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Old Gymnastics 1938

nanquan491

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Men's Gymnastics, from Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia" (1938)

Fun to watch! ;)

20 Comments

@fernlin-healy2174 8 years ago

102!!! Give him the gold! That inverted cross to iron cross is so badass even by today's standards.

@buggld 11 years ago

Interesting how apparently straight arms were not a requirement back then.

@Amybayme 16 years ago

Wow the floor routines had alot of yoga poses back then.

@luenluen 10 years ago

it seems men's routines didn't change as much as women's..

@situpking 19 years ago

the sport was completely different because most of gymnastics was held outside. The technique and form is totally different.

@KalaXionE 15 years ago

these guys are so respectful! doing routines like that with that kind of apparals, with no protections and no grips.. they were so brave

@ninjayc247 9 years ago

Ring routines back then were still BA

@MiroslavKoula 12 years ago

102 (in time 3:30 - 4:16) is Alois Hudec from Czechoslovakia, this is his Gold Medal Performance (9.8pt) on 11th August 1936 at Olympics in Berlin, it's not a slow motion, he hold all positions more then 2 times then necessary because it was his last exhibition and Nazi got lower marks to Slavic people, so he went there ready to show them something extraordinary... That's why Leni had to put it into the movie...

@LeeDee5 10 years ago

This has got to be one of the manliest youtube videos ever.

@AnatomaxPodcast91 5 years ago (edited)

Calisthenics ever will be the most beauty gymnastics category for men. Yes, I really believe that.

@Luftwaffel 19 years ago

Those dudes are ripped.

@paveler301 13 years ago

That guy with 102 in 3:27 is Czechoslovakian Alois Hudec who pissed of Hitler because he defeated Germans and won olympic gold by this performace

@MadFlenser 15 years ago

most hardcore (and similar to today) are the rings

@laurencool128 16 years ago

It's cool how they did it outdoors back then, it would be cool it they did that now days.

@AbbyHarvey101 2 years ago

This is absolutely incredible, they are doing it with such ease and make it look so smooth!

@kungfudoggie 14 years ago

I think that I just tore my bicep watching guy #102

@AZUKI-tk 7 years ago

吊り輪の102番の選手、素手であれだけできるのはこの時代で凄い。

@peanutandoreobasset1859 7 years ago

Some of this is quite impressive, even by today’s standards.

@PetrKrpeš 5 years ago

Number 102, rings, Alois Hudec🥇🇨🇿❤️

@anthonyjulianelle6695 5 years ago

When I first saw this, I wondered if Riefenstahl had slowed the camera speed but in the rings routine, the people walking in the stands in the background seem to be walking at pretty much a normal speed. Very impressive rings routine. Back then, the strength positions were held for a longer period of time than now. Can't tell if 102 did a full butterfly to start the routine.