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 2004 Athens
1500 & 5000m. He's the only track and field athlete (MAN) at the Games (2004) to strike gold in two individual events. The only other runner to complete the 1,500-5,000 double was Finland's Paavo Nurmi in 1924.
Gold Medal. This was Israel's first gold medal in any Olympic sport. Fridman won it in windsurfing, the men's mistral.
Zimbabwe. Kristy swims at Auburn University, her family lives in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare. She also won a silver in the 100 backstroke and a bronze in the 200 individual medley.
8. Among the 8 won there were six golds; this record matches Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin's 1980 record. Phelps won both individual medleys and both butterfly finals as well as two relay golds. He also got a bronze in the 200 metres freestyle and another in the 4x100 freestyle relay.
Archery. This was the 11th straight Olympic gold medal maintaining their womens unbeaten record in the individual and team events since first competing in archery at the Games in 1984.
Colin Jackson. Liu equaled the world mark set by Colin Jackson in 1993, and also set a new Olympic record which was previously held by Allen Johnson.
71.53 m. Menendez set the mark on her first attempt in the final. The previous record was 68.91m set by Trine Hattestad (Norway).
Yelena Isinbayeva. Isinbayeva, (Russia), broke the record for the fourth time in two months, to set a new record of 4.91m.
12. Thompson's medal gives her the most Olympic medals, breaking a tie with swimmer Mark Spitz and Matt Biondi and shooter Carl Osburn.
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