France Win Gold In 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final

France Win Gold In 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final | London 2012 Olympics

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In an extremely close finish to the 4x100m men's freestyle France comeback to take the gold medal just ahead of USA and Russia.
The event took place at the London aquatics centre, 24 July and saw American Michael Phelps claim one of his 22 Olympic medals.
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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@matteolegall7243 3 жыл бұрын

As a French guy, this is one of the most emotional moments of my life

@zanggytamere1467 2 жыл бұрын

jai des frissons chaque fois que je le regarde, quel finish de Yannick, toute les équipes ont mis leur meilleur nageur en premier mais nous ont a gardé le meilleur pour la fin!

@siddharthgarg7086 2 жыл бұрын

Je ne suis pas français. I m not french but I am learning it in my school 8th grade. I am from India❤❤. J'aime France.

@miekeeerkens1001 Жыл бұрын

I can imagine. I'm American, and the moment with Lezak in 2008 was emotional for me. I still watch it when I want to feel inspired and think something is impossible. It was the most incredible upset I have ever seen. But the French team was so sad. It's kind of nice to see how happy this win made them, even though they aren't my team. This time it was their turn. Amazing athletes!

@michaelcorleone244 Жыл бұрын

On en chiale encore tellement c'était beau.. malheureusement Agnel a cassé le mythe

@Pemmanuel.Pacron 10 ай бұрын

Le pain aquatique Signé pemmanuel

@amersayyed-fassadalhoussai2823 9 жыл бұрын

Phelps' last turn looks very amazing to watch. He's a beast underwater!

@amersayyed-fassadalhoussai2823 2 жыл бұрын

@M D he the baltimore bullet

@notta3d 2 жыл бұрын

@M D Give credit where it's due hater. All these guys deserve respect.

@timeprogrammer5623 8 жыл бұрын

Official times: Nathan Adrian (47.89) Michael Phelps (47.15) Cullen Jones (47.60) Ryan Lochte (47.74) Amaury Leveaux (48.13) Fabien Gilot (47.67) Clément Lefert (47.39) Yannick Agnel (46.74)

@rafael-sx5go 8 жыл бұрын

Phelps delivered, but Agnel was just perfect.

@peaces4me 8 жыл бұрын

46.74? That's faster than the world record!

@sylvainguinepain7203 8 жыл бұрын

It's a relay! They can anticipate the start and therefore have a slight advantage. This is why only the first leg of a relay gets an official time in case of an individual record. They mention at the beginning of the video that Magnussen swims the first leg of the Australian relay and therefore gets an official time.

@AmauryHop 8 жыл бұрын

Amaury Leveaux yeah!

@leogeo9218 8 жыл бұрын

If anyone was slow, it was Adrian. His winning time in the 100 was a lot faster

@vincentpreinte3382 2 жыл бұрын

Can't stop thinking about Agnel's career without his burnout

@sarkaprokopova7726 2 жыл бұрын

There are interviews with him but mostly all in French. Why exactly did he retire at only 24 and when? He still swam at the World Championships in 2013 but he didn't give such a great performance in the relay there at all...

@joseochoa4152 4 жыл бұрын

one the best olympic finals ever... nice job France

@krtmddhs 8 жыл бұрын

that underwater swim @ 4:50 is just amazing

@dakshsinghal5814 5 жыл бұрын

He has gills

@billalben1106 5 жыл бұрын

@@dakshsinghal5814 😂💪

@crabkilla 4 жыл бұрын

Phelps is just a straight-up savage animal!

@crabkilla 4 жыл бұрын

@Yong Geun Song Same reason Usain Bolt doesn't run the 1000m race. Play where you can win.

@michaelrose8268 4 жыл бұрын

Yonggeun he already has so many events plus it's right before the 2 Im so he'd have no rest

@lilimaniac 9 жыл бұрын

Got goosebumps all the time !! Even more than 2 years later !! GO FRANCE !!

@banlumchannel6388 Жыл бұрын

But they didn't beat lezak 😂😂fu of tears during 2008 LMAO

@rodolphemodeste4403 Жыл бұрын

The last line at 6:24 of Yannick Agnel is probably one of the greatest moment of the french sport

@HoustonflightSimmer Ай бұрын

I think Lezak's was better

@MagnusMas 10 жыл бұрын

The last French is crazy

@clairau 7 жыл бұрын

No, just incredibly gifted. And efficient.

@verward 5 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich the 2008 world record was swam with those speedo supersuits. To me agnels split was just as great as lezak's.

