I just watched the Athens lighting ceremony. I'm afraid the Spaniards have ruined this for every other country in the future. NOBODY would take this kind of risk.
I remember this I was 13. I was in awe, and I fancied Epi - he did the job really well and Antonio Rebello inspired me too. I wanted to be a torchbearer ever since. I loved the lighting ceremony, the whole thing was so poetic!!! xx
Maybe, but it could also be true that the arrow wouldn't even have to hit the olympic torch. Nobody saw the arrow go on, it's very possible that he could have even missed, but an automated system lit the torch.
No question it's real. Not only have I been to the stadium to see its really not that far, but also there was a back up plan that, if he was going to miss, that it would be lit.. they never used it.
This is the most memorable. If you were watching it then when the arrow was lighted, everyone knew what was going to happen but when he shot the arrow all the air was sucked out by everyone watching, then BOOM! still the most spectacular and magnificent lighting ceremony yet conceived. Sheer audacity and brilliance and suspense!
NOMÉS A BARCELONA ES PODIA FER UNA CERIMÒNIA D'INAUGURACIÓ AIXÍ DE GUAPA I ORIGINAL!!! OSTIA!!! ES CLAR QUE SÍ, PER QUE SOM ELS MILLORS DEL MÓN! ENCARA QUE NI A CASA NOSTRA S'ENS RECONEGUI COM A TAL! VISCA BARCELONA!
I can vaguely remember these games as a kid, but seeing this video brings back such fond memories. This way of lighting the flame is definitely the greatest ever done. Every host city has tried their darndest to outdo it but it's impossible, it was the most creative way to light a flame EVER. I admit the Bejeing lighting was pretty good, but definitely cannot compare to Barcelona. BRAVO ESPANA
I remember this well. The anticipation was building when the torch was being carried to the platform. People were wondering how the cauldron so far away was going to be lighted. And then when it was being passed to the archer, people were stupefied with disbelief that anyone would even attempt it. And when the arrow was released, it sucked all the oxygen from everyone watching. Then BULLSEYE! The most spectacular lighting EVER! The suspense and dramatic effect will never be duplicated again!
milovy is right. BEST EVER - GAME OVER. WILL NEVER BE SURPASSED. Who are these soulless fuckers commenting here about whether it's fake or not? It's just PEFECT.
well they tried a cauldron out of the water in 2000, a flying man which looked like he was walking near the ceiling in 2008, lighting a cauldron inside a dome in 2010, and fireworks all around a stadium to light a flame in 2006. I think they did try lol to have a unique lightning since these games. =P
@milovy Did you not see the Sydney Olympics? That was one of the most elaborate and technically complicated cauldron lighting sequences ever. It malfunctioned but it certainly wasn't a plain old "stick the torch in a bowl" kind of ceremony. I think actually, that many have tried to be too fancy. Barcelona's flame lighting method was so successful because it was unique and had that dramatic element of "what if he misses?" to it, and for that reason, Barcelona's is my fave.
It was not a flame in the caudlron, but the gas was turned on. He did not have to shoot it in the cauldron, only through the cloud of gas. That still required getting it within 6 or 7 ft! An amazing feat either way, and definitely not a miss. STILL the most dramatic and awe-inspiring lighting of the cauldron ever.
Te best olypic games opening ceremony never seen before... never seen after... i still remerber... although i was a little kid but there are moments that remains in your memories for all your life... this was one of them for me...
OK...here's a question...what possible good does giving out that information serve? I hate people like you that won't let you have a moment...that have to always tear stuff down jut to make themselves feel better.
This is an awesome torch light ceremony. But, the opening ceremony is NOT an Olympic Event! Who cares if Vancouver's torch partially failed? All I care about is the actual games and the only reason I watched this year was because my girlfriend wanted to watch it.
Truth is that arrow missed the cauldron.They figured it could happen so inside was already small flame and when arrow passed the cauldron they just increased the flame. It's widely known fact. Spanish newspapers had it 2 days after ceremony cause someone snitched it out
@malizlato That's not true, what happened is that the flame was not supposed to fall inside, but just to pass over it and flame the gas. It turned out just exactly as planned without any mistake.
This moment will never be equalled. I saw it live when it happened and I couldn't believe my eyes then and it is more incredible every time I see it. The Barcelona ceremonies, both opening as well as closing, were the finest in the history of the modern Olympics as far as I'm concerned. *** BRAVO BARCELONA ***
Truly most breathtaking and overwhelming moment in the Olympics I've ever seen. Especially because of the choice of the person who lit the olympic cauldron.
Also two most memorable ceremonies (opening and closing) in the history of Olympics in my humble opinion.
I was 14 and stayed overnight watching the ceremony and was late for the school in the morning - I got caught!! It was my first time watching a live telecast of olympic opening ceremony.The paralympic archer shooting the olympic flame and the moment the cauldron ignited made me CRIED!!!It was so amazing ever......congrats Barcelona!!!Malaysia
tell me how this could be fake?!?! if it was we would have seen it fly past...plus this guy could hit a bullseye a mile away ....that cauldron was not a mile away...jus sayin
Fake or not... everybody, children and adult people, believed that, and was a BEAUTIFUL visual effect that chilled everybody in the world. The best lightning in the history :)))
I'm a Catalan from Barcelona, and this day I was 12 years old. I was in the stadium with my parents, and I remember the incredible silence in the stadium when the arrow fly by to the cauldron (anybody knows before what kind of lighting they gona do, it was a secret)... when I remember that I have always chills. It was very simple, but pure and brilliant. Maybe it was a fake, but I think that this is secondary.
@SoyunSerSuperior I was 6 and I saw the ceremony at friends of my parents' home. I remember that I thought "and this is must be being watched in every country?? Everybody watched this?" and I it was first time I felt proud of being Spanish. Second time was when we won Football World Cup, but it doesn't give me chills when I remember it as when I see videos of Barcelona '92 :)
What happens to each flame that lights the next? Do they just light a cig with it then dump a cup of water on it or what? What are the ceremonies for that...?
It wasn't meant to hit the target but pass over it to ignite the gas coming out of it. But it's true, according to wikipedia at least, that he did miss since the huge flame ignites from the bottom instead of from where the arrow reaches the gas. From this angle it's hard to tell though (which is why they did it like that, I'm sure!!)
From the angle shown in this video its pretty much impossible to tell if the flame ignited from the bottom up, but i guess they might have done both, since it would be catastrophic if nothing happened at all:>
Simplemente, magnifico!!! aunque mi favorito es el de Sydney 2000, pero este esta genial, Barcelona 92 impuso muchos cambios como la ceremonia en la noche, el encendido, simplemente, genial!!!
hahaha this makes Beijing look bad, this was the greatest cauldron lighting ever cuz it shows the natural talent of a human being, not wires lifting him up or fancy technology lighting the cauldron
x supuesto que entro la flecha. se hubiese visto como no entraba y se iba mas alla. ademas, que pensais? que no habia gente alrededor del estadio? como quereis que lancen 1 flecha con intencion que no entre sabiendo que hay gente a la que pueden poner en peligro? dejaros de tonterias y aceptad que fue 1 espectaculo!
yep he missed because the arrow wasn't supposed to get in you dummie.. there was gaz pumping from the giant plate and the arrow only had to pass above it to light the whole thing.
P.S: I know it cause I was a volunteer on the other side waiting for the arrow making sure nobody was getting hurt in any way.
Horrible es poco, suena como la musiquita de los programas esos de detectives de media hora de los 70. Aunque como son las cosas aqui, lo mas probable es que al que compuso esta birria todavia no le han pagao. Por lo menos en eso si que funcionamos como un reloj.... de arena.
imnotbite: ¿Qué es eso de madrileño resentido?. Llevo viviendo en Madrid tres años y hay seguramente mucha mejor gente de la que tú te crees. A ver va a ser que el/la resentido/a eres tú.
I was 10 and I saw it live. It was astonishingly amazing. Sydney was JUST OK, too long, surprising because of the water thing but, just ok. Athens was very heart-taking because of the music, but too many sexual references (withe fallus coming down and then, once lit, it goes up...) So, Barcelona '92 were the BEST Olympic games of all history.
Agreed Oneil. When I first saw this as it happened, I was Nine. Have seen many cauldron lightings since then, but none surpass this. Whenever an Olympic event comes up, this is the first thing that comes to my mind.
In my opinion, of all the Olympic flame ceremony, the 1992 Barcelona Olympic was still the most motivated, magnificent, thrilling & hair-raising of them all. The pinnacle of the event was the uncertainty if the archer (Antonio Rebollo) can hit the cauldron with his arrow. The moment was thrilled with an outstanding music theme. Barcelona, I salute you!
That was an absolutely spectacular cauldron lighting. It tops the Torino 2006 and the Bejing 2008 cauldron lightings combined. This was raw and true marksmanship from a master of Archery. I find it refreshing to see no "Hollywood" effects, just pure and perfect aim from Antonio Rebollo.
This one is definitely the best in terms of the skill and thrill of it all. I have to say that the 2000 Olympics in Sydney was the most surprising, when Cathy Freeman touched the flame to the pool of water around her and the water ignited and rose up, that was pretty awesome too.
Era muy difícil que la flecha entrase lo que importa es lo genialmente bien que quedó nunca un pebetero se había encendido de una manera tan original. Barcelona 92 de los Mejores juegos de la historia!
London, pay attention. This is how it's done.
PerryPlanet 3 weeks ago
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daewkearu 3 weeks ago
I just watched the Athens lighting ceremony. I'm afraid the Spaniards have ruined this for every other country in the future. NOBODY would take this kind of risk.
Go Spain, no wonder you had so many good poets...
Jordiheguilor 1 month ago
I remember this I was 13. I was in awe, and I fancied Epi - he did the job really well and Antonio Rebello inspired me too. I wanted to be a torchbearer ever since. I loved the lighting ceremony, the whole thing was so poetic!!! xx
twintowersbabe 5 months ago
NO HA HABIDO ENCENDIDO MAS EMOCIONANTE EN LA HISTORIA DE LOS JUEGOS OLIMPICOS
siglobarroco 5 months ago
The China opening ceremony was too much hight tech to be beautiful....it was just too much over the top...
nacht98 6 months ago
Best games in general: Sydney 2000
Best Opening Ceremony: Athens 2004
Best Closing Ceremony: Sydney 2000
Best Olympic Torch Lighting: Barcelona 1992
You can't go wrong!
richieschick 7 months ago 5
@richieschick you have to admit that beijings opening ceremony was pretty good
coasterdork26 7 months ago
this is the best lighting in the history, i love it, it shows dedication and skill, no technology or what so ever, just plain simple human power!!
k1ller2one 7 months ago
@k1ller2one
Maybe, but it could also be true that the arrow wouldn't even have to hit the olympic torch. Nobody saw the arrow go on, it's very possible that he could have even missed, but an automated system lit the torch.
Gezab 4 months ago
@Gezab Pause it at 2:34, you can see the arrow actually deflected from its trajectory after hitting the cauldron
PabloMGP 4 months ago
Best torch lighting ceremony ever
worldpeace32 8 months ago
You know what? I was there in the stadium, and I'm not lying if i say that this is the best moment in my life
LloguerPisos 8 months ago
At least, you have to recognize it was the most emotive...there's no better torch lightning than this...Olimpic's spirit forever!!
LloguerPisos 8 months ago
i love the olympics
thatboyhov 9 months ago
No question it's real. Not only have I been to the stadium to see its really not that far, but also there was a back up plan that, if he was going to miss, that it would be lit.. they never used it.
As3sinoL0C0 9 months ago
He actually missed by a long way, the picture from behind was in The Daily Mirror the next day
oxonvids 9 months ago
Best ever torch lighting in the history of Olympics
aditya2390295 9 months ago 4
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Sydney 2000 was better than this one sorry.
ERRIN2000 10 months ago
@ERRIN2000 lol you wish. more technology? yes - better? no way, not even close
nixxxon18 10 months ago
Olympic fire lighting can't get any better than this. Seriously.
EnhancedNightmare 10 months ago 6
wow that was awesome
ps2nolimits 11 months ago 2
BEST FLAME EVER!!!!! SIMPLY MAGIC!!!!
tallrangersx 11 months ago 2
La mejor de todas las inauguraciones de juegos olimpicos...
rolm128901 1 year ago
this is pure skills! amazing archery skill and computation on projectile motion!
marold29 1 year ago
the audience sounds bored....
Frehely13 1 year ago
@Frehely13 Did you see the same vid I did? Are you from Madrid? Yeah, whatever...
LloguerPisos 10 months ago
@Frehely13 bored? you are from Madrid aren't you...
LloguerPisos 8 months ago
@LloguerPisos In the U.S, The crowd would be going crazy,
And no, I am not from madrid.
Frehely13 8 months ago
This is the most memorable. If you were watching it then when the arrow was lighted, everyone knew what was going to happen but when he shot the arrow all the air was sucked out by everyone watching, then BOOM! still the most spectacular and magnificent lighting ceremony yet conceived. Sheer audacity and brilliance and suspense!
optimusimperat 1 year ago 25
Still the best Cauldron lighting ever, EVER. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 don't come close.
philipc67 1 year ago
the most original of the story. and if you know a better one, let me know.
FREDBULSARAH 1 year ago
total coolness!
trevinor3 1 year ago
Que cojones impresionantes los de los españoles! Me saco el sombrero.
Arriesgarse asi a que algo saliera mal en frente de miles de millones de espectadores...
Jorgeheguilor 1 year ago
@Jorgeheguilor de cojones nada...desde aquel dia solo quedaron canicas ;) Nunca fuimos los mismos :D
LloguerPisos 8 months ago
2:00 he has a boner?
goemp 1 year ago
@goemp we all have here in spain :)
widomaker66 1 year ago
NOMÉS A BARCELONA ES PODIA FER UNA CERIMÒNIA D'INAUGURACIÓ AIXÍ DE GUAPA I ORIGINAL!!! OSTIA!!! ES CLAR QUE SÍ, PER QUE SOM ELS MILLORS DEL MÓN! ENCARA QUE NI A CASA NOSTRA S'ENS RECONEGUI COM A TAL! VISCA BARCELONA!
TheMarcelot1987 1 year ago 3
BEST FLAME EVER IN HISTORY... VIVA BARCELONA!!!!!
tallrangersx 1 year ago 5
Most sensational cauldron lighting in Olympics history
(ok, in fact the arrow passed over the torch but just need that)
caravaggio31 1 year ago 3
Hey there, for anyone who loves this, i just uploaded the full version (5 minutes) in much higher quality (HD), Its really worth watching it
nixxxon18 1 year ago
@2:25 - who is the staute of? (btm right hand corner of screen)
allthingsn1ce 1 year ago
Espectacular, sencillamente espectacular. La música aporta todavía más magia al momento...imposible no emocionarse..
patrylg 1 year ago
I remember this! Took my breath away!
richieschick 1 year ago
OH MY GOD. I didn't expect that.
Serrulatu 1 year ago
that is the coolest thing I have ever seen in life.
cappyjones 1 year ago 3
Lo más bonito que se ha visto en la historia de las olimpiadas, hoy en día todavía emociona, marcó un antes y un después.
Drumsk8 1 year ago
Maravilloso, gracias por subirlo, todavía me emociono...
foerfoer 1 year ago
I can vaguely remember these games as a kid, but seeing this video brings back such fond memories. This way of lighting the flame is definitely the greatest ever done. Every host city has tried their darndest to outdo it but it's impossible, it was the most creative way to light a flame EVER. I admit the Bejeing lighting was pretty good, but definitely cannot compare to Barcelona. BRAVO ESPANA
deedee51687 1 year ago 2
I remember this well. The anticipation was building when the torch was being carried to the platform. People were wondering how the cauldron so far away was going to be lighted. And then when it was being passed to the archer, people were stupefied with disbelief that anyone would even attempt it. And when the arrow was released, it sucked all the oxygen from everyone watching. Then BULLSEYE! The most spectacular lighting EVER! The suspense and dramatic effect will never be duplicated again!
optimusimperat 1 year ago 14
milovy is right. BEST EVER - GAME OVER. WILL NEVER BE SURPASSED. Who are these soulless fuckers commenting here about whether it's fake or not? It's just PEFECT.
davidbirkbeck 1 year ago 6
if he would have missed....
cargalito234 1 year ago
Totalmente de acuerdo, el mejor encendido de pebetero olímpico fue este....
Y que paradoja, el mas sencillo, el que implicaba menos tecnología y es hora que no lo superan en espectacularidad...
huarachudo47 1 year ago
Es el mejor encendido del Pebetero Olímpico!!
