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	Olympic medalists in athletics (men) - Definition, explanation
		See Olympic medalists in athletics (women) for female medalists, for other track and field athletes and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.
		The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardised at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics.
		The first Olympic steeplechase was held in 1900, when the event was on the programme twice, with a 2500 m and a 4000 m variant.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/o/ol/olympic_medalists_in_athletics__men_.php (1470 words)

	Wilma Rudolph: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Rudolph was born in Clarksville, Tennessee and at early age, it was discovered that she, the 20th of 22 children, had polio.
		In 1956, she went to the Olympic Games for the first time and won a bronze medal as a member of the relay team.
		Four years later, in Rome, she won three Olympic titles; in the 100 m, 200 m and the 4 x 100 m relay.
	www.encyclopedian.com /wi/Wilma-Rudolph.html (317 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Valeri Borzov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the Olympics in Munich, two of the American sprinters (Eddie Hart and Reynaud Robinson) were eliminated because their coach had not announced the correct starting time of the heats.
		Between Munich and the next Olympics in 1976, Borzov spent more time on his studies, though he did win his third successive 100 m title at the European Championships in 1974.
		From 1991 to 1998, Borzov was president of the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 1994 and is Ukrainian minister of Youth and Sport.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Valeri-Borzov (508 words)

	Athletics - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events.
		Athletics was the original sport at the first Olympics back in 776 BC where the only event held was the stadium-length foot race or "stade".
		Athletics was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been part of the program ever since, providing the backbone of the Olympics.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=43719 (1214 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alan Helffrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As a Pennsylvania State University student, he won the NCAA championships in 880 yd in 1922 and 1923 and IC4A championships in 880 yd in 1923 and in 440 yd in 1924.
		At the Paris Olympics, Helffrich ran the second leg in the American 4x400 m relay team, which won the gold medal with a new world record of 3.16.0.
		After his running career, Helffrich officiated at athletics meets in New York City from 1930 to 1955 and served, until his death, as president of the New York Chapter of the United States Olympians.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Alan-Helffrich (675 words)

	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S OLYMPIC MEDAL WINNERS
		From Trinidad, he obtained an athletic scholarship to Michigan State University and represented his University with such a degree of success that he was selected to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan.
		He later accepted an athletic scholarship at the North Carolina College and was a regular on national teams from 1964 to 1972, winning gold in the 200 metres, and three silver medals in the 100 metres and both relays at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico in 1966.
		At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Skinner placed eighth in the finals for the 400 metres, and was a member of the bronze medal-winning team in the 4x400-metre relay.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Sport/Sports_TTOlympicMedalists.html (1778 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of Olympic medalists in athletics (men)
		This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in athletics from 1896 to 2004.
		Generally, in the Summer Olympics, the women's marathon marks the midway point of the games, while the men's marathon is the final event and is incorporated into the Closing Ceremonies.
		The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(men) (1511 words)

	Joaquim Cruz - TheBestLinks.com - Achilles, Brazil, March 12, Olympic medalists in athletics (men), ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cruz was born in Taguatinga, near Brasilia, as the son of a steel worker.
		Due to a cold, Cruz did not start in the semi-finals of the Olympic 1500 m, which caused quite a stir among the Brazilians, who thought he didn't want to represent his country in an event in which his chances of winning were smaller.
		Four years later, at the 1988 Summer Olympics, Cruz appeared to be on his way to retain his Olympic 800 m title when he was passed by Kenyan runner Paul Ereng, leaving Cruz with the silver medal.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Joaquim_Cruz.html (330 words)

	The Nazi Olympics
		The Olympics were a perfect arena for the Nazi propaganda machine, which was unsurpassed at staging elaborate public spectacles and rallies.
		In August 1936 Olympic flags and swastikas bedecked the monuments and houses of a festive, crowded Berlin.
		Two weeks before the Olympics began, German officials informed Gretel Bergmann, a Jewish athlete who had equaled the German women's record in the high jump, that she was denied a place on the team.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Holocaust/olympics.html (2956 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		The 1908 Olympics were originally awarded to Rome, but were reassigned to London.
		Lighting the Olympic Flame by: The Olympic flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
		Olympic Oath by: The first athletes' oath was sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1908 (419 words)

	Ville Ritola Information
		But he was ready at the 1924 Paris Olympics by winning four gold medals and two silver medals.
		In the 1928 Summer Olympics, Ritola placed second in the 10 000 m, behind Nurmi.
		He was the AAU champion at 6 miles in 1927, at 10 miles road race in 1922, 1923 and from 1925 to 1927, at 2000 yd steeplechase in 1923, 1926 and 1927 and at cross county in 1922, 1923 and from 1925 to 1927.
	www.bookrags.com /Ville_Ritola (409 words)

