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| Uzbekistan entered the modern era Summer Olympic Games competition in 1996. How many medals (total) did Uzbekistan win in 1996 and 2000? | Olympic Facts
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6. Uzbekistan has won one gold and three bronze medals in Boxing; one silver in Judo; and, one silver in Freestyle Wrestling.
| The winner of the marathon at the first modern era Olympic Games in 1896, was ______ ? | Olympic Facts
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Greek. Spiridon Louis of Greece won the Marathon at the first modern era Summer Olympic Games in 1896.
| Which competitor from Great Britain won a fifth Olympic gold medal in 2000, in as many Olympic Games competitions? | Olympic Facts
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Steven Redgrave. Rower Steven Redgrave won his fifth Olympic gold medal as a member of the Great Britain coxless four crew in Sydney in 2000. He won his first gold medal in 1984 as a member of the coxed four crew, and in 1988, 1992 and 1996 he won in the coxless pairs.
| In what sport did Sweden win its first ever Olympic gold medal? | Olympic Facts
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Tug-of-war. The first Olympic gold medal for Sweden was won by a combination of three Swedes and three other Scandanavians in a tug-of-war competition in 1900.
| In what year did Canada first compete in the Olympic Games? | Olympic Facts
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1900. Canada entered the modern era Olympic Games in 1900, winning two medals, one silver (first) and one bronze (second) in Track and Field (there were no gold medals awarded in Paris in 1900).
| In what sport did Japan win its first ever Olympic medal? | Olympic Facts
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Tennis. Japan's first Olympic medals were in Tennis in Antwerp in 1920, with a silver in the men's doubles and a silver in the men's singles.
| In what year did the USA win a record 233 medals in total at the Olympic Games? | Olympic Facts
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1904. The USA won an incredible 75 gold medals, and 79 each of silver and bronze for a total of 233 medals.
| In which year did the Netherlands first enter the Olympic Games? | Olympic Facts
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1900. The Sydney 2000 games were the Netherlands most successful Olympics, taking home a total of 25 medals, including 12 gold. In both 1928 and 1996 the Netherlands had won their previous best (in the 20th century) taking home 19 medals in total in each year.
| Which Russian gymnast won six medals at the Olympic Games (he won them in 1996 and 2000)? | Olympic Facts
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Alexei Nemov. Russia, as opposed to the USSR, entered the modern era Olympic Games in 1996. Russian gymnast, Alexei Nemov, won six medals, including gold in the team and vault events in 1996 in Atlanta and gold in the all-round and high bar competitions in 2000 in Sydney.
| What U.S. Olympic athlete earned five Gold medals during the 1924 Paris and 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympic Games in the swimming events, and then earned fame by playing Tarzan in a dozen Hollywood films? | Summer Olympic Games
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Johnny Weissmuller. Herman Brix won the Men's shot put silver medal for the United States at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympic Games and later played Tarzan in one of the earliest adaptaions of Edgar Rice Burroughs famous character. Buster Crabbe was a two-time medalist in swimming for the United states, winning a bronze medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympic Games in the Men's 1,500 meter freestyle event and a Gold medal at the 1932 Los Angels Summer Olympic Games in the Men's 400 meter freestyle event. Buster also portrayed Tarzan in Hollywood after his swimming career was over. Don Bragg won the Men's pole vault Gold medal for the United States at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympic Games. Don apparently wished to play Tarzan in Hollywood, but never had the opportunity even though he had the size and looks.
| I was the first American athlete to earn 10 Olympic gold medals, including the 1906 intercalcated games held in Athens. I earned them in events that are no longer contested at the Olympic Games. These include the standing high jump, standing long jump and the standing triple jump. Who am I? | Summer Olympic Games
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Ray Ewry. Jack Shea won two Gold medals for the United states at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympic Games in the 500M and 1,500M speed skating events. Alvin Kraenzlein won four Gold medals for the United States at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games. Platt Adams was the only other person to win a Gold medal in the standing high jump, at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. Ray overcame childhood polio to become one of America's greates Olympic Athletes.
| What was the name of the great British rower who won a Gold medal in five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000? | Summer Olympic Games
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Stephen Redgrave. Jack Beresford won 5 medals rowing for Great Britain, but only 3 Gold. Jack Kelly rowed for the United States and was a 3-time Gold medalist, and Thomas Lange was a 2-time rowing Gold medalist from Germany.
| What American track and field star shattered the Men's long jump world record by nearly two feet during the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games? | Summer Olympic Games
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Bob Beamon. Ralph Boston won the Men's long jump gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, Lynn Davies, from Great Britain, was the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Men's long jump Gold medalist, and Dwight Phillips won the Gold medal for the United States in the Men's long jump at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
| The first athlete to ever repeat as the men's 100M dash champion, is unofficially know as the "Fastest Man in the World" in the Summer Olympic Games. Who was the athlete that accomplished this feat? | Summer Olympic Games
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Carl Lewis. Carl was only able to stand on the top of the medals podium during the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games. Ben Johnson from Canada was stripped of his Gold Medal after testing positive for steroids after winning the Gold Medal at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympic Games. "Bullet" Bob Hayes won the Gold Medal at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and later became a star football player for the Dallas Cowboys. Jesse Owens only competed at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games as the 1940 & 1944 Summer Olympic Games were canceled due to WWII. Donovan Bailey won the Gold Medal for Canada in the men's 100M dash at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games.
