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| value seeker |
favourite olympic moments revisitedto get us in the mood.Anne Packer when i was a kid winning the 800m in 1964 as it wasnt expected. 
She had finished second in the 400m her favourite event beaten by Betty Cuthbert  and only entered the 800m because her fiancee Robbie Brightwell was so disapointed with his 4th place in the 400m hurdles when one of the favs.
She had the slowest time of all the qualifires but tore them apart ,can still see her sweeping into the final bend and going clear 
yourself 
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| archie mackenzie |
alan wells winning the 100 metres
and came oh so close to doubling up in the 200 metres with a silver thanks archibald. |
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| FallonFacta |
Daley Thompson - No idea when but I do remember him whistling God Save The Queen 
Olga Corbett - I can hardly remember the competition but my dad always reminds me that when he explained that it would be 4 years before I'd see the gymnastics again that I bawled for ages!! 
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| theGoingStick |
Kelly Holmes doing the 400m and 800m double. Coe/Ovett, middle distances finest battling it out. | ||||||
| RightJudgeIam |
Greg Louganis smacks his head on the diving board, splits his skull open and completely ballses up his dive..
and still wins the goldMedal had two stone in hand in racing terms |
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| MT VESSELS |
Jonathon Edwards with his World Record.
Always remember the commentator saying 'he is nearly out of the pit' MT jnr |
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| Rochesterlad |
Kelly Holmes winning the 400m?!! The 1500m is more like it! |
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| theGoingStick |
Slight typo well spotted  At the time I had bet Maria Mutola in the 800m, she was training with Holmes at altitude and was apparently leading her a merry dance, unfortunately she was out classed on the big day, unlucky Alf strikes again
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| kickingkyle |
Would probably Kelly Holmes for me aswell. | ||||||
| Owl of Minerva |
Linford Christie - I was only a wee sprog at the time but I can still remember the feeling of Barcelona 92 like it was yesterday | ||||||
| Owl of Minerva |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7538815.stm
Bit controversial! |
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| Hampton |
How many Games have I seen....?? 
David Hemry winning the 400m Hurdles 1968 Mark Spitz 7 Gold Medals in Swimming 1972 Steve Redgrave last Gold Medal Sally Gunnell 400 Meters Hurdles 1992 Kelly Holmes 800M & 1500M |
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| geordie_racer |
first olympic memory for me is the "good morning tokyo" music in 64 (I was 6) and lynn davies winning the long jump (which I remember because we lived in a flat with a relaly long passage and mymum measured out how far he's jumped.... Ive just looked it up at 8m07 but my recollection is 27 feet because meters were for gas and electric in those days
i also used to pretend to be Bobby McGregor the swimmer while i was in the bath (sad really) best memories Hemery 400m hurdles 68 ( Coleman.."and who cares who's third"...John Sherwood did!) Our own geordie hero Brendan Foster winning Britains ONLY athletics medal in 1976 Hockey... Sean Curley... the only time I have been interested in that sport! Ovett and Coe, Cram, Peter Elliot.. great midddle distance runners Steve Redgrave's final gold in Sydney; remarkable stuff I think the games that aws most memorable for me was 72 Munich; the Israeli athletesobvioulsy makes it stand out but Mary Peters, Borzov winning the sprint double (and gving his name to decent racehorse some 30+ years later!!) and Ronate Steche from E.Germany doing the womens double...I think the E Germans were at their very best that year...won all but 1 track gold Dave Wottle winning the 800 and leaving his cap on during the national anthem, lasse viren and john aki-bua; the soviets winning the basketball when the clock was wrongly stopped and in the pool the utterly brilliant Mark Spitz and the fabulous Shane gould I think the fact that the games thereafter had boycots [africa in 76, usa in80, russia in 84] meant that these games stick in the memory but there were some quite fantastic performances and people in 72 |
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| ngreggors |
First Olympic memory that sticks in my mind was little barefooted Zola tripping Mary Decker Slaney. Was that LA 1984?
At least Mary Decker took it in good heart and didn't get too upset!!!!!
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| suejoe |
Steve Redgrave winning his 5th Gold Medal
Sue 
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| Hampton |
I was trying to remember what year Brendan Foster won his Medal. 
As you say Munich was memorable but for all the wrong reasons! 
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| geordie_racer |
well not just for the israeli issue.... the performances at those games were utterly amazing it was also the year tefofilo stevenson won his first heavyweight gold; what a boxer he was! |
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| burroughhilllad |
For some reason mine are both Cubans.
Teofilo Stevenson winning the Heavyweight in 72 and 76. Was offered $5million to turn pro and fight Ali. Will never forgive Castro for denying the world this fight. Alberto Juantorena doing the 400/800m double in 1976. Watch them both on youtube. His one stride was covering 3 of everyone elses!! |
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| Rowan |
Definitely Redgrave... I don't really have a lot of interst in the Olympics but the promise of this event kept me up into the small hours watching and cheering - first time I've been truly excited by a non-equestrian event.
