Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE ( 25 May 1920 – 19 October 1992 ) was the first Jamaican Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor , winning the 400 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London .

As in Olympic opening ceremonies , a torch bearer ( Soviet runner and 1980 gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Viktor Markin ) carried the flame into the stadium and lit a giant bowl which had been built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics .

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , when Michelle Smith won three gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in swimming , the verse and chorus were played in a lively tempo .

That year he was the silver medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics ( behind Steve Lewis ) and a relay gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor .

This record lasted until the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , Korea , when Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi won the gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Women ’ s 200-meter backstroke event .

Hooker won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a vault of 5.96 metres , setting a new Olympic record , and making him the first Australian male track and field gold medallist in 40 years since Ralph Doubell won the 800 metres in Mexico City in 1968 .

Ralph Douglas Doubell AM ( born 11 February 1945 ) is an Australian former athlete , and gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1968 Summer Olympics .

Hans 's son , Hans von Blixen-Finecke , Jr. , won two gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the three-day event .

In 1936 he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the heavyweight class at the 1936 Summer Olympics after losing his fight to the eventual gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Herbert Runge of Germany .

Stolbov competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in `` team combined exercises '' with the Soviet team ( Viktor Chukarin , Valentin Muratov , Boris Shakhlin , Albert Azaryan and Yuri Titov ) .

Four of Kimball 's divers won Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor : Bob Webster in 1960 and 1964 , Micki King in 1972 , Phil Boggs in 1976 , and Mark Lenzi ( 1992 ) .

In the round one bout of the featherweight division at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Vasyl Lomachenko finally got his revenge and outclassed world amateur champion 14-7 cutting short his dream for Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor

At the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp , Belgium , he coached Albert Hill to two gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in the 800 m and 1500 m , and Harry Edward , third in the 100 m .

In 1988 , Joaquim Cruz , the Brazilian gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in the 800-meter run at the 1984 Summer Olympics , claimed that Griffith Joyner 's times could only have been the result of using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs , that her physique had changed dramatically in 1988 ( showing marked gains in muscle mass and definition ) , and that her performance had improved dramatically over a short period of time .

Four years later , at the 1952 Summer Olympics , 1500 metres runner Josy Barthel of Luxembourg won Puma 's first Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Helsinki , Finland .

Hamilius ran at the 1952 Summer Olympics , in Helsinki , in the 400 metres and 4 × 400 metres relay , in an athletics deputation best known for the inclusion of Luxembourg 's only gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor , Josy Barthel .

Two of Spain 's foremost runners of the late 20th century lived and trained in Soria : Fermín Cacho , a gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics , and Abel Antón , a two-time World Champion in the marathon .

Two years later , Kulker finished sixth in the 1500 m final of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , where Peter Rono won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor

At the Sydney Olympics , El Guerrouj was favourite to take gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor finished second in the 1500 metres , behind Noah Ngeny , a talented Kenyan runner at the peak of his career who had run as El Guerrouj 's pacemaker when El Guerrouj ran his 1500m world record in Rome in 1998 .

Noah Kiprono Ngeny ( born 2 November 1978 ) is a former Kenyan athlete , Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at 1500 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics , and world record holder in the 1000 m .

In the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , he finished ninth in the 10,000 meters behind gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Billy Mills after having sprained an ankle during training .

During the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp , he won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor both in the 100 meters ( bettering fellow Hawaiian Pua Kealoha ) and in the relay .

Ricardo Delgado Nogales ( born July 13 , 1947 ) is a former boxer from Mexico , who was a gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City during his career as an amateur in the flyweight division ( −51 kg ) .

At the age of eighteen , Burgener moved from Maryland to Colorado Springs , Colorado to work and train as a resident athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center ( USOC ) , under her head coach Zygmunt Smalcerz , gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor for the flyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , representing Poland .

Notable natives include weightlifter and Sydney 2000 Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Galabin Boevski ( b . 1974 ) , Bulgaria international footballer Valentin Iliev ( b . 1980 ) and Bulgarian Army general and long-time Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria Ferdinand Kozovski ( 1892–1965 ) .

