August 16, 2008 by Jimson Lee 3 Comments

Beijing Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Video

In the swimming events, the Beijing Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay was one of the most exciting relays. USA beat France 3:08.24 to 3:08.32. With all the lead changes, it was too close to call. Personally, I would have put Michael Phelps anchor to out psyche the opponents.

YouTube and NBC are quickly yanking off copyrighted videos as fast as they are posted. Here’s an analysis from YouTube:

But first, a bit of history:

Athens 2004 Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Video

From YouTube:

UPDATE: Sorry, the video is no longer on YouTube.

Sydney 2000 Beijing Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Video

From YouTube:

All these races are exciting. Heck, all RELAYS are exciting, no matter the age or sport. Even in the Winter Olympics!

Which one is YOUR favorite race? (Patriotic feelings set aside)

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Comments

knee exercises says:

August 28, 2008 at 9:42 am

Intense and spectacular race. WOW, what would we do without technology to seperate the micro seconds …

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Billigflüge says:

December 11, 2008 at 7:38 am

Swimming-Mania :D
Awesom! Look at the video how fast they swim…amazing !

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Comparing 100 meter Freestyle and 400 meter Sprinting | SpeedEndurance.com says:

November 27, 2008 at 12:10 am

[...] see a 46.9 pretty soon. In fact, Jason Lezak of the USA swam a “come from behind” 46.06 relay leg to win the 4×100m Gold at Beijing. Why the sudden change? New improved LZR speed suits? Resistance stretching? It wouldn’t [...]

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