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Summer Olympics Flashcards

1
Q

Which country hosted the Summer Olympics in 1976, but failed to win a single gold medal?

A

Canada

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At the 1908 Olympics, City of London Police defeated Liverpool Police to win gold in which event?

A

Tug of war

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Who defeated home favourite Luz Long to win the long jump at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?

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Jesse Owens

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4
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At which Games did the Olympic flame first burn throughout the three-month period of competition?

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Amsterdam 1928

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5
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In Beijing in 2008, who added a cycling gold medal to the rowing silver she had won four years earlier?

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Rebecca Romero

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Which seven-a-side indoor sport was reintroduced to the games in Munich for the first time since 1936?

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Handball

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Which country won its first ever Olympic Gold medal in Los Angeles in 1984, in the Men’s Free Pistol Shooting?

A

China

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In 1968, cyclists Daniel Morelon and Pierre Trentin both won individual titles as well as taking gold in which other event that has since been dropped from the Games?

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Tandem

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At the Melbourne Games in 1956 British gold medallist Dick McTaggart was also awarded the Val Barker Trophy, given to the competitor with the best style and technique in which sport?

A

Boxing

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10
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Which famous American Second World War general finished fifth in the modern pentathlon in Stockholm in 1912, after a poor performance in the shooting?

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Patton

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On which gymnastics apparatus did Nadia Comaneci achieve a perfect score of twenty points to win the gold medal in Montreal?

A

Asymetric Bars

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12
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The Hungarian fencer Aladar Gerevich won gold medals at how many successive games?

A

Six

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Father and son Charles and Richard Burnell both won gold medals for Britain in 1908 and 1948 respectively; in which sport?

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Rowing

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At which Games did Teofilo Stevenson become the first boxer to win three Gold Medals in the same weight division?

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Moscow 1980

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Twelve of the thirteen Men’s Swimming events in Montreal were won by Americans. which Briton won the other event, in world record time?

A

David Wilkie

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16
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When the Games were held in South Korea in 1988, which sport was included for the first time, with the home nation winning the Men’s Singles and Women’s Doubles?

A

Table Tennis

17
Q

Who was the manager of the Great Britain football team at the 1948 Olympic Games?

A

Matt Busby

18
Q

Italian Klaus Dibiasi won three consecutive gold medals in which sport from 1968 onwards?

A

Diving

19
Q

Who were the surprise gold medallists in the first Women’s Olympic Hockey tournament, in Moscow in 1980?

A

Zimbabwe

20
Q

Competitors in which athletics event at the 1932 Los Angeles games had to run an extra lap, because an official forgot to change the lap country?

A

3,000m steeplechase

21
Q

In 1948, Sweden were stripped of their team gold medal in which sport after Gehnall Person was disqualified because he wasn’t a commissioned officer?

A

Dressage

22
Q

In 1926, Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Gertrude Ederele became the first woman to achieve which famous sporting feat?

A

Swimming the English Channel

23
Q

In Beijing in 2008, which athlete ran the anchor leg for the Jamaican Men’s Sprint Relay team that won the gold in world record time?

A

Asafa Powel

24
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In which sport did Darrell Pace win the Gold in 1976 and 1984, and the Team Silver in 1988?

A

Archery

25
Q

Harold Sakarta, who won a weightlifting silver medal in 1948, later played which character in the film Goldfinger?

A

Oddjob

26
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Italian-born Angelo Parisi won bronze for Britain, then gold and silver medals for France; in which sport?

A

Judo

27
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Which French player won the Women’s Singles Tennis gold medal at the Antwerp Games of 1920? She also won six Wimbledon titles during her career.

A

Suzanne Lenglen

28
Q

Which team event was discontinued after the 1936 Olympics, when Argentina defeated Great Britain to take the Gold Medal?

A

Polo

29
Q

Who won his first Olympic Sailing medal as a 19 year old in Atlanta, when he took silver in the Laser?

A

Ben Ainslie

30
Q

What was unusual about the rerun final of the Men’s 400 Metres at the 1908 Games, won by Wyndham Halswelle?

A

He was the only competitor left

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