@Alexander-xl3zj 5 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich bias? he's stating the facts lol. they just did not swam with those speedo supersuits but along with some juice hahahaha

@victorolariamartinez3747 4 жыл бұрын

what a frog he is hey?

@yesmk000 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich the french beat them and tou cant change anything about that, they were better.

@eriiick09 11 жыл бұрын

There are no words to describe how proud i am of the French team! VIVE LA FRANCE!!!

@structuralengineering3406 4 жыл бұрын

RIVALRY OF US VS. FRANCE AT 4x100m IS LEGENDARY. KEEP IT UP.

@PrivacyKingdoms 9 жыл бұрын

agnel's got a beautiful stroke

@FiftyBreaststroke 8 жыл бұрын

Epic anchor leg from Agnel. Huge win for France. Good for the sport. Look forward to the next one.

@marshallhelmsMW3 10 жыл бұрын

look at the guy from Belgium at 8:17 he is thinking dang that's fast.

@vieillardgilles 3 жыл бұрын

Le seum belges !!!

@aculturedspecimen 5 жыл бұрын

7:13 here’s the Gilot “wOOOOOOO” button

@mericaketumbarjahe4849 2 жыл бұрын

Nathan Adrian should be the ANCHOR...

@thierryolivier 11 жыл бұрын

"Agnel is coming back!!". Incredible race.

@theHYmaster 10 ай бұрын

The day I ve literally broke my sofa 😂😂😂 one of my best memory in sport

@heveslaserableinks4095 Жыл бұрын

Yannick Agnel was on another level at London 2012. Legend level!

@dimadeloseros1 11 жыл бұрын

don't blame lochte, his split was ok. It is Agnel that split 46.7 was amazing, if he would have done that time in the 100 free he would have placed first with a world record and more than half of body lenght ahead of Adrian

@mikepatton5168 10 жыл бұрын

Epic Race.... Fantastic France!

@loganoleary6950 9 жыл бұрын

That dolphin kick at 4:49 is incredible.

@redeagle3321 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing technique !

@rafaguitar2000 2 жыл бұрын

É um Golfinho...

@lamiramira1234 2 жыл бұрын

@@rafaguitar2000 yeah that what he say 😐

@jaksosna 9 жыл бұрын

Agnel's technique is just perfect. If he had Phelps' underwater he would be unbeatable. If I look at Agnel's swimming I am sure that mammals were primarily water creatures:)

@xerma67 8 жыл бұрын

yeah and now he retired at 24yo... , like laure manaudou , when we have good swimmer they retired early

@Yourmom-dd3fh 6 жыл бұрын

ils ont besoin de retrouver une vie Seb tu sais, tu imagines bien le temps passé dans l'eau tout au long de leurs jeunes années, très gros sacrifice sur le reste.

@toivonencresto 5 жыл бұрын

No, is a great swimmer, but his Technique is far from perfection.

@JudoMoniz 3 жыл бұрын

@@xerma67 As someone who did competitive swimming at a nacional level until i was 20 i must say swimming is very taxing on the mind, spending endless hours looking at the bottom of a pool is tiring. not having any social life, especially because i was still in school it took a toll and i just could not doing it anymore. Waking up at 5.30 to go swim, then classes, then strength training then another session in the pool. Now multiply that by like 10 for someone who is at an elite level from such a young age

@swimfan752 Жыл бұрын

lochtes underwaters are actually better than phelps

@Azoonaloc13 4 жыл бұрын

France should be proud, absolutely stunning race.

@alannahhurley386 8 жыл бұрын

2:30 note to mind: if I ever go to the olympics, go to the men's swimming.

@marwaqoura7804 2 жыл бұрын

Great choice dear ,those guys look hot 😻

@etienneturpin7474 10 жыл бұрын

France got their revenge after 2008

@palacky1040 Жыл бұрын

What is the most amazing is that Agnel swam exactly the same time as Bernard did in 2008. In 2012 Agnel came back on the American Lochte, in 2008 the American Lezak came on Bernard !! Bernard swam very well in 2008 but he was unlucky to swim against an E.T. that day ! Anyway it was a sweet "revenge" for the French team.

@21O966 9 жыл бұрын

this Frenchteam seem unbeatable again Europe champion 2014 after being olympic champion 2012 ...France have very good swimmers !

@sahilppanjwani 5 жыл бұрын

Lost in 2016

@jeanmicheldu13george29 4 жыл бұрын

@@sahilppanjwani and 5 years later, France only had one swimmer across all finals at the championship in Gangwon

@clairau 4 жыл бұрын

There is some Dutch blood in it. The Dutch are by essence good swimmers (they learn how to swim in any condition at a very early age because water is everywhere in Holland). Florent and Laure Manodou's Mom is Dutch. France's swimming tradition and history started out quite recently, thanks to Laure Manaudou.

@leoptn9969 4 жыл бұрын

@@clairau Olga Schippers, Manaudou's mom, was a badmindton player... and i don't see dutch blood in this video

@anesdj4282 3 жыл бұрын

@@sahilppanjwani even the G.O.A.T lost many races in his career, if you look at Agnel in his prime, he was unbeatable, check the 200 free in WC in Barcelona 2013, he dominated the best 200m freestyler from the beginning of the race to the end.

@zottffss 6 жыл бұрын

Even though I'm from the United States, I am proud of both France and USA. I did feel bad for France at their loss in 2008, so France must be feeling satisfied here. :)

@baoluan1288 2 жыл бұрын

Great race for France. It's almost a mirror picture of Beijing 2008; uncanny!

@yannickdrmda5295 2 жыл бұрын

France is nowhere to be seen in swimming now (2021), this was really a golden generation.

@benjamint279 2 жыл бұрын

Manaudou juste get a silver medal so you are wrong 😉

@lameredelabatte9836 2 жыл бұрын

Sure, it was a golden generation but now, we have a big hole, we will be back in 2024 in Paris

@0innerself0 2 жыл бұрын

@@benjamint279 One. And we used to get so many.

@benjaminli3808 2 жыл бұрын

@@benjamint279 France got 6 medals in 2004, 6 in 2008, 7 in 2012 (4 out of 7 of which were golds), 3 in 2016, and 1 in 2020. London was quite the year for France in the Olympics when it came to swimming.

@sarkaprokopova7726 2 жыл бұрын

Hugely disappointing performance by them in Tokyo. They need to revive the sport and encourage more French into swimming.

@TheBobert4000 9 жыл бұрын

That 3rd french swimmer holy... I know Agnel had the fastest split time but without this maniac swimming third leg france may not have won at all

@rectorragies540 3 жыл бұрын

So true

@pandore70 11 жыл бұрын

Best race ever, congrats to the french (my country) and to the USA. 4x100 in beijing and london was spectacular, thanks for this epic battle !!!

@user-vm2ix8pj8j Жыл бұрын

Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. 2 USA Jeff Rouse. Brad Bridgewater. Tom Dolan. only (3) three gold medals. 1. RUS. Alexander Popov. Denis Pankratov. only (4) four gold medals. Men's Swimming. Individual Gold medals in Men's Swimming. Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 check: USA 🇺🇸 - RUS.🇷🇺. 3 - 4.

@RichardBonBon1 11 жыл бұрын

watched this about 10 times still get chills

@ryancrouch5139 8 жыл бұрын

The fly kick off Phelps turn tho !!!

@rubenscunha4986 10 ай бұрын

Agniel recovered exactly 1 second in the last 100m.

@user-jz6pq4zx3e 11 ай бұрын

Eerily similar to Beijing 4 years earlier. Phelps underwater effort is a thing of beauty.

@Tiffany-lh2kn 8 жыл бұрын

Stop blaming ryan lochte. France was able to come in clutch with an outstanding time.

@thomasprice7621 5 жыл бұрын

I was a NCAA D1 swimmer from 81-84 and stacking relays is a black art for the coache................Cullen Jones again.

@louiscyfer6944 4 жыл бұрын

Tiffany S lochte had no business on a 100 free relay. neither did jones.

@CoDWiiPS3Gameplay 4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasprice7621 what are you saying? Jones finished 2nd in the trials and split a 47.6 here, faster than Lochte. Are you actually suggesting Cullen *shouldn't* have been on the relay?

@TheTmat007 4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasprice7621 If you're gonna blame someone, then make sure you have a good reason to do so. Jones split was the 4th fastest here...faster than that of Adrian and Lochte amongst others.

@michaelrose2529 3 жыл бұрын

Yes but at the same time Lochte went a 47.74 as the ANCHOR which is horrible

@92carlo75 11 жыл бұрын

france did it again !!

@clementreboul5106 10 жыл бұрын

I'm french and i'm very proud of my country :)

@TheKaiserfaust 9 жыл бұрын

Yes you can

@BlueHopi144 7 жыл бұрын

yeah , last year was another story in the Pool for France .

