He did win 9 gold medals (plus 3 silvers), but spread across three Olympic Games: 1920, 1924 and 1928. Also, he was predominantly a long distance runner, although indeed one of his gold medals is from 1500 meters, which is considered a middle distance.
The finest moment of the Swedish to get Nurmi banned from the Olympics. Nurmi was in his prime and had set multiple world records that year and would have without an injury won the marathon. Dude was a running machine.
Wow i'm a Finn and i'm embarassed to admit that i had no idea who ye was before thiw video but wow he is a legend. Now i'm even more proud to call myself a Finn.
It would be interesting to understand if he had some inherent genetic advantage that affected his endurance or was it that he was ahead of his time in his approach to training.
He was ahead of his time in training, that much we know for sure. He read of different methods and experimented, wrote down how he felt during an exercise and analysed the differences, practiced twice a day and extremely hard, ran against the clock and marked his times by the second, also developed his running technique according to results - bringing it almost to a scientific level. It is said that he was not the most talented Finnish runner of his time, but worked harder and smarter.
It is also said that Nurmi coached the Finnish team Salminen, Askola and Iso-hollo for the 10 000m in Berlin Olympics 1936. They placed first, second and third.
Sometimes it feels like athletes were more stronger or better then. Is there a method to calculate this? Was the air cleaner then, which would explain better lungs, food simpler (clean), people at all tough. Although the times were, of course, mathematically worse. In the Paris 1924 Olympic Games, Ville Ritola won four gold medals and two silver medals. He ran a long distance run for eight consecutive days for those six medals to win. Including qualifications 🏃♂️🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🏃
I think this video, more than anything, proves the inconsistency training between athletes. With no internet and during a time when traveling beyond your own country was reserved for the wealthy or once in a lifetime experience there was probably little consistency in training around the world. Not to mention that sports performance science was probably in its infancy and its likely that it took decades or longer to understand what made some athletes better than others.
It’s the opposite ! The athletes are faster now then before ! You can compare it to Hicham the Moroccan athlete who made the same history as Paavo did by winning the 1500m and the 5000m at one Olympic event but in better timing!
Robert Smith These "Olympics On The Record" videos almost always contain factual inaccuracies. Nurmi won 9 total gold medals in his Olympic career (not 10 like the narrator says at the end) but won only 5 at the 1924 games. Paavo's nine gold medals tie him for second all-time with Larissa Latynina, Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis.
It's very appropriate that he was Finnish, since the finish line was the only place his rivals saw him.
So funny i forgot to laugh 😐
lol
He's a inspiration. He shows that there are no limits to what humans are capable of.
Well, there are some limits. Quite a few, actually. But Nurmi was an outstanding athlete.
By far the greatest distance runner of all time. Maybe even the greatest track and field athlete of all time.
A true legend😍
Dead?
Jonny Maestas nooo😂
He did win 9 gold medals (plus 3 silvers), but spread across three Olympic Games: 1920, 1924 and 1928. Also, he was predominantly a long distance runner, although indeed one of his gold medals is from 1500 meters, which is considered a middle distance.
Proud to be finnish
Don't be proud of what others achieve, be proud of what you achieve and give others joy from your achievements!
This is what our grandparents mean when they say they had to "walk" 10km to school :D
100 years ago....he was from.another planet....he was from Finland!
He got banned from olympics because he was too beast
The finest moment of the Swedish to get Nurmi banned from the Olympics. Nurmi was in his prime and had set multiple world records that year and would have without an injury won the marathon. Dude was a running machine.
@@soturiks sorry if i didnt understand but paavo is from finland not from sweden
@@Yourmom-lb3vx I know. I also know it was the Swedes who really wanted him out of the Olympics and got their wish.
Nurmi, just casually breaking the OR
Great video! Years ago, I read somewhere that Nurmi's resting pulse rate was 24. Emil Zatopek was a pallbearer at Nurmi's funeral.
How fitting since Emil would continue Paavo's legacy
Beautiful.
