Those to have won the race include Kenya 's Magdaline Chemjor and Irish Olympic silver olympics.olympic_medal_honor , Sonia O'Sullivan , whose 2000 record time of 31 minutes and 28 seconds has yet to be beaten .

Walter Laufer ( July 5 , 1906 – September 1 , 1984 ) was an American competition olympics.olympic_medal_honor who represented the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam .

High jumper Joni Huntley also graduated from the high school and won a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , California .

In 2002 , she married Greg Joy , silver olympics.olympic_medal_honor in the men 's high jump at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal .

Givi Ivanovich Onashvili ( born July 27 , 1947 ) is a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics , and won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the heavyweight class .

The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , Germany saw swimmer Mark Spitz set seven World Records and won a record seven gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor .

Almost a quarter of all the medals and 25 of the gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor were won in gymnastics , with Nadia Comăneci becoming the first gymnast ever to score a perfect ten in an Olympic event at the 1976 Summer Olympics .

Brahmia was beaten in both the 800 metres and 1500 metres by twenty-one-year-old Saïd Aouita , who would later go on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor of Morocco 's first Olympic gold medals , alongside Nawal El Moutawakel , at the 1984 Summer Olympics .

Ahmed Ismail El Shamy ( born October 21 , 1975 in Cairo , Al-Qahira ) is an Egyptian boxer who competed in the Men 's Light Heavyweight ( – 81 kg ) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor

She competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles , where she won the Silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor teammate Lillian Copeland .

He is the son of Vasily Pavlovich Rochev who won two medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , New York ( gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor 4 x 10 km , silver : 30 km ) and two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun ( silver : 4 x 10 km , bronze : 15 km ) .

Wiggins became the first British athlete in 40 years to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor medals at one Games , the last being Mary Rand at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo .

Erik Lindh ( born May 24 , 1964 in Kungälv ) is a former international Swedish table tennis player olympics.olympic_medal_honor competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics .

She claimed a bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Women 's Light-Heavyweight ( – 78 kg ) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , together with Italy 's Emanuela Pierantozzi .

Vyacheslav Evgenevich Yanovskiy ( sometimes spelt `` Viatcheslav Ianovski '' , born August 24 , 1957 in Vitebsk , Belarusian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Belarusian boxer who won a Light Welterweight Gold Medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR .

Skutnabb participated in the Winter olympics.olympic_medal_honor again in 1928 and he managed to win his second 5,000 m Olympic silver medal ( this time behind Ivar Ballangrud ) at the age of 38 years and 246 days .

In 1988 , the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , athlete Leopoldo Serantes got the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's light flyweight division of boxing .

He finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight ( 60 kg ) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics , having lost the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor to Choi Min-Ho of South Korea .

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal she won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 400 m behind Irena Szewinska , as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay with her teammates Brigitte Rohde , 400 m bronze medalist Ellen Streidt and Doris Maletzki .

Zhang Lin won a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the men 's 400 meter freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with a time of 3:42.44 , 0.58 seconds behind gold medalist South Korean Park Tae-hwan , and making him at the time the third fastest 400 meter freestyler in history ( and setting a Chinese Record in the process ) .

He competed for the British West Indies in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome , Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor his team mates from Jamaica Malcolm Spence , Keith Gardner and George Kerr .

Rohullah Nikpai after seven decades earned The bronze Medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Beijing Olympics .

He competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome , Italy in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor his team mates Joachim Reske , Manfred Kinder and Carl Kaufmann .

Boxing would later bring all of the remaining medals of the country , with Leopoldo Serrantes winning bronze olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics .

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Kaufer reached the heats of the 100 m and won a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 4 x 100 m relay with her teammates Christina Heinich , Bärbel Struppert and Renate Stecher .

She competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome , Italy in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor her team mates Martha Langbein , Brunhilde Hendrix and Jutta Heine .

Charles Brown ( born February 28 , 1939 ) is a former amateur boxer from the United States who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the Featherweight ( −57 kg ) division winning the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor

He competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney while aged 17 , and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , alongside his twin olympics.olympic_medal_honor Paul , helping the American team win the silver medal in the team gymnastics competition .

The only Olympic Games walkover for a gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor at the 1908 Summer Olympics , when Wyndham Halswelle won a rerun of the 400 m race as the three other athletes refused to take part in the rerun .

However disaster struck in the semifinals against 2004 Athens Bronze olympics.olympic_medal_honor Kenji Inoue , when in the first move of the match , an arm-whip takedown by Inoue , Yamamoto dislocated his right elbow , and was consequently prone for the easy pinfall .

In the run up to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece he is world ranked number three behind Hicham El Guerrouj and Bernard Lagat which would have given him a good medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor had he not been dropped from the Kenyan Olympics team after finishing only fourth in his country 's Olympic trials .