I remember looking out the window and seeing the light on in my former flatmate's living room (he lived two up and over) and almost rang him. We talked about it a couple of days later and said I should have as he was dying to talk to someone about it! |
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| Hampton |
Alberto Juantorena I remember him! You can blame him for one of the most rememable 'Colemanballs' ever.... "& Juantorena open his legs & showed his class"
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| Hampton |
Sad to hear that Peter Coe died the other day as he was Sebs driving force.
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| lochsong |
Had a quick scan through this thread and apologies if anyone has mentioined this but for me it has to be from a scoring point of view and involves the diminuitive Nadia Comaneci in 1976.
Perfect (or so the judges reckon) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gR0g8lHIs |
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| Owl of Minerva |
Wow! Bars are my favourite gymnastics discipline - that was awesome |
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| jennywales |
Perfect score - Torvill and Dean, Winter Olympics.
But I am not really convinced (despite having learned to skate at a young age, and still enjoying it when I get the chance) that it comes into the pantheon of athletic achievement. You certainly have to be fit, and have a superb technique to skate well, but it's all that arty business that puts me off rather! |
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| lochsong |
Indeed! I was the same age as she was at the time so you can imagine what a wow factor it was for me. Nobody got straight 10's Sadly, I didn't follow up on the gym classes so never made it to the '80 Olympics....
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| jennywales |
Yes, Comaneci and indeed Korbut were both iconic gymnasts of their age. But when eastern Europe and the old Soviet Union broke up, the stories of abuse of young children in the name of sport were horrifying. No doubt some of them were exaggerated by a hostile western media, but there is no doubt that drug and other abuse was rife in East Germany, for example, during the '60s, '70s and early '80s. It may well be that we in the west will have as much to answer for in the final reckoning, but I do remember press stories of the dreadful abuse young Chinese girls suffered so as to be turned into gymnasts - and this was at least 10 years ago. At least female gymnasts now appear to be more mature both physically and mentally - it was those tiny little girls and what the training must have been doing to their developing bodies that worried me. |
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| lochsong |
Fair comment Jenny. The drug abuse I think applies more to the old USSR and East German athletes at the time as muscle builders, whereas little Nadia performed more with what she had at the time so to speak. Needless to say, nobody has seen the like since. IMHO
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| Binge |
Although only happening at the last Olympics in Athens, I think Chris Hoy's Gold in the 1km Time Trial will go down as one of the greatest victories.
Seeded one, Hoy was to ride last and from Kelly riding fifth last down to Hoy the pressure mounted and mounted to the point, where just as a spectator watching it on tv, it became unbearable. Kelly the Australian rode and set a new Olympic record (and the fastest time ever recorded at sea level) only for Nimke of Germany who went next to beat it. The Dutchman riding 3rd last, despite riding a PB couldn't make an impression and then Arnaud Tournant of France smashed the time of Nimke. So the Olympic record had been re-written by 3 of the 4 riders who went before Chris Hoy. Hoy's PB before that day wouldn't have even got him the Bronze medal. All that pressure and Hoy delivers. Beats the time of Tournant, lives up to his billing as number one seed, sets a new Olympic record and fastest time ever at sea-level. The whole minute of the race and in the aftermath, the incomparable voice of British cycling Hugh Porter is failing to keep a lid on his emotions in brilliant piece of commentry which all adds to the memory for me. As I say, it's a recent memory but it'll definitely be one that lives on in Olympic history. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_2HQ7C0YY (the quality isn't the best unfortunately but it's well worth sticking with it.) |
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| Owl of Minerva |
Thanks for that Binge - great stuff! | ||||||
| geordie_racer |
yes I agree Binge... that [like Redgraves 5th] will be a long standing memory, and rightly so | ||||||
| FallonFacta |
This doesn't look good. Fourteen 
The International Olympic Committee has instigated an investigation into the ages of several Chinese gold-medal-winning gymnasts. China is being asked to hand over extra documents to confirm that five gymnasts were old enough to compete. The BBC has seen one document on the internet that suggests gold medal winner He Kexin is only 14 years old, not 16 as the rules require. Chinese officials have strenuously denied the allegations. |
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| kickingkyle |
That is ridiculous! It almost seems as if its in fast forward! |
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| kickingkyle |
Wasnt one of the russian girls 15 in the gymnastics? Im pretty sure they said she was. | ||||||
| FallonFacta |
It is amazing and I loved watching them then.... but compare what they are landing on there (and what they would fall on) to what they'd land on today! Thankfully now they get a Silentnight Mattress in comparison to then 
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