Y si me acuerdo bien de este momento, aunque era un niño de 5 años!!
branchtore 1 year ago
It's hard to believe it's been almost 20 years since the Barcelona Games.
texman210 1 year ago 5
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TomTheAznKid 1 year ago
Notice how subsequent games have not attempted fancy torch lightings. Cause you can never, ever top this. GAME OVAH!!!!
milovy 1 year ago 5
well they tried a cauldron out of the water in 2000, a flying man which looked like he was walking near the ceiling in 2008, lighting a cauldron inside a dome in 2010, and fireworks all around a stadium to light a flame in 2006. I think they did try lol to have a unique lightning since these games. =P
NFLfanatic08 1 year ago
@milovy Did you not see the Sydney Olympics? That was one of the most elaborate and technically complicated cauldron lighting sequences ever. It malfunctioned but it certainly wasn't a plain old "stick the torch in a bowl" kind of ceremony. I think actually, that many have tried to be too fancy. Barcelona's flame lighting method was so successful because it was unique and had that dramatic element of "what if he misses?" to it, and for that reason, Barcelona's is my fave.
nosuchpersonvideo 1 year ago 2
amazing btw im watching the ending ceremony for vancuver on tv right now
peter96 1 year ago
Don't bother it lacks.
jdlaw001 1 year ago
HOLY BALLS THIS IS INSANE!! :DDDD :P Imagine if he missed LMAO
GazProduction 1 year ago
They had a back up plan.
jdlaw001 1 year ago
anyone know the title of the background music? thanks^^
milkmelon 1 year ago
Wonder what 2012 will bring. Something extremely cheesy im guessing.
Joedidyjoe 1 year ago
i think so too
peter96 1 year ago
It's in London. Their English. They'll use a Bic lighter.
Baxion5 1 year ago
@Baxion5 lol! Yeah.
Joedidyjoe 1 year ago
It was not a flame in the caudlron, but the gas was turned on. He did not have to shoot it in the cauldron, only through the cloud of gas. That still required getting it within 6 or 7 ft! An amazing feat either way, and definitely not a miss. STILL the most dramatic and awe-inspiring lighting of the cauldron ever.
ksprad72 1 year ago
No lighting will ever top this
UMfanatic12 1 year ago 4
Vancouver just lit a piece of Superman's fortress.
egraseidannogew 1 year ago 3
Te best olypic games opening ceremony never seen before... never seen after... i still remerber... although i was a little kid but there are moments that remains in your memories for all your life... this was one of them for me...
TheForceinU 1 year ago 2
OK...here's a question...what possible good does giving out that information serve? I hate people like you that won't let you have a moment...that have to always tear stuff down jut to make themselves feel better.
svrhodes77 1 year ago
This is an awesome torch light ceremony. But, the opening ceremony is NOT an Olympic Event! Who cares if Vancouver's torch partially failed? All I care about is the actual games and the only reason I watched this year was because my girlfriend wanted to watch it.
jvidell 1 year ago
This was one of best Olympic moments of all time, the best lighting by far... Such a powerful moment!!!
TheChemicalBassist 1 year ago 4
Indeed, this is the best lighting of olympic couldron! Amazing...the best!!!
dyoys500 1 year ago 4
92 and 94 games will always be the best.
2010 is big failure!
smasila 1 year ago
definitely the best lighting so far
ktulu6 1 year ago 5
This is the best Calderon lighting in Olympic history ever... Canada's did not live up to this.
rdhmommy 1 year ago 5
Truth is that arrow missed the cauldron.They figured it could happen so inside was already small flame and when arrow passed the cauldron they just increased the flame. It's widely known fact. Spanish newspapers had it 2 days after ceremony cause someone snitched it out
malizlato 1 year ago
@malizlato That's not true, what happened is that the flame was not supposed to fall inside, but just to pass over it and flame the gas. It turned out just exactly as planned without any mistake.
foerfoer 1 year ago
Viva España!!! Live España!!!
España!!! Spain!!!
Españaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! XD.
fultolillo1 1 year ago 2
that is quite a shot
profile86 1 year ago
I worked at teh Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and was there for this moment....never bettered.
middlehuff 1 year ago
canada fucking failed man this is win
strongblackman 1 year ago
Winter Olympic Vancouver 2010 =D
Tempos Passam ! =/
IanBradley1995 1 year ago
lol @ canada
dark2ooth 1 year ago
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TheHauntingGhoul 1 year ago
Implying that a mechanical failure is more embarrassing than an all-star NBA Olympic dream team that finished 3rd.
TheHauntingGhoul 1 year ago 3
EPIC.
rockdamic 1 year ago 2
This moment will never be equalled. I saw it live when it happened and I couldn't believe my eyes then and it is more incredible every time I see it. The Barcelona ceremonies, both opening as well as closing, were the finest in the history of the modern Olympics as far as I'm concerned. *** BRAVO BARCELONA ***
DAToDATonian 1 year ago 5
Truly most breathtaking and overwhelming moment in the Olympics I've ever seen. Especially because of the choice of the person who lit the olympic cauldron.
Also two most memorable ceremonies (opening and closing) in the history of Olympics in my humble opinion.
kavooPL 1 year ago 4
@kavooPL I fully agree with you.
nincsszabadloginnev 1 year ago
It is the one I will always remember. I remember still how exciting it was, the best lighting of the Olympic Flame ever, for me.
ColorInFusion1 1 year ago 3
that was incredible
andyt141 2 years ago 2
Barcelona 92
Torino 2006
The best moment olympic flame of history!!!!!
teuborella 2 years ago
I was 14 and stayed overnight watching the ceremony and was late for the school in the morning - I got caught!! It was my first time watching a live telecast of olympic opening ceremony.The paralympic archer shooting the olympic flame and the moment the cauldron ignited made me CRIED!!!It was so amazing ever......congrats Barcelona!!!Malaysia
raise2002 2 years ago 4
tell me how this could be fake?!?! if it was we would have seen it fly past...plus this guy could hit a bullseye a mile away ....that cauldron was not a mile away...jus sayin
musiqikon87 2 years ago 2
don't know how they could fake such an accurate arrow
rorza696 2 years ago
10/5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
laverda750boy 2 years ago
Fake or not... everybody, children and adult people, believed that, and was a BEAUTIFUL visual effect that chilled everybody in the world. The best lightning in the history :)))
Inakki1981 2 years ago 28
I'm a Catalan from Barcelona, and this day I was 12 years old. I was in the stadium with my parents, and I remember the incredible silence in the stadium when the arrow fly by to the cauldron (anybody knows before what kind of lighting they gona do, it was a secret)... when I remember that I have always chills. It was very simple, but pure and brilliant. Maybe it was a fake, but I think that this is secondary.
SoyunSerSuperior 2 years ago 6
Still the best of all time.
Viva Espana!
fsusailor 2 years ago 4
@SoyunSerSuperior I was 6 and I saw the ceremony at friends of my parents' home. I remember that I thought "and this is must be being watched in every country?? Everybody watched this?" and I it was first time I felt proud of being Spanish. Second time was when we won Football World Cup, but it doesn't give me chills when I remember it as when I see videos of Barcelona '92 :)
JosinFuckYeah 5 months ago
not fake. if it was some, of the 40,000 people there might have noticed, don't ya think ?
awesome video.
Egyptoid 2 years ago
fake or not, it's the entertainment that counts - and that was incredible!!
DomRusky 2 years ago
I agree, even though it was fake, who cares. It was dramatic it was theatrical, it was amazing.
billy9038 2 years ago
Who cares if the torch lighting was fake.....Billions around the world saw it light as we see it light in this video....and it was awesome!!!
luvhart 2 years ago 4
I totally agree! It's the concept what matters! It was unforgettable!
ARMM70 2 years ago
JODER ¡¡¡QUE PUNTERIA!!!
alfredo4891 2 years ago
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the fake one
joe1981chen 2 years ago
even though it was fake, still a majestic scene nevertheless!
musicalbasics 2 years ago
El mejor encendido de pebetero en la mejor ceremonia, la veo y me emociona mucho como aquella vez en el 92
mellowboy23 2 years ago 6
Much better than China.
Altarcraft 2 years ago 8
@Altarcraft Much better than everything befor and after Barca. Be correct!!!!
ohorok2 9 months ago
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zoltanmiko 2 years ago
That dude is like Legolas in disguise...
Im chinese but i reckon this is the best flame lighting ever..
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What happens to each flame that lights the next? Do they just light a cig with it then dump a cup of water on it or what? What are the ceremonies for that...?
GradyBaby13 2 years ago
WHAO! NICE SHOT! that was fairly amazing:P
Rhandahl 2 years ago 3
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the archer missed the big torch, you can see as the arrow passes the torch!! :DDDD
the lighted it probably with a remote controll.
it was a big shame!
MrBarca1972 2 years ago
It wasn't meant to hit the target but pass over it to ignite the gas coming out of it. But it's true, according to wikipedia at least, that he did miss since the huge flame ignites from the bottom instead of from where the arrow reaches the gas. From this angle it's hard to tell though (which is why they did it like that, I'm sure!!)
DeanAMacd 2 years ago
From the angle shown in this video its pretty much impossible to tell if the flame ignited from the bottom up, but i guess they might have done both, since it would be catastrophic if nothing happened at all:>
Rhandahl 2 years ago
well, as you might know... you don't need to hit gas to ignite it, just soar trough it..
Rhandahl 2 years ago
Simplemente, magnifico!!! aunque mi favorito es el de Sydney 2000, pero este esta genial, Barcelona 92 impuso muchos cambios como la ceremonia en la noche, el encendido, simplemente, genial!!!
ianislands 2 years ago
hahaha this makes Beijing look bad, this was the greatest cauldron lighting ever cuz it shows the natural talent of a human being, not wires lifting him up or fancy technology lighting the cauldron
Tcl90210112693 2 years ago 31
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Overall, though, no country can top China's visually stunning OC. No country has the resources to surpass it.
immisterkevin 2 years ago
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Except maybe Tokyo
Tokyo 2016, if they get it, Im going to the opening no doubt
LittleLeeHere 2 years ago
@Tcl90210112693 so true...even chinese people hated that wire lifting
k1ller2one 1 year ago
1992 was the last really good games its turned in to complete coroprate and money making american bullshit since then
jmccooe 2 years ago 3
YEAH TOTALLY AGREE.
ilargitxo2 2 years ago
The build up, music and archer (especially the archer) made this a truly unforgettable opening ceremony. Thanks for the post!
chcwtf 2 years ago 3
Best lighting ever. Dude has to have nerves of steel because if that was me, I would of been shaking so bad.
wilkievideo 2 years ago 6
You'd be like Mohammed Ali at the 96 olympics?
ohedd 2 years ago
wow ohedd, what a fucking prick, to say something like that, about one of the greatest athletes of all time
joebro391 2 years ago 3
u'r right. :( I should had pretended he didn't, yea.
ohedd 2 years ago
The best lighting of the Olympic Cauldron, ever! It is indeed unforgettable and the most unique lighting in the history of the modern Olympics.
kiretoce 2 years ago 3
I remember this... The BEST EVER lighting of the cauldron... Greetings from Greece...
chrisargyropoulos 2 years ago 6
I agree!!!!!
richieschick 2 years ago 5
Exelent.
nozscrap 2 years ago
x supuesto que entro la flecha. se hubiese visto como no entraba y se iba mas alla. ademas, que pensais? que no habia gente alrededor del estadio? como quereis que lancen 1 flecha con intencion que no entre sabiendo que hay gente a la que pueden poner en peligro? dejaros de tonterias y aceptad que fue 1 espectaculo!
anahialfonso4ever 2 years ago
I was born in 1992 and I've seen those videos losts of times. Those were the best Olympic games in the world
Ibor92 2 years ago 2
haha yeah my friend was 2 years old and he remembers watching that video cuz it was that amazing
ninoisagod 2 years ago
I'm 12 years old that year and seen this live telecast on TV3 Malaysia after school in evening.
titanporto 2 years ago
Best ever ceremony of Olympics. Good archerist!
titanporto 2 years ago 2
They wore some dorky ass shorts back in the day.
dawnahblue 2 years ago
love it!!
Stellasticity 2 years ago
star wars music will be better
thepharaoh16 2 years ago
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not to look on the bad side of this but the arrow didnt actually make it in...he missed.
This is the best olympic troch ceremony ever.
321698547 2 years ago
yep he missed because the arrow wasn't supposed to get in you dummie.. there was gaz pumping from the giant plate and the arrow only had to pass above it to light the whole thing.
P.S: I know it cause I was a volunteer on the other side waiting for the arrow making sure nobody was getting hurt in any way.
MaestroAlexander 2 years ago
Oh most excellent flame ceremony!!
tytytyatsats 3 years ago 5
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schs1977 3 years ago
alguien sabe quién es el compositor de la música y dónde conseguirla.
