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Great Olympic Moments

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Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Naoko Takahashi from Japan winning gold in the women's marathon during the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000. Lidia Simon from Romania wins silver and Joyce Chepchumba from Kenya claims bronze

Athletics

Replay

Women's Marathon | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Follow the women's 400m hurdles final from the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984 and follow Nawal El Moutawakel as she wins gold for Morocco. Judi Brown takes silver for the USA and Cristina Cojocaru claims bronze for Romania

Women's 400m Hurdles Final | Los Angeles 1984 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Edwin Moses' men's 400m hurdles final from Los Angeles 1984, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 400m Hurdles Final | Los Angeles 1984 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996 and watch as Csaba Horváth and György Kolonics win gold for Hungary in the men's 500m sprint doubles. Nicolae Juravschi and Victor Reneischi win silver for the Republic of Moldova and Gheorghe Andriev and Grigore Obreja claim bronze for Romania

Men's Canoe C-2 Sprint 500m | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and follow Italy claiming bronze in the men's water polo bronze medal match winning over Hungary during the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996

Water Polo

Men's Water Polo Bronze Medal Match | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and follow Spain winning the Gold in the men's water polo final against Croatia during the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996

Men's Water Polo Final | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Hassiba Boulmerka's women's 1500m final from Barcelona 1992, as well as other best moments from her career. 
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Women's 1500m Final | Barcelona 1992 | Great Olympic Moments

Follow as Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins the Gold for the USA and Sabine John and Anke Behmer claim the Silver and the Bronze for East Germany in the women's heptathlon competition at the Seoul Summer Olympic Games in 1988

Heptathlon | Seoul 1988 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Dick Fosbury's men's high jump final from Mexico 1968, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's High Jump Final | Mexico 1968 | Great Olympic Moments

Caterine Ibargüen wins the Gold for Colombia, Yulimar Rojas the Silver for Venezuela and Olga Rypakova the Bronze for Kazakhstan in the women's triple jump final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Exclusive

Women's Triple Jump Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the men's diving 3m springboard competition from the Seoul Summer Olympic Games in 1988 and follow Greg Louganis as he wins gold for the USA, Tan Liang-De and Li De-Liang win silver and bronze for China

Diving

Men's Diving 3m Springboard | Seoul 1988 | Great Olympic Moments

Tadahiro Nomura wins gold for Japan in the men's judo extra-lightweight final and Nestor Khergiani claims silver for Georgia at the Athens Summer Olympic Games in 2004

Judo

Men's Judo -60kg Final | Athens 2004 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Athens Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and watch as the USA defeats Australia and claims the gold medal

Basketball

Women's Basketball Final | Athens 2004 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996 and watch as Cuba defeats Japan and claims the gold medal.

Baseball Softball

Baseball Final | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008 and watch as the USA defeats Brazil and claims the gold medal in the men's volleyball final

Volleyball

Men's Volleyball Final | Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Jan Zelezny from the Czech Republic winning gold in the men's javelin final during the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000. Steve Backley from Great Britain wins silver and Sergey Makarov from Russia claims bronze

Men's Javelin Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the women's flyweight freestyle wrestling final from the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008 and follow Carol Huynh as she wins gold for Canada. Chiharu Icho takes silver for Japan

Wrestling

Women's Wrestling Freestyle 48kg Final| Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Enjoy once more the impressions of the Closing Ceremony of the Atlanta Summer Olympic Games in 1996 and remember the greatest moments with us

Closing Ceremony | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

USA wins the Gold medal and Spain the Silver in the men's basketball final at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Game

Men's Basketball Final | Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Remember the greatest moments from the Closing Ceremony of the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000 and watch it once more

Closing Ceremony | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch as Natalie Cook and  Kerri Pottharst win the gold medal for Australia in the women's beach volleyball final at the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000. Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede take silver for Brazil

Beach Volleyball

Women's Beach Volleyball Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Cathy Freeman's women's 400m final from Sydney 2000, as well as other best moments from her career. 
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Women's 400m Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the greatest Olympic Moments and relive the women's football final in which Norway beats the USA and claims gold during the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000

Football

Women's Football Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008 and watch as cancer survivor Maarten van der Weijden wins gold for the Netherlands in the men's 10km open water swimming marathon. David Davies wins silver for Great Britain and Thomas Lurz claims bronze for Germany

Swimming

Men's 10km Swimming Marathon | Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Yelena Isinbayeva wins the Gold for Russia, Jennifer Suhr (née Stuczynski) the Silver for the USA and Svetlana Feofanova the Bronze for Russia in the women's pole vault final at the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008

Women's Pole Vault Final | Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Robert Korzeniowski wins the Gold for Poland, Noe Hernandez the Silver for Mexico and Vladimir Andreyev the Bronze for Russia in the men's 20km race walk at the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000

Men's 20km Race Walk | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Wayde Van Niekerk's men's 400m final from Rio 2016, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 400m Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Ashton Eaton wins the Gold for the USA, Kevin Mayer the Silver for France and Damian Warner the Bronze for Canada in the men's decathlon competition at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Decathlon | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the women's lightweight freestyle wrestling final from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and follow Kaori Icho as she wins gold for Japan. Valeriia Koblova wins silver for Russia

Women's Wrestling Freestyle 58kg Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch as Gabriella Szabo and Danuta Kozak win gold for Hungary in the women's 500m kayak doubles. Franziska Weber and Tina Dietze win silver for Germany and Karolina Naja and Beata Mikolajczyk claim bronze for Poland

Women's Canoe K-2 Sprint 500m | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the women's middleweight freestyle wrestling final from the Athens Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and follow Kaori Icho as she wins gold for Japan. Sara McMann takes silver for the USA

Women's Wrestling Freestyle 63kg Final | Athens 2004 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Michael Johnson's men's 200m final from Atlanta 1996, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 200m Final | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch David Rudisha's men's 800m final from London 2012, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 800m Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Anita Wlodarczyk wins the Gold for Poland, Zhang Wenxiu the Silver for China and Sophie Hitchon the Bronze for Great Britain in the women's hammer final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Women's Hammer Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch Argentina win the mixed nacra 17 sailing competition

Sailing

Mixed Nacra 17 | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Aleksandr Karelin wins gold for the Soviet Union and Rangel Gerovski takes home silver for Bulgaria in the men's super-heavyweight greco-roman wrestling final at the Seoul Summer Olympic Games in 1988

Men's Wrestling Greco-Roman 130kg Final | Seoul 1988 | Great Olympic Moments

Rulon Gardner defeats Aleksandr Karelin from Russia and wins the Gold for the USA in the men's super-heavyweight greco-roman wrestling final. One of the greatest Olympic Moments of the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000

Men's Wrestling Greco-Roman 130kg Final| Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch as Brazil claims women’s 49er FX sailing competition

Women's 49er FX | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Join us at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 as Kristina Vogel claims the gold medal for Germany, and Rebecca James and Katy Marchant win silver and bronze for Great Britain in the women's sprint final

Cycling Track 

Women's Cycling Track Sprint Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Rim Jong-Sim wins the Gold for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Darya Naumava the Silver for Belarus and Lidia Valentin the Bronze for Spain in the women's heavyweight weightlifting final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Weightlifting

Women's Weightlifting 75kg | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Michelle Carter wins the Gold for the USA, Valerie Adams the Silver for New Zealand and Anita Marton the Bronze for Hungary in the women's shot put final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Women's Shot Put Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Anthony Ervin's men's 50m freestyle final from Rio 2016, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 50m Freestyle Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Kieren Perkins' men's 1,500m freestyle final from Atlanta 1996, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 1,500m Freestyle Final | Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Leander Paes' men's tennis single bronze medal match from Atlanta 1996, as well as other best moments from his career. 
See more Leander Paes videos below.

Tennis

Men's Tennis Single Bronze Medal Match| Atlanta 1996 | Great Olympic Moments

Robert Harting wins the Gold for Germany, Ehsan Hadadi the Silver for Iran and Gerd Kanter the Bronze for Estonia in the men's discus final at the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012

Men's Discus Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive one of the greatest Olympic Moments in tennis and join us at the Seoul Summer Olympic Games in 1988 as Steffi Graf wins gold for West Germany in the women's tennis singles final over Gabriela Sabatini from Argentina

Women's Tennis Singles Final | Seoul 1988 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games in 1992 and watch as Gail Devers wins gold for the USA in the women's 100m final. Juliet Cuthbert wins silver for Jamaica and Irina Privalova claims bronze for the Unified Team

Women's 100m Final | Barcelona 1992 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Michael Phelps' men's 100m butterfly final from Beijing 2008, as well as other best moments from his career. 
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Men's 100m Butterfly Final | Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch as Kayla Harrison wins gold for the USA in the women's judo half-heavyweight final, and Audrey Tcheuméo wins silver for France

Women's Judo -78kg Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Michael Diamond wins gold for Australia, Ian Peel brings Great Britain the silver medal and Giovanni Pellielo wins bronze for Italy in the men's shooting trap final at the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000

Shooting

Men's Shooting Trap Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 and watch as the USA wins gold in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay final. Australia wins silver and France claims bronze

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Laure Manaudou's women's 400m freestyle final from Athens 2004, as well as other best moments from her career. 
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Women's 400m Freestyle Final | Athens 2004 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch as Yana Egorian wins gold for Russia in the women's individual sabre final, and Sofiya Velikaya wins silver also for Russia

Yana EGORIAN

Women's Individual Sabre Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Lauren Burns wins the Gold for Australia and Urbia Melendez the Silver for Cuba in the women's flyweight taekwondo final at the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000

Taekwondo

Women's Taekwondo -49kg Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 and watch as Áron Szilágyi wins gold for Hungary in the men's individual sabre final, and Diego Occhiuzzi wins silver for Italy

Fencing

Men's Individual Sabre Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Oscar Figueroa wins the Gold for Colombia, Eko Irawan the Silver for Indonesia, and Farkhad Kharki the Bronze in the men's 62kg weightlifting competition at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Men's Weightlifting 62kg | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch as Park Sang-Young wins gold for the Republic of Korea in the men's individual epee final, and Geza Imre wins silver for Hungary

Men's Individual Epee Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive one of the greatest Olympic Moments from the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 and watch as Jade Jones wins gold for the host Great Britain in the women's taekwondo featherweight final. Hou Yuzhuo from China takes home silver

Women's Taekwondo -57kg Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016 and watch as Kim Crow-Brennan wins gold for Australia in the women's rowing single sculls. Gevvie Stone wins silver for the USA and Duan Jingli from China claims bronze

Rowing

Women's Rowing Single Sculls | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Ki Bo-Bae wins the Gold for the Republic of Korea, and Aida Roman the Silver for Mexico in the women's archery individual final at the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012.

Archery

Women's Archery Individual Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Athens Summer Olympic Games in 2004 and watch as Ian Thorpe wins gold for Australia in the men's 200m freestyle final. Pieter van den Hoogenband wins silver for the Netherlands and Michael Phelps claims bronze for the USA

Ian THORPE

Men's 200m Freestyle Final | Athens 2004 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the spectacular Opening Ceremony of the Athens Summer Olympic Games in 2004 once more and remember the greatest moments

Opening Ceremony | Athens 2004 | Great Olympic Moments

Remember the greatest moments from the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympic Games in 2008 and watch it once more

Opening Ceremony | Beijing 2008 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Barcelona's Opening Ceremony for the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games in 1992

Opening Ceremony | Barcelona 1992 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments from the Sydney Summer Olympic Games in 2000 and watch as Haile Gebrselassie wins gold for Ethiopia in the men's 10,000m final. Paul Tergat wins silver for Kenya and Assefa Mezgebu claims bronze for Ethiopia

Men's 10,000m Final | Sydney 2000 | Great Olympic Moments

Join us at the Aquatics Centre during the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 as Russia claims gold, China wins silver and Spain brings home bronze from the teams free routine in Artistic swimming

Artistic Swimming

Artistic Swimming Teams Free Routine | London 2012| Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Chloe Esposito from Australia winning gold in the women's modern pentathlon event during the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016. Elodie Clouvel from France wins Silver and Oktawia Nowacka from Poland claims bronze

Modern Pentathlon

Women's Modern Pentathlon | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Join us at the All England Lawn and Croquet Club as Serena and Venus Williams (USA) claim the gold medal against Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (CZE) in the women's tennis doubles final during the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012

Women's Tennis Doubles Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch once more as Justin Rose from Great Britain claims the Gold in the men's golf final during the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016. Henrik Stenson wins silver for Sweden and Matt Kuchar takes home bronze to the USA

Golf

Men's Golf - Final Round | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch Carolina Marin from Spain winning over P.V. Sindhu from India with a 2:1 win in the women's singles final during the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Badminton

Women's Badminton Singles Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Join us at Greenwich Park as David Svoboda from the Czech Republic claims the gold medal in the men’s modern pentathlon during the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012. Cao Zhongrong from China takes silver and Adam Marosi from Hungary wins bronze

Men's Modern Pentathlon | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch as Park Inbee from the Republic of Korea claims the Gold in the women's golf final during the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016. Lydia Ko wins silver for New Zealand and Feng Shanshan takes home bronze to China

Women's Golf - Final Round | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the women's flyweight boxing full session replay from the ExCel Exhibition Centre at the 2012 London Olympic Games! Nicola Adams wins the gold medal for host Great Britain, Cancan Ren wins silver for China and Marlen Esparza takes bronze for the USA

Boxing

Women's Boxing Flyweight | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the men's super heavyweight boxing full session replay from the ExCel Exhibition Centre at the 2012 London Olympic Games! Anthony Joshua wins the gold medal for host Great Britain, Roberto Cammarelle wins silver for Italy and Magomedrasul Medzhidov takes bronze for Azerbaijan

Men's Boxing Super Heavyweight | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and follow China claiming gold in the women's volleyball final with a 3:1 victory over Serbia at Ginasio do Maracanazinho during the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Women's Volleyball Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive one of the greatest Olympic Moments from the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 and watch as Norway claims the Gold in the women's handball final with a 26 to 23 victory against Montenegro

Handball

Women's Handball Final | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Watch the fantastic Closing Ceremony of the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 once more and remember the greatest moments

Closing Ceremony | London 2012 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Olympic Moments and watch as the USA wins the gold medal over Italy with a 12:5 victory in the women's water polo final at the Rio Summer Olympic Games in 2016

Women's Water Polo Final | Rio 2016 | Great Olympic Moments

Relive one of the greatest Olympic Moments from the London Summer Olympic Games in 2012 and watch as France claims the Gold in the men's handball final with a 22:21 victory over Sweden

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