	Texas A&M Athletics Olympic Medalists, World Champions Converge on Aggieland This Weekend
		Piersol was a gold medalist three times over at the Athens Olympics in 2004, sweeping both the 100 and 200 backstrokes as well as swimming the backstroke leg on the U.S.’s champion 400 medley relay team.
		The Swiss native finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in the 800 freestyle.
		Polyakov, the 2005 NCAA champ, was an Olympic finalist for Kazakhstan in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in Athens in 2004.
	www.aggieathletics.com /pressRelease.php?PRID=11528 (774 words)

	GBROLYMPICS.COM / LONDON-OLYMPICS.COM - Olympic Games Medallists
		The modern Olympics were first held in 1896.
		Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
		Nationalities given are those of the countries the medallists were representing at the time of the event.
	www.gbrathletics.com /olympic (336 words)

	Jesse Owens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals; one each in the 100 meter dash, the 200 meter dash, the long jump, and for being part of the 4x100 meter relay team.
		In a span of 45 minutes on May 25, 1935 at the Big Ten meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he tied the record for the 100 yard (91 m) dash and set world records in the long jump, 220 yard (201 m) dash, and the 220 yard (201 m) low hurdles.
		Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Jesse_Owens (1148 words)

	info: Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_(women) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		List of Olympic medalists in athletics: Information from Answers.comList of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) This article is becoming very long...
		Olympic medalists in athletics (men) information - Search.comSee Olympic medalists in athletics (women) for female medalists, category:athletes for other track and field athletes and Olympic medalists for medalists in other sports.
		Olympic medalists in athletics (men) Olympic medalists in athletics (women) World Record progression 100 m men; World...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Olympic_medalists_in_athletics_%28women%29.html (331 words)

	Voula Patoulidou
		On the 5th August 1992, Patoulidou was celebrating like a little kid, for she had managed to qualify for the final of the 100 m hurdles by improving her personal best from 12.96 (set in the qualifying round) to 12.88 seconds in the semi-finals.
		Indeed, the medal haul for Greece at the Summer Olympics has increased from 2 in 1992 to 8 in 1996, 13 in 2000 and 16 in 2004.
		After her Olympic gold medal Patoulidou decided to switch back to the long jump, her first love, believing that she had achieved as much as possible in the 100 m hurdles.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/NewSport/VoulaPatoulidou.html (641 words)

	Wikinfo \| Steve Backley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		He has been a firm fixture in the national athletics team for over fifteen years and is the only British track and field competitor to win medals at three different Olympic Games.
		He must have thought that he was within of the Olympic gold he so desired but in the third round two-time champion Zelezný made it three in a row breaking Steve’s shortly held record with 90.17.
		With no further improvement Steve took home his second Olympic silver in a row with Sergey Makarov taking bronze and falling one place short of the medal achieved by his father Aleksandr at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics in the same event.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Steve_Backley (1199 words)

	Eating Intuitive Program Revolutionary That Works (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		www.moresportinggoods.com Athletic director - Athletic director (more frequently, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic programs.
		At some colleges, the athletic director may hold academic rank but this practice is on the wane.
		Olympic medalists in athletics (women) - These are the female Olympic medalists in athletics.
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	Archie Williams - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Archibald Franklin "Archie" Williams (May 1, 1915 – June 24, 1993) was an American athlete and teacher, winner of 400 m run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
		His time was set in the preliminaries and he also prevailed in the final for a 47.0 victory.
		He followed that up with a first in the Olympic Trials, then went to Berlin and won the Olympic gold medal in the 400 m.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Archie_Williams (390 words)

	Gail Devers at AllExperts
		She qualified for the Olympics 100 m hurdles, in which she was eliminated in the semi-finals, but her health continued to deteriorate even further.
		The 100 m final at the 1996 Summer Olympics was an almost exact repeat of the World Championships final three years before.
		After these Olympics, Devers concentrated on the hurdles event, winning the World Championship again in 1999, but she had to forfeit for the semi-finals at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/ga/gail_devers.htm (442 words)

	Mel Sheppard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cardiopulmonary problems notwithstanding, Sheppard won three consecutive AAU titles in the 880 yards (805 m) from 1906 to 1908 and became a main favourite in middle distance at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
		He first won the 1500 metres, setting an Olympic record at 4:05.0 in the first round that fell in the very next heat, when Norman Hallows ran a 4:03.6.
		After winning AAU titles at 880 yards in 1911 and 1912, Sheppard was a favourite to defend his Olympic 800 metres title at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mel_Sheppard (472 words)

	BBC SPORT \| ATHLETICS-TRACK \| Golden Greene joins legends
		Ever since Baron de Coubertin revived the Olympics in 1896, the world's finest sprinters have run faster, aimed higher and grown stronger with every passing Games.
		It was perhaps fitting, however, that there would be no answer to the question of who was faster as both athletes sensationally pulled up with hamstring injuries - immediately putting both men's seemingly certain golds, in the 100 and 400 respectively, in doubt.
		Thankfully, for both men, the US Olympic effort and sports fans across the globe, they quickly recovered, but even then Greene's form was not perfect.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/olympics2000/athletics-track/938796.stm (666 words)