Vivan Barcelona 92 y madrid 2016!!!!
adrivaz 3 years ago
el musico que hizo esta pieza me parece que es angelo badalamenti
tuwantoo 3 years ago
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La musica te gusta??? es horrible !!
ortizricci 2 years ago
Horrible es poco, suena como la musiquita de los programas esos de detectives de media hora de los 70. Aunque como son las cosas aqui, lo mas probable es que al que compuso esta birria todavia no le han pagao. Por lo menos en eso si que funcionamos como un reloj.... de arena.
mcmlxvi 2 years ago
Carajo!! De que hablan??? La mùsica es SOBERBIA!!!!
Nacholympic 2 years ago
@mcmlxvi Madre mia...anda k decir tal tonteria!
Madrileño resentido seguro!
imnotbite 1 year ago
imnotbite: ¿Qué es eso de madrileño resentido?. Llevo viviendo en Madrid tres años y hay seguramente mucha mejor gente de la que tú te crees. A ver va a ser que el/la resentido/a eres tú.
miasare1 1 year ago
I was 10 and I saw it live. It was astonishingly amazing. Sydney was JUST OK, too long, surprising because of the water thing but, just ok. Athens was very heart-taking because of the music, but too many sexual references (withe fallus coming down and then, once lit, it goes up...) So, Barcelona '92 were the BEST Olympic games of all history.
Ktalanet 3 years ago 6
Viva Barcelona 92!
Es hora de Madrid 2016!
adrivaz 3 years ago 4
最大最高の聖火点灯！！！
hitohiranoharu 3 years ago
MADRID 2016!!!!!!!
OrgulloAzulyOro16 3 years ago 5
new york 2016....... (jk traffic in the city would be even more intense tham it is every day
LFC608 3 years ago
Haha, I couldn't even begin to imagine the chaos of NY hosting the olympics. It'll be just as bad in Chicago if they win the 2016 games.
saltlakecity2002 3 years ago 3
epic!!!
greenfalcon13 3 years ago 2
Agreed Oneil. When I first saw this as it happened, I was Nine. Have seen many cauldron lightings since then, but none surpass this. Whenever an Olympic event comes up, this is the first thing that comes to my mind.
gosuperman 3 years ago 4
In my opinion, of all the Olympic flame ceremony, the 1992 Barcelona Olympic was still the most motivated, magnificent, thrilling & hair-raising of them all. The pinnacle of the event was the uncertainty if the archer (Antonio Rebollo) can hit the cauldron with his arrow. The moment was thrilled with an outstanding music theme. Barcelona, I salute you!
oneil3 3 years ago 9
That was an absolutely spectacular cauldron lighting. It tops the Torino 2006 and the Bejing 2008 cauldron lightings combined. This was raw and true marksmanship from a master of Archery. I find it refreshing to see no "Hollywood" effects, just pure and perfect aim from Antonio Rebollo.
MasterDrew117 3 years ago
This one is definitely the best in terms of the skill and thrill of it all. I have to say that the 2000 Olympics in Sydney was the most surprising, when Cathy Freeman touched the flame to the pool of water around her and the water ignited and rose up, that was pretty awesome too.
spork24601 3 years ago
Yeah, I just loved Cathy Freeman´s smile when the flame was lit! :)
It was amazingly beautiful!
And what a releif it must have been for her to get that medal in the end...
Pressure? Nah....
Only a continent´s...
Great athlete, that woman! :)
AmyLilies 3 years ago
wow! congrats Barcelona '92. you're the best among the REST! wo0o0ho0o0!
jojanpaulpenol 3 years ago 5
i still cant beleive i can remember this i was 2 and its my first memory it sticks in the head good.
riggy1990 3 years ago
WOW.
camillesavillo 3 years ago 2
The first time I saw an opening ceremony of an olympics... Barcelona is my benchmark. the best lighting of the olympic cauldron so far.
neilalvin2k4 3 years ago
The best opening ever made.
Rashid203 3 years ago 2
Era muy difícil que la flecha entrase lo que importa es lo genialmente bien que quedó nunca un pebetero se había encendido de una manera tan original. Barcelona 92 de los Mejores juegos de la historia!
ODISEA92 3 years ago
Huge moment, most amazing lighting with the arrow, never repeated in further olympic games.
Cyberioxxi2 3 years ago 2