 Country : USA Date of birth : 19 July 1964 Medal tally : 4 gold, 1 bronze Athletes : Basketball
The most decorated Olympic Basketball player ever, Teresa Edwards holds the record as both the youngest and the oldest Olympic gold medallist in women’s Basketball.
In an Olympic career spanning five Games, she won a medal at each one of them. Her journey began at Los Angeles 1984 where, aged just 20, she was part of the triumphant USA team.
Seoul 1988 saw Edwards at the heart of another USA triumph and, despite having to settle for a bronze at Barcelona 1992, she won gold again at both Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 – the latter at the age of 36.
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2012 Olympic Medal Count
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Teresa Edwards
Friday, August 10, 2012
Mia Hamm
 Date of birth : 17 March 1972 Medal tally : 2 gold, 1 silver Athletes : Football The most dominant women's football player of the 1990s, Mia Hamm has been an inspiration to young players around the world.
At the inaugural women's Olympic Football tournament in 1996, Hamm helped her team to the gold medal, defeating China in the final.
Although the USA were beaten by Norway in the final at Sydney 2000, four years later Hamm and the team won the gold medal, beating Brazil 2-1 after extra time.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Steve Redgrave
 Country : Great Britain Date of birth : 23 March 1962 Medal tally : 5 gold, 1 bronze Athletes : Rowing
Often considered to be Britain’s greatest ever Olympian, Sir Steve Redgrave was the first athlete to win gold medals at five successive Olympic Games in an endurance sport.
His streak began at Los Angeles 1984 as a member of the Coxed Four crew, and this was followed by Coxless Pair gold in 1988, 1992 and 1996.
At the age of 38, Redgrave competed in the Sydney 2000 Games and earned an incredible fifth gold medal, this time as a member of the British Coxless Four team.
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
Paul Elvstrom
 Date of birth : 25 February 1928 Medal tally : 4 gold Athletes : Sailing
A Danish sailing legend, Paul Elvstrom won four Olympic gold medals over his 40-year Games career.
Elvstrom first competed at London 1948, where he claimed a gold medal in the Firefly class. This class evolved into the Finn monotype class, which he then won at the next three Olympic Games in 1952, 1956 and 1960.
Despite glory eluding him from this point, Elvstrom took part in another four Games. At his last two Games in 1984 and 1988, he competed together with his daughter, Trine – the only time a father and daughter have appeared together at the Games.
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Results - 2 August 2012
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Results - 1 August 2012
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Results - 31 July 2012
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Results - 30 July 2012
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
1948 - London
The 1948 Olympic Games in London, Kingdom
Candidates: Baltimore, Lausanne, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Philadelphia
The "Flying Housewife", as she came to be unjustly known, arrived in London late in her career. However, this did not stop Fanny Blankers-Koen from winning a total of four gold medals, outshining the entire field at the Games.
Austerity and hope
After the Second World War the Games in London, like so many European cities affected by the conflict, could not avoid austerity. Over 4000 competitors from 59 countries descended on the capital between July 29 and August 14, but the war, which terminated three years previously, was still fresh in the minds of the people. As such, and at the request of several countries, Germany and Japan were absent. Italy willingly accepted the invitation. The Soviet Union remained true to its 1917-established policy of non-attendance.
Yet, in England, the decision to propose hosting the 14th Olympiad was frowned upon by the Press and certain politicians, who argued that it should be a time of reconstruction.
For the first time women outstaged the men with mother-of-three (Francina) Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands winning four golds in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and 80m hurdles. France's Micheline Ostermeyer, a concert pianist, also took gold in the discus and shot.
Czechoslovakian Emil Zatopek won the 10,000m which marked the start of a long and illustrious career. Conversely, his compatriot, gymnast Maxie Provaznikova, grabbed the headlines for more controversial reasons - she became the first ever Olympic athlete to defect to the west. American Bob Mathias, 17, won a gold in the decathlon - a title he would retain four years later.
The Games lacked innovation of any kind, except for the decision not to compete on Sundays. Having been introduced in Berlin, television continued to develop in importance. This, of course, made way for the BBC to buy the rights to transmit the Games, for a cost of $3000 dollars, to an official audience of 500,000 people, although there were reports of residents as far away as the Channel Islands being able to receive the images.