| Dr. Benjamin Spock was well known as the "Baby Doctor" for writing his famous book, "Baby and Child Care", published in 1946. Prior to publishing his book, Dr. Spock competed and won a Gold Medal for the United States in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympic Games. What event did Dr. Spock win his Gold Medal in? | Summer Olympic Games
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Men's Rowing. Dr. Spock was a member of the all-Yale eight, along with James Stillman Rockefeller, prominent member of the Rockefeller family. At that time the United States did not have try out camps as they do today. Rowing teams would be made up of sucessful college teams.
| How old was Bob Mathias when he won the decathlon gold medal for the United States at the 1948 London Summer Olympic Games? | Summer Olympic Games
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17. Bob was the first athlete to ever repeat as the Olympic decathlon champion when he won the Gold medal at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games.
| Who was the female American athlete who won three track and field gold medals at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympic Games? | Summer Olympic Games
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Wilma Rudolph. Wilma overcame numerous childhood illnesses to eventually become one of America's greatest female athletes of all-time. Unfortunately Wilma died at the age of 54 from a brain tumor. Wilma won the 100 meter and 200 meter sprints and was a member of the winning 4 x 100 meter women's sprint relay.
| What American athlete was the first to win an Olympic Gold Medal in four consecutive Summer Olympic Games? | Summer Olympic Games
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Al Oerter. Al Oerter set an Olympic record with each Gold Medal. Al won the men's discus gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympic Games. Billy Mills won the mens 10,000 meters gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. Steve Prefontaine particpated in the men's 5000 meter race at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, but only finished fourth, and was killed in a tragic car accident a year before the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. Frank Shorter won the Gold Medal in the Men's Marathon at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympic Games, and a silver medal in the Men's Marathon at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games.
1912 - Stockholm. These were the first Olympics that women's swimming events were introduced. They were the 100m freestyle (Gold - Fanny Durack (AUS), and 4 x 100m freestyle(Gold - Great Britain).
| From 1896, in 100 years of the Summer Olympics, only one country won gold, silver, and bronze at the same Olympics in the 10,000 metres. Which country was this? | Summer Olympic Games
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Finland. Finland won all three medals in the 10,000 metres in Berlin in 1936. The winners were gold (Salminen), silver (Askola), and bronze (Iso-Hollo).
1920 - Antwerp. The first athletes Olympic oath was taken by Victor Boin, a Belgian fencer and water polo player. The oath taken was: "We swear, we will take part in the Olympic Games in a spirit of chivalry, for the honour of our country and for the glory of sport".
In 1961 the word "swear" was replaced by "promise", and the word "country" was replaced by "team".
| I never won gold at the Olympics (only Bronze), but during the 1960s I broke 17 world records at middle and long distance running. Who am I? | Summer Olympic Games
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Ron Clarke (AUS). Halberg, Gammoudi, and Mills all won gold at the Olympics.
Ervin (USA) / Hall (USA). It was at the 2000 Sydney Olympics that Ervin and Hall tied for gold in the 50m freestyle.
| I won the pole vault Gold Medal at consecutive Olympics, but I never held the World Record for the event. Who am I? | Summer Olympic Games
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Robert Richards (USA). Robert Richards won Olympic Gold in 1952 and 1956, and had said that it was the tip of his thumb that cost him a world record.
| Miguel Indurain won the Tour de France five times. In which event did he win gold in the Olympics? | Summer Olympic Games
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Time Trial. Miguel Indurain won gold in the Time Trial in Atlanta in 1996.
| Who was the first athlete to win both the 5000m and 10,000m at consecutive Olympics? | Summer Olympic Games
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Lasse Viren (FIN). Lasse Viren won each of these events in 1972 and 1976.
Australia. USA, Russia and China finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the medals table. Germany, France, Italy finished 5th, 6th and 7th respectively at the 2000 Olympics.
| Which city was originally selected to host of the 1908 Olympic Games, which were hosted by London? | Summer Olympic Games
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Rome. "Italian authorities were preparing to hold the games when Mount Vesuvius erupted on April 7, 1906, devastating the city of Naples. Funds were diverted to the reconstruction of Naples, so a new venue was required. London was selected, and the games were held in White City alongside the Franco-British Exhibition, at the time the more noteworthy event. Berlin and Milan were other candidates" - Wikipedia.
| Who am I? I won the Gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in a throwing discipine at the age of 18. However four months later, I failed to make it to the final round of the Junior World Championships. On February 18, 2009 I passed away from a pulmonary embolism while at a training camp in Portugal. I was 26 years old. I am _____ . | Summer Olympic Games
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Kamila Skolimowska. Kamila won the inaugural Olympic women's Hammer Throw event in 2000 at the Sydney Olympics.
| In two summer Olympics, only 1 Individual Medley event was included in the swimming program. Which two Olympics? | Summer Olympic Games
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Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980. Only the 400m Individual Medley was contested in 1976 whereas only the 200m Individual Medley was contested in Moscow in 1980.
| Which female swimming star received notoriety by stealing the Olympic flag at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics which resulted in a 10 year ban; effectively ending her career? | Summer Olympic Games
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Dawn Fraser. Dawn Fraser was known for her controversial and 'larrikin' behaviour. Although the ban was lifted in early 1968, Dawn Fraser did not resume training in time to compete at the Mexico City Olympics. Dawn Fraser was the first swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Olympics (100m freestyle in 1956-1960-1964) and, in October 1962, became the first female swimmer to swim the 100m in under a minute.
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