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Full event replay of Michael Phelps winning his gold medal in the 100m Butterfly at the London 2012 Olympic Games (3 August 2012).
Phelps was followed by a joint silver place to both Chad le Clos (South Africa) and Evgeny Korotyshkin (Russian Fed.).
Swimming has featured on the programme of all editions of the Games since 1896. The very first Olympic events were freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered that they could go faster by bringing both arms forward over their heads. This practice was immediately forbidden in breaststroke, but gave birth to butterfly, whose first official appearance was at the 1956 Games in Melbourne. This style is now one of the four strokes used in competition.
Women’s swimming became Olympic in 1912 at the Stockholm Games. Since then, it has been part of every edition of the Games. The men’s and women’s programmes are almost identical, as they contain the same number of events, with only one difference: the freestyle distance is 800 metres for women and 1,500 metres for men.
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46 Comments
why they got headphones on when entering like is it related to swimming??
Nice wwimming
why does 3:24 look so cursed
he is so incredible
This is why swim is my favorite sport๐
Is it just me or do make swimmers not have lower jaws I wonder if itโs due to mouth breathing in the water
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Once in a lifetime athlete.
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3:17
4:05
It's crazy how small the differences are. There's barely a 1 second difference from the 1st place and the 8th place. Goes to show the level they compete in.
pog
El mejor evento deportivo ser como
Who is with me in 2023 to see how great athlete he was.
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When done with proper form, the butterfly stroke is one of the most beautiful to watch. Iโve been a swimmer my whole life is always a joy to swim butterfly, this is the gold standard in swimming if you can swim the butterfly with flawless technique then your a swimmer.
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They all deserved medals
Is there are a reason they all have undefined jaws? Lol
Still watching even after 10 years
One swing arms Phelpsโค
Remarkable, stunning, but what terrible commentary! What a shame they couldn't get a decent commentator for this iconic race. Can't step up or control his voice towards the finish.
Now i understand why he smokes weed..
Just check his mom
(She s just terrible, no manners, no education)
Greatest Spine and Clavicle ALL TIME (.)
He swims faster than I walk ๐คฆ
Iโm not gonna lie watching this made me wanna learn how to swim just to go fast
He always gets such an impressive stretch from his arms at the end…
Best cardio exercises in the world๐ฅ๐ฅต๐ฅต
3:18 I KNOW IM NOT BUGGING
GOAT
Living inspiration! I love his work ethic
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HE DOES. REMARKABLE. STUNNING.
Ssd
3:37
Why are they all skinny and so tall? I'm barely 5'9, bulky, and can swim like a seal.
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Bro heโs built different also swimming is like crazy hard
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I didnโt know that they allowed fish in olympics
Ten years later, and I am still here watching this.
The Olympics always makes me proud of my country ๐บ๐ธ
What is his secret?