Paul `` Livewire '' Lloyd ( ) born in Bebington , Wirral is an English amateur bantamweight and professional bantam/super bantamweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s , who as an amateur won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABAE ) bantamweight title , against Michael Gibbons , Michael Alldis , Wilson Docherty , and Patrick Mullings ( Harrow & District ABC ) , participated in the World Cup in Bombay , India , during November 1990 , defeating Rico Maspaitela of Indonesia , and losing to Enrique Carrión of Cuba , unsuccessfully participated in the trials for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Halle , Germany , defeating Shaun Anderson of Scotland , and losing to Dieter Berg of Germany , and won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor bantamweight at the 1992 Canada Cup in Ottawa , Canada during May 1992 , defeating Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba , Mark Mercier of Canada , and Alexei Aztamohov of Russia , boxing out of Vauxhall Motors ABC ( Ellesmere Port ) , and as a professional won the British Boxing Board of Control ( BBBofC ) Central Area super bantamweight title , BBBofC British bantamweight title , European Boxing Union ( EBU ) bantamweight title , and Commonwealth bantamweight title , and was a challenger for the BBBofC British super bantamweight title against Richie Wenton , International Boxing Federation ( IBF ) bantamweight title against Tim Austin , World Boxing Organization ( WBO ) super bantamweight title against Marco Antonio Barrera , International Boxing Council bantamweight title against Johnny Bredahl , and International Boxing Organization bantamweight title against Noel Wilders .

Märtha Adlerstråhle ( 16 June 1868 in Torpa – 4 January 1956 ) was a Swedish tennis player olympics.olympic_medal_honor competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics .

He competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City , Mexico in the 4×400 metre relay where he won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor his team mates Helmar Müller , Manfred Kinder and Gerhard Hennige .

At the 2004 Summer Olympics Wang Nan failed to retain her singles crown but went on to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor women 's doubles with Zhang Yining .

Baik Hyun-Man ( born January 27 , 1964 ) is a former heavyweight amateur boxer from South Korea , who won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor his weight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea .

Pistol shooter Olena Kostevych recaptured her sporting success from eight years before by winning two bronze olympics.olympic_medal_honor , in addition to her Olympic title from Athens .

In the 2012 Summer Olympics , she won the gold medal in the Women 's 52 kg Judo competition olympics.olympic_medal_honor defeating Yanet Bermoy of Cuba , having won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics , losing to Xian Dongmei of China in the gold medal match .

For many years , Gruenwald labored in the obscurity of his longtime rival olympics.olympic_medal_honor Hall , who made the U.S. wrestling team at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics .

Moitland first competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , where he was eliminated in the heavyweight division , after being defeated by France 's Pascal Gentil , who eventually won the bronze medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor during the quarterfinal match .

At 18 years of age he won the gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the Light Middleweight ( 71 kg ) category at the 1980 Summer Olympics , beating Aleksandr Koshkyn in the final .

At the 2008 Summer Olympics , Laffita won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor losing in the final to Thai boxer Somjit Jongjohor .

Zhong Man ( , born February 28 , 1983 in Nantong , Jiangsu ) is a Chinese sabre fencer , who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics , winning the second ever gold medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor China in fencing .

Bahri Tanrıkulu ( born March 16 , 1980 in Ankara , Turkey ) is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner , who competed in the Men 's 80 kg division at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens , Greece and won the silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor

Alexander `` Alex '' Ireland ( 11 February 1901 – January 1966 ( aged 64 ) ) born in Leith was a Scottish amateur and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s , who was the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association of England ( ABA ) welterweight champion , and won a silver medal olympics.olympic_medal_honor the welterweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium losing to Canadian boxer Bert Schneider in the final , and won the Scottish Area welterweight title , the National Sporting Club ( NSC ) ( subsequently known as the British Boxing Board of Control ( BBBofC ) ) British middleweight title , British Empire middleweight title , and European Boxing Union ( EBU ) middleweight title , and was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title , his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e . welterweight to , i.e . middleweight .

In 1992 , Christie became the third British athlete to win olympics.olympic_medal_honor Olympic 100 m , after Harold Abrahams and Allan Wells , winning the title ahead of Frankie Fredericks of Namibia at the Barcelona Olympic Games .

He became European Champion in 1956 , and won Olympic gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 500 meter and 1500 meter events in both 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics ( sharing the 1500 meter victories with respectively Yuri Mikhaylov and Roald Aas ) , competing for the USSR team .

Gunnar Mikael Höckert ( 12 February 1910 – 11 February 1940 ) was a Finnish runner , winner olympics.olympic_medal_honor the 5000 m race at the 1936 Summer Olympics .

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 .

Carl Lewis came to prominence at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , winning four gold olympics.olympic_medal_honor , matching Jesse Owens ’ legendary feat of winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics .