danila Izotov (RUS) 1,44,87
#8: Paul Biedermann (GER) 1.44.88
#9: Pieter Van Den Hoogenband (NED) 1.44.89
#10: Conors Dwyer (USA) 1.45.32
Since when did Pieter van den Hoogenband go a 1:44? I don't think he ever went under 1:45.
he ever got 1.44.89 at european championship in 2002 that's only one time I went under 1.45 in his career
Yeah I know I looked it up and that's when I realized that I was wrong. It's just that he never did it in the world championships or the Olympic which is why I didn't know about it.
like what Magnussen did in 100free, he reached his PB with a time of 47.10, which is the fastest ever in textile at Olympic trials while his best at olympic and championship is 47.53 and 47.49
At the world championships Agnel swimmed 1.44.20
the world record with hi-tech suits haha :)).
In my opinion, Yannick Agnel really derserves to be the world record holder in this event.
ok ill edit it to yannick agnel holding the world record
no more
Suits and Drugs not needed.
This guy is making it effortless... what a blast !
Agnel won by more than a body length lead!!! Amazing him.
every winner celebrating his victory is really pumping adrenaline in anybodys heart
Bravo Yannick!!! Tu as été le MEILLEUR de ces jeux de Londres!
Welp, this hurts to watch now
Yh so awkward
3:40 race start
200 Free at the olympics always has the best races
2004: van den Hoogenband, Thorpe, Phelps, Hackett, Keller
2008: Biedermann, Phelps, Vanderkaay, Tae-Hwan, Basson
2012: Sun, Tae-Hwan, Agnel, Lochte, Biedermann. (Phelps probably could've entered as he was still a good 200 freestyler)
Some god like company right there. Heres to 2016 being just as good
best race in 2016 would be 100 free
Magnussen, Mcevoy, Adrian, Morozov, Ning Zetao, Manaudou...or even Agnel, Feigen....
2016 will have lochte, hagino, agnel, McEvoy, guy, sun yang, maybe Phelps..
stravius also?
looking back at the 100 NOBODY saw Chalmers coming
@@hoangle2897 Also, nobody was expecting that Timmers will get the silver...
This swim is the reference of the 200m, just epic by Agnel
The Arena X- Glide tech suit he wore in 2009 increased his buoyancy due to it made of 100% polyurethane. Beidermann was a pretty big and bulky guy when he set that record. The transition from the body suits to jammers hurt big guys like him because now he has to work harder to keep that weight afloat, where the bodysuit+weight combo used to make people like him incredible. Bob Bowman said it himself though. it took Phelps 5-6 years to drop 4 seconds in the 200. Biedermann did it in 11 months.
Agnel is the best ! i'm so proud :)
Imagine if agnel had lochte & phelps' underwaters...
probably would have went 1 minute and 42.99 seconds
I think he would've gotten the olympic record, probably not the world record.
Would it really matter? He torched Lochte and his underwaters in this race.
@@eldoug1589 I think the OC was more referring to how fast Agnel could go, rather than whether or not he could win
@@shiftyboi8827 I’m pretty sure eldoug knows that; I think his point is that yannick is probably faster over water than underwater since Lochte already has world class underwaters.
Both this and the women's 200 race winner were a display of perfectly executed races.
I'm so excited to see how they do. There has been controversy about Yannick being sick and adding events at the last second, and there has been stuff about Sun having coaching issues. I can't wait to see if they can overcome their difficulties.
I'm so proud for Agnel :)
I think 08 and 09 were too recent when this happened, so the commentators don't realise what an incredible feed 1:43.14 is. No one since has even come close, yet the announcers just shrug it off, like it's an ok time or something.
Despite being an American, expat living not in Trumpy-Town.
Add this to your AWESOME BOX of moments in Olympic swimming history, Yannick was the man for 100-400 for about 30 mos. and it is here, Cheers. OUT. :)
Agnel also got three medals in the olympics last year, two of them were gold, he beat Sun Yang in the 200m. They're currently even in Barcelona, knowing that Agnel isn't swimming lots of events this time. You cannot say which of them is the best, so we'll see in Rio.
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Yes Phelps' Beijing time was quicker.... because he wore a Speedo LZR. Not as fast as Biedermann's suit (Rome), but still quicker than those worn by the London field. Worth roughly a second over a textile, so without it the time would've been around what he did to win 07 Worlds (1.43.86). Good for silver here, but (probably) not enough to beat Agnel.
phelps had been at his peak in 2007 not 2008 before supersuits was applied...I think that he would never get under 1.44 again without LZR suits. It is proven that phelps swam 1.44.79 in textile (off his PB by 0.93) in shanghai 2011 or 1.44.05 as anchor leg in london 2012.
you can't take his time in 2007 into comparison, he was still wearing a full body suit.
full body suit but not super suit....
look at his 200 butterfly in 2007, he chased down former WR by 1.71s with only jammer and goggle
It was the Fastskin FS II. That suit is fully textile.
thats about as good of a meet as angel could have hoped for! just incredible
That last 50 was ridiculous
Excited for this race in barcelona 2013. Expecting him to kill it again.
The best 200 ever
2012 Agnel is still the benchmark for the 200 free.
Most certainly. Best 200m free swim ever - such a smart, and well implemented swim. Agnel actually talked about it on Brett Hawke's podcast (available on RUclips).
Yannick Agnel have still had best record 1.45.48 in 2013 which is in front of 1.45.97 of Ryan Lochte. coaching issues could impact negatively sun yang in championships. anyway, I totally believe that he is invincible in 1500m at least
FRANCE FTW YEAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH COME ON BABBBYYYYY
9 years ago. What have you done lately?
Agnel : a new star is born ! ;)
Last night, Agnel has come back with a time of 1.44.20. He didn't get the best but this record is good enough for him to get gold
I guess I should be more specific. His over arm recovery looks similar but his pull is very unique. Straight down and back.
and don't forget Park Tae Hwan. a little part may be Paul Biedermann. 200m freestyle is still the most interesting race in championships with 4 olympian gold medalists, 1 WR holder and potential new stars
super star ~ yannick agnel
YES!
I think we can say France has the best new generation swimmer, look at Agnel, 20 years and this is a killer
This is just awesome.
is it me or does china always have the fastest reaction time on starts
Interesting. Didn't know Agnel was actually ahead of London pace at 150, presumed he was around 0.5-1 sec down..... what an absolute BEAST he was here! Rivalled only by Sun (relay) since.
And even then, still more than a second off Biedermann's 'WR'.... Farcical ;(
epic lineup
Sunyang win 200m freestyle champion in 2016 rio Olympics and 2017 Budapest world championships，what's a pity for Agnel
French we are the best
Exactement
Marcus Yakou What if they had better swimmers from the USA? There are about 196 states around the world. But Taiwan Ins't officially named yet which brings it to 195 states. Others might swim better than France did like the Australian teammate Thomas-Fraser-Holmes Who won the 200m Freestyle at the Pan-Pacific In 2014.
Human Beings are the best, not just French, ok?
thanks we are great champions 😉🇫🇷
"We"? I only saw one swimmer that won the race and not all french people.
"the long white shark"
Agnel will certainly be one of the talent to watch in the following years
USA, Australia, France and Russia have the best swimmers ressources
Tu disais ?
Sun Yang, wr 1500, .06 off 400 wr done in supersuit and still manages to be competitive in the 200m.
He deserves the world record in the 200m freestyle than Biedermann.
1m43.14s is real world record in this event
Me who is watching this while eating cake wondering when we gonna swim
After 200m freestyle in 2004 athens, i would say this was the one which had a lot of superstars and could have gone anywhere.....
Yeah... the great Ian Thorpe, Peter Van den Hoogenband (defending champion) and the GOAT Michael Phelps raced for the gold in a thrilling race. I didn't watch live on TV, but I saw a video on it....Wow.
C'est marrant, dans les commentaires la plupart des francophones se mettent à écrire en anglais, mais vous êtes cramé les gars xD
Personne ne s'en fous
Agnel the futur phelps !
he can't become phelps but may be thorpedo
theterminator308 well thorpe also reigned in the 400 for a long time so not exactly
Vomitoxx Did he race in Rio? I can't remember lol.
Phelps the endless trying to be Agnel
True!
No one could have beaten Yannick here ! Not even Phelps, the reason why he chose not to swim that distance .
Superb technique, a little bit reminding me of Thorpe
What happened between Sun Yang and Park Taiwan or however it's spelled, what happened since they tied?
