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  • @Olympics
    @Olympics  4 года назад +447

    We know there are more, so which other moments could make the list? We never rule out a part 2 (or 3, or 4)... 😉

    • @DRACOFURY
      @DRACOFURY 4 года назад +24

      🥉Kurt Angle Winning The Olympics With A Broken Bacc
      Or 🥈Cathy Freeman victory lap with her Indigenous Flag waving
      🥇 Peter Norman with his 2 brothers John Carlos & Tommy Smith at the 68' Olympics... Those wer sum moments for me. Y'all need Olympic Rings emoji.

    • @ThePrasHx
      @ThePrasHx 4 года назад +3

      Petra Majdic

    • @MoriElayne
      @MoriElayne 4 года назад +13

      Michael Phelps' 8 Golds from Beijing or winning four 200m IM Golds in a row over 4 Olympic Games.

    • @lsggaming1136
      @lsggaming1136 4 года назад +7

      Yeah, Phelps, and maybe Steven Bradbury? Just a couple favorites!

    • @kschlmnstr278
      @kschlmnstr278 4 года назад +5

      Steven Bradbury

  • @randiekay4994
    @randiekay4994 4 года назад +3809

    The German weightlifter is my favorite. His wife died in a car accident a year before. He won the gold for her.

    • @franklindcottrell
      @franklindcottrell 3 года назад +85

      That one gets me every time.

    • @MaloPiloto
      @MaloPiloto 3 года назад +7

      Ausgezeichnet!👍

    • @witchimarie
      @witchimarie 3 года назад +67

      Why am I crying so much about it like actual tears

    • @Matthew_Calmert
      @Matthew_Calmert 3 года назад +66

      She was lifting with him for sure

    • @tormint5073
      @tormint5073 3 года назад +10

      almost cried in the middle of class

  • @meganlopez560
    @meganlopez560 3 года назад +1472

    When dad ran onto the track to help his injured son I felt that.

    • @mariehernandez5878
      @mariehernandez5878 3 года назад +15

      It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the program title.

    • @TheKBDestiny
      @TheKBDestiny 3 года назад +19

      I cried super emotional to have your dad back you up

    • @scarfacepug4844
      @scarfacepug4844 3 года назад +2

      Feel this d

    • @gf4453
      @gf4453 3 года назад +22

      I cry every time you see this. The combination of physical and emotional pain Derek felt and the enormous embracing love his father emanated.

    • @beckscharre7375
      @beckscharre7375 3 года назад +13

      And the fact that the father said something to keep him going to the finish line when they came up to help him off the track was honestly the Best part bc he would know an athletes pride in Olympics wouldn’t let him walk off without finishing at all so he helped get him to the line. Like that just shows he was proud of him to begin with and didn’t care if he won gold or was on last place. It was the fact that he did it to begin with.

  • @hurtled64
    @hurtled64 3 года назад +248

    When Redmonds father went onto the field to help him it made me smile. Nothing would stop him from helping his son. Huge respect for him

  • @takyc7883
    @takyc7883 3 года назад +406

    I wasn’t prepared to cry when the weightlifting one came up

  • @Copeandseethe822
    @Copeandseethe822 3 года назад +597

    Started crying when the German weightlifter showed his wife's picture. NGL

  • @penquin402
    @penquin402 4 года назад +861

    I hated that after Japan won the gold medal in Softball they got rid of softball. I'm glad that it's being brought back for Tokyo. I knew Nadia Comaneci was going to be on this list. You can't have a greatest Olympic moments without Nadia.

    • @grousetheghoul2754
      @grousetheghoul2754 4 года назад +64

      402 : I think the Americans not being able to handle losing had something to do with getting pulled.

    • @rainaftersnowplease3786
      @rainaftersnowplease3786 3 года назад +31

      @@grousetheghoul2754 They'd already decided to nix baseball and softball before the 2008 games started, via a secret IOC vote in 2005, but the real reason is that the MLB in the States/Canada refused to alter its season to make its players available, so they nixed both sports. And softball is being brought back for the Tokyo games.

    • @KIM-xl6zs
      @KIM-xl6zs 3 года назад +3

      What the difference between soft and base ball, all in all its not a popular sport

    • @penquin402
      @penquin402 3 года назад +13

      @@KIM-xl6zs Ball, pitching style, ball speed and bat. Softball uses metal bats and baseball uses wooden bats most of the time.

    • @hmu05366
      @hmu05366 3 года назад +8

      @@penquin402 both awful sports

  • @ThePrasHx
    @ThePrasHx 4 года назад +1578

    4:20 There were 4 arms lifting the weight that day
    His podium scene gets me every time.

    • @Forteonyoutube
      @Forteonyoutube 4 года назад +3

      im uploading athletics videos of me train on my channel trying to get faster

    • @dubbzzzzino4189
      @dubbzzzzino4189 4 года назад +34

      i believe he would have lifted that weight even if hes arms snapped hes in pain from his wife dieing

    • @ianwhite4821
      @ianwhite4821 4 года назад +43

      It was amazing. You can see the relieve and happiness when he did that lift. I have never seen it before and I didn’t know who he was before the video but I found it incredibly powerful. Great courage shown, showing the human heart was the strongest muscle on show that day.

    • @douglas2437
      @douglas2437 4 года назад +21

      Bruh that comment got something in my eye

    • @siddharthcharan
      @siddharthcharan 4 года назад +5

      Best comment on whole youTube I have ever seen

  • @logic-jessica1364
    @logic-jessica1364 4 года назад +675

    3:24 sis was only 14 when she got a perfect 10. what am i doing with my life

    • @riyadinho6795
      @riyadinho6795 4 года назад +48

      Most Olympic gymnasts are teenagers

    • @Veronicz
      @Veronicz Месяц назад

      @@riyadinho6795Yeah the flexibility really starts deteriorating 😭

  • @lunaris5054
    @lunaris5054 4 года назад +391

    The one with Matthias Stein is one of my favourite. He promised his Wife that he will Win and he did. So beautiful and Sad

  • @Usama559
    @Usama559 3 года назад +303

    Larry lamieux saved 2 sailors instead of completing the race..Wow what an inspiration.. And the German weightlifter story was so emotional as he won the medal for her wife.... ❤️❤️❤️

    • @waynehanley72
      @waynehanley72 3 года назад +27

      Yep, Lamieux's act wins in my book. Saving lives is the tops of sportsmanship.

    • @joeb1955
      @joeb1955 3 года назад +37

      Not only didn't complete the race, but gave up a medal to do it. Some people recognize there are more important things in life than a piece of metal. The man has his priorities straight.

    • @rezhaadriantanuharja3389
      @rezhaadriantanuharja3389 3 года назад +7

      So many gold medalists are forgotten over the times but Larry Lamieux’s action is immortalized and rightfully so

  • @pasandesilva2295
    @pasandesilva2295 3 года назад +66

    Watching redmond and his dad always bring a tear to my eye! Amazing moment. Also Mathais's achievement is phenomenal. Cant even imagine what he must have felt!

  • @Be1smaht
    @Be1smaht 3 года назад +80

    The runner at the end.... TEARS. Can you imagine spending 4 years training/ disciplining yourself only to be stopped by your own body? Can you imaging the sacrifice? Can you imagin?

  • @carlos.cr.7139
    @carlos.cr.7139 3 года назад +122

    German weightlifter had me crying so fast.

  • @HankAaronJoseph19
    @HankAaronJoseph19 3 года назад +86

    Redmond finishing with his old man is my all time favorite.

    • @LeslieGMN
      @LeslieGMN 7 месяцев назад

      Nobody ever remembers who won the race. We remember Redmond and his dad.

  • @pranavwali67
    @pranavwali67 4 года назад +124

    God! Sports never ceases to amaze me

  • @Emul7ifier
    @Emul7ifier 4 года назад +267

    4:33 gets me every time...

  • @gmf121266
    @gmf121266 4 года назад +54

    Sometimes best isn't always just best. When you know the story behind, best is bravest.

  • @AbhikShome
    @AbhikShome 3 года назад +16

    I was feeling depressed. This inspired me. Thank you Olympics!

  • @hanoman78
    @hanoman78 Год назад +6

    For my country (Indonesia) and I, it would be Barcelona 1992 in Badminton. Susi Susanti shedding tears on top of the podium hearing our national anthem for the very first time in the Olympics.. 😍

  • @BrianDeCosta
    @BrianDeCosta 2 года назад +7

    The weightlifter's celebration brought tears to my eyes. Humans are amazing

  • @Cps1402
    @Cps1402 4 года назад +347

    "The benefits of being bald is not needing a headcap" -Me

    • @momoadem
      @momoadem 4 года назад +5

      top 10 legendary recitation

    • @horsebox5138
      @horsebox5138 3 года назад +1

      They should all shave their hair!

  • @TraceFaceTV
    @TraceFaceTV 3 года назад +12

    A great moment for me is when Aly Raisman (gymnast) won the silver medal in Rio in the all around final (2016). She failed to medal at the 2010, 2011, and 2015 world championships in the all around, and she lost a bronze medal in London 2012 due to a tie breaker. She overcame so much, and she got it on her 5th try! She was better in 2016 than she was in 2012.

  • @gattikawekas6449
    @gattikawekas6449 3 года назад +37

    the gymnastic comitte wasnt ready for 10 perfect point. the score board just shows 1.00, instead of 10.00 😂

  • @sebbyh9764
    @sebbyh9764 3 года назад +21

    My favourite moment is/was Cathy Freeman winning the 400 in Sydney.. Such a legend

  • @Ecclesiastes11718
    @Ecclesiastes11718 3 года назад +3

    Haile Gebrselassie is a legendary athlete in Greece,i remember watching him when i was a kid and was blown away about how much stamina a person can have

  • @sierraa4227
    @sierraa4227 4 года назад +87

    Nadia Comaneci was 14 years old!!!!!

  • @darkhorseash4337
    @darkhorseash4337 3 года назад +20

    That sailing one is both amazing sportsmanship and heartbreaking cause it never should've been up to him to help there should've been a better system in place

  • @robertoesperanza5087
    @robertoesperanza5087 Год назад +13

    The german weightlifter is so touching dedicated his win to his dying wife

  • @fladoodleflamy
    @fladoodleflamy 3 года назад +11

    That joy of underdogs winning is out of this world

  • @arijeanz
    @arijeanz 3 года назад +7

    my personal favorite is felix sanchez winning gold in athens 2004 athletics..... for us dominicans just him qualifying was a big deal, so when he won it shook the nation, truly a national treasure

  • @harshdeepsagar1
    @harshdeepsagar1 3 года назад +184

    How about the incident with black men track athletes who raised their fist to oppose racism (which they were banned for)

    • @bolibardo1514
      @bolibardo1514 3 года назад +17

      It was Tommy Smith in 1968 Mexico,

    • @shojoe
      @shojoe 3 года назад +2

      With Peter Normand, who was outcast by his own country, when he stood with them.

  • @TJJulkowski
    @TJJulkowski 3 года назад +11

    When the Dad says get away from me this is my son. I hope someday I can be half the dad he is.

  • @powerproductionz5680
    @powerproductionz5680 4 года назад +77

    5:02 just inspirational

  • @virnan
    @virnan 3 месяца назад +1

    Billy Mills, Mattias Steiner, Derek Redmond, and Cathy of Australia in the 400 m. Those four are emotional.

  • @formulah113
    @formulah113 3 года назад +10

    the German weightlifter got me. my eyes will be puffy all day now. thanks.

  • @mmm-uw1ep
    @mmm-uw1ep 3 года назад +2

    Stephen John Akhwari in Mexico 1968. Through decades of memorable Olympic moments, his last place finish in the men's Marathon is one of the most inspirational Olympic memories for me.

  • @99jarjarbinks
    @99jarjarbinks 4 года назад +49

    Awesome moments! This is why I love The Olympic Games! 🤘🤘 ✊
    Honorable mentions go to Jesse Owens in 1936, The Miracle On Ice of 1980, and Cathy Freeman in 2000. 👍👍

    • @Galimah
      @Galimah 4 года назад +4

      Jesse Owens and Cathy Freeman for sure. also Tommie Smith(BP-fist in the air), Bob Beamon, Muhammad Ali lighting the olympic fire

    • @Galimah
      @Galimah 4 года назад +1

      and Naim Suleymanoglu 1988

    • @Forteonyoutube
      @Forteonyoutube 4 года назад

      im uploading athletics videos of me train on my channel trying to get faster

    • @jbas7525
      @jbas7525 4 года назад

      why cathy freeman ? whats so special

    • @colleenross8752
      @colleenross8752 4 года назад +4

      @@jbas7525 she was the first native Aboriginal athlete to win a gold

  • @jluc9456
    @jluc9456 3 года назад +15

    Best moments ever in Olympics???? No mention at all of Jesse Owens??? I’m very disappointed!!! Just sad!!

  • @Strawberry-12.
    @Strawberry-12. 4 года назад +28

    I can’t believe the miracle on ice wasn’t on here

    • @kragratt
      @kragratt 4 года назад +3

      I agree but at the same time enjoyed seeing some other moments that I had not seen before. I have seen the Miracle on Ice and Bob Beamon's jump in sooo many videos it was a nice change. Just my opinion. Have a great day.

    • @Strawberry-12.
      @Strawberry-12. 4 года назад

      @@kragratt yea I guess your right but I don’t think everyone knows about those events. And a good day to you as well

  • @jitendrashah36
    @jitendrashah36 4 года назад +8

    My wish for Olympic world of sports is to bring these revolutionary change for the first time in world.

  • @visheshpatel5490
    @visheshpatel5490 3 года назад +10

    Salute to Derek Redmond and his father 💪❤💯⚡

  • @sepilokfui
    @sepilokfui 3 года назад +16

    Nadia, is still the greatest of the greatest legend in Olympic history. If one has watched it life that how fast she did that routine, you would know why.

    • @shpongle7322
      @shpongle7322 Год назад +1

      That was seriously insane. The talent gymnasts have is incredible

  • @kashattack
    @kashattack 3 месяца назад

    The Derek Redmond moment was sadder when realising he was injured in the previous Olympics too during the heats. It's so cruel that after 8 years of hard work injury denied him his moment in two Olympics games.

  • @savannahthreefingers7502
    @savannahthreefingers7502 3 года назад +5

    there were so much times i almost teared up but i held back

  • @pidolbaragas2309
    @pidolbaragas2309 2 года назад +1

    that german weightlifter is the shortest clip that makes you tears!

  • @loulecloss8014
    @loulecloss8014 3 года назад +7

    I’m surprised the legendary comeback by Jason Lezak in the 2008 4x100m freestyle relay wasn’t on this video

  • @God-mv2sy
    @God-mv2sy 2 года назад +1

    I got chills on the weight lifting one

  • @xecidex
    @xecidex 3 года назад +2

    that weightlifting one made me cry out of nowhere

  • @ellenchavez2043
    @ellenchavez2043 3 месяца назад +1

    There was a winter Olympic in the 1970s, where an Indian or Pakistani cross country skier participated. A camera followed him, capturing his challenges. A Swede won the race and the gold. The ceremony was held, flowers and medals were awarded. And the skier labored on. He was met at the finish line by the gold medal winner, who congratulated him and gave him the bouquet of flowers. One of the most profound moments. They did show a snippet of it in the opening ups of the Wide World of Sports. I can't find it anywhere.

  • @Mindphaser1
    @Mindphaser1 3 года назад +3

    Olga Korbut's amazing performance at Munich 1972 deserves to be on the list.

  • @reezalrosli3104
    @reezalrosli3104 3 года назад +2

    The weightlifter seemed like he had trouble pushing it... but once he did, he held it longer out of spite. Claiming it like unchallenged victory.

  • @tharakaram2402
    @tharakaram2402 3 года назад +1

    Their emotions are not just emotions..their tears are the result of their extra efforts than others..

  • @gawrguwwa
    @gawrguwwa 3 года назад +5

    i miss pre-pandemic world so much

  • @noirjacques3274
    @noirjacques3274 3 месяца назад

    Gebreselassie winning that incredible 10,000m in Sydney was, as an Aussie, my favourite
    NON-Australian victory of Sydney 2000. ❤

  • @elijahbates4771
    @elijahbates4771 3 года назад +10

    Just a couple of moments in history where you can't help but think: "Wow, humans are pretty cool."

  • @asosav2001
    @asosav2001 3 года назад +3

    Greg Luganis, a legend.... Tears in my face now.... :)

  • @christopherx7428
    @christopherx7428 3 года назад +5

    Well, there are many great moments in sports. Two, to me obvious, moments on lists like these would be
    1) Bob Beamon winning in Mexico with a jump that beat the old world record by 55 cm, or an increase by 6,5 % in one go.
    2) The Soviet last second win in basketball vs the US in 1972, the first ever title lost by the US.
    And of course, there are plenty of great moment in the winter games too, e.g. the US win in ice hockey in 1980!

    • @colleenross8752
      @colleenross8752 Год назад

      And now the shared gold in the high jump in Tokyo

  • @fartsquirel880
    @fartsquirel880 3 года назад +2

    few people know this Carlos Lopes won the Marathon gold medal in LA 1984. Two weeks before he went to LA he was ran over by a car while training on the road.

  • @alexpower1134
    @alexpower1134 3 года назад +3

    We all know the greatest moment in Olympic history is when Steven Bradbury won gold in the speedskating finals when all the other skaters bombed out.

  • @kristoferjensjangeles6641
    @kristoferjensjangeles6641 5 месяцев назад +1

    German weightlifter feels like he recieved a golden buzzer. Honestly

  • @saibliss7976
    @saibliss7976 3 года назад +6

    Love them all, so inspiring 💕

  • @yonb0
    @yonb0 Год назад

    Thank you marshal, for not preventing Redmon's father from coming to help his son

  • @giuseppegiuseppe5875
    @giuseppegiuseppe5875 3 года назад +2

    The Olympic games have a symbol race, this Is the Marathon, now in 2004 ...100 years After the First game in Maratona, this race opening in the same place!! Stefano Baldini Legend

  • @yvonnelee534
    @yvonnelee534 4 месяца назад

    Nothing else will ever come close to the Derek Redmond moment.

  • @lotus6314
    @lotus6314 Год назад

    That weightlifting one deada** almost made me cry and I barely ever do.

  • @bennetthomas1739
    @bennetthomas1739 4 года назад +8

    I cried during this

  • @Aditya-ns9xl
    @Aditya-ns9xl 3 года назад +3

    Literally chills.

  • @aly.steiner_tx
    @aly.steiner_tx 8 месяцев назад

    So much respect for Haile Gebrselassie

  • @rahulsenwal1685
    @rahulsenwal1685 3 года назад +1

    Nadia Comenci.... WONDERFUL...thisi is called perfection

  • @shrirangmoghe1881
    @shrirangmoghe1881 3 года назад +1

    what music is that? wonderful video. his wife's photo made me emotional.

  • @rushisushi2130
    @rushisushi2130 3 года назад +1

    Simply, Just Inspirational!

  • @nickthefox72
    @nickthefox72 4 месяца назад

    Steiner clearly but Derek Redmond gives me chills every time

  • @mikeb3327
    @mikeb3327 3 года назад +1

    My Favorite will always be Billy Mills at the 1964 olympics.