@clementreboul5106 7 жыл бұрын

You're right, but I'm proud anyway

@BlueHopi144 7 жыл бұрын

Clément Reboul stay Proud , Belgium is proud too to have won the silver in the 100 free with Peter Timmers . Bring on a sprinter of his caliber .....and i will applaud again the french .

@julienwantz13 6 жыл бұрын

Bluehopi Bridge you seem buthurt

@AC-fg9wc 10 жыл бұрын

AGNEL is very strong!!!

@sarkaprokopova7726 2 жыл бұрын

What a phenomenal race even to this day. Can't stop watching. By far my favourite race in any Olympic Games. Agnel - beyond unbelievable last 50m.

@mayennais75 11 жыл бұрын

So much thrills for a French !!!! That's one of the most incredible sport events I've seen. What a moment for us !!!

@moniquelopez3478 3 жыл бұрын

Clement the 3rd french swimmer was absolutely awesome!!!!!

@0innerself0 2 жыл бұрын

He let the american go on the first 50, to then clear the gap. Well done indeed. Then Agnel... its was over. Noone could challenge him at this time. I'm nearly mad at him for the choices he made after that.

@JackoJim123 11 жыл бұрын

Flawless commentary by Bruce McAvaney as always. Fantastic. Absolutely leaves Hadley for dead.

@claraaitken9985 11 жыл бұрын

So proud of France!

@safehaven11 10 жыл бұрын

Agnel is amazing! What a talented guy!

@jean-mariepierre2629 3 жыл бұрын

Incroyable relais, Magnifique finish,

@Joannemar 11 жыл бұрын

What a race it was... I think I'll remember it forever. :) Well done, France! And I'm sure this is not the last we've seen of Agnel. :)

@im2beastm861 5 ай бұрын

This aged well

@KING-cx7nj 2 жыл бұрын

They beated americans THE SAME WAY THAT THEY BEATED FRANCE😭

@saxosaxo8851 4 жыл бұрын

Merci pour le fair play des commentateurs.

@rcmanization 8 жыл бұрын

agnel was in the form of his life in 2012. 4 years later, and he is not even one of the two best frenchmen. but in 2012 - he was untouchable.

@xtaxie7108 8 жыл бұрын

4 years later, Michael Phelps still has what it takes and collect more gold medals. Already the most decorated Olympian of all time.....

@MrBillyBrands 11 жыл бұрын

Phelps' turn at 4:50 is incredible.

@franciscomedina4949 8 жыл бұрын

4:50 WOW... Amazing

@LaGucciVida 8 жыл бұрын

Lezak's 46.06 still untouchable from 2008.

@michaelwu2541 8 жыл бұрын

miraculous

@sylvainguinepain7203 8 жыл бұрын

Well he has a magic suit if I remember well. That make is about the same as Agnel's time in this race.

@haurlihai34 8 жыл бұрын

his jumping style is still my all time favourite

@younesschbika2560 8 жыл бұрын

+Icanliketobewearing lxufs

@Yourmom-dd3fh 6 жыл бұрын

nice rage

@elisannem5685 6 жыл бұрын

On a beau connaitre l'issu, on a toujours le coeur qui bat à chaque visionnage, quel bonheur ce jour-là...

@sergesedov1647 8 жыл бұрын

France - Fantastica !!!

@RosalezJohn 8 жыл бұрын

NOT TODAY BUDDY!

@adele1699 8 жыл бұрын

+John Rosalez so what?

@drtkbhjubynij304 7 жыл бұрын

France is king of relay 4x100m

@curtis6129 7 жыл бұрын

Vive la France

@louise3801 9 жыл бұрын

Vive la natation française!les meilleurs!tu nous manque deja camille repose en paix mon ange

@MrDanghnam 6 жыл бұрын

Louise c close w mentioned-Back if it's kinda gives.

@gh7715373 6 жыл бұрын

Louise 吃魚嗎哦哦提高哦改啊8,@:@::@":8:8/"

@gh7715373 6 жыл бұрын

@azamatbaatai435 3 жыл бұрын

If anyone noticed that fights for gold and bronze were absolutely same... Brilliant race from France and Russia!!!

@senad6912 4 жыл бұрын

Virada espetacular da França!!!!!

@deatlovezeus4878 10 жыл бұрын

les françaıs sont les meilleurs!

@magicosports6495 6 жыл бұрын

i have 11 years from Egypt i like peaty and Cameron van der Burgh and michael phelps

@Jarrod323 10 жыл бұрын

Love that we have to Aussie commentary on the official Olympic Channel!

@mynameisred0076 3 жыл бұрын

I love the two commentetors

@Kunay728 2 жыл бұрын

qui reviens après le 4x100 de tokyo ?😹

@elisannem5685 2 жыл бұрын

obligé, ça remonte le moral là, toujours aussi bon de revoir cette vidéo

@andriabrown1723 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant swim by the French

@patriciatownsend5465 11 ай бұрын

Love this race hate we loss, goose bump for real

@octane7774 5 жыл бұрын

Yo watching this vid like 3 years late, I started screaming in excitement when phelps started his streamline, such beautiful and magestic camera work.

@lele28500 11 жыл бұрын

What a race, what a swimm, what a back !!

@andrevallini4254 9 жыл бұрын

VIVE LA FRANCE

@TheTrueAegnor 11 жыл бұрын

That was one big sport moment for me... Amazing!!!

@fegasd 5 жыл бұрын

Agnel... race of a lifetime. He will be remembered for all times just for this race.

@lexsoft3969 3 жыл бұрын

He won gold in men's 200m freestyle too, beating Park Tae Hwan, Sun Yang, the same Ryan Lochte and Paul Biedermann (the world record holder). He beat them all by more than 1 body length. His record has been the fastest in textile suit until now.

@mathna3933 9 жыл бұрын

Vive la France !!! :D

@amritaanand4902 3 жыл бұрын

3:26 is the time when the race is actually about to start

@michealmoore8135 5 жыл бұрын

C'est la classe!!....vive la France

@thegamergirl8785 6 жыл бұрын

Im french and i love how we are a strong team.😀

@NenitaTransex 11 жыл бұрын

AMAZING AGNEL!!!!!!!!!!, =))

@drdurrrr 11 жыл бұрын

Lesson learned: Phelps for anchor!

@jean-qz5gr 7 жыл бұрын

it 's the reward of good works that have been done before

@lalotaty 11 жыл бұрын

Vamos...........Agnel, eres grande !

@1994firas 11 жыл бұрын

Best race in Londons olympics!

@ErickMaciasJuarez 4 жыл бұрын

You live by the clutch comeback, you die by the clutch comeback. Lochte got smoked there

@mohanishmedar5332 2 жыл бұрын

Phelps is brilliant underwater that is the key to his success in 100m freestyle

@dantecap1462 11 жыл бұрын

I saw Agnel at the Philippine Airport man he had a huge back really impressive when up close and personal with them and got his autograph once in a life time exp! go France! always nice to see new champs :)

@mrinmoynegel1036 7 жыл бұрын

France had a team , USA had individuals.

@zgeninaway 8 жыл бұрын

Best revenge ever..

@martinsalvador885 5 жыл бұрын

So true

@NoName-oq8qu 5 жыл бұрын

B Babbich irrelevant but ok

@yesmk000 5 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich nah this race was waaayy better then the one in 2008, we had a pre-story in this one which made it mkre epic

@XDF745 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich Nah when you consider the suits that 2008 race is way less impressive.

@obamagaming6642 4 жыл бұрын

@B Babbich Can't hear you from the breaststroke events, could you please repeat?

@sallygoozee8422 5 жыл бұрын

What a switch from last go around!!

@Mardyfella 3 жыл бұрын

That was great. Allez France!

@UJJWALCSE-in1tf 5 жыл бұрын

it was amazing swim by france

@linktm2 11 жыл бұрын

I'm french and I cried that day.

@fangyuchang227 3 жыл бұрын

Angel is the miracle, the best powerful swimmer

@101dkokomaster 11 жыл бұрын

je ne peut jamais oublier ca!! agnel on t'adore

@snowpants2212 11 жыл бұрын

I agree that the other Frenchmen did great. I'm just saying that Agnel swam much faster than anyone could have expected. If you had told the U.S. coaches beforehand that Lochte would dive in with that lead and then go 47.7, they would've been thrilled with how their lineup worked out.

@stevenpongruen6272 9 жыл бұрын

I just found the result of swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay on wikipedia that shows the results of Yannick Agnel who helped France get the gold medal over USA it shows that trailing behind by 0.55 seconds at the final exchange, Agnel blistered the field with a remarkable split of 46.74 to deliver the foursome a gold-medal time in 3:09.93 which means Agnel was swim faster than the 100 metre freestyle champion even faster than the 100 meter freestyle world record (46.91)

@heinrichpreussen 5 жыл бұрын

With a relay start