Rewatch Series: Greatest Olympic Events To Revisit
Apr 4, 2020, 3:28 PM | Updated: 3:29 pm
A general view of the Olympic Rings near Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, after Global Athlete added its voice to those calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed this summer due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images)
(Photo by John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The Summer Olympic games have been pushed back to 2021 but that doesn’t mean you can’t take in some of the best events in Olympics history. We will include events from summer and winter.
Some of the events below including the 1980 Miracle on Ice game, Michael Phelps amazing gold medal run, Usain Bolt, gymnastics and a whole lot more.
1980 Lake Placid Miracle on Ice – USA vs. USSR
This game was considered to be such a blowout that it was on tape-delay so it was hours later before Americans were able to see this classic game. There are a lot of people who think this was the gold medal game but it was a semifinal game.
2018 PyeongChang – Shaun White halfpipe
Shaun White’s final run was one of a kind and he was attempting to win another gold medal, and the big question going into the race was if he could convert consecutive 1440’s.
2008 Beijing – 4×100 men’s freestyle relay
This is one of the most exciting races in Olympic history and part of it has to do with how the race finished, but also for the French team trash-talking the Americans pre-race.
2008 Beijing, 100 meter butterfly
This is the closest ever as the difference was just .01 and saw a furious comeback that is hard to believe just by watching the race.
Michael Phelps gold medal compilation
There are so many gold medals that Phelps won so take in this condensed video of his accomplishments from his record-setting 2008 Beijing games.
1996 Atlanta Games, Kerri Strug on one foot
This feat by Kerri Strugg to continue to perform with a severely injured foot but also
1984 Los Angeles Games – Mary Lou Retton’s Perfect 10
The all-around performance by Mary Lou Retton is one of a kind. She not only won the gold medal in all-around but she needed the extremely rare perfect 10 to achieve that feat on the vault to take home first place.
Every one of Usain Bolt Olympic finals
The fastest man on the globe won eight Olympic gold medals and currently holds the 100 meter world record in 9.58 seconds.
1996 Atlanta Games, Carl Lewis’ long jump
Carl Lewis is one of the most decorated Summer games athletes from an American and his fourth-straight gold medal in the long jump is one of a kind.
1996 Atlanta Games, Michael Johnson’s 200m and 400m
Before there was Usain Bolt, there was Michael Johnson whose 1996 performance in Atlanta by becoming the first person ever to win the 200 and 400 meters.
2000 Sydney Games, Rulon Garnder for the upset
This wrestling match featured arguably the best wrestler ever in Russia’s Aleksandr Karelin who was looking for his fourth straight gold medal. Yet, it was Rulon Garnder who pulled off one of the biggest upsets ever.
