Emil Zátopek and his amazing 3 victories at the Helsinki Olympics are missing. No one will ever do that again.
@rebelyee49953 ай бұрын
Definitely, there's too many golden memories in Olympic history, only picking 10 is subjective and difficult. I would say Eric Heiden's 5 gold of speed skiing at 1980 is also a super performance.
@sylviadrees37613 ай бұрын
Die tschechische Lokomotive.
@dodiad2 ай бұрын
Came here to say the same thing about Zatopek, but you beat me to it.
@tatjanakolman-nq2cl2 ай бұрын
A ja se jeste pridam v jeho a me materstine. Kdyz vyhral v Helsinkach 3 zlate, bylo mi 5,5 roku a pamatuji se na to. A k tomu jeho zena Dana zlatou v hodu ostepem.
@colleenross87522 ай бұрын
That same year, his wife Dana also won a gold in the javelin
@hankf87232 ай бұрын
Discus thrower, Al Oerter, a four-time Olympic Champion. 1956: Melbourne, 1960: Rome, 1964: Tokyo, 1968: Mexico.
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing, until I realized this video recognizes achievements over a SINGLE Olympics, not a career. So with all respect to Al, he would have been included in a different category.
@richspector44612 ай бұрын
Bob Beamon broke the long jump record by 2 feet in Mexico City in 1964. Should be on the list.
@tonyfranklin83062 ай бұрын
Done at extreme altitude though which helped hugely. His previous best was 8.33metres, a massive freak one off.
@ricksrnka61712 ай бұрын
1968
@bugle11002 ай бұрын
Agree! Yes, Beamon was at a higher altitude, but breaking the record by two feet is unimaginable. So let’s not diminish Beamon’s great achievement. The other competitors and other sports that would have benefited from the same high altitude at the Mexico City Olympics came no where close to Beamon’s great performance!
@normadesmond60172 ай бұрын
@@bugle1100 agree. that was magical.
@carlcushmanhybels81592 ай бұрын
1968
@TristanWeijermars2 ай бұрын
Fanny Blankers-Koen was already 30 when she won her four golden medals in 1948. She missed two Olympic Games (1940, 1944) that were not held because of WWII. Imagine if she could have competed in those as well.
@normadesmond60172 ай бұрын
totally agree. And nobody, not even Florence Griffith, has ever beaten her on the athletics. The record still stands. When she returned from London to the Netherlands, she got a new bike to celebrate her victories....
@paulvanbuggenum5733Ай бұрын
Well and a mother twice over. Makes you wonder Kipyegon improved immensely after giving birthi in 2018 probably others did too
@erikheymann93902 ай бұрын
Glad you included Blankers-Koen. She is sometimes overlooked (which is odd for the person named IAAF's female athlete of the 20th century) but had a significant impact on women's sports as she won 4 gold medals at age 30 and a mother of two.
@annettemalaski19672 ай бұрын
One of the most compelling reasons Fannie did so well is that even though the Netherlands was under Natzi controll, they let her train during the war. Most other women athletes did not have that advantage. In fact they had races and events so she could compete.
@erikheymann93902 ай бұрын
@@annettemalaski1967 Yes, I assume the Nazis were only too happy to have a Dutch woman outperform the English. But she gave birth in 1945 and took 7 months off from training. If you read about her training from 1945-48, it was ridiculously light by modern standards. Also, in the 1948 Olympics, the competitors were only allowed to compete in 3 individual track events, so she withdrew from the high jump and the long jump, in which she held the world records.
@annettemalaski19672 ай бұрын
@@erikheymann9390 Even that light training was more than her competitors had available to them. I am not putting down Fannie's achievements. But maybe her competition would have been better with her advantages. And it is a shame that they limited her involvement to four events. But that lame excuse the organizers gave for that decision irks me.
@erikheymann93902 ай бұрын
@@annettemalaski1967 I'm not sure I totally follow your point. The 80m hurdles in 1948 had 2 Austrians, 3 Americans, 2 Brits, an Argentinian, a Chilean, a Jamaican and an Australian. Same thing for the other events, including Italy, Canada and Brazil. A South African runner posted the fastest time in the 200 meter heats. Were they all denied even the opportunity to train during the War? Also, Fanny quit training for 7 months and did only light training after the War, not during. After. Are you saying all of the other competitors were unable to train from 1945-48? And one more point, for which I'll admit I don't have all the facts - Fanny lived through the 1944-45 Hongerwinter in which the Dutch struggled to get enough food, so her nutrition would possibly have suffered considerably. Both of my parents lived through it in Amsterdam; it was no picnic. But perhaps Fanny got special favors during this period. Is there evidence for that?
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
@@erikheymann9390 Wow!!
@Abbatobia2 ай бұрын
Abebe Bikila the barefoot runner from Ethiopia who won the Rome and Tokyo Olympics marathon and who nearly won at Mexico Olympics is missing.
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
This video honors achievements at a single Olympics. Bikila's achievement is over multiple Olympics. So his would be one of the Top 10 in an Olympic CAREER.
@FrankDAmico-dr5dl2 ай бұрын
Mark Spitz has always impressed me, 7 golds, 7 world records in the same Olympics.
@batty222222 ай бұрын
I just think it's wild they swam without caps
@toninho73072 ай бұрын
Fun facts about Fanny Blankers-Koen :She was a mother of two,earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife",when she won 4 gold medals.From the city of Amsterdam, she received a new bicycle "to go through life at a slower pace".She also held a world record in pentathlon in 1951.At a gala in Monaco, organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), she was declared the "Female Athlete of the Century"
@pockeyway2 ай бұрын
Phelps "almost broke record for most golds at a single Olympics?" 8 golds... He did break the record!
@bivouacprod20242 ай бұрын
Where do you read almost...? It's "also"
@edwardimhoff31062 ай бұрын
Kerri Strug.... Astounding courage under fire. I'll say no more.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Love Kerri. One better. Shun Fujimoto landing his dismount fromm the rings in 1976 for team gold for Japan ON A BROKEN KNEECAP! When asked later (not sure how long) if it was worth it...he said NO! LOL.
@ilarikokko80522 ай бұрын
Paavo Nurmi Paris 1924 5 gold metal 1500m and 5000m same day
@randallmarks9842 ай бұрын
I think he won the cross country event as well and wanted to run the marathon and meet officials would not let him so he went back to Finland and ran a marathon breaking the world record.
@hoopaholicstickum2 ай бұрын
Bolt was a freak!!!! Meaning in a positive way…. Look at him in comparison to his competitors… he was physically head and shoulders above them all… dude was so cool!!!
@drummerchicago2 ай бұрын
his record of 9.58 in the 100 meters will probably never be broken
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
@@drummerchicago It will be broken.
@randallmarks9842 ай бұрын
I don't believe for 1 millisecond that Bolt's word records are clean. To many of his Jamaican buddies have been caught along the way. NO to Bolt.
@keratos88802 ай бұрын
Jim Thorpe & Aleksandr Karelin have an argument for inclusion too - so many greats...
@vegardaukrust54472 ай бұрын
Where is Bob Beamon 1968? It is the best single performance in olympic history.
@WmMarkSearcy2 ай бұрын
agreed
@MikeCee72 ай бұрын
Also Agree!
@jennifertaylor56002 ай бұрын
That is number one to me. Ok. Maybe 1.5
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
The difference between Beamon and the 10 that were chosen were Beamon only completed in and won one event (long jump). Everyone here won multiple events. Granted that was one spectacular jump, but it was only one jump.
@TryingToBeKindАй бұрын
Paavo Nurmi of Finland: Clearly the distance running GOAT, got five gold medals in seven days at the 1924 Olympics and most certainly would have had six if the Finnish team hadn’t forbade him from the 10,000M to give other runners on the team a chance! And…that just scratches the surface of his overall achievements! Seriously, look him up! ❤️✌🏻✌🏻❤️
@JuliaAshton-Cady-zn4ly2 ай бұрын
Olga Korbut doing the Korbut Flip. Kerri Strug winning gold with an injured ankle.
@carseye12193 ай бұрын
It's not a real list without Paavo Nurmi, maybe the greatest Olympian ever!
@Fyrd-Fareld2 ай бұрын
Matti Nykänen too.
@gordellis58492 ай бұрын
Paavo Nurmi HAS to be there. Zatopek too
@gordellis58492 ай бұрын
The 2nd place finisher in the 1936 men's 200 just behind Owens was Mac Robinson, Jackie Robinson's older brother.
@colleenross87522 ай бұрын
@@Fyrd-Fareldand Lasse Viren, another distance legend from Finland
@user-hh5rn4jz6o2 ай бұрын
100
@jeannehall65462 ай бұрын
What about Wilma Rudolph or Paavo Nurmi?
@brian0402632 ай бұрын
Carl Lewis admitted to doping WTF
@RealLifeFinance2 ай бұрын
They all do
@brian0402632 ай бұрын
@@RealLifeFinance no they don’t ! Back then many did and he still thinks he was justified and bad mouths his competitors still to this day . Horrible person .
@64fairlane3052 ай бұрын
@@RealLifeFinance all americans are doped+some others
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Utterly untrue. His ephedrine results were in the questionable zone and prompted investigation which revealed he took some supplements. Now his results of under 10 ppm would not even trigger investigation!!! Sorry but get your facts straight.
@christenandersen652 ай бұрын
What about Eric Heiden. He won all the speed skating events in 1980. From the 500 to the 10,000.
@scottfreckle2372 ай бұрын
skating isn't a sport it's what you do on a first date
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
@@scottfreckle237 SPEED skating you ignoramus!! Look at their thighs. They are MONSTER athletes.
@angelananandadas82672 ай бұрын
Please remember The Germans cheered Jesse Owens Hitler met him and did not walk out of the stadium Roosevelt never acknowledged him When he had to join other US athletes he was asked to enter through a side door. If you don't agree see what Jesse himself wrote.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Sorry buddy but no Hitler did NOT meet him. And yes Roosevelt never really acknowledged him. Ok so what. Roosevelt did a lot for the country and faced certain political realities and Owens did a lot and faced bad discrimination.
@drummerchicago2 ай бұрын
fyi...Michael Phelps won the 23rd gold medal of his Olympic career at the 2016 Rio Games. The American standout swimmer won a single-Olympic-record eight golds at the 2008 Beijing Games. Phelps won more than 80% of the events he entered over his Olympic career. His 28 total medals are even more daunting. A record that will never be broken
@mehmettarkkeskin39712 ай бұрын
1988 Naim Suleymanoglu by far the best weightlifter in history. lifting 3 times his weight+10kg
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Oooo I forgot about him. Probably a doper...but most weightlifters were. Don't forget pocket Hercules from Greece (who is still alive)
@andydabilis51572 ай бұрын
You actually got a few of them right but perhaps weren't around to see Billy Mills win the 10,000 meter gold in 1964 after Ron Clarke shoved him out of the way or Dave Wottle win the 800 meter gold in 1972 and coming from last to first in the last lap or Bob Beamon's long jump in 1968 in Mexico City that set a world record lasting 23 years or Wilma Rudolph's three gold medals in Rome in 1960 or Abebe Bikila winning the Marathon in Rome while running barefoot or Olga Korbut's flip in 1972 in Munich or Rulon Gardner beating the unbeatable Russian wrestler Aleksandr Karelin in Sydney in 200 or .... well, let's leave it at that for now ....
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
Every example you mentioned (except one) were achievements in individual events. All of what the creator of the video chose were winners of multiple events in the same Olympics. That was probably one of the major criteria he used when making his selections. Please give him a break; it is almost impossible to only list 10 from all of Olympic history.
@RealLifeFinance2 ай бұрын
Ginobli was so underrated as a pointguard playmaker
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Who underrated him? He won NBA titles with the Spurs.
@stevesherrill1392 ай бұрын
So, tell me why Jim Thorpe is not on this list of the 10 greatest performances in Olympic history. In the 1912 Olympic Games Jim Thorpe competed in the first running of the Pantheon and the Decathlon a total of 15 events And WON THEM BOTH. THAT FEAT HAS NEVER BEEN DUPLICATED. In the Pantheon he won 4 first places and one third. In the decathlon he beat the second-place winner by 688 points. In all the coverage done on past athletes never does anyone ever cover this amazing athlete
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
I love JimThorpe. BUT the pentathlon was basically half a decathlon. Clearly correlated. It wasn't the MODERN Pentathlon (non T&F events).
@rhetorical14882 ай бұрын
Jan Železný absolutely destroyed every javelin record and the javelins were redesigned twice to try and level the playing field. it failed twice.
@goldfieldfireworks73522 ай бұрын
How could you not include Franz Klammer's downhill run? The greatest performance in Olympic history.
@jozefserf20242 ай бұрын
Ben Johnson's 100 metres at Seoul 1988 will never be forgotten.
@Magic-gk9vg2 ай бұрын
Agreed..doped or not that was one hell of a race...unfortunately for Ben he wasn't as good as the rest of the field in hiding it.
@normadesmond60172 ай бұрын
@@Magic-gk9vg true. In that race they were all doped.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
You mean "Mr yellow eyes". C'mon!!!!
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
@@normadesmond6017 Baloney. Not like Johnson. His times "exploded"...so much faster. . He was good then all of a sudden he was great...like FloJo. THAT shows you a doper.
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
@@lawrencewood289 For the record, FloJo NEVER tested positive -- not even once -- in spite of every attempt to surprise her with random tests. Innocent until proven guilty.
@christopherx74282 ай бұрын
I realise that list like this are always subjective but Lasse Viréns 10.000m race 1972, where he fell, got up again and won setting a new WR does stand out to me!
@katriarjava6582 ай бұрын
Pertti Karppinen winning rowing three times in a row (pun intended) 1976, 1980 & 1984.
@Chris-wj8fz2 ай бұрын
Mexico 68 you could say all top 10 happened there 😂
@gordellis58492 ай бұрын
Why would you pUt a team sport on this list, when you are talking about individual performances??
@CrazyAboutVinylRecords2 ай бұрын
You know there are Winter games, too.
@64fairlane3052 ай бұрын
dopers should not count, and a top 10 without Warholm?
@geoffmcmillan87202 ай бұрын
What about Peter Snell 800 m 1960. 800 m and 1,500 metres 1964.
@forestgump83572 ай бұрын
Hahahaha in 1936 they ran in freaking dirt and dug their own hole in that dirt at the starting line to get a takeoff. Those 10.2 or 10.3's would be 9.7's with todays equipment. That doesn't even take into account their heavier shoes. If Bolt had to run with these limiting factors he might pull a 10.1, maybe.
@ricksrnka61712 ай бұрын
This list is bs.What about Jim Thorpe winning pentathlon and decathlon in same Olympics. Or emil zatopek winning 5000,10,000 and marathon in same olympics. Do your research.
@scottfreckle2372 ай бұрын
uploader is allowed his own opinion since it's his compilation
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
Please don't be mean, it is clear he did research. And it is very hard to narrow this list down to 10. I'm sure some people would disagree with your Top 10 as well. And mine.
@jhindle78832 ай бұрын
Where's Johnathon Edwards in this 'greatest in Olympic history' compilation? He broke the world record twice in successive jumps in the triple jump - his record still stands today.
@darrensmith29822 ай бұрын
That occured at the world championships, not the Olympics.
@comiconcomic12952 ай бұрын
Emil Zatopek is missing here. Winning 5.000, 10.000 & marathon in the same olympic games. This Milestone stands until today and it is not included in this compilation. Big mistake.
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
Definitely in the Top 15 and in many people's Top 10. I think trying to narrow this list down to 10 is too ambitious. Everyone's Top 10 list would leave out some of the greatest achievements ever.
@greentombdive2 ай бұрын
Thanks. However, the muzak?! After a couple of minutes - Mute. Much better.
@gimptf92732 ай бұрын
I guess Nadia had to be 10!