107 Men, 19 Women, 10 Open Events 12 new events 1 Sailing, 2 Canoe/Kayak, Handball/Polo (1 each) removed ATHLETICS, Men 100m: Harrison Dillard, USA 200m: Mel Patton, USA 400m: Arthur Wint, Jamaica 800m: Mal Whitfield, USA 1500m: Henry Eriksson, Sweden 5000m: Gaston Reiff, Belgium 10000m: Emil Zatopek, Czechoslovakia 4x100m: United States 4x400m: United States 110m Hurdles: Bill Porter, USA 400m Hurdles: Roy Cochran, USA 10km Walk: John Mikaelsson, Sweden 50km Walk: John Ljunggren, Sweden 3000m Steeplechase: Tore Sjorstrand, Sweden Marathon: Delfo Cabrera, Argentina Discus Throw: Adolfo Consolini, Italy Hammer Throw: Imre Nemeth, Hungary High Jump: John Winter, Australia Javelin Throw: Tapio Rautavaara, Finland Long Jump: Willie Steele, USA Pole Vault: Guinn Smith, USA Shot Put: Wilbur Thompson, USA Triple Jump: Arne Ahman, Sweden Decathlon: Bob Mathias, USA ATHLETICS, Women 100m: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands 200m: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands 4x100m: Netherlands 80m Hurdles: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Netherlands Discus Throw: Micheline Ostermeyer, France High Jump: Alice Coachman, USA Javelin Throw: Herma Bauma, Austria Long Jump: Olga Gyarmati, Hungary Shot Put: Micheline Ostermeyer, France BASKETBALL Team, men: United States BOXING 51kg: Pascual Perez, Argentina 54kg: Tibor Csik, Hungary 58kg: Ernesto Formenti, Italy 62kg: Gerald Dreyer, South africa 67kg: Julius Torma, Czechoslovakia 73kg: Laszlo Papp, Hungary 80kg: George Hunter, South Africa 80+kg: Rafael Iglesias, Argentina CANOE/KAYAK M\C1 1000m: Josef Holecek, Czechoslovakia M\C1 10000m: Frantisek Capek, Czechoslovakia M\C2 1000m: Bohumil Kudrna/Jan-Felix Brzak, TCH M\C2 10000m: Stephan Macknowski/Stephen Lysak, USA M\K1 1000m: Gert Fredriksson, Sweden M\K1 10000m: Gert Fredriksson, Sweden M\K2 1000m: Hans Berglund/Lennart Klingstrom, Sweden M\K2 10000m: Gunnar Akerlund/Hans Wetterstrom, Sweden W\K1 500m: Karen Hoff, Denmark CYCLING, Men Road Race; Jose Beyaert, France Team Road Race: Belgium 1km Time Trial: Jacques Dupont, France 2000m Sprint: Ferdinando Terruzzi/Renato Perona, ITA Sprint: Mario Ghella, Italy Team Pursuit: France EQUESTRIAN, Open Individual Dressage: Hans Moser, Switzerland Individual Jumping: Humberto Mariles Cortes, Mexico Individual 3-Day Event: Bernard Chevalier, France Team Dressage: France Team Jumping: Mexico Team 3-Day Event: United States FENCING M\Individual Epee: Luigi Cantone, Italy M\Individual Foil: Jehan Buhan, France M\Individual Sabre: Aladar Gerevich, Hungary M\Team Epee: France M\Team Foil: France M\Team Sabre: Hungary W\Individual Foil: Ilona Elek, Hungary FOOTBALL Team, men: Sweden GYMNASTICS M\Floor Exercise: Ferenc Pataki, Hungary M\Horizontal Bar: Josef Stalder, Switzerland M\Parallel Bars: Michael Reusch, Switzerland M\Pommel Horse: Veikko Huhtanen, FIN & Paavo Aaltonen, FIN & Heikki Savolainen, FIN (tie) M\Rings: Karl Frei, Switzerland M\Vault: Paavo Aaltonen, Finland M\Individual All-Around: Veikko Huhtanen, Finland M\Team: Finland W\Team: Czechoslovakia HOCKEY Team, men: India MODERN PENTATHLON Individual: William Grut, Sweden ROWING Single Sculls: Mervyn Wood, Australia Double Sculls: Bertie Bushnell/Richard Burnell, Great Britain Coxless Pair: John Wilson/W. George Laurie, Great Britain Coxed Pair: Denmark Coxless Four: Italy Coxed Four: United States Eight: United States SAILING X\6m Class: United States X\Dragon: Norway X\Star: United States X\Swallow: Great Britain M\Finn: Paul Elvstrom, Denmark SHOOTING, Men 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Karoly Takacs, Hungary 300m Free Rifle 3x40: Emil Grunig, Switzerland 50m Free Pistol: Edwin Vasquez Cam, Peru 50m Small-Bore Rifle prone: Arthur Cook, USA SWIMMING, Men 100m Freestyle: Walter Ris, USA 400m Freestyle: William Smith, USA 1500m Freestyle: James McLane, USA 100m Backstroke: Allen Stack, USA 200m Breaststroke: Joseph Verdeur, USA 4x200m Freestyle Relay: United States 3m Springboard: Bruce Harlan, USA 10m Platform: Samuel Lee, USA WATER POLO: Italy SWIMMING, Women 100m Freestyle: Greta Andersen, Denmark 400m Freestyle: Ann Curtis, USA 100m Backstroke: Karen Margrete Harup, Denmark 200m Breaststroke: Nel van Vliet, Netherlands 4x100m Freestyle Relay: United States 3m Springboard: Victoria Draves, USA 10m Platform: Victoria Draves, USA WEIGHTLIFTING 56kg: Joseph Di Pietro, USA 60kg: Mahmoud Fayad, Egypt 67.5kg: Ibrahim Shams, Egypt 75kg: Frank Spellman, USA 82.5kg: Stanley Stanczyk, USA 82.5+kg: John Davis, USA WRESTLING FREESTYLE 52kg: Lennart Vilho Viitala, Finland 57kg: Nasuh Akar, Turkey 62kg: Gazanfer Bilge, Turkey 67kg: Celal Atik, Turkey 73kg: Yasar Dogu, Turkey 79kg: Glenn Brand, USA 87kg: Henry Wittenberg, USA 87+kg: Gyula Bobis, Hungary WRESTLING, GRECO-ROMAN 52kg: Pietro Lombardi, Italy 57kg: Kurt Pettersen, Sweden 62kg: Mehmet Oktav, Turkey 67kg: Gustav Freij, Sweden 73kg: Gosta Andersson, Sweden 79kg: Axel Gronberg, Sweden 87kg: Karl-Erik Nilsson, Sweden 87+kg: Ahmet Mersinli Kirecci, Turkey |
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
1944 - Not held
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1940 - Not held
The 1940 Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan, but several countries planned to boycott the Games there because Japan was waging an aggressive war in Asia and then Japan itself decided the Games would be a distraction to their military goals. The Games were then rescheduled to be held in Helsinki, Finland, but the start of World War II in 1939 caused the Games to be cancelled.
