who represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium .
He went to the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome as the clear favorite , but due to receiving a shoulder injury during competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorhe lost in the quarterfinals to Polish boxer Marian Kasprzyk .
Ilona Elek , who had won the women 's foil competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorBerlin , was one of only two competitors to successfully defend an Olympic title in London .
Oana 's career highlight came at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , where she , along with teammates Monica Roșu , Alexandra Eremia , Cătălina Ponor , Daniela Şofronie and Silvia Stroescu , won the gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor
Gary Wayne Hall , Jr. ( born September 26 , 1974 ) is an American former competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho represented the United States at the 1996 , 2000 , and 2004 Olympics and won ten Olympic medals ( five gold , three silver , two bronze ) .
After the 1908 Olympics , no female British archer won an Olympic medal until Alison Williamson won the bronze in the women 's individual competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 2004 Summer Olympics .
After going 13 years undefeated in international competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorsix years without giving up a point , he lost 0–1 to Rulon Gardner of the United States in the final of the Sydney Olympics .
The women 's double trap competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 2000 Summer Olympics was the second of three instances , and the only one not won by Kim Rhode , who came third .
At the 2004 Athens Olympics , Tchachina won the silver medal in the all-around competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorscoring 107.325 points ( Hoop 27.100 , Ball 27.100 , Clubs 26.825 , Ribbon 26.300 ) - her teammate Alina Kabaeva took the gold with a score of 108.400 .
She finished a combined 1.74 seconds behind Isabelle Blanc in the parallel giant slalom in snowboarding competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , an event that the two French snowboarders had dedicated to the memory of teammate Régine Cavagnoud , who had died in a 2001 training accident .
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , Liukin won the gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorand was the co-champion on the horizontal bar with fellow Soviet gymnast Vladimir Artemov .
Alvin Roy `` Allie '' Morrison ( June 29 , 1904 – April 18 , 1966 ) was an American wrestler who won the freestyle featherweight competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1928 Summer Olympics .
He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , where he won a gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honortogether with Anatoli Starostin and Pavel Lednyov ) , and placed 14th in the individual competition .
Kateřina Emmons , née Kůrková ( ; born November 17 , 1983 in Plzeň , Czechoslovakia ) is a female Czech sport shooter who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics , where she won a bronze medal , and the 2008 Summer Olympics , where she won her first gold medal in the women 's 10 metre air rifle competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorand the very first gold medal of that particular games .
Gray was a member of the Ceylon contingent to the 1948 Olympic Games in London , where he competed in lightweight boxing competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwas a team mate of Duncan White , who won silver in the Men 's 400 metres hurdles event .
Georgia and Russia were at war when Salukvadze competed in the women 's 10-metre air pistol competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 2008 Summer Olympics with Russian shooter Natalia Paderina .
Wu Xiaoxuan ( Chinese : 吴小旋 ; Pinyin : Wú Xiǎoxuán ; born 1957 in Hangzhou , Zhejiang ) is a female Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics , where she won the gold medal in the women 's standard small-bore rifle 3x20 competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor
This was Puerto Rico 's first Olympic gold medal , the fact that it was won by a boxer in the national team 's first participation in the competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe feat accomplished by Juan Evangelista Venegas , who won bronze in the delegation 's debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics .
Catherine Gibson ( 21 March 1931 – 25 June 2013 ) , later known by her married name Catherine Brown , was a Scottish competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorin post-World War II Britain who , during a 16-year career , won three European Championships medals and , as a participant at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , achieved a bronze medal , Britain 's sole swimming trophy in the home-based Games .
Since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer , Norway , where Alexei Urmanov won gold without one , the quad , if landed in a competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorabsent major weaknesses ) , made a difference between the first and lower placements .
John Cary Mykkanen ( born September 8 , 1966 ) is an American former competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho won the silver medal in the men 's 400-meter freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , California .
He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , where he won a gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honortogether with Igor Novikov and Albert Mokeyev ) , and placed fifth in the individual competition .
He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , where he won a gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honortogether with Igor Novikov and Viktor Mineyev ) , and a bronze medal in the individual competition .
Despite Canada 's boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , she dominated post Olympic competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe summer 1980 , winning several meets , and finishing second in the 100 m to Marlies Göhr , and third in the 200 m behind Barbel Wockel at the final stop in Zurich .
He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , where he won a gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honortogether with Boris Onishchenko and Pavel Lednyov ) , and placed fifth in the individual competition .
He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , and he competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , where he won a gold medal in the team competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honortogether with Albert Mokeyev and Viktor Mineyev ) , and a silver medal in the individual competition .