@robertlevine28272 ай бұрын
Jim. Effing. Thorpe.
@shravana1082 ай бұрын
No Winter Olympics? Eric Heiden, 1980?
@simonpearn4792 ай бұрын
What a great video!
@lasserviren1022 ай бұрын
Faltaron muchos por ejemplo paavo nurmi, lasse viren, Nicolai Andrianov, la locomotora checa Emil Zatopek, michael Jhonson
@stephenwright14763 ай бұрын
No Alvin Kraezlin: 4 x individual track golds. Lewis and Owens 3 x individual 1x team. Yet he is left out. No Nurmi or Zatopek, Caslava, Latyninya
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Nice historical references. I do think Latynina benefited from an underdeveloped sport with weaker competition.
@randallmarks9842 ай бұрын
Paavo Nurmi rthe flyjing Finn. Apparently this is just the summer Olympics. If you include the Winter Olympics Eric Heiden's winning of every single speed skating event from 500M to 10K is the most incredible achievement in either Olympics ever. You also forgot Jim Thorpe in track and field. This would be like some track man or woman winning the 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M, and 1500M. Or a swimmer doing the same, It is virtually an impossible feat and Eric Heiden did it. Without chemical help Bolt might have still won but not run those times. He was too much of a poster boy for the IAAF for them to catch him. His buddies Powell and Blake were both caught but not him. Strange. Once testing got better his times ballooned and then he quit.
@DigonyoPutinnamo2 ай бұрын
Teofilo Stevenson, Paavo Nurmi, Laryssa Latynina, Al Oerter
@andrewstrauss54802 ай бұрын
Dave Wottle and Billy Mills
@MikeCee72 ай бұрын
It’s crazy to think in 1972, 2:17 (and possibly throughout the 1970s) that swimmers (not only, did not wear swim caps) did not even wear swim goggles. 🤓
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Frankly swimmers started wearing goggles in the 1990's.Not convinced it aids their performances especially in shorter races.
@MikeCee72 ай бұрын
@@lawrencewood289 I’m referring to wearing goggles, because of the chlorine in the water & visual acuity. & many swimmers (like myself) had bad eyesight. as you can safely wear contact lenses underneath your goggles. When I was growing up and on swim teams, (summer & high school) in the 1980s, most wore goggles. Also goggles somewhat magnify and improve your vision under water. (even if you have perfect eyesight) In no way was I am implying that goggles enable you to swim faster.
@jozefserf20242 ай бұрын
Emil Zatopek 5000m, 10,000m and marathon 1952 Helsinki and Ben Johnson 100m Seoul 1988 should be on any top 10 list. That Seoul 100 metres final was probably the best ever.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Ben was an utter doper. My goodness his muscles exploded between 84 and 88 and his eyes turned YELLOW! so No. Zatopek yes.
@_friedie2 ай бұрын
Pertti Karppinen? Ulrike Meyfarth?
@kellyzak23752 ай бұрын
Of course Bolt lost that gold medal in the relay because one of the other runners tested positive for drugs
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
I think the clip was 2012 which he kept not 2008.
@barontaylor71392 ай бұрын
Summer McIntosh should be considered as well
@rebelyee49952 ай бұрын
In the future
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Huh? Slow your roll.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Nice videos but no. As another poser mentions Emil Zatopek took the 5000, 10000 and Marathon at a single Olympics. (1952). Also this is the track and swimming ten greatest moments . Where is Teofilo Stevenson winning his third heavyweight gold. Nedo Nadi winning I think FIVE fencing medals at the same Olympics. Al Oerter taking his FOURTH CONSECUTIVE discus title. Or Beamon shattering the Long Jump record. FIFTY plus years later he still holds the Olympic record. Or Paul Elvstrom of Denmark winning the Finn class sailing three or four Olympics in row (Immensely hard).
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
The reason most of these weren't considered is they are CAREER Olympic achievements. The criteria here were INDIVIDUAL Olympic achievements. Many people agree about Zatopek and I was unaware of Nadi's accomplishment. Thanks
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
@@kvernon1 You're welcome.
