Athletics - Men's Hammer Throw Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Primoz Kosmus shows herculean strength to throw his way to gold in the men's hammer at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
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[@ARIZJOE]

The footwork of these strongmen is something to marvel.

[@jazzysmooth1214]

Nobody: Them:🌪🌪🌪🌪🌪

[@gear772]

Throws ball and instantly starts screaming

[@nat17380]

He screams when it goes somewhere but when it hits the fence he just like "shit, don't look at me"

[@arundindaaa712]

Fred Bill

[@Malmazm]

Fred Bill they are making wind

[@AbrahamSalazar210]

It gives the ball that extra push of encouragement, ya know.

[@ZizzyY58]

Fred Bill 600th LIKE

[@papapoot4999]

this guy needs to calm down he is scaring the hammer away

[@axleroast2674]

If I'd do that it would land at 20 meters

[@sonyyadav999]

7

[@marciamanuellla729]

Gagueja ih

[@stevespyder]

Being able to swear in a foreign language...

[@lukascardoni9814]

They must be really good a 360 no scopes

[@SunriseMaster]

yup

[@mehdi7374]

lukas cardoni I was going to say that with out even looking at the comments

[@chongkimchiu]

GOLD

[@ashamunnusamy6341]

lukas cardoni wwe wwe

[@christian646]

360... i think 100505459365...

[@micflor531313]

my son is starting college level shot-put and hammer. He said the footwork for hammer is tough to learn. It looks smooth only because these guys are great at it! The best in the world!

[@TheLastXeno]

Alright Bob you can do this, zen mode...concentrate...form is everything, ying and yang-swing, swing, spin, spin-spinSPINMOTHERFUCKERSONOFBITCHYEAHFUCKYEAHIMAFUCKINGBOSSFUCKTHISYOUBETTERFUCKINGLANDTHATDISTANCEDAMNIMHARDUHHHHAAAAAHHHGETSOME!!!

[@ajkorras]

lol

[@TheLastXeno]

+seamuscat1018 xD I could watch this over and over just saying random things during his rant, and you're probably right. Haha!

[@TheLastXeno]

***** ^

[@Cyleyt]

Lmfao😂

[@planetahymnos-niconico3940]

LMAO xD

[@TheTacoPandemic]

Imagine getting hit from around 10 feet away.

[@nmnbnsl198]

Why did i imagin.?

[@1957346]

right on the head lol instant kill

[@veenasharma813]

,

[@smoky4618]

@Carl The Robot that's what I'm saying.. why are people standing there bro it's common sense you have a heavy object coming at you fast why TF same thing with the javelins

[@davidbell8869]

Yeah you wouldn’t need to worry much about it

[@unequalizing]

I dont know why but i love seeing them spin round and round rapidly

[@cielopachirisu929]

So uh Everybody here is commenting on the guy screaming, I'm thinking about those guys who're all the way down at the end of the field standing just a few feet away from the 16-lb iron ball of splattering your brains onto the ground. I mean I'm sure they're standing at a safe distance, but...

[@Zulfeous]

Lmao I be wondering the same

[@qgx1147]

now think of a javelin to pierce through the body

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

I wonder how many injuries or deaths have occurred over the years to the judges standing out there. I remember the one judge that took a javelin to the shoulder. Ouch!

[@peakperformancetrain]

Sadly there have been 2 I’m aware of , both college situations, recent 2 years ago , 2017 a division iii meet volunteer college freshman , and in 1984 a thrower at UTK, both were hit in the head, tragic

[@nicesmack9309]

@@peakperformancetrain like why that have to stand there like that? Can't they wait till the throw is done?

[@SssagaBenches4U]

Silver medal after comeback. What a champion!

[@Yuhon100]

I always love the throwing events such as Shot Put, Discus, Hammer Throw, and Javelin.

[@rustyshackleford8497]

I LOVE how the guy from Belarus starts screaming in celebration immediately after a good throw. Nice to see such pride in representing one's country!

[@--M--1111]

Also the paycheck. The biggest purk

[@dgsxnukez9742]

They spin sooo fast!

[@Teacher2Polis2XtraRice]

It's one of my favorite event in Athletics. Next to Discus Throw and Javelin Throw

[@saksham4413]

ANYONE ELSE WHO SURVIVED 2020 AND WATCHING THIS VIDEO?

[@jonah5952]

This is too funny to watch lmao

[@CutTwice]

You guys are so awesome!!!

[@system2thinker659]

That is nuts!! They spin at a super human speed!

[@gregaravnik6957]

Primož Kozmus, čestitam. 😍❤️💯👏🥇🇸🇮

[@mattprssmn4]

The Trunchbull used to be in the Olympics. Shot Put, Javelin, Hammer Throw...

[@lamborghinifan13]

that's what made me look up this in the first place :D

[@Doyle-iq2kv]

Matilda 🤣🤣

[@Keeeelccc]

Yesss this comment 😂

[@yashjakhotiya5808]

I can attest, I came from Matilda

[@1TSR0CK]

0:45 had me flinching for life

[@robynbeard6681]

Anyone watching this in 2020?? I’m binge watching heaps of sports cus of quarantine :(

[@footyfan101ful]

I am to make up for the Olympics that is not happening this year.

[@straycatannie5868]

I love it when they guy throws the hammer and starts cursing the other guys mother....

[@stevespyder]

if only the judges could understand their language...

[@MultiCoon]

WELL DONE Mr.KOZMOS !!!

[@ARN_Sports]

Wo. Great Perfomance...congrats

[@kuhraezah5867]

How come the judges sit there? Don't they risk getting hit?

[@grantterril4460]

Kuhra Ezah it’s very easy to judge where the implement is going to land when they’re flying over 250 feet (82 ish meters)

[@clovismcpony]

Love how he screams at the hammer to g further.

[@stevespyder]

My scream is 'fly motherf*cker fly...''

[@ajkorras]

This is pretty awesome.

[@a.g.4843]

Definitely. I am 42 yo and see that today for the first time. It’s really awsome

[@thatcuriousguy]

THE BEAST IS COMIN!

[@loverainbowsmiles]

Gold for you Primoz Kozmus, You go Primoz Kozmus

[@villoviszkeleti3691]

I love HAMMER THROW ❤️👈🏻

[@billdsafdsad]

Why does that one guy keep screaming lol

[@prettynoose8497]

He's from Belarus....Belarusian's scream at everything!

[@manos1233]

I'm a hammer thrower and in that speed that he spins you get crazy and takes some seconds to calm down ;)

[@KiLLED5639]

You gotta scream. It's a known fact, if you don't scream, you don't throw as far. It's like the screaming propels the object further.

[@grantterril4460]

KiLLED5639 ^^^ facts

[@SpaceEag11]

He drank Angeldust dissolved in coffee as preworkout.

[@1.4142]

Rare quality for a video from 2008.

[@blenKUSH]

SLOVENIA !!!!!!!! 4EVER

[@RiSK_Ion]

I just found this and I watched this in class today aswell

[@funnystatus1425]

Very very nice hammer throw

[@pr0fet]

The balls of the guys measuring the throws. Here is this 10 pound weight, being flung from across the field. "I bet I can stand right next to were it lands"

[@frasermate4729]

KZbin 2015-no 2016-no 2017-no 2018-no 2019- YES

[@snowy2619]

Damn must be a popular sport

[@josepaulinogarciaperez7955]

Campeón. N. 1.. Viva. Atletismo.

[@DINESHGADA]

AWESOME ...LOVE from mumbai Dinesh Gada

[@Freddy454x72]

1:39 to curse harder, just keep spinning

[@Leadscout]

Legenda Kozmus!

[@gab_playz9985]

The men with green and red allways rage the number 1154

[@kaitsuki]

America: *WE HAVE HELICOPTERS* Russia: *WE ARE HELICOPTERS* Hammer throwing contest: *HOLD MY HAMMER*

[@SwordLogic]

The measuring guys are brave af

[@belialuedke1880]

great. 💜

[@ohanammii132]

My module made me watch this

[@didysalim3045]

Amazing people

[@qvc1212]

Wow. Five full rotations, I get dizzy just looking at them. I couldn't throw that fucking thing twenty feet and likely fall on my ass trying to spin around. I wonder how long it takes to learn that sport.

[@evanalexander9157]

qvc1212 takes a lot of drugs too.

[@josepaulinogarciaperez7955]

Viva. El Atletismo. 🥇🥇🥇🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

[@d3xn1]

2008: No 2009: No 2010: Nope 2011: Noooo 2012: Nah 2013: Maybe 2014: Ok no 2015: Still no 2016: Okay i will do it 2017: SIKEEE 2018: Okay maybe nexf tim- 2019: FLY MY HAMMER FLYYYY!

[@Scientist_Albert_Einstein]

To get the maximum range they need to throw it at exactly 45 degrees. It looks like they are throwing it at less than 45, it looks like a 30 or 35 degree angle.

[@userdestinycity]

Awesome

[@valmettirakkori2563]

belarussian throwers shouting "i used so much drugs let me win"

[@jeffyjeffy1307]

spin me round right round baby right round

[@cadenmarcell6637]

the italians: AMMA SAMM A DAA BLE DA BAA DAAAAAA

[@beastlybro8767]

They are like freaking tornadoes

[@miguelpanta]

the physics engine does all the work

[@Randy790]

After the person throws randomly screams shshsbzdjdzn

[@ceciliawade]

Shid! Me being a Weightlifter I would be scared I would knock myself out with it but of course that's what Strength/Endurance/Form is for.

[@jobinkris5796]

like watching Taz Spinning

[@H3XZOc]

and awesome

[@tommyisfat2]

Vadim Devyatovskiy has the best technique out of all of the throwers in this video

[@donbatugantv3633]

They move like anime when they are spinning and about to release the ball😂

[@TheLMMish]

I've always wondered why those guys stand so close to the ball landing zone. Are they not afraid of death?

[@multiyapples]

Nice

[@ngwavy]

Who else needs to watch this for school?

[@thomasbiszak3172]

The second last throw was like NO FUCK GOD DAMMIT oh well thanks for letting me try olympics

[@rafj2762]

I like the hype

[@clovismcpony]

Aaaah! Da! Da! Da! - Da! Da! Da!

[@Davidsuth]

How do they time it so well

[@alexthomas8017]

Lmao that guy goes crazy after every throw

[@caelroraback2213]

I watched this in class and we're doing force stuff.

[@MehediHasan-ch5es]

the guy who had a tantrum cause he screwed up. lololol

[@foot-ball4333]

Cool

[@WatchCommentAndLeave]

no one : literally no one : except me : YOU SPIN ME RIGHT ROUND BABY RIGHT ROUND, LIKE A RECORD BABY ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND

[@user-rc8gz7jk3p]

Imagine playing the Soviet anthem at the end,everyones gonna feel good(the final competition was between belarus and Slovenia)

[@warddolfin7038]

i got sweaty hands from this, they swing so fast

[@isactomaropher3810]

You spin me right round baby

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

Imagine the dizziness.

[@imnotpanda1911]

Imagine being hit by one

[@hardtake.e39]

He sounds like a angry baby OOGA BOOGA WAGA DAGA GAAGGA WUALALA

[@noel3dpende104]

Mario and Sonic at The Olympic Games!

[@magnusreset]

thats very good

[@usuariodesconocido1227]

0:12 When you need to choose vainilla or chocolate

[@keikokowalewski8953]

Wow that guy who though that ball that hit the fence was mad lol

[@thomasbiszak3172]

That would be so scary turning around so fast

[@HealthTipsWithJane]

Well now im doing it whit 3 spins , but i havent had a chance to throw it out side and mesure it .

[@dakshkamboj2440]

Me when i find out my crush is getting married vs me a few seconds later infront of her 1:40

[@blob440]

So is this basically a shot put connected to some type of cable?

[@stevespyder]

exactly, means if your bored you can practice shot in between. older you get they are lighter. I am now 60 and use 5kg. Cable is 4 feet long.

[@MrJoshanthony734313]

So, did this start as an ancient weapon or...?

[@pepsizer6069]

At the beginning, it looks like they gave him special effects to look like he spun fast.

[@brenorossi6915]

there are only comments in english bro, no brazilian here?

[@benny-ov9vy]

How do they know when to throw?

[@ohedd]

The last throw by Devyatovskiy would had been long if he hadn't hooked it. Haven't seen him throw like that since WC 2005!

[@sukanya5764]

I'm a hammer thrower myself but I don't understand why some of them did it without gloves?

[@6402457]

That's crazy like how do they know when to release, cause I can see myself fucking this shit up all the time lol..