They both get silver and no bronze medal is awarded to anyone.
Shinoda908 oh ok
Park Taiwan Lol
Does anyone know what suit Biedermann is wearing?
Bruce is the greatest caller/commentator in Aus, and probe the World. You should hear him call his pet sport Athletics. He is just amazing, the Phelps/Usain of telecast sport.
I dont think so. Agnels stroke looks like no stroke ive seen before. Park tae hwan's stroke looks like thorpe's, just like sun yang's looks like grant hackett's (gee i wonder why). But agnel's stroke is very original and its probably my favorite stroke aesthetically
My stroke is like Agnels but obviously not as fast
AGNEL, IL + GRANDE NUOTATORE DEI 200 SL DI TUTTI I TEMPI .
When did Yannick swim 3:43? If he did, he should have swum 400m freestyle at London Olympic because he would be more competitive in 400m than 100m. They are both great swimmers. Hope they will have more competitions at more events together in the next few years.
It would be interesting if Yannick Agnel and Sun Yang compete for "Fastest man in the water" in a 300m freestyle swimming, like the race of "Fastest man on the land" between Donovan Bailey and Michael Johnson in 1997.
6:17. Can someone explain this hand entry? I've never seen it before
Teddy Tom He might be trying to make his hand as streamlined has possible as to minimize drag. I’m not sure if it’s that, or if he just does that out of habit haha.
keep calm and waiting for their performances in World Championships 8 days from now
Also, Sun is invincible in the 1500. Totally agree there. He could have skipped training for a week leading up to this WC and still win it.
Biedermann cant even place without a suit
stuflikethis what do u mean?
Jason Bui He was a god in 2009 still holding the world record in the 200m free with a full body suit
but now in 2012 he had to wear a normal sized suit and didn’t even medal
Billy Bob ok thanks
Billy Bob do u know why they banned full body suits?
@@jasonbui6429 The issue isn't so much "Full body Suits", as those had been in use since the 1980's and really added a fairly marginal advantage to the swimmer; for example Ian Thorpe won multiple gold medals in the early 2000s wearing a full body suit, and no-one typically questions those victories.
HOWEVER, critically in around 2008, companies began producing full body suits and "legskin" (look like tight leggings, phelps wore'em a-lot) suits that were made of 50% POLYURETHANE, a compound that essentially floated on top water, leaving less water resistance for a swimmer to deal with. At the 2008 olympics, these suits were as previously mentioned, 50% polyurethane; which while adding a 1-1.25% decrease in time, wasn't that much faster than non-polyurethane suits (Also why phelps's many world record setting performances in 2008 are still held as the fastest in the world.)
Yet, in 2009 a suit that was 100% polyurethane was introduced, and this SHATTERED virtually every existing world record in Competitive swimming by a 2-5% decrease in times (WHICH is A TON in swimming at this level.) These 2009 suits, and sometimes the 2008 suits, which added less, but still a fairly substantial increase in speed are known as "Super Suits."
In 2010, any polyurethane at all in suits was banned, and perhaps because full body suits got so associated with the now illegal compound; they were banned aswell. Now swim wear known as "Textile Suits" are no longer permitted to be made with polyurethane, are not more buoyant than water, and are shorter than at the knee. People tend to consider the fastest times before the Supersuit era and after it (both in textile suits) as the actual world records; in some cases of exceptional swims, they are the world record.
TLDR: They banned full body suits cuz they usually had POLYURETHANE in them, a material that made swimmers go much faster than with something that mimicks human skin. People essentially saw the suits as not really swimming; or rather swimming in a way that was not "natural" or "real" (There are many other reasons aswell however.) The issue wasn't really that they "covered the entire body" however, that has a marginal effect on times; its rather the material that suits from 2008-2009 used known as Polyurethane that made them so much faster than the suits used before and after.
9 years later, NODOBY came close to 1.43.1 , nobody even got under 1.44 , what a legendary swim.
Except for Chlorine Daddy
Asian swimmers have swag they got the dbs going on
Where was Agnel in the Rio Olympic Games?
Most cursed Olympic final in swimming history
Ikr! You got Ryan and well he’s not as bad now with the way he acts but still not great. You got Park who got suspended for doping. Then you mister smashing the vials sun. And then you’ve got redacted agnel
Agnel&Titmus perfect combo for this distance ! Nobody can beat them at the moment and in a fair way (I mean without polyurethan) !
We will see what Popovici will do in 2024 ! Maybe under 1:44 but it will be difficult !
Gg Popovici, really impressive !
@@madafok He just went under 1:43
Yeh that would be a good race, or also Yannick Agnel vs James Magnussen over 150m would be pretty cool IMO
Are those Beats product placements?
I remember I had been observing two French "tower" swimmers since 2010 European Championship : this guy and Camille Lacourt. I was impressed with their results there, esp Lacourt. When I knew their height, I was even more impressed : 2.02 m and 2.00 m, respectively. Wow.
I was glad Agnel won here. I didn't want Sun Yang or Park Tae Hwan won; let them only take 400m and 1500m which belonged to them.
that's the proof that biederman did 1:42 thanks to his suit.
I mean his best in textile....not super suit
with a banned super suit. His best real time was a 1:44 high.
Paul Biderman beat Pheps and Agnel in the first leg of 4 200 shangai 2011
Emil Aliyev no its just because their are 3 years between and a lot happens in 3 years and a suit can’t give you 4 secs
@@frnzahnrt7044 They actually could. They were full body suits made out of polyurethane. They made you much more boyant and hydrophobic as the material wasn't absorbing any water at all.
Does anyone know what kind of training Yannick did?
exactly my thought xD ... "he cant even medal" you wont believe that he´s talking about an olympic finalist in one of the hardest sports out there like that on youtube...wtf
Sun needed to go out faster, Agnel swam perfectly here.
I'm still stunned lochte didn't get a medal here.
2016?
Race start: 3:35
2024 Olympics paris France is home advantage The fencing and cycling events that you may want to try are of course swimming and judo at least gold medal three to four. Bonus game football.
Let's imagine a race between Agnel London vs Phelps Beijing WOW
phelps was only 0.18 faster and did it with a much better suit. even if phelps had a smaller program agnel would still win
2001 Thorpe vs Angel.
Ian was in his own league as well, he would have been faster.
But this Angel form was nearly unexpected.
Noone has predicted a swim and dominance like this.
You'd better relax dude, you just cannot be saying Agnel isn't currently one of the best swimmers in the world.
WOAH we can comment on these now?
tsk tsk, agnel! breathing on the breakout stroke!
Paul Biedermann is still world class. I say they bring back the suits. Made the sport a lot more fun to watch.
However, Yang's coaching problems might be a serious issue. I've heard rumors of him dropping various events.
2016 200m there's no full video on the match...
I have never said Agnel isn't one of the best. He has a gold medal to prove that he is. I'm just saying that if we were betting on who has a brighter future in swimming, Sun Yang has more potential, due to his wider range of good events. Learn how to read.
Why isnt michael swimming can someone please tell me?
I kind of miss the old suits, I thin I'd be interesting to see what would happen if they re allowed legskins
The crazy part is that he didn't swim the 400 because of the the 4x100 freestyle relay. The time he swam at the french qualifications was fast enough to get the bronze in London, he probably would've gone a lot faster if he had raced it.
47.84 for 100m freestyle. not bad to agnel. he can totally get a medal in this event if he increase his record a liitle bit more
That would probably be pretty close. Yannick does 3:43 for 400, Sun does 4:40 and Yannick is the faster 200m swimmer.
Park is 6foot tall but swim so awesome :v
레전드 어떻게 같이 도착하냐 ㅋㅋㅋ
Definitely.
agnel raced lochte 3 times. 200m free, 4x1 free, 4x2 free. out of those swims:
agnel: 2 gold, 1 silver.
lochte: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 4th place finish.
agnel whooped lochte by 1.9 seconds in the 2free, had the fastest split in the 4x1 and 4x2, and passed lochte in the 4x1. lochte had a higher medal count, but he also swam more and is more versatile. agnel swam less, but the quality of his swims were higher
Yup, but Yannick Agnel is the best now ! c:
I don't think Park Tae Hwan is swimming in this WC. I'm not positive on it, but I've heard he is skipping it. I don't think Biedermann will do much, unless he goes back to his old stroke. Also, in regards to your earlier post about Agnel and Lochte, neither of them are top in the world. Izotov is. He whipped out a 1:44 a little while ago. I think the race will be Izotov, Agnel, and Lochte fighting for the finish.