	People's Daily Online -- U.S. calls up 27 Olympic medalists for athletics worlds
		Olympic Bronze medalist Derrick Brew and Miles Smith was named to the men's 4X400m relay pool, while the women's 4X100m relay pool is made up of Angela Daigle and LaShaunte'a Moore.
		Among the team members are Olympic gold medalists Justin Gatlin in the 100m, Jeremy Wariner in the 400m, Dwight Phillips in the long jump and Joanna Hayes in the 100m hurdles.
		Olympic champion Shawn Crawford has withdrawn from his gold winning 200 meters event due to a foot injury, but still plans to compete in the 100m and be available for the 4X100m relay.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200507/28/eng20050728_198772.html (247 words)

	Alvin Kraenzlein - Definition, explanation
		Kraenzlein was born in Milwaukee, and attended the University of Wisconsin and later the University of Pennsylvania, studying to become a dentist.
		He won his first athletics title in 1897, when he won the 220 y hurdles race at the AAU championships.
		In 1900, Kraenzlein prepared for the Olympics in England, winning the British title in the 120 y hurdles and the long jump before entering the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/a/al/alvin_kraenzlein.php (350 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
		Although the drug disqualification of sprinter Ben Johnson was the biggest story of the 1988 Olympics, the Seoul Games were highlighted by numerous exceptional performances.
		For the first time, all the medalists in dressage were women.
		In the final, after this frightening event, he achieved his second consecutive Olympic victory in the springboard.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1988 (231 words)

	Douglas Lowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Lowe won the gold medal in a new European record time of 1:52.4, beating the British favourite, Henry Stallard, who had suffered a leg injury.
		In Amsterdam at the Olympic Games Lowe won 800 m in a personal best performance at 1:51.8, a full second ahead of any of the world class competitors in the race.
		Lowe retired from athletics at the end of the 1928 season and took up law at the Inner Temple in London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Lowe (271 words)

	Ten Stanford Greats Inducted Into Athletic Hall of Fame :: Olympic gold medalists and NCAA champions headline the Class ...
		Olympic gold medalists and NCAA champions headline the Class of 2002
		Olympic gold medalists, NCAA champions and one of the greatest coaches in school history comprise Stanford University's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2002, announced today by Athletic Director Ted Leland.
		The 10-member class won a total of eight NCAA team titles and 31 individual NCAA titles during their careers on The Farm.
	gostanford.cstv.com /genrel/081402aaa.html (747 words)

	Runner's & Triathlete's Web Athletics: Olympic Medalists Frustrated With Central Conte ...
		Nelson, flanked by Olympic decathlon silver medalist, Bryan Clay, U.S. high jump champion and fourth place Olympic finisher, Jamie Nieto, and Olympic long jump gold medalist, Dwight Philips, challenged the media to be more balanced in their reporting on the unfolding drugs scandal in athletics.
		"We pride ourselvs on what we do," chimed in Clay, the only Olympic medalist to be born in the state of Hawaii.
		When Nelson tells people he has just met that he is an Olympic shot putter, the impact of the negative publicity of the Balco scandal immediately hits home.
	www.runnersweb.com /running/news/rw_news_20041210_RRW_Conte.html (590 words)

	Husker/Olympian Alumni Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The U.S. Olympic committee, a co-sponsor of the event, will bring in two or three high-profile gold medalists for the day, in addition to those athletes with Nebraska ties.
		Nebraska alumnus Charlie Greene, 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist, is serving as honorary chair of the day's events which include a Breakfast for Champions in Lincoln, a star-studded golf classic at Quarry Oaks in Ashland, and a silent auction, reception and dinner in Omaha.
		The Notable Nebraskan Dinner will include the Olympic March of all Olympic athletes in attendance, a Gold Medal Olympian as keynote speaker, the presentation of the Notable Nebraska Award to former Husker and NFL great Irving Fryar, and inspiring video presentations featuring some of the celebrity guests.
	www.unl.edu /alumni/huskers/olympic.htm (541 words)

	Otis Davis - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Otis Crandall Davis (born July 12, 1932) is a former American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
		At the Olympic Games in Rome, he won by a hair over Germany's Carl Kaufmann, setting a world record of 44.9 seconds and becoming the first man to break the heralded 45-second barrier.
		A torch-bearer for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Davis, a former innovative teacher, coach, and counselor in the United States and abroad, is also an elected member of the University of Oregon, State of Oregon, and New Jersey Sports Writers' Halls of Fame.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Otis_Davis (235 words)

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