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History of Physical Education Flashcards

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What was the Miracle on Ice?

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The USA vs. USSR in a hockey battle. The USA had young college players against the USSR’s greatest hockey stars. The USA won

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Jesse Owens

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A black runner in the Berlin Olympic Games at the beginning of Hitler’s reign. Hitler snubbed him.

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Usain Bolt

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The fastest man on earth, Track and Field

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Michael Phelps

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The most decorated olympian of all time, a swimmer

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The 4-minute mile

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Roger Bannister, a runner, broke the world record. No one believed it was possible.

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Who was the most decorated olympian of all time?

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Michael Phelps, a swimmer

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Roger Bannister

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The four-minute mile

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Nadia Comaneci

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First Gymnast to score a perfect 10, thirteen years old, from Romania (Gymnastics)

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First Gymnast to score a perfect 10

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Nadia Comaneci

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Battle of the Sexes

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Tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobbi Riggs. Billie Jean King won

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Wayne Gretzky

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50 goals in 39 games, hockey, an unbreakable record

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Wilma Rudolph

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A black female track and field star. Against all Odds

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Dick Fosbury

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Track and Field, revolutionized high jumping

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World Series 1989

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An earthquake hits, baseball

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Blue Jays – back to back world series wins in…?

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1992-93, baseball

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16
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Who invented basketball?

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James Naismith

17
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The Jamaican Bobsled Team

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Bobsledding; had never seen snow before. Maybe won?

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When did the Olympics begin, first time and second?

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776 b.c., and 1886

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Kurt Browning

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First quad, figure skating

20
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Eddie Feigner

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The King and his Count, softball

21
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Lance Armstrong

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Tour de France (cycling) won, but was later found to be on a lot of drugs

22
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Bob Beamon

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Track and field, long jump record

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Jackie Robinson

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Breaks the color barrier, baseball

24
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Ben Johnson 1988 Seoul Corea

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track and field

25
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Man in Motion world tour

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Wheelchair athlete

26
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Terry Fox

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Tried to run across Canada, but died. Steve Fanoigh finished it

27
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Steve Nash

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Canadian basketball superstar

28
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Terrorism at the 1972 Olympics

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Athletics

29
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Pierre de Coubertin

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Restarted the Olympics

30
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Canada Double Hockey Gold

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In Salt Lake city

31
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Friedrich Ludwig John

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Turnverein (gymnastics union) and physical education

32
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Harlem Globetrotters

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Basketball

33
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Canda hosts the Olympics when and where?

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1976, 1988, 2010,

Calgary

34
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Summit Series

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Canada vs. USSR 1972, Hockey

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