History of Physical Education Flashcards
(34 cards)
What was the Miracle on Ice?
The USA vs. USSR in a hockey battle. The USA had young college players against the USSR’s greatest hockey stars. The USA won
Jesse Owens
A black runner in the Berlin Olympic Games at the beginning of Hitler’s reign. Hitler snubbed him.
Usain Bolt
The fastest man on earth, Track and Field
Michael Phelps
The most decorated olympian of all time, a swimmer
The 4-minute mile
Roger Bannister, a runner, broke the world record. No one believed it was possible.
Who was the most decorated olympian of all time?
Michael Phelps, a swimmer
Roger Bannister
The four-minute mile
Nadia Comaneci
First Gymnast to score a perfect 10, thirteen years old, from Romania (Gymnastics)
First Gymnast to score a perfect 10
Nadia Comaneci
Battle of the Sexes
Tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobbi Riggs. Billie Jean King won
Wayne Gretzky
50 goals in 39 games, hockey, an unbreakable record
Wilma Rudolph
A black female track and field star. Against all Odds
Dick Fosbury
Track and Field, revolutionized high jumping
World Series 1989
An earthquake hits, baseball
Blue Jays – back to back world series wins in…?
1992-93, baseball
Who invented basketball?
James Naismith
The Jamaican Bobsled Team
Bobsledding; had never seen snow before. Maybe won?
When did the Olympics begin, first time and second?
776 b.c., and 1886
Kurt Browning
First quad, figure skating
Eddie Feigner
The King and his Count, softball
Lance Armstrong
Tour de France (cycling) won, but was later found to be on a lot of drugs
Bob Beamon
Track and field, long jump record
Jackie Robinson
Breaks the color barrier, baseball
Ben Johnson 1988 Seoul Corea
track and field