  • @devnayak1296
    @devnayak1296 4 года назад +5

    Wonderful moments,

  • @ATATDRIVER
    @ATATDRIVER Год назад

    I love how the most watched is Matthias Steiner winning gold.

  • @archivio9186
    @archivio9186 3 года назад

    this’s so emotional

  • @StFidjnr
    @StFidjnr 4 года назад +5

    can you please upload more olympic ceremonies

  • @rizzdog3
    @rizzdog3 3 года назад +2

    the weightlifter was determined and spirited to win because of his wife's death. R.I.P

  • @carrieprzelski1628
    @carrieprzelski1628 3 года назад +3

    Please, what about Dan Jansen? Speedskater? Most inspiring story!

  • @dailyadventures.
    @dailyadventures. 4 месяца назад +1

    You missed Kerri Strump’s vault 💪

  • @Lubbylove89
    @Lubbylove89 3 года назад +6

    Keri Strug landing the vault on one foot to win gold....

  • @abinandhans5386
    @abinandhans5386 3 года назад +3

    the weightlifter had me in tears

  • @steve2trilllvkin20
    @steve2trilllvkin20 2 года назад

    Please stop putting music over this, the commentary makes it special and gives you chills too

  • @danielacastro9122
    @danielacastro9122 Год назад

    The German weightlifter always makes me cry

  • @santshuki1677
    @santshuki1677 4 года назад +8

    Respect for Larry Lemiux

  • @kathynossaman330
    @kathynossaman330 3 месяца назад

    A greatest moment from a sport that is no longer considered an Olympic sport -- softball. I've never understood removing baseball and softball. There are plenty of other team sports. Please bring back those 2.

  • @enakshiparua836
    @enakshiparua836 3 года назад +2

    4:50 brought tears....

  • @charliebaxter
    @charliebaxter 3 года назад +1

    My favorite is the Greek men's diving winning gold in Athens because they made the same mistake at the same time

  • @allisterkefilwe3847
    @allisterkefilwe3847 3 года назад +1

    I will have to go for Eric The Eel, even thou he was not even close to winning a medal i still feel it was a beautiful moment

  • @tonyschuman3869
    @tonyschuman3869 2 года назад +1

    Dave Wottle coming from last to first in the 1972 Munich 800 meters

  • @ashishvig7715
    @ashishvig7715 3 года назад +1

    Thumbs up if you came here in preparation of Tokyo 2020

  • @sandeepjoshua3019
    @sandeepjoshua3019 3 года назад +1

    German weightlifter is a real-life hero.

  • @lexsoft3969
    @lexsoft3969 3 года назад +1

    The presence of USA Basketball Dream Team in 1992.

  • @ObsidianKnight90
    @ObsidianKnight90 10 месяцев назад

    Steven Bradbury winning the first Gold in speed skating for Australia in 2002, after two near-fatal injuries during training, could be up on this list.

  • @69handy
    @69handy 3 года назад +1

    Sydney olympics - men’s 4 x 100m swimming relay, Australia beating the US to inflict their first ever defeat in that event has to be there.

    • @magictricks1647
      @magictricks1647 3 года назад

      Sydney Olympics for Aus produced so many memories. Cathy Freeman, the 4 by 100, the 1500 metre swim.

  • @lexsoft3969
    @lexsoft3969 3 года назад

    John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania in men's marathon at 1968 Olympic : A great story.

  • @boxertest
    @boxertest 4 года назад +20

    You left out Usain Bolt's final 100M race at the Olympics

    • @javieryeo4032
      @javieryeo4032 4 года назад

      boxertest and also Joseph Schooling’s win at Rio 2016

  • @Gordonzolar
    @Gordonzolar 3 месяца назад

    "Grant Hackett swam to gold in front of his home crowd in 2000"
    proceeds to show a race from Athens 2004.
    also, the wife of the weightlifter wasn't "dying", she died suddenly of a car accident.

  • @charlessaunders1217
    @charlessaunders1217 7 месяцев назад

    Hichem el gurroj should be on this list for his first Olympic gold medal he had on the 2004 Athens