the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics .
Guyana , however , failed to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorsingle Olympic medal since winning their first and only medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , where Michael Anthony won a bronze in boxing .
He went on to defeat the Soviet Union 's Rufat Riskiev to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorGold Medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal .
Olga Fikotová was a discus-thrower at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the only athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal for her home country Czechoslovakia in that year .
Although Juan Evangelista Venegas was the first Puerto Rican to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorolympic medal ( boxing , 1948 ) González was the second to win a medal representing Puerto Rico under the Puerto Rican flag , after Orlando Maldonado became the first at the 1976 Summer Olympics .
Mozambique , however , failed to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorsingle Olympic medal since the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , where middle-distance runner Maria Mutola became the nation 's champion .
He was inspired to run track and field after watching Donovan Bailey winolympics.olympic_medal_honor100 meters at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta .
The winolympics.olympic_medal_honorhis coach , Dan Pfaff , the only man to have coached 100m gold medalists in both the Olympics and the Paralympics ; Pfaff coached Canada 's Donovan Bailey , the gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta .
Bolt then focused on attaining a gold medal in the 200 m event , aiming to emulate Carl Lewis ' double winolympics.olympic_medal_honorthe 1984 Los Angeles Olympics .
Wells started her coaching career by helping her husband Allan Wells winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic Gold and silver medal in the 100m and 200m respectively at the Moscow Olympics in 1980 .
He led Harold Abrahams to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal in the 100 m and silver in the 4x100 m at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris , France .
1928 saw 16-year-old Betty Robinson ( between her junior and senior years at the school ) not only winolympics.olympic_medal_honorvery first Olympic gold medal awarded to a woman in the 100 meters ( at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam ) , but set a world record which would stand for four years .
In 1992 , Christie became the third British athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorOlympic 100 m , after Harold Abrahams and Allan Wells , winning the title ahead of Frankie Fredericks of Namibia at the Barcelona Olympic Games .
His record would stand until the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , when Larisa Latynina would winolympics.olympic_medal_honor18th medal , a record which stood until broken by Michael Phelps on July 31 , 2012 at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London .
At the next Games , the 1984 Olympics , held in Los Angeles , California , Mary Lou Retton won the All-around competition , becoming the first ever American athlete to winolympics.olympic_medal_honortitle .
She is also the head coach for her compatriot Lena Schöneborn , who led her team to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorteam relay gold medal at the 2005 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Warsaw , Poland , and later became an Olympic champion for the women 's event in 2008 .
Edward `` Ed '' Barton Hamm ( April 13 , 1906 – June 25 , 1982 ) was an American athlete , who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam , Netherlands , becoming the first Arkansan to winolympics.olympic_medal_honorgold medal .