Michael Phelps - Olympics 2000 - 200m Butterfly

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anyone have a link to the video of him breaking the world record in Fukuoka 2001?

[Nebaleba]

im not used to seeing the camera not zoom in on phelps

[superdave31]

and not only that .. he reached an Okympic FINAL at 15 yrs old.. he was swimming 200m fly at 14 faster than what i can do a 200m freestyle at 25

[kypselialani14]

his tecnique is so different/better now...but anyway he went to the olympics at the age of 15...u dont see that happening often :)

[oskunshier]

I am pretty good at swimming but there is one particular stroke I suck at. Butterfly, I get so tired right away. Anyone have any good advice

[Ryhatch]

@oskunshier As a canadian junior national finalist in the 200m butterfly, I feel like I can provide some advice. You want to develop a good aerobic base so you have fa good fitness level before you start swimming. to get the technique down, try doing some 1 arm fly and side kick. once you have the technique and fitness down, get asss fucked by your coach to reach optimal speed. It worked for me....Good luck :)

[ExzileRS]

@oskunshier the same thing use to happen for me but within 2 weeks it became my favorite stroke. The only way i got better was my summer coach made me do it even if i got tired. You have to go out and do 50s and 75s and 100s and you will start being able to go much longer distances

[jkrowling46]

he was 15! Oh my gosh, that is amazing

[ConcreteSurfer420]

Arguably the greatest Olympic athlete of all time. Phelps already has 16 total medals including eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. His races had the entire world glued to their television sets and clinging on his every stroke. Phelps has transcended the sport unlike anyone else ever has. With just three medals at the London Olympics Phelps will have the most medals all time by any athlete in any sport.

[adamlewis934]

Malchow's stroke looks messy from the front. Incredible swimmer though, one of Phelps' icons growing up.

[idster7]

15 and a second off the gold.

[maxlyger]

Most dominant swimmer in the making. He just ran down the guy next to him...

[arnihl]

dont like the winner...

[JakoBanaN]

shiett!

[NHLfan29]

Phelps ran out of pool

[GagneCarter1217]

Britain France and Russia's swimmers all got beat by a 15 yr old. THey should be ashamed.

[arnihl]

yes it was a national record in america! for the 16 years old aswell!

[RegDINO]

use your pea brains please. he is already a winner by entering the competition when he is only 15.

[luanswan2002]

The only video you will find of Phelps losing in the 200m butterfly.

[JeahForLife]

@luanswan2002 wrong

[hotjulio123]

@luanswan2002 well... now there are two.

[luanswan2002]

@hotjulio123 Yeah he came 4th recently haha.

[twoneighteen]

Ohh man! He has killer jammers!

[bugio22]

lol "norris was third and phelps was fifth" i guess they don't care about the russian

[disneaded]

just incredible with 15 years!

but the guy in the red suite who won has/had a bad style to swim this stroke, just not looking smooth!

I'm 15,started swimming november '08 and can't imagine to be that fast!

[sadkiss99]

after sydney olympics 2000

he set a 200M Butterfly WR at 15 years and 9 months

since he set a WR he never lost in 9 or 10 year ( Including 200, 400IM )

he still continue improve WR and latest he set at rome is 1:51.51

i think he will go under 50 soon :)

i been his fan from 2001 ;D

[ipodfreek955]

@sadkiss99 thats not true..... he got 2 bronze in 2004

[ZapdAmer]

@sadkiss99 then you are not the best of fans considering he has lost a couple of times in 10 years (biedermann in rome, malchow in 2002 pan pacs, 100 fly and free and 400 free in 2005, 200 back in 2006 pan pacs)

[Redxkingz]

15 years old, and only 1.15 seconds for being an olympian champion !

[sdh106]

Where is the video of Phelps setting the 200 fly record at the 2001 world champs???

[MrAldanaVilla]

15 years old!!!! and he did this wonderful 50 meters!!!!! PHELPS GOD!!!!

