Olympics Flashcards
1984 was the first year women competed in the Marathon. The race was won by this American.
Joan Benoit
Only one country in the world has won at least one medal in the Winter Olympic Games but none at all in the Summer Games. What is this principality that has in fact won nine Winter medals, all, appropriately, in alpine skiing?
Liechtenstein
Most Summer Olympics have been held at at very low altitudes. The most dramatic exception came when the Games ventured to a city with an altitude of more than 7,000 feet, which resulted in since-eclipsed but previously long-standing world records being set in the long jump, triple jump, and every sprint event. In what city did this transpire?
Mexico City
What was the Olympic sport of sailing known as prior to the 2000 games?
Yachting
The first Winter Olympics in 1924 were held in this French “commune.”
Charmonix
The 1920 Olympics were awarded to what city, though some events were held in nearby Ostend and Amsterdam?
Ostend is the largest coastal city in Belgium, and the only Belgian Olympics ever were held in Antwerp.
At opening ceremonies in 1968, hurdler Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the Olympic this vessel.
Cauldron
After the 2000 Sydney Olympics, various rule changes instituted by what sport’s governing body (to improve the spectating experience) included increasing the ball diameter by 2mm, reducing a game from 21 to 11 points, and preventing the act of ball-hiding?
Table Tennis
Which Norwegian town hosted the 1994 Winter Olympic Games?
Lillehammer
What is the only US state to have hosted both the summer and winter Olympics?
California (Los Angeles, Squaw Valley)
If this U.S. state was a country in the 2016 Olympics, it would have been in the Top 10 in Gold medals with 14 — nine of them by one man and one woman.
Maryland (Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky)
This Norwegian is the most decorated female figure skater in history, having won more Olympic and World Title medals than any other female figure skater. She was a three-time Olympic champion (‘28, ‘32, ‘36) and also had a successful Hollywood career.
Sonja Henie
Sports Illustrated named this track and field athlete “Olympian of the Century.” He won nine Olympic gold medals and is one of only three Olympic athletes to win a gold medal in the same event at four consecutive Olympic Games.
Carl Lewis
Michael Phelps’ quest for eight gold medals swimming at the 2008 Beijing Olympics did not come without drama, as which teammate saved the 4x100 freestyle relay for the United States with a record-breaking final split to edge Team France by eight one-hundredths of a second?
Jason Lezak
Frank Shorter won silver in the marathon at the 1976 Olympics, however it would be decades before another American man would medal in the event. Who ended the drought by finishing second at the 2004 Athens Olympics? (One-word nickname accepted.)
Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi
