Olympic Videos & Pictures

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Olympic Park Vídeo, amateur vídeo (Portuguese)

 

http://pitacossobreesporte.blogspot.com.br/

 

 

 

[dcro 10,210]

Here are some videos of eventing (cross-country) from Berlin Olympics in 1936. This was the first time that water jumps were used so it caused a lot of problems, Though, that particular water jump was craziness.

 

 

Edited June 15, 2016 by dcro

[dcro 10,210]

Here's some rowing from Rome Olympics in 1960. Beautiful venue.

 

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Switching now to some cycling from 1948 in London.

 

[heywoodu 15,997]

On 6/21/2016 at 12:47, dcro said:

Switching now to some cycling from 1948 in London.

 

 

Tandem race  

Now a Paralympic event..

 

"A Danish team performing gymnastics."  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6RK0M6-GUg

 

Edited June 27, 2016 by heywoodu

[dcro 10,210]

Moving onto some synchronized swimming from the 1984 Olympics.

 

[dcro 10,210]

4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Tandem race  

Now a Paralympic event..

 

Tandem sprint looks like quite a dangerous event though.

[dcro 10,210]

Continueing with a nice coverage of eventing from Los Angeles in 1984.

 

[dcro 10,210]

Canoeing from 1972. Those canoe slalom boats looks so heavy.

 

[hckošice 15,502]

37 minutes ago, dcro said:

Canoeing from 1972. Those canoe slalom boats looks so heavy.

 

oh yes, the prehistory of canoe slalom, when ships were still made of fiberglass, and lifejackets weighed more than its driver.