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1936 - Berlin
The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany
Berlin was awarded the 1936 Olympics in 1931, two years before the Nazi party came to power. Adolf Hitler immediately seized on the games as an opportunity to showcase the efficiency and might of his regime. There were doubts in many quarters about the wisdom of attending the Berlin Olympics. An alternative, to be called the "People's Olympics," was actually scheduled for Barcelona, but that plan was destroyed by the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
In the United States, a move to boycott the Olympics was led by Judge Jeremiah T. Murphy, president of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Murphy and his supporters were concerned chiefly about Nazi anti-Semitism, since Jewish sports clubs throughout Germany had been shut down. However, in 1935 the AAU voted by a narrow margin to sanction participation and Murphy resigned. He was replaced by Avery Brundage, who went to Germany on an inspection tour and reported that everything looked just fine. Despite the preliminary doubts and the growing international tensions that were to culminate in World War II, the leaders of the Third Reich were at pains to make these Games a resounding success and welcomed more athletes (4069) from more countries (49) than any previous Olympics to compete in events from August 1 - 16.
On the positive side, the Berlin Games were noted mainly for technological achievements. Events were televised on a closed-circuit system throughout the Olympic village and to public halls and theaters throughout the country. Zeppelins carried newsreel film to other European cities, while results were transmitted to news media by telex as soon as events were completed.
But many athletes and members of the press were alarmed by the nationalistic and militaristic atmosphere in Berlin. The ever-present swastika and icon-like portraits of Hitler and the martial music that blared endlessly through loudspeakers were deeply disturbing to many. Nor did it help that many journalists, suspected of anti-Nazi sentiments, discovered that their rooms had been searched by the secret police.
Following Pierre de Coubertin's message at his final Games - he would die one year later in 1937 - the grandiose opening ceremony began with the arrival of the Olympic flame, lit for the first time at Olympia and brought to Berlin by more than 3000 relay runners. The official boxes were full whilst Adolf Hitler appeared - 120,000 arms were raised towards the Fuehrer in the Nazi salute.
Hitler was sure that everything was in place for his propaganda machine to operate smoothly. But nothing could have prepared him for the one obstacle to his white-supremacist policies - the colored American, Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals. In Nazi Germany's pro-Aryan setting, Owens first took the 100m title (10.3), then beat the German Lutz Long with a long jump of 8.06m. Incidentally, both men became friends during their contest, a fact Hitler inherently found hard to accept. Owens would go on to win another two gold medals - in the 200m with a world record time of 20.7 secs and in the 4x100m relay, another new world record. All this in the Berlin stadium built to extol the virtues of Nazi propaganda left Hitler and his deputies speechless.
Black athletes were certainly denigrated, though, by the semi-official newspaper, Der Angriff (The Attack), which referred to them as America's "black auxiliaries" and did not include them in its daily scoring chart. The publisher of the paper was Hitler's minister of propaganda, Joseph Goebbels.
Owens' feats relegated every other achievement at the Games, a huge success (3 million viewers) which coincided with the birth of television, albeit restricted to 160,000 viewers in the Berlin area. In order to record the occasion for posterity, the Reich commissioned Leni Riefenstahl to film an official documentary. Named, "Gods of the stadium", to this day it offers an historic insight into the 1936 Berlin Games.
Besides Owens, the top individual athletes in 1936 were two German gymnasts, Konrad Frey and Alfred Schwarzmann; Dutch swimmer Hendrika "Rie" Mastenbroek; French cyclists Robert Charpentier and Guy Lapebie; and U. S. sprinter Helen Stephens.
Frey was the top medallist with three golds, one silver, and two bronze, while Schwarzmann collected three gold and two bronze medals. Mastenbroek won three golds and a silver. Charpentier won three gold medals, Lapebie two golds and a silver. Stephens won the women's 100-meter dash and also anchored the 400-meter relay team to victory.
In part because of a greatly expanded men's gymnastics program, Germany led all countries with 89 medals, including 33 gold, to 56 total and 24 gold for the United States.
To no one's surprise, one of the American gold medals came in basketball, which was added to the Olympic program in 1936. The games were played outdoors, often in rain, but that couldn't prevent the U. S. team from rolling through its opposition. The biggest threat to American victory actually came just after the games started, when the International Basketball Federation decided to ban any players 6-foot-3 or taller. The ban, which would have applied to only three players, all Americans, was quickly rescinded.
The Japanese dominated men's swimming, winning four of the six events, while Holland won four of the five women's events. Jack Medica and Adolph Kiefer were the only American gold medallists in swimming, although Medica added two silvers to finish among the top total medallists. Four different U. S. athletes won the diving events. Marjorie Gestring, the women's springboard champion, was only 13 years and 9 months. She is still the youngest gold medallist in Olympic history.
105 Men, 15 Women, 9 Open Events 16 new events; 5 new sports - Basketball, Canoe/Kayak, Football, Handball, Polo 3 Gymnastics events removed; Women's Gymnastics introduced ATHLETICS, Men 100m: Jesse Owens, USA 200m: Jesse Owens, USA 400m: Archie Williams, USA 800m: John Woodruff, USA 1500m: Jack Lovelock, New Zealand 5000m: Gunnar Hockert, Finland 10000m: Ilmari Salminen, Finland 4x100m: United States 4x400m: Great Britain 110m Hurdles: Forrest Towns, USA 400m Hurdles: Glenn Hardin, USA 50km Walk: Harold Whitlock, Great Britain 3000m Steeplechase: Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finland Marathon: Kitei Son, Japan Discus Throw: Ken Carpenter, USA Hammer Throw: Karl Hein, Germany High Jump: Cornelius Johnson, USA Javelin Throw: Gerhard Stock, Germany Long Jump: Jesse Owens, USA Pole Vault: Earle Meadows, USA Shot Put: Germany Triple Jump: Naoto Tajima, Japan Decathlon: Glenn Morris, USA ATHLETICS, Women 100m: Helen Stephens, USA 4x100m: United States 80m Hurdles: Trebisonda Valla, Italy Discus Throw: Gisela Mauermayer, Germany High Jump: Ibolya Csak, Hungary Javelin Throw: Tilly Fleischer, Germany BASKETBALL (NEW) Team, men: United States BOXING 50.8kg: Willie Kaiser, Germany 53.5kg: Ulderico Sergo, Italy 57.2kg: Oscar Casanovas, Argentina 61.2kg: Imre Harangi, Hungary 66.7kg: Sten Suvio, Finland 72.6kg: Jean Despeaux, France 79.4kg: Roger Michelot, France 79.4+kg: Herbert Runge, Germany CANOE/KAYAK, Men (NEW) C1 1000m: Francis Amyot, Canada C2 1000m: Jan-Felix Brzak/Vladimir Syrovatka, TCH C2 10000m: Vaclav Mottl/Zdenek Skrland, TCH K1 1000m: Gregor Hradetzky, Austria K1 10000m: Ernst Grebs, Germany K2 1000m: Adolf Kainz/Alfons Dorfner, Austria K2 10000m: Ludwig Landen/Paul Wevers, Germany Folding K1 10000m: Gregor Hradetzky, Austria Folding K2 10000m: Eric Bladstrom/Gunnar Johansson, SWE CYCLING, Men Road Race: Robert Charpentier, France Team Road Race: France 1km Time Trial: Arie van Vliet, Netherlands 2000m Tandem Sprint: Charly Lorenz/Ernst Ihbe, Germany Sprint: Toni Merkens, Germany Team Pursuit: France EQUESTRIAN, Open Individual Dressage: Heinz Pollay, Germany Individual Jumping: Kurt Hasse, Germany Individual 3-Day Event: Ludwig Stubbendorff, Germany Team Dressage: Germany Team Jumping: Germany Team 3-Day Event: Germany FENCING M\Individual Epee: Franco Riccardi, Italy M\Individual Foil: Giulio Gaudini, Italy M\Individual Sabre: Endre Kabos, Hungary M\Team Epee: Italy M\Team Foil: Italy M\Team Sabre: Hungary W\Individual Foil: Ilona Elek, Hungary FOOTBALL (NEW) Team, men: Italy GYMNASTICS M\Floor Exercise: Georges Miez, Switzerland M\Horizontal Bar: Aleksanteri Saarvala, Finland M\Parallel Bars: Konrad Frey, Germany M\Pommel Horse: Konrad Frey, Germany M\Rings: Alois Hudec, Czechoslovakia M\Vault: Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany M\Individual All-Around: Alfred Schwarzmann, Germany M\Team: Germany W\Team: Germany HANDBALL (NEW) Team, men: Germany HOCKEY Team, men: India MODERN PENTATHLON Individual: Gotthardt Handrick, Germany POLO (NEW) Team, men: Argentina ROWING, Men Single Sculls: Gustav Schafer, Germany Double Sculls: Jack Beresford Jr./Leslie Southwood, GBR Coxless Pair: Hugo Strauss/Willi Eichhorn, Germany Coxed Pair: Germany Coxless Four: Germany Coxed Four: Germany Eight: United States SAILING X\6m Class: Great Britain X\8m Class: Italy X\Star: Germany M\Finn: Daniel Kagchelland, Netherlands SHOOTING, Men 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Cornelius van Oyen, Germany 50m Free Pistol: Torsten Ullman, Sweden 50m Small-Bore Rifle prone: Willy Rogeberg, Norway SWIMMING, Men 100 Freestyle: Ferenc Csik, Hungary 400m Freestyle: Jack Medica, USA 1500m Freestyle: Noboru Terada, Japan 100m Backstroke: Adolf Kiefer, USA 200m Breaststroke: Tetsuo Hamuro, Japan 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Japan 3m Springboard: Richard Degener, USA 10m Platform: Marshall Wayne, USA WATER POLO: Hungary SWIMMING, Women 100m Freestyle: Rie Mastenbroek, Netherlands 400m Freestyle: Rie Mastenbroek, Netherlands 100m Backstroke: Nida Senff, Netherlands 200m Breaststroke: Hideko Maehata, Japan 4x100m Freestyle Relay: Netherlands 3m Springboard: Marjorie Gestring, USA 10m Platform: Dorothy Poynton, USA WEIGHTLIFTING 60kg: Anthony Terlazzo, USA 67.5kg: Mohammed Mesbah, EGY & Robert Fein, AUT 75kg: Khadr Sayed El Thouni, Egypt 82.5kg: Louis Hostin, France 82.5+kg: Josef Manger, Germany WRESTLING FREESTYLE 56kg: Odon Zombori, Hungary 61kg: Kustaa Pihlajamaki, Finland 66kg: Karoly Karpati, Hungary 72kg: Frank Wyatt Lewis, USA 79kg: Emile Poilve, France 87kg: Knut Fridell, Sweden 87+kg: Kristjan Palusalu, Estonia WRESTLING, GRECO-ROMAN 56kg: Marton Lorincz, Hungary 61kg: Yasar Erkan, Turkey 66kg: Lauri Koskela, Finland 72kg: Rudolf Svedberg, Sweden 79kg: Ivar Johansson, Sweden 87kg: Axel Cadier, Sweden 87+kg: Kristjan Palusalu, Estonia |
1932 - Los Angeles
The 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, United States
Los Angeles and the Coliseum witnessed renewed Olympic fervor, and the introduction of photo-finishes, podiums and electronic timing. The Olympic village was set in exquisite surroundings near Hollywood, and the Games were attended by many of the era's big movie stars.