Jack Babashoff , Jr. ( born July 13 , 1955 ) is an American former competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho won a silver medal in 100-meter freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec .
Norman DeMille Ross ( May 2 , 1895 – June 19 , 1953 ) was an American competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho won five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June 1919 , held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris , and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium .
Outside of the competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 2005 men 's champion Rashid Ramzi was banned for doping after winning at the 2008 Beijing Olympics .
She competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow , in the Pentathlon where she won the bronze medal behind team mates Nadezhda Tkachenko and Olga Rukavishnikova for a Soviet clean sweep in the last Olympic pentathlon competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorafter 1980 the women competed in the heptathlon event instead .
At age eighteen he was disqualified for passivity at the Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympics in the heavyweight competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honora fight against eventual Olympic gold medalist Ed Sanders .
Hammer thrower and two-time Olympic medalist Ivan Tsikhan , was initially selected to the team , but IAAF decided to withdrew him from the competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honoras a re-test of his sample from Athens was positive .
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics , Kabaeva was expected to claim gold in all-around , but , due to an error in an otherwise exceptional performance—she dropped her hoop and ran to retrieve it outside the competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor– took home the bronze with the final score of 39.466 ( Rope 9.925 , Hoop 9.641 , Ball 9.950 , Ribbon 9.950 ) , Belarus ' Yulia Raskina took the silver medal while fellow Russian teammate Yulia Barsukova won the Olympics Gold medal .
In 1991 , The Unified Team was formed saw a competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe two Soviet/Ukrainian gymnasts Olexandra Tymoshenko and Oxana Skaldina at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .
Representing the United States at the 2000 Sydney Olympics , she reached the event final as the third best qualifier behind Heike Drechsler and Marion Jones , having cleared 6.77 m ; however , Burrell could not match her earlier form and ended the competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwith a sole legal jump of 6.38 m , finishing in tenth place .
Victoria Manalo Draves ( December 31 , 1924 – April 11 , 2010 ) was an American competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho won gold medals for the United States in both platform and springboard diving in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London .
Ryu Seung-Min ( born August 5 , 1982 in Seoul , South Korea ) is a Korean table tennis player who won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men 's singles competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor
Klete D. Keller ( born March 21 , 1982 ) is an American former competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho won medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay .
Christopher Lee Thompson ( born November 30 , 1978 ) is an American former competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwho won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men 's 1,500-meter freestyle .
Rhythmic gymnastics is a popular sport through all Spain , so far the most successful individual rhythmic gymnasts are Carolina Pascual who won a silver medal in the individual all around competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorBarcelona 1992 , Carmen Acedo who won gold medal in clubs competition in World Championships in 1993 and Almudena Cid this last is the only rhythmic gymnast who competes at four olympic finals , placing 9th at Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 being 8th at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 .
Some notable success in rhythmic gymnastics for Spain include Carolina Pascual , the silver medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , Carmen Acedo who won gold medal in clubs competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorWorld Championships on 1993 , Almudena Cid , a four-time Olympian ( 1996 , 2000 , 2004 and 2008 ) and Carolina Rodriguez .
Pace also competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics , finishing ninth in the individual competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorwinning a silver medal in the team event along with McKinney and Jay Barrs .
Jarret John `` JJ '' Thomas ( born April 6 , 1981 ) is an American snowboarder who competed in the 2002 Winter Olympics and took bronze in the men 's halfpipe competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor
The competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorfirst held in 1994 as a race over 2000 m in memory of Czech middle-distance runner Josef Odložil – a silver medallist over 1500 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics , who died in 1993 .
Colonel George Bissland Moore ( October 6 , 1918 – July 4 , 2014 ) was an American modern pentathlete who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London , where he won a silver medal in that year 's modern pentathlon competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor
He also competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , finishing 6th in the individual sabre event after being defeated 14–15 in the quarter-finals by Russia 's Stanislav Pozdnyakov , who eventually won the competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honor
Péter Abay ( born 13 May 1962 ) is a Hungarian fencer , who won a silver medal in the team sabre competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with György Nébald , Bence Szabó , Imre Bujdosó and Csaba Köves .
Ferenc Hammang ( born 20 May 1944 ) is a Hungarian fencer , who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow together with György Nébald , Rudolf Nébald , Imre Gedővári and Pál Gerevich .
Rudolf Nébald ( born 7 September 1952 ) is a Hungarian fencer who won a bronze medal in the team sabre competitionolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow together with György Nébald , Ferenc Hammang , Imre Gedővári and Pál Gerevich .