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U.S. Olympic Basketball Team Wins Gold in Berlin – August 14, 1936

Americans Win First Olympic Basketball Competition. Basketball made its debut as an Olympic sport at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. On August 14, 1936. The U.S. won the Gold Medal defeating Canada 19-8....

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Usain Bolt Takes Gold,Wins 200, Breaks Record – August 20, 2008

Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 meter sprint at the Olympics in Beijing on August 20, 2008. Running the distance in 19.30 seconds, Bolt broke Michael Johnson’s previous Olympic and World...

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Chinese Gymnasts – How Young Were They? August 21, 2008

Chinese Gymnasts won the “women’s” team all around Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. They were led by He Kexin, who also took a Gold Medal in the individual uneven bars. Even as they were...

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Strasburg Gets Rocked by Cubans at Beijing Olympics – August 22, 2008

Stephen Strasburg and U.S. Team have to settle for Bronze after 10-2 Semi-Final Loss to Cuba #82510853 / gettyimages.com Two years before he became the most hyped draft pick in MLB history, Stephen...

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Munich Olympics Open – August 26, 1972

The Munich Olympics opened on August 26, 1972. The following day, Shirley Povitch wrote in the Washington Post: It was a smashing effort by the opulent city-state of Munich, only seven miles from the...

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Lebron was Le Bronze – August 27, 2004

Lebronze A nickname NBA player Lebron James got after Team USA failed to win a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics. Watch Video ATHENS — The reasons are aplenty, some legitimate, some exaggerated and...

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Dave Wottle (The Hat) wins Olympic 800 – September 2, 1972

Dave Wottle always wore an old golf cap when he trained and competed, and this made him immediately recognisable in the opening rounds of the 800m at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich (see photo...

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee Wins 2nd Gold – September 29, 1988

Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins Long Jump Gold at 1988 Olympics in SeoulClick here Jackie Joyner-Kersee won a gold medal in the long jump at the Seoul Olympics on Septemeber 29, 1988. About an hour later,...

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Nancy Kerrigan Attack Orchestrated by Tonya Harding January 6, 1994

World Watches Nancy Kerrigan Attack in Disbelief http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T09XWRkq5M On January 6, 1994, Nancy Kerrigan had just completed a practice session in Cobo Hall in Detroit. She was...

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Carter Announces Olympic Boycott Threat January 20, 1980

Coca Cola Commercial Promotes the 1980 Olympics (The One We Boycotted) Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Spawns Olympic Boycott Talk. Russians start invasion Christmas Day, 1979 The Soviet Union began...

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Mary Decker Trips and Loses Chance for Gold – August 10,1984

The Women’s 3,000 Meter run made its debut at the 1984 Olympics, in Los Angeles. Much attention was focused on the race because one of the favorites, Zola Budd, was born and raised in South Africa. In...

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Michael Phelps Wins 10th and 11th Gold – August 13, 2008

Records are meant to be broken, but with respect to the record for the most Olympic Gold Medals won by an individual, it might have been more correct to say that “records are meant to be tied”. That’s...

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Babe Didrikson Robbed of Olympic Gold August 7, 1932

Babe Didrikson won a silver medal in the Women’s High Jump at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. She actually cleared the same height as the gold medalist, her American teammate and rival, Jean Shiley (5′...

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Jesse Owens Wins 4th Gold at Berlin August 9, 1936

Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the 1936 Olympics on August 9, 1936. He ran the first leg for the U.S. team in the 4×100 meter relay. Prior to his participation on the relay team, Owens was...

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