Los Angeles - the American way
The financial crisis which prompted the stock exchange crash of 1929 did not truly affect the success of the 1932 Games, held in Los Angeles between July 30 and August 14. This 10th Olympiad was held a couple of paces from Hollywood, with Charlie Chaplin, Gary Cooper, and Douglas Fairbanks taking their seats among the spectators.
In "their" 105,000-seater Coliseum stadium the American athletes, including Mildred "Babe" Didriksen, winner of the 80m hurdles, javelin and runner-up in the high jump, had plenty to cheer about. But in swimming it was the Japanese who dominated, winning five out of six titles. In total the United States annexed 103 medals, with 41 golds, ahead of Italy (36, 12 gold), France (19, 10 gold) and Sweden (23, 9 gold).
The Olympic village only welcomed 1,300 competitors (women were put up in a hotel) from 37 countries, including newcomers China. The number of sports was reduced to 14 and participation was restricted to three athletes per country in each discipline.
These Games witnessed the introduction of electronic timing and photo-finishes, as well as the appearance of the first three athletes on a podium with the playing of the winner's national anthem. Held in the middle of the prohibition era, an exception was made for the French and Italians who argued that wine formed an integral part of their training diet.
Two athletic greats - France's Jules Ladoumeque and Finland's Paavo Nurmi - were accused of professionalism and were banned from staying in California.
LOS ANGELES 1932 GOLD MEDAL WINNERS 94 Men, 14 Women, 8 Open Events 11 new events; New sport - Shooting 4 events removed (1 Athletics, 1 Equestrian, 1 Football, 1 Gymnastics); Removed sport - Football ATHLETICS, Men 100m: Eddie Tolan, USA 200m: Eddie Tolan, USA 400m: Bill Carr, USA 800m: Tom Hampson, Great Britain 1500m: Luigi Beccali, Italy 5000m: Lauri Lehtinen, Finland 10000m: Janusz Kusoczinski, Poland 4x100m: United States 4x400m: Untied States 110m Hurdles: George Saling, USA 400m Hurdles: Bob Tisdall, Ireland 50km Walk: Tommy Green, Great Britain 3000m Steeplechase: Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finland Marathon: Juan Carlos Zabala, Argentina Discus Throw: John Anderson, USA Hammer Throw: Pat O'Callaghan, Ireland High Jump: Duncan McNaughton, Canada Javelin Throw: Matti Jarvinen, Finland Long Jump: Ed Gordon, USA Pole Vault: Bill Miller, USA Shot Put: Leo Sexton, USA Triple Jump: Chuhei Nambu, Japan Decathlon: Jim Bausch, USA ATHLETICS, Women 100m: Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Poland 4x100m: United States 80m Hurdles: Mildred Didrikson, USA Discus Throw: Lillian Copeland, USA High Jump: Jean Shiley, USA Javelin Throw: Mildred Didrikson, USA BOXING 50.8kg: Istvan Enekes, Hungary 53.5kg: Horace Gwynne, Canada 57.2kg: Carmelo Robledo, Argentina 61.2kg: Lawrence Stevens, South Africa 66.7kg: Edward Flynn, USA 72.6kg: Carmen Barth, USA 79.4kg: David Carstens, South Africa 79.4+kg: Santiago Lovell, Argentina CYCLING, Men Road Race: Attilio Pavesi, Italy Team Road Race: Italy 1km Time Trial: Edgar Laurence Gray, Australia 2000m Tandem sprint: Louis Chaillot/Maurice Perrin, France Sprint: Jacobus van Egmond, Netherlands Team Pursuit: Italy EQUESTRIAN, Open Individual Dressage: Xavier Lesage, France Individual Jumping: Takeichi Nishi, Japan Individual 3-Day Event: Charles Pahud de Mortanges, NED Team Dressage: France Team 3-Day Event: United States FENCING M\Individual Epee: Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Italy M\Individual Foil: Gustavo Marzi, Italy M\Individual Sabre: Gyorgy Piller, Hungary M\Team Epee: France M\Team Foil: France M\Team Sabre: Hungary W\Individual Foil: Ellen Preis, Austria GYMNASTICS, Men Club Swinging: George Roth, USA Floor Exercise: Istvan Pelle, Hungary Horizontal Bar: Dallas Bixler, USA Parallel Bars: Romeo Neri, Italy Pommel Horse: Istvan Pelle, Hungary Rings: George Gulack, USA Rope Climbing: Raymond Bass, USA Tumbling: Rowland Wolfe, USA Vault: Savino Guglielmetti, Italy Individual All-Around: Romeo Neri, Italy Team: Italy HOCKEY Team, men: India MODERN PENTATHLON Individual: Johan Oxenstierna, Sweden ROWING, Men Single Sculls: Henry Pearce, Australia Double Sculls: Kenneth Myers/William Gilmore, USA Coxless Pair: Hugh Edwards/Lewis Clive, Great Britain Coxed Pair: United States Coxless Four: Great Britain Coxed Four: Germany Eight: United States SAILING X\6m Class: Sweden X\8m Class: United States X\Star: United States M\Finn: Jacques Lebrun, France SHOOTING, Men (NEW) 25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Renzo Morigi, Italy 50m Small-Bore Rifle prone: Bertil Ronnmark, Sweden SWIMMING, Men 100m Freestyle: Yasuji Miyazaki, Japan 400m Freestyle: Clarence Crabbe, USA 1500m Freestyle: Kusuo Kitamura, Japan 100m Backstroke: Masaji Kiyokawa, Japan 200m Breaststroke: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Japan 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Japan 3m Springboard: Michael Galitzen, USA 10m Platform: Harold Smith, USA WATER POLO: Hungary SWIMMING, Women 100m Freestyle: Helene Madison, USA 400m Freestyle: Helene Madison, USA 100m Backstroke: Eleanor Holm, USA 200m Breaststroke: Clare Dennis, Australia 4x100m Freestyle Relay: United States 3m Springboard: Georgia Coleman, USA 10m Platform: Dorothy Poynton, USA WEIGHTLIFTING 60kg: Raymond Suvigny, France 67.5kg: Rene Duverger, France 75kg: Rudolf Ismayr, Germany 82.5kg: Louis Hostin, France 82.5+kg: Jaroslav Skobla, Czechoslovakia WRESTLING, FREESTYLE 56kg: Robert Edward Pearce, USA 61kg: Hermanni Pihlajamaki, Finland 66kg: Charles Pacome, France 72kg: Jack Francis van Bebber, USA 79kg: Ivar Johansson, Sweden 87kg: Peter Joseph Mehringer, USA 87+kg: Johan Cornelius Richthoff, Sweden WRESTLING, GRECO-ROMAN 56kg: Jakob Brendel, Germany 61kg: Giovanni Gozzi, Italy 66kg: Erik Malmberg, Sweden 72kg: Ivar Johansson, Sweden 79kg: Valno Anselmi Kokkinen, Finland 87kg: Rudolf Svensson, Sweden 87+kg: Carl Oscar Westergren, Sweden |
1928 - Amsterdam
The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 17 - August 12, 1928
Mascot - none
46 countries, 3014 athletes (290 women)
14 sports (hockey added / tennis, polo, rugby & shooting dropped), 109 events
Opening - Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg
Torch lit by - none
Candidates: Los Angeles
Amsterdam - burning brightly
Amsterdam hosted the Olympic Games from May 17 to August 12, made possible thanks to public support as the Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmine was against the event, considering it a "demonstration of paganism".
For the first time the Olympic flame lit up the stadium night and day but Queen Wilhelmine refused to attend the opening ceremony. The 9th Olympiad in Amsterdam was noted not only for the appearance of the olympic flame, but for the appearance of women in athletics events (100m, 800m, 4x100m relay, the high jump and the discus) - despite recommendations to the contrary by Baron de Coubertin.
Germany, enforced absentees during the Games in 1920 and 1924, made up part of the 3,000 athletes from 46 countries. Flying Finn Paavo Nurmi harvested more medals, Canada's Percy Williams surprised in the 100 and 200m and the Franco-Algerian Boughera El Ouafi won the marathon. Despite the addition of two countries since the Games of 1924, Amsterdam failed to produce a true Olympic star.
They did, however, reconfirm the superiority of Paavo Nurmi, who won three medals, including a gold in the 10,000m. Nurmi failed to grab all gold - falling to compatriots Loukola in the 3000m steeple, and Ritola in the 5000m. American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller was another star of the Games - and added to his medal tally (five in total between 1924 and 1928) before heading for the bright lights of Hollywood and a career as Tarzan, Lord of the jungle in 1930.
Young Canadian athlete, Percy Williams, was among a number of competitors to make an impression in Amsterdam - with victories in the 100m and 200m. The Finn, Harri Larva, successfully completed an epic duel with France's Jules Ladoumegue in the 1500m, while the historic success of little Mohammed Boughera El Ouafi in the marathon left a memorable impression. Originally from Algeria, he gave France an unanticipated gold medal and was the only African at that time to have won a medal in athletics.
Pierre de Coubertin finally ended his connection with the Games. He played no part in the organization of the Amsterdam Olympiad.
AMSTERDAM 1928 GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
87 Men, 14 Women, 8 Open Events
9 events added; 1 sport added - Hockey, Women's Athletics/Gymnastics introduced
4 sports removed (17) - Polo (1), Rugby (1), Shooting (10), Tennis (5)
9 more events removed (5 Athletics, 1 Cycling, 1 Diving, 2 Gymnastics)
ATHLETICS, Men
100m: Percy Williams, Canada
200m: Percy Williams, Canada
400m: Ray Barbuti, USA
800m: Douglas Lowe, Great Britain
1500m: Harri Larva, Finland
5000m: Ville Ritola, Finland
10000m: Paavo Nurmi, Finland
110m Hurdles: Sid Atkinson, South Africa
400m Hurdles: David Burghley, Great Britain
4x100m: United States
4x400m: United States
3000m Steeplechase: Toivo Loukola, Finland
Marathon: Boughera El Ouafi, France
Decathlon: Paavo Yrjola, Finland
Discus Throw: Bud Houser, USA
Hammer Throw: Pat O'Callaghan, Ireland
High Jump: Bob King, USA
Javelin Throw: Erik Lundqvist, Sweden
Long Jump: Ed Hamm, USA
Pole Vault: Sabin Carr, USA
Shot Put: John Kuck, USA
Triple Jump: Mikio Oda, Japan
ATHLETICS, Women (NEW)
100m: Betty Robinson, USA
800m: Lia Radke, Germany
4x100m: Canada
Discus Throw: Halina Konopacka, Poland
High Jump: Ethel Catherwood, Canada
BOXING
50.8kg: Antal Kocsis, Hungary
53.5kg: Vittorio Tamagnini, Italy
57.2kg: Bep Van Klaveren, Netherlands
61.2kg: Carlo Orandi, Italy
66.7kg: Edward Morgan, New Zealand
72.6kg: Piero Toscani, Italy
79.4kg: Victor Avendano, Argentina
79.4kg+: Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, Argentina
CYCLING, Men
Road Race: Henry Hansen, Denmark
Team Road Race: Denmark
1km Time Trial: Willy Falck Hansen, Denmark
2000m Tandem Sprint: Benard Leene/Daan van Dijk, NED
Sprint: Roger Beaufrand, France
Team Pursuit: Italy
EQUESTRIAN, Open
