Athletics - Men's Pole Vault Final - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games

[@tommywm24]

Probably the most underrated moment in Australian Olympic history. This is insane!

[@bp4816]

this and matthew mitcham 10M platform, like barely anyone remembers these

[@cameronglover7261]

Conor Forde yeah so??? Doesn’t mean he did. She is also Russian so it would have been her national sports program which made her dope.

[@Reboundfifty]

Never gets old watching this 😌💚💛go Australia

[@renqstar]

proud of him! he went to my school. His name is on a few of the ath records back then

[@jasmin8ter2010]

2:19 Steve: Oh look at me, mates! I'm a pole vaulter AND a bodybuilder! LOL, just the way he flexed his arms.

[@rosariosamuelD]

that was freaking insane... and when i see people at highschool track meets going like, 17 feet i think it's incredible... wow.

[@thehensbeard]

that would suck if you missed the mat on the way down

[@nooneushudknow13]

Why does Steven Hooker remind me of Thor?

[@kobejordan8334]

He has...kangaroo hops....

[@AndrewPetersonFilms]

Bubka cleared 6 meters about 40 times actually. This is backed by the commentator at the 1997 World Championships near the end of his career claiming that Bubka has cleared 6m "some 35 times" and also a conversation I had with Jeff Hartwig myself.

[@tallpoppysyndrome9578]

There was no Pole in the final.

[@jfp521]

i actually never thought of it that way, you comment really made me laugh out loud, but if anything high jump is exactly like backwards limbo

[@jasmin8ter2010]

If Steve Hooker had missed the landing pads at 1:02 and landed on the ground, that would've hurt!

[@HSRHSR]

that Hooker had a perm

[@rey619yomama]

0:51, that was the 100m final . u see thompson happy and powell. bolt is probably around the bend celebrating

[@jfp521]

the world record is 6.15 indoors and 6.14 out doors, bubka had the olympic record in 88 at 5.90, that was broken in 96 at 5.92, that was broken in 04 by tim mack of the us at 5.95 and hooker breakes it here at 5.96

[@TheRazzy99]

@jdwhi3 5.96 is magnificent its an Olympic Record that is surely a great height!!

[@DrClawizdead]

Who came up with this? I'm guessing it is some medieval thing they used to jump over castle walls or something?

[@tmgcubing5816]

Hooker actually talked to me!

[@Pawluk44]

'on ya Stevo!

[@Slash4eva7]

ever since watching that video where the guy landed on the pole with his crutch i get nervous watching lol

[@IsaacH3]

0:47 dead serious my cousin Richard Thompson from Trinidad in the background Way to take home silver!

[@OscarLiu24]

@thehensbeard not really possible unless you are trying really hard to miss it.

[@oneputtsteven]

Incredibly he still owns the world record of 6.14 meters but not the Olympic record. Bubka has 13, count 'em 13 leaps over 6 meters!

[@pacervault3350]

Derek Miles Wins Bronze!

[@ahahahahaha95]

This shit is fucking intense!

[@ashleighmurphy174]

Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!

[@LeonMire]

0:54 Dude, Carrot Top got jacked.

[@Massochism]

yeah, but i don't think that was at the olympics

[@YourSweatyUncle]

duplantis can jump 5.96 with a pogo stick

[@rum02]

give it to us aussies every now and then we'll pull out a rippa. Look at the fatigue in him though in that last jump. great great performance

[@ellieparker9222]

Watch someone miss the mat

[@tevo_za]

this event always seems abit weird to me: See how high you can jump with the help of a stick

[@serhyocristiano7]

Stop saying stupid things, it's probably one of the hardest sports in human history.

[@serhyocristiano7]

Because it seems like you're kind of making fun of this sport

[@tevo_za]

***** Just a friendly joke dude... What's wrong with that?

[@serhyocristiano7]

Some people could take that worse than just a joke, i mean, you probably didn't mean it, but for vaulters like me, it may seem a little harmful.

[@jackalexander102]

christ you are tragic

[@renqstar]

aussie pride!

[@TheLolle88]

WOOOOOOOOW!

[@BonkyChilliams]

The commentator said that before he won and then continue to break the record.............

[@MsOHsvideos]

How is it not the Olympics? If you don't see Beijing 2008 Olympics not once in this video, then (no offense) but you must be blind.

[@NacerDeArriba]

He looks like a medieval warrior with long hair. Great white guy

[@GarryChenYT]

That is world record and he scores it not in the olympics

[@nicknicknick306]

cool

[@Chroniclilskip27]

I thought the olympic record was 6 or 6.02 or something by Bubka?

[@lemwart]

few

[@tmac8892]

so the aussie ginger can jam a stick in the ground and go higher than all the others jamming their sticks in the ground.

[@WOAHdatsalowprce]

Much harder than it looks my friend

[@tmac8892]

well it looks impossible. I was just being a dumbass internet troll. these guys are amazing. I couldn't do it in a million years. (but the chicks dig me).

[@royonei11]

+t mac fun fact... Steve is my cousin