B. 1938-01-17, Maryborough, Qld, Australia
Swimming (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1956 | 1960 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Backstroke | gold | gold | 17600 |
| 4 x 100 m Medley Relay | silver | 1000 | |
| 18600 |
He dropped out of swimming for two years after 1956 to concentrate on his
studies, but came back to win a second gold in Roma.
Germany
Equestrianism (3 gold)
Member of the German Dressage team that won gold at Seoul, Barcelona and
Atlanta.
(106 HP)
Sweden
Modern Pentathlon (1 gold) & Fencing (1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern Pentathlon, individual | gold | fourth | fourth | - | 18000 |
| Épée, individual | - | 9th | SF:7th | - | 228 |
| Épée, team | - | - | silver | bronze | 1804 |
| 20032 |
In 1949 he would be a founder and for 23 years the first president of the Modern Pentathlon Union.
Germany
Nordic Combined (1 gold, 1 bronze
| 1960 | 1964 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| individual | gold | bronze | 13440 |
| 13440 |
Australia
Swimming (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Butterfly | fourth | gold | 8000 | |
| 200 m Butterfly | silver | bronze | silver | 11616 |
| 4x100 m Free-style Relay | gold | 1600 | ||
| 4x200 m Free-style Relay | silver | fourth | 1400 | |
| 4x100 m Medley Relay | silver | gold | 2600 | |
| 25216 |
B. 1958-07-30, Great Britain
Track and Field (2 gold)
| 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decathlon | gold | gold | fourth | 32400 |
| 32400 |
His LA Gold medal performance was a world record for 8 years, until Dan O'Brien
broke it, a month after his Olympic title at Barcelona.
He was World Champion in 1983.
B. 1900-08-14, Cleveland, OH, USA; D. 1971-07-05
Equestrianism (2 gold, 3 silver)
| 1932 | 1936 | 1948 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-day Event | silver | silver | 21st | 10000.8 |
| Three-day Event, team | gold | dnf | gold | 4804 |
| Dressage | 8th | 320 | ||
| Dressage, team | silver | 1000 | ||
| 16124.8 |
B. 1973-02-26, Dover, NH, USA
Swimming (8 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m Free-style | fifth | 7th | 1400 | ||
| 100 m Free-style | silver | bronze | 7216 | ||
| 200 m Free-style | Bfin dns | 6.4 | |||
| 100 m Butterfly | fifth | fifth | 2000 | ||
| 4x100 m Free-style Relay | gold | gold | gold | silver | 11600 |
| 4x200 m Free-style Relay | gold | gold | 3200 | ||
| 4x100 m Medley Relay | gold | (gold) | gold | silver | 6396 |
| 31818.4 |
Member of the American relay team that won gold in Barcelona, Atlanta and
Sydney.
Sydney were her best olympics in the sense that she finally also had individual
successes.
She does have three gold medals for the medley relay, but I don't call her
a double "triple champion" because she did not swim in the final in 1996.
Swimmers in the heats also get gold medals, but I don't feel this is truly
justified.
There was no 4 x 200 m relay yet in 1992, or she could have a third set of
three medals.
(26550.4)
B. 1951-02-28, Italy
Alpine Skiing (1 gold, 2 silver)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Slalom | gold | fourth | - | 8000 |
| Slalom | silver | silver | 8th | 8256 |
| Downhill | 13th | 26th | - | 25.664 |
| 16281.6 |
World Champion at Slalom and Giant Slalom in 1974, and Combined in '72 and
'76. World Cup Winner Overall in 1971-'73 and '75.
B. 1982-04-01, Norway
Athletics (2 gold)
| 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Javelin Throw | gold | gold | 19200 |
| 19200 |
Australia
Swimming (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
| 2000 | 2004 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Free-style | bronze | 2560 | |
| 200 m Free-style | silver | gold | 10400 |
| 400 m Free-style | gold | gold | 12800 |
| 4x100 m Free-style Relay | gold | sixth | 1760 |
| 4x200 m Free-style Relay | gold | silver | 2600 |
| 4x100 m Medley Relay | (silver) | 64 | |
| 30184 |
(13664)
Born as
B. 1887-05-28, USA; D. 1953-03-28
Track and Field (2 gold)
| 1912 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| Decathlon | gold | 6400 |
| Pentathlon | gold | 6400 |
| High Jump | fourth | 2400 |
| Long Jump | 7th | 600 |
| 15800 |
He was regiven the medals he had won at Stockholm by the IOC in 1982. The
medals had been taken from him after it became known that he had accepted
a very small amount of money at Baseball.
In 1950 he was voted the best athlete of the first half of the century.
(152 HP)
Germany
Swimming (2 gold)
| 1976 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| 400 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
| 800 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
| 12800 |
B. 1893-04-05, Helsinki, Finland; D. 1973-07-28
Speed Skating (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1924 | 1928 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 m | gold | gold | 12800 |
| 500 m | bronze | gold | 8960 |
| 5000 m | gold | 12th | 6440 |
| 10000 m | silver | - | 4000 |
| Combined | gold | 1600 | |
| 33800 |
He would undoubtedly have won more medals had the Americans in 1932 not opted
for the mass starts, with which he and most Europeans did not agree. So he
decided to miss the Lake Placid Olympics. He set four World records and adopted
Nurmi's attitude to sport, training throughout the year.
The gold on 500 m at St.Moritz was a tie with Bernt
Evensen.
Written 2001-07-30 - last modified 2002-10-31
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