@Chris-wj8fz2 ай бұрын
Shane gould carlos juantarino michael johnson
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Good points.
@Chris-wj8fz2 ай бұрын
@@lawrencewood289 Carl Lewis in Los Angeles 84 was a spectacle twice as good as Michael johnson in Atlanta 96
@peterprescott34192 ай бұрын
So many others were also the equals or better than some of those mentioned, Nurmi, Snell, Zatopek, Beaumon, just for starters, Or Thorpe, Frazer, Oerter and a whole host of others. Such unquantifiable lists are purely subjective and never, ever agreed upon by most.
@gertkozijn79692 ай бұрын
USA propanganda. Last Olympics. How many gold medals for USA? 40 with 250 mio people. Netherlands 15, only 18 mio people.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Same number of entries in events bubba. India has 1.1 BB and basically a couple medals. It isn't about population entirely.Yes you had a good Olympics.Congrats.
@bobanbu2 ай бұрын
no karelin?
@cryo92162 ай бұрын
What a joke of a list! I've never even heard of 3 of these people. Where's Jim Thorpe? Paavo Nurmi? Al Oerter? Emil Zatopek? Lasse Viren??
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Which three?
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
If this list annoys you so much, please create your OWN video with your 10 choices. Then sit back and watch everyone tear it all apart! C'mon, we will never universally agree on the Top 10. So please don't be so hard on this guy's choices.
@cryo92162 ай бұрын
@@kvernon1 🙄 Jim Thorpe was named the greatest athlete of the 20th century. If you can't agree he should be in this video, you're as big a loser as the guy who created it.
@Entenluc2 ай бұрын
Wo sind: Hans Günter Winkler, Birgitt Fischer und Ulrike Meyfarth. Und das nur bei den Deutschen.
@francescomammoliti57743 ай бұрын
What about J. Thorpe. Declared 20 th century greatest athlete. Stick to bSics as well as getting a real job.
@rebelyee49953 ай бұрын
I definitely know him, but too old to get videos
@belavizvari13812 ай бұрын
What about modern pentathlon??? Lasse Viren?
@franciscocalderon60332 ай бұрын
El pódium es claro: 1. Nadia Comaneci, 2. Emil Zatopek, 3. Jesse Owens y Carl Lewis. Te veo falto de perspectiva, muchacho. Lo del baloncesto me ha hecho mucha gracia.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
No. Nadia benefited from friendly judging. She really wasn't a huge bit better than the 1972 gymnasts.
@tolabolaji58312 ай бұрын
I don't understand why bolt isn't in number one
@wade14192 ай бұрын
How about Rudy?!
@comeacross92 ай бұрын
Billy Mills 10,000 m 1964.
@lawrencewood2892 ай бұрын
Upset yes. Greatest individual performances no.
@pyrmontbridge47372 ай бұрын
It's not really an Olympic greatest list. It's more an American list with a couple of token foreigners thrown in. Why do this? Just include the actual greatest.
@לאונידאוסטרובסקי-ט3י3 ай бұрын
⁉️ Jamaica bobsled team is 1
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
It was a Top 10 achievement even to have a team! Why don't we also add "Eddie the Eagle", that ski jumper from England?
@לאונידאוסטרובסקי-ט3י2 ай бұрын
@@kvernon1 Also Venezuelan cross ski runner and Somali 100m female runner
@Chris-wj8fz2 ай бұрын
Jim hines tommy smith lee evans beamon edward
@bernadetteflynn50052 ай бұрын
Eh was that Flojo the cheater?
@ceesvegh49043 ай бұрын
To put Koen on 2 and Lewis on 8 is ridiculous.
@francescomammoliti57743 ай бұрын
What about the winter Olympics. Living in an😂😢😅 authoritarian country does not allow for real information flow?
@mtnstrand28192 ай бұрын
Flo Jo did it with the help of steroids.
@kvernon12 ай бұрын
It is a fact FloJo NEVER ONCE tested positive for any PED's -- in spite of numerous attempts to catch her. She is innocent until proven guilty.