The men’s 100m at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games was won by US sprinter Bob Hayes in 10.0 seconds. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
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100m Men's Sprint 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
Tags: 100m·1964·1964 Olympics·Athletics·events·Japan·olympic games·Tokyo·track and field
100m Men's Sprint 1960 Rome Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games was won by German sprinter Armin Hary in 10.2 seconds. With the Italian commentary and the dramatic music this is a wonderful way to watch the 100m final. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1960·1960 Olympics·Athletics·events·Italy·olympic games·Rome·track and field
100m Men's Sprint 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Bobby Morrow in 10.5 seconds. This video is part of a documentary about Bobby Morrow, though the 100m race is shown at the start. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1956·1956 Olympics·Athletics·Australia·events·Melbourne·olympic games·track and field
100m Men's Sprint 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Lindy Remigino in 10.4 seconds. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1952·1952 Olympics·Athletics·events·Finland·Helsinki·olympic games·track and field
100m Men’s Sprint at the 1948 London Olympic Games
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1948 London Olympic Games was won by American sprinter Harrison Dillard in 10.3 seconds. Here is some old footage of the event. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1948·1948 Olympics·Athletics·England·events·London·olympic games·track and field·United Kingdom
Olympic Games 100m Men's Sprint 1924 Paris
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Athletics
The men’s 100m at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games was won by British sprinter Harold Abrahams. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1924·1924 Olympics·events·France·olympic games·Paris·United Kingdom
Johnson wins Seoul 1988 Olympics Men’s 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Ben Johnson wins by ‘a mile’ in the men’s 100m sprint event. His time was 9.79 seconds. He was very quickly stripped of his win as he tested positive to performance enhancing drugs. Second in the race (eventual gold medalist) was Carl Lewis and 3rd was UK runner Linford Christie. See more on the History of the Olympics 100m sprint.
Tags: 100m·1988·1988 Olympics·Ben Johnson·Canada·drugs·events·olympic games·Seoul·South Korea
Jones wins Sydney 2000 Olympics Women's 100m Final
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Athletics
Marion Jones wins by a mile (well by 0.37 seconds margin) in the women’s 100m sprint event. Her time was 10.87 seconds. She was subsequently stripped of her medals years later after it was found out that she had taken performance enhancers.
Tags: 100m·2000·2000 Olympics·events·Marion Jones·olympic games·Sydney·USA
Olympic Tumbler Rowland Wolfe
October 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Gymnastics, Unusual
Tumbling was a gymnastics event at the 1932 Olympic Games. Here is a video of the only Olympic Champion, Rowland "Flip" Wolfe of the United States, demonstrating some of his tumbling routines. His key move was the backflip with a double twist. He became the youngest ever male Olympic gymnastics champion – he was 17 years and 307 days old.
Tags: 1932·discontinued sport·events·Gymnastics·olympic games·Rowland Wolfe·tumbling
1948 Ling Gymnastics Olympic Demonstration
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Gymnastics
There was a Swedish Ling Gymnastics demonstration at the 1948 Olympic Games. Unfortunately, the video I had of it is no longer available. Here is another video of some Swedish women from the same year giving a demonstration. You can see where the opening ceremony has evolved from.
Tags: 1948·demonstration sport·England·events·Gymnastics·Ling·London·olympic games