Ind. Dressage: Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Langen-Parow, GER
Ind. Jumping: Frantisek Ventura, Yugoslavia
Ind. 3-day Event: Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Netherlands
Team Dressage: Germany
Team Jumping: Spain
Team 3-day Event: Netherlands
FENCING
M\Ind. Foil: Lucien Gaudin, France
M\Ind. Epee: Lucien Gaudin, France
M\Ind. Sabre: Odon Terstyanszky, Hungary
M\Team Foil: Italy
M\Team Epee: Italy
M\Team Sabre: Hungary
W\Ind. Foil: Helene Mayer, Germany
FOOTBALL
Team, men: Uruguay
GYMNASTICS
M\Horizontal Bar: Georges Miez, Switzerland
M\Parallel Bars: Ladislav Vacha, Czechoslovakia
M\Pommel Horse: Hermann Hanggi, Switzerland
M\Rings: Leon Stukelj, Yugoslavia
M\Vault: Eugen Mack, Switzerland
M\Individual All-Around: Georges Miez, Switzerland
M\Team: Switzerland
W\Team: Netherlands
HOCKEY (NEW)
Team, men: India
MODERN PENTATHLON
Individual: Sven Thofelt, Sweden
ROWING, Men
Single Sculls: Henry Pearce, Australia
Double Sculls: Charles McIlvaine/Paul Costello, USA
Coxed Pair: Switzerland
Coxless Pair: Bruno Muller/Kurt Moschter, Germany
Coxed Four: Italy
Coxless Four: Great Britain
Eight: United States
SAILING
X\6m Class: Norway
X\8m Class: France
M\Finn: Sven Thorell, Sweden
SWIMMING
M\100m Freestyle: Johnny Weissmuller, USA
M\400m Freestyle: Alberto Zorrilla, Argentina
M\1500m Freestyle: Arne Borg, Sweden
M\100m Backstroke: George Kojac, USA
M\200m Breaststroke: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, Japan
M\4x200m Freestyle Relay: United States
M\3m Springboard: Pete Desjardins, USA
M\10m Platform: Pete Desjardins, USA
M\WATER POLO: Germany
W\100m Freestyle: Albina Osipowich, USA
W\400m Freestyle: Martha Norelius, USA
W\100m Backstroke: Marie Braun, Netherlands
W\200m Breaststroke: Hidle Schrader, Germany
W\4x100m Freestyle Relay: United States
W\3m Springboard: Helen Meany, USA
W\10m Platform: Elizabeth Becker, USA
WEIGHTLIFTING
60kg: Franz Andrysek, Austria
67.5kg: Kurt Helbig, GER & Hans Haas, AUT (tie)
75kg: Roger Francois, France
82.5kg: Sayed Nosseir, Egypt
82.5kg+: Josef Strassberger, Germany
WRESTLING, FREESTYLE
56kg: Kaarlo Edvin Makinen, Finland
61kg: allie Roy Morrison, USA
66kg: Oswald Kapp, Estonia
72kg: Arvo Haavisto, Finland
79kg: Ernst Kyburz, Switzerland
87kg: Thure Sjoested, Sweden
87kg+: Johan Cornelis Richthoff, Sweden
WRESTLING, GRECO-ROMAN
58kg: Kurt Leucht, Germany
62kg: Voldemar Vali, Estonia
67.5kg: Lajos Keresztes, Hungary
75kg: Valno Anselmi Kokkinen, Finland
82.5kg: Ibrahim Moustafa, Egypt
82.5kg+: Rudolf Svensson, Sweden
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Results - 28 July 2012
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2012 Olympic Games The best of the Opening Ceremony
The Red Arrows fly over the Olympic Stadium
At 8.12pm exactly on 27 July the Red Arrows, the Royal Air Force aerobatic team, fly over the Olympic Stadium.
Maypole dancing during the Opening Ceremony pre-show
Children dance around the maypole during the pre-show ahead of the Opening Ceremony. There are four maypoles featured in the 'Green and Pleasant Land' section of the Ceremony.
A view of the set during the Opening Ceremony
A view of the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July.
Rings raised to mark opening of the Games
The Olympic rings form during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012
The Olympic Rings assemble above the Stadium
The giant rings create a spectacular sight as they join together above the Olympic Stadium.
Pandemonium' as the Industrial Revolution is celebrated
Performers act out the British age of Industry during 'Pandemonium', a section of the the Opening Ceremony.
Pandemonium' as the Industrial Revolution is celebrated
Performers act out the British age of Industry during 'Pandemonium', a section of the the Opening Ceremony.
Pearly Kings and Queens take in the atmosphere at the Opening Ceremony
Performers playing Pearly Kings and Queens at the Opening Ceremony take it all in as the Olympic Rings are lifted into place. Over 34,500 buttons were used on the costumes.
Arriving at the Opening Cermony by parachute
Performers playing the roles of HRH The Queen and James Bond parachute spectacularly out of a helicopter hovering above the stadium during the Opening Ceremony
Mary Poppins performers float inside the Olympic Stadium
Performers in the role of Britain’s best loved nanny, Mary Poppins float inside the stadium to banish away the villains from some of Britain's best loved children’s literature from earlier on in the performance during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
HRH The Queen and IOC President Jacques Rogge enjoy the performance
HRH The Queen and IOC President Jacques Rogge attend the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Dancers pay tribute to Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dancers display the initials GOSH - Great Ormond Street Hospital, one of its most-loved hospitals to which author JM Barrie bequeathed all the royalties from his masterpiece, Peter Pan. This section of the Opening Ceremony honours Britain’s greatest achievements including its amazing body of children’s literature.