Notable natives include weightlifter and 2004 Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Milen Dobrev ( b . 1980 ) and footballer Atanas Bornosuzov ( b . 1979 ) .

The Racers claimed national championships in 1978 ( NRA ) , 1985 ( NCAA ) and 1987 ( NCAA ) and have produced six individual NCAA national champions , including two-time national titlist and 1984 Summer Olympics gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Pat Spurgin .

He competed at the 1924 , 1928 , 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics , winning a total of four gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor three silver and one bronze medals – a record for Switzerland , shared only by another gymnast Eugen Mack .

Madison won three gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in freestyle event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , becoming , along with Romeo Neri of Italy , the most successful athlete at the 1932 Olympics : women 's 100-meter freestyle , 400-meter freestyle , and 4×100-meter freestyle relay .

Van Wyck is the hometown of Olympian sprint athlete Shawn Crawford , gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor silver medalist from the 2004 games held in Athens , Greece .

Liu Xiang , the 2004 Olympic champion in the 110 metres hurdles , was one of the biggest draws of the games and he beat Shi Dongpeng , winning the gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor a world-class time .

Tonique Williams-Darling became the first athletics individual Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor when she won the 400m sprint in 2004 Summer Olympics .

As one of the major highlights of these Games , Hicham El Guerrouj set an Olympic historical milestone as the first ever Moroccan athlete to strike a distance double ( 1500–5000 ) since Paavo Nurmi did so in 1924 , and the first to claim a gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , where Khalid Skah won the men 's 10,000 metres title .

He was eager to participate in the first judo Olympic tournamentat the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , but lost his spot to eventual gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Isao Okano .

In 1971 he defeated the future Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Toyokazu Nomura in the world championship final , and became the Japanese representative for the -63 kg division at the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Nomura 's uncle , Toyokazu Nomura , was also a gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the ( -70 kg ) division .

Robert David `` Bob '' Webster ( born October 25 , 1938 ) is an American former diving champion who won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at both the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games in the 10-meter platform event .

Notable torch bearers included two time badminton Olympian gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Lin Dan , 2008 Olympic fencing gold medalist Zhong Man , director Chen Weiya and composer Bian Liunian .

Former backstroke swimmer and 1992 Summer Olympics gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Mark Tewksbury was the nation 's chef de mission , while former diver and 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist Sylvie Bernier became an assistant chef de mission .

In the 400 metres freestyle event , Athens Olympics silver medallist Federica Pellegrini of Italy won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor

The next day after her 100m freestyle success , she won her 100m butterfly semi-final in 58.52 seconds to break 2004 Summer Olympic Games 200m butterfly gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Otylia Jędrzejczak 's Universiade record .

He won a relay gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor two silver medals swimming butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the Olympic Trials that year as well as setting relay records with teammates Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist and Rowdy Gaines .

He began being coached by Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum , who is a member of the ruling family of Dubai and the 2004 Summer Olympics gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in the double trap .

Also , Zimbabwe 's most successful recent Olympic athlete is swimmer Kirsty Coventry , who won three medals ( including gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 2004 Summer Olympics and four medals ( including gold ) at the 2008 Summer Olympics .

As the most successful female Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry ( swimming for her home country of Zimbabwe ) who won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor silver , and bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .

The flame was lit in a sun ray ceremony by Beijing Olympics gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor archer Zhang Juanjuan and diver Wang Feng .

Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies ; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing .

Johnson 's sport management company , Ultimate Performance , serves as agent for track and field athletes , including 2004 Summer Olympics 400 metre gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor and fellow Baylor alumnus Jeremy Wariner .

Lamar High School alumnus Jeremy Wariner won two gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor in the 2004 Athens Olympics , and the 2005 world championship in the 400 meters in Rome .

Igor Cassina ( ; born August 15 , 1977 in Seregno , Province of Milan ) is an Italian gymnast who won gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's horizontal bar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens .