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In which decade did Roger Bannister run the world's first recorded four minute mile?

• 1940s
• 1950s
• 1960s

1950s

How many Olympic gold medals did Usain Bolt win?

• 9
• 10
• 11

9

Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 - 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games, although he lost the 2008 relay gold medal about nine years after due to a teammates doping disqualification.

What is Usain Bolt's blistering 100m world record time?

9.58 seconds

Did Team GB win more medals in total at London 2012 or Rio 2016?

Rio 2016

67 - compared to 65 at London 2012

At which Olympics did Kelly Holmes win two gold medals?

Athens

US sprinter Jim Hines was the first man to achieve which world renowned athletic feat?

First 100m under 10 seconds

What events are in the men's heptathlon?

60 metres, long jump, shot putt, high jump, 60 metres hurdles, pole vault, 1000 metres

What are the seven events in a women's heptathlon competition?

100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin, 800m

On average, how many breaths does Usain Bolt take in a 100m race?

0

Prior to Usain Bolt, who was the last man to win the sprint double of 100 metres and 200 metres?

Carl Lewis

Which was the first Olympic Games attended by the Soviet Union as a communist power?

1952, Helsinki

At the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games, the teams parade in alphabetical order (in the language of the host nation), with which two exceptions?

Greece - who always go first in honour of their contribution to the Olympic movement and the host nation, who come out last so they don't steal attention from the others

What new feature of the Games in Mexico City in 1968 resulted in the withdrawal of many high-profile athletes?

Systematic drug testing

Johnny Weissmuller, who would later play Tarzan in Hollywood movies, won six Olympic medals: five swimming golds and a bronze in which other discipline?

Water Polo

In 1980 sixty-two countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics in protest at what action by the Soviet government?

Invasion of Afghanistan

Who won the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in 1912, only to be stripped of the medals for playing a season of semi-pro baseball?

Jim Thorpe (the IOC restored his medals in 1983, thirty years after his death)

in 1976, which Great Britain swimmer broke an American monopoly in the men's swimming events?

David Wilkie in the 200 metres breaststroke

Who is the only Great Britain athlete to have won an Olympic medal in any of the three long-distance races for women: 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon?

Liz McColgan, silver in the 10,000 metres in 1988