The Stadium comes to life
Olympic Rings representing both the Olympic Games and the Industrial Revolution are lifted during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The Olympic Stadium is lit up during the Opening Ceremony
A view of the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July. An incredible 500 speakers and 50 tonnes of sound equipment were used in the million-watt PA system – double the amount of speakers on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival.
The Olympic Cauldron is lit
The Olympic Cauldron is lit during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dubbed There is Light that Never Goes Out it was the creation of one of Britain's most creative thinkers Thomas Heatherwick. The designer's recent work includes London's new red double-decker bus. The torch lighting was accompanied by 'Caliban's Dream' a new musical work by Underworld.
Things heat up inside the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony, as flames burn during a performance which celebrates four decades in British Music. There was a 1,427 volunteer cast – roughly 350 in each of four music sequences representing the 1960s, ’70s, ’90s and today.
Emeli Sande sings 'Abide With Me'
British solo artist Emeli Sande sings 'Abide With Me' - the hymn was Mahatma Gandhi's favourite and was played by the band on the Titanic when it sank.
Incredible atmosphere on Opening Ceremony night
Lighting and music come together to create an incredible atmosphere within the Olympic Stadium. The scene tells a love story as it unfolds through a series of clubs, brought to life with music of the 1960s, 70s, 90s and today.
Australian athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony
Members of the Australia team parade into the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 27 July. Australia has competed at every Olympic Games of the modern era, although in 1908 and 1912, they took part as Australasia alongside New Zealand. Each team is led into the Stadium by a placard bearer wearing a dress which includes a photograph of Londoners who auditioned for the Ceremony. The front of the dress shows their faces and the back their backs.
Atmospheric performance brings together Olympic cultures
Shimmering dust creates a contemplative mood during a performance created by Akram Khan. The British choreographer's distinguished career has seen him work with a diverse range of people including Anish Kapoor and Kylie Minogue.
Volunteers dance the decades away in mass performance
Volunteer performers wow Opening Ceremony spectators dancing to the best of British music, including The Who, the Sex Pistols, Queen, Sugababes, Tinie Tempah and Dizzee Rascal.
Rings representing both the Olympics and the Industrial Revolution are lit and lifted during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012.
Performers with jet packs take part in the Opening Ceremony
Performers with jet packs takes part in the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July
Fireworks light up Tower Bridge
Fireworks light up at Tower Bridge as the bridge is raised to allow David Beckham piloting a speedboat carrying the Olympic flame through to make its way to the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
British scientist and Londoner Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web applauds during the "frankie & june say... Thanks Tim" segment of the Opening Ceremony.
His innovative thinking has changed the way we communicate forever.
A welcome message is displayed in the Olympic Stadium
A welcome message is displayed while artists perform during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012.
The family scene is played out during the Opening Ceremony
Performers depict a scene of an ordinary family arriving home on a Saturday night during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. This scene is part of a love story where a lost phone leads to budding romance at a nightclub for one of the sisters.
HM The Queen standing for the national anthem
HM The Queen standing with spectators for the national anthem during the Opening Ceremony.
Olympic Park during the Opening Ceremony
The Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre are lit up during the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Park on 27 July.
The Brazilian team enters the Olympic Stadium
The Brazilian team walks into the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July. Brazil competed for the first time at the Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games, where Guillermo Paraense won gold in shooting (rapid fire pistol). They have taken part in every Olympic Games since 1932.
Performers Dance during the Opening Ceremony
Performers dance as British music spanning the decades is played during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 27 July.
Fireworks are set off around the Olympic Stadium
Fireworks over the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27 2012
The Olympic Cauldron in all its glory
The Olympic Cauldron burns brightly at the end of Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Designer Thomas Heatherwick's work was a highlight of the ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, watched by 80,000 spectators.
Sir Steve Redgrave enters the stadium with the Olympic Flame
Torchbearer Sir Steve Redgrave stands with the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium. The rower won gold medals at five successive Olympic Games from 1988 to 2000. Sir Chris stands in front of Young Torchbearers, seven talented athletes nominated by former British Olympic legends.
Team GB enters Olympic Stadium
Sir Chris Hoy of the Great Britain Olympic cycling team carries his country's flag as he leads Great Britain into the stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Sir Chris is Scotland's most successful Olympian having won three gold medal at Beijing 2008. Great Britain's entrance was accompanied by the David Bowie song 'Heroes'.
The Olympic Bell is displayed on Opening Ceremony night
The Olympic Bell is rung at the end of the countdown to the Opening Ceremony.
The Union flag is raised in the stadium
The Union flag is raised by members of the armed forces during the Opening Ceremony.
Sky divers parachute into the stadium dressed as the Queen and James Bond
Sky divers dressed as the Queen and James Bond parachute from a helicopter over the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony on 27 July.
Lord Voldemort features in the Opening Ceremony
A giant puppet of Lord Voldermort and the Queen of Hearts depict villainous characters from British literature during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July.
This segment honours two of Britains’s greatest achievements, one being its amazing body of children’s literature. Peter Pan and Captain Hook, Mary Poppins, Winnie-the-Pooh, Cruella de Vil, the Queen of Hearts and Harry Potter were all created by British writers.
The Olympic Cauldron is lit
The Olympic Cauldron is lit during the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on 27 July 2012
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