[poutsaste]

yes no record but he was 15 years old (!).This is just incredible

[maskedriderghost]

@poutsaste wasnt he 16 at the 2004 Olympics?

[terrelya83]

@maskedriderghost-nope he was 19. thats when i first heard of michael phelps. i didn't recall his first olympics at 15 but i do remember he was 19 at athens.

[maskedriderghost]

@terrelya83 i dont know because hes only 22

[terrelya83]

@maskedriderghost-lol he's 25 now

[FrownedDollie]

@maskedriderghost evidently not :P

[philip711videomaster]

popov is the best swimmer in the world in my opinoin hw swam in a normal speedo.

[0wildworld0]

Jayden Hadler of Australia is 15 and hes going faster then both Thorpe and Phelps at the same age

[mc1703]

phelps broke the world record when he was 15, has jayden broken the world record (or is he even close)?

[philip711videomaster]

he hase a funny sute

[ipodfreek955]

i have one

[pkellygcst13]

i think its cool how you see people competing at the olympics in a speedo brief... yet now 9 years later if you see someone in a brief you think that they must not be taking the swim very seriously among all of the lzr bodys and blue seventys

[BoeingRules]

This was Phelps' first international competition. Only 6 months after this he broke the world record and beat Tom Malchow in the 200 Buttterfly. Phelps is still the youngest male swimmer to break a world record, edging out Thorpe by a month or two.

[djflipflop23]

aww he was my age in thisss[:

i <3 him.

[gamecubedave000]

Michael Phelps was 15 in his first olympics. Look how great he turned out to be.

Fast forward to 2008 and we now have Elizabeth Beisel. I think she was 16 and still beat a lot of people and almost medaled. Watch out for her.

[jdwhi3]

Ian Thorpe had Won 2 Gold Medals at the World Championships at the age of 15 and also 4 Commonwealth Gold Medals and 1 World Record.

[ryanoneillskate]

ye but ian thorpe didnt win 8 gold mdals at one olympics

there both world class swimmers

[pierangeli14]

Phelps was 15 and competing against swimmers 5 to 10 years older than him! Very few male swimmers get to the elite Olympic stage at that age. Thorpe was also a young teen with huge promise and they both became legends!

[guanato92]

wait in which lane is phelps in

[dchang11]

SIX

[VaveAma92]

okay. Olympian at 15. Wow. I;m sure that he didn't even care that he came in fifth. Actually fifth isn't all that bad. They all have to start somewhere. After watching Beijing, this race looks super slow. LOL!

[yorkuni]

I don't think alot of people realise how incredible this is. Michael was 15 when he made the FINAL of an event at the Olympics. 15 years old! I know swimmers who are 30-40 years and have never reached the finals of an Olympic event. Do you know how fast you have to be to reach the finals? FAST! Super fast! And he did it at 15! To the stupid people who laughed that Michael came 5th, he broke a world record 6 months after this race! So shut the fuck up! Let me see you break a world record at 15!

[Double0I0andironman]

dude, he was 15 in the olympics, of course he was goin to lose

[august1bobobiliby]

You are a son of a bitch, actualy you are a bitch.

[yorkuni]

This is was in 2000 asshole! What great things did you do at 15 stupid prick! Stop hating on Phelps from your mom's basement!

[Gvanillavodka]

why dont you put your lips up to my butthole and suck :)

[jdwhi3]

best technique? best splitting? best swimmer? You know nothing 'olympianlondon2012'. At 15 phelps technique was not great, he improved it after the 2000 olympics.

On another note Justin Norris you are a legend!

[guy0307]

Legend? Big fucking deal he got bronze..

[kerenandginar]

at age 15

[olympianlondon2012]

aha yeah whoever wrote the description for this vid is a total moron :P

[bven7november]

no your retarded he was 15 dumbass

[olympianlondon2012]

best technique of the field: michael phelps

best splitting of the field: michael phelps

best swimmer in the field (in terms of international success): michael phelps

coincidence?