Sou grande admirador e fã, obrigado Finlândia por esses homens incríveis. 👏👏👏👏
Wow i'm a Finn and i'm embarassed to admit that i had no idea who ye was before thiw video but wow he is a legend. Now i'm even more proud to call myself a Finn.
@@MultiJejje he is 9 year's old (and watches pewdiepie very EPIC)
Every Finn knows who Paavo Nurmi was! Period!
@@estellasalmi9409 wwell clearly not this guy
What a story! Incredible. I wonder if his story was the inspiration for the Disney film, "The World's Greatest Athlete"?
And also we need the XC race back. All the XC races back then we're poorly thrown together. I think it should be reinstated.
THE GOAT!!!
Those times...
You say it like you were alive back then 😂
Sisu ❤️
awesome!!!
The only thing Morocco and Finland both share is the double Olympic medals of 1500m and 5000m by Paavo the Finn and hicham the Moroccan!!
Nurmi did it on the same day with an hour's rest between the 1500 and 5000.
Nurmi was much greater
@@gigachad8245 oot selvästi puolueellinen. Hicham on yli dominoiva ja hän teki sen paljon kilpailukykyisessä aikakaudella. Hänkin ansaitsee rispektiä
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Is Hicham muslim ?
Nice game
It would be interesting to understand if he had some inherent genetic advantage that affected his endurance or was it that he was ahead of his time in his approach to training.
He was ahead of his time in training, that much we know for sure. He read of different methods and experimented, wrote down how he felt during an exercise and analysed the differences, practiced twice a day and extremely hard, ran against the clock and marked his times by the second, also developed his running technique according to results - bringing it almost to a scientific level. It is said that he was not the most talented Finnish runner of his time, but worked harder and smarter.
It is also said that Nurmi coached the Finnish team Salminen, Askola and Iso-hollo for the 10 000m in Berlin Olympics 1936. They placed first, second and third.
Suomi mainittu
Sometimes it feels like athletes were more stronger or better then. Is there a method to calculate this? Was the air cleaner then, which would explain better lungs, food simpler (clean), people at all tough.
Although the times were, of course, mathematically worse.
In the Paris 1924 Olympic Games, Ville Ritola won four gold medals and two silver medals. He ran a long distance run for eight consecutive days for those six medals to win. Including qualifications 🏃♂️🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🏃
Nope Susanna, it Still is practise ,practise and practise… Nurmi is still human.
I think this video, more than anything, proves the inconsistency training between athletes. With no internet and during a time when traveling beyond your own country was reserved for the wealthy or once in a lifetime experience there was probably little consistency in training around the world. Not to mention that sports performance science was probably in its infancy and its likely that it took decades or longer to understand what made some athletes better than others.
It’s the opposite ! The athletes are faster now then before ! You can compare it to Hicham the Moroccan athlete who made the same history as Paavo did by winning the 1500m and the 5000m at one Olympic event but in better timing!
Hi!
At the 2028 Olympics, I'll be take medals on the 800m, the 1500m, the 3000m steeplechase, the 5000, the 10000m and the cross country
nicee..what about Marathon?
Read ur title again !
No doubt nurmi won 9 gold but not in 1 game.
The record exists today of 8 gold in single Olympic games.
Yes he did but the cross country or whatever was removed from olympics
Stop hating
Could be wrong but didn't nurmi blood dope which was legal back then but banned today
👋🤩🤚
only narrow minded officials could stop him
Hi
He must have had some genetic thing
This is an embarrassing video, with an ill informed narrator. The great Nurmi deserves much, much better.
Title says 9 in one games, video says 5 in one games. Which is it?????
Clickbait 😛
Robert Smith These "Olympics On The Record" videos almost always contain factual inaccuracies. Nurmi won 9 total gold medals in his Olympic career (not 10 like the narrator says at the end) but won only 5 at the 1924 games. Paavo's nine gold medals tie him for second all-time with Larissa Latynina, Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis.
I don't understand if there was 1 or 2 cross country races ....!! One for individuals and one for teams ?
One race on August 23, 1920. Separate individual and team medals were awarded.
"Akuma ka!? " inner weebs
Nöömi.
Back when we finns were good at something
Kona
Nice game