Final Exam Flashcards
Avery Brundage
Fifth president of the IOC, he served from 1952 to 1972. The only American to attain presidency. Born in Detroit, went to university of Illinois. Played racquetball for the cherry circle athletic club and became successful. This is how he became associated with the AAU.
Tammar and Irina Press
In the 1952 Games, Soviet sisters that competed in discus and shotput. They were rather manly and this brought up sex testing.
David Burghley/Lord Essex
Avery Brundage’s main competitor for president in the IOC he won 400m in the Olympics.
Wilfrid Kent-Hughes
Organizing committee president at the Melbourne Games – he lead the movement about TV monies. Rule 49 of the Olympic Charter was his rule originally. If it hadn’t been for him who knows where TV would be today.
Rule 49
In the Olympic Charter says that anything beyond 3 minute new segments, 3x a day must be paid for because it is now entertainment.
Apartheid
System of racial segregation in South Africa enforced through legislation by the National Party from 1948-1994. They curtailed the rights of the black citizens with a white minority rule.
Bob Beamon
Went to University of Texas and was a long jumper and sprinter from New York; he astounded world of athletes when he long jump 29 ft 2 inch at Mexico Games (beat world record by 2 feet)
Abebe Bikila
Double Olympic marathon champion from Ethiopia, most famous for winning marathon gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics while running barefoot. Also won gold in mexico city but he wore shoes.
Dennis Brutus
He founded SASA which was bent on getting SANOC to let black individuals in South Africa partake in Olympic trials. He was in jail with Nelson Mandela.
Roone Arledge
Head of ABC – corralled and dominated buying rights for all Olympic games in 60s, 70s and 80s – they used sports to overcome CBS and NBC and became equal with them
Barbara Ann Scott
World figure skating champion in 1987, she won a yellow convertible and Brundage found about that and called her a pro and the end result was she gave the convertible back temporarily won the 19__ games, came back and took convertible
