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Just a Fraction More Trivia Quiz

Sprint events, especially the 100 meters, are normally very close. We will examine ten Olympic 100 meter races and some winners and losers that won or lost by just a fraction of a second.

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
gme24
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
394,909
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
245
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the 2016 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.81 seconds. Who came second by a margin of 0.08 seconds? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. In the 2016 Olympics the 100 meter winner for women was the Jamaican athlete Elaine Thomson with 10.71 seconds. Who came second by a margin of 0.12 seconds? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. In the 2012 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.63 seconds leaving fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake in second with 9.75. Which American athlete finished in third with 9.79? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. In the 2012 Olympics in the 100 meters for women the bronze medal was won by Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown with 10.81 seconds, silver went to Carmelita Jeter of USA with 10.78 seconds. Who won first place finishing with just 0.03 seconds ahead of the second placed athlete? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. In the 2008 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.69 seconds and third was the American Walter Dix with 9. 91. Who won the silver just 0.02 of a second faster than Dix? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. The first three winners of the 2008 Olympics 100 meters women were all from which Caribbean country? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. In the 2004 Athens Olympics the 100 meters for men was an extremely close race. The difference between first and second and second and third was just 0.01 of a second. Maurice Greene of the USA won bronze and Francis Obikwelu of Portugal won silver but which USA athlete won gold with 9.85 seconds? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. In the 2004 Athens Olympic in the 100 meters for women three Jamaican athletes were in the final but only one made the podium just 0.01 seconds behind USA's Lauryn Williams who won the silver. Yulia Nestsiarenka of Belarus won the gold, so who came third? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 100 meters final there were two American athletes (Maurice Green and Jon Drummond) and two British athletes (Dwain Chambers and Darren Campbell). Out of these four who won gold just 0.02 seconds faster than the second placed athlete? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics the 100 meters gold was won by USA's Marion Jones who was stripped of her medal in 2007 after admitting to taking performance enhancement drugs. Who was eventually awarded the gold medal? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the 2016 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.81 seconds. Who came second by a margin of 0.08 seconds?

Answer: Justin Gatlin

 American Justin Gatlin was second and was 0.02 faster than Canadian Andre de Grasse. The Canadian was in turn 0.02 seconds faster than Jamaican Yohan Blake who finished just 0.01 seconds ahead of South African Akani Simbine. Fine margins indeed. Usain Bolt also won gold in the 200 meters race.
2. In the 2016 Olympics the 100 meter winner for women was the Jamaican athlete Elaine Thomson with 10.71 seconds. Who came second by a margin of 0.12 seconds?

Answer: Tori Bowie

 Tori Bowie of the United States finished in second place beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica into third place by 0.03 seconds. Another Jamaican athlete, Christania Williams, finished in fourth place with the same time as Fraser-Pryce. Asha Philip and Desiree Henry both from Great Britain were eliminated in the semi finals. Elaine Thomson also won gold in the 200 meters race.
3. In the 2012 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.63 seconds leaving fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake in second with 9.75. Which American athlete finished in third with 9.79?

Answer: Justin Gatlin

 Justin Gatlin just beat fellow American Tyson Gay into fourth place by just 0.01 seconds! Justin Gatlin was the fastest qualifier in the semi finals bettering both Bolt and Blake. Jamaican Asafa Powell finished in eighth position and Richard Thompson from Trinidad and Tobago finished in seventh place.
4. In the 2012 Olympics in the 100 meters for women the bronze medal was won by Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown with 10.81 seconds, silver went to Carmelita Jeter of USA with 10.78 seconds. Who won first place finishing with just 0.03 seconds ahead of the second placed athlete?

Answer: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

 Fraser-Pryce was born in Kingston Jamaica and she was 25 years old when she won the Olympic gold in London. USA athlete Tianna Madison finished in fourth place just 0.04 seconds away from bronze. Victoria Azarenka of Bulgaria won the bronze medal in women's tennis beating Maria Kirilenko of Russia.
5. In the 2008 Olympics the 100 meter winner for men was the Jamaican athlete Usain Bolt with 9.69 seconds and third was the American Walter Dix with 9. 91. Who won the silver just 0.02 of a second faster than Dix?

Answer: Richard Thompson

 Richard Thompson from Trinidad and Tobago was the silver medal winner. In fourth place was Churandy Martina from the Netherlands Antilles just 0.02 seconds behind Dix. Saladino, Mokoena and Makusha won gold, silver and bronze in the long jump.
6. The first three winners of the 2008 Olympics 100 meters women were all from which Caribbean country?

Answer: Jamaica

 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won gold with a time of 10.78 seconds, followed by Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart both with 10.98. Lauryn Williams of the USA finished just outside the medals. Guatemala and El Salvador are both in Central America.
7. In the 2004 Athens Olympics the 100 meters for men was an extremely close race. The difference between first and second and second and third was just 0.01 of a second. Maurice Greene of the USA won bronze and Francis Obikwelu of Portugal won silver but which USA athlete won gold with 9.85 seconds?

Answer: Justin Gatlin

 Justin Gatlin also won the bronze in the 200 meters while Crawford who was placed fourth won gold in the 200 meters event. Stafan Holm won gold in the high jump and Matt Hemingway silver in the same event.
8. In the 2004 Athens Olympic in the 100 meters for women three Jamaican athletes were in the final but only one made the podium just 0.01 seconds behind USA's Lauryn Williams who won the silver. Yulia Nestsiarenka of Belarus won the gold, so who came third?

Answer: Veronica Campbell

 Veronica Campbell was just 0.03 seconds faster than the Bulgarian Ivet Lalova who was in turn 0.05 seconds faster than Aleen Bailey from Jamaica who finished in front of the other Jamaican Sherone Simpson by 0.02 seconds.
9. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 100 meters final there were two American athletes (Maurice Green and Jon Drummond) and two British athletes (Dwain Chambers and Darren Campbell). Out of these four who won gold just 0.02 seconds faster than the second placed athlete?

Answer: Maurice Greene

 Greene won from Ato Boldon from Trinidad and Tobago who beat Obadele Thompson into third by 0.05 of a second. Dwain Chambers was fourth, Jon Drummond fifth and Darren Campbell sixth. Darren Campbell won silver in the 200 meters and Ato Boldon bronze.
10. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics the 100 meters gold was won by USA's Marion Jones who was stripped of her medal in 2007 after admitting to taking performance enhancement drugs. Who was eventually awarded the gold medal?

Answer: Not awarded

 In the actual race Thanou finished second, Lawrence was third and Ottley was fourth. After the Jones scandal and in view of the charges against Thanou the Olympic committee decided not to award gold and instead promoted Lawrence to the silver position and Ottley to the bronze. Thanou retained the silver that she had won.

The times of the second, third and fourth placed athletes were 11.12, 11.18 and 11.19 seconds respectively.
Source: Author gme24

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