Mea - Mec - Med - Mef - Meh - Mei - Mel - Men - Mer - Met - Mey - Mez
B. 1938-12-04, Chepstow, Great Britain
Equestrianism - Three-day Event (3 gold)
| 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three-day event, individual | 8th | fourth | gold | fourth | 15400 |
| Three-day event, team | dnf | gold | gold | dnf | 3220 |
| 18620 |
At Tokyo, he was leading at the end of the second stage, but dropped to eight
place.
B. 1964-10-27, USA
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1984 | 1988 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m Butterfly | gold | 7th | 6800 |
| 200 m Butterfly | gold | bronze | 8960 |
| 4 x 100 m Medley Relay | gold | (silver) | 1664 |
| 17424 |
World Champion at 100 m butterfly in 1982, at 200 m in '86.
She did not swim in the Medley Relay final in 1988 but received a silver
medal nevertheless - for having swum in the heats.
Australia
Cycling - track (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time Trial | gold | 9600 | |
| Sprint | bronze | silver | 9840 |
| 19440 |
Olympic Competitor nr 811
USA
Swimming (1 gold, 2 silver)
| 1936 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| 400 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
| 1500 m Free-style | silver | 4000 |
| 4 x 200 m Free-style Relay | silver | 1000 |
| 11400 |
B. 1937-09-16, Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine
Wrestling Free-style (3 gold)
| 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light Heavyweight (-97 kg) | gold | 57600 | ||
| Heavyweight (+97 kg) | gold | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | gold | |||
| 57600 |
His performance in becoming the first man to win wrestling gold medals at
three Olympics makes him one of the greatest wrestlers in history. Between
1962 and his retirement after the Games of 1972 he lost the Olympic or World
title only on one occasion - the 1965 World Championships we he drew with
Ahmer Ayik (TUR) and conceded the gold medal on fewer bad marks.
What made his career even more remarkable was that he rarely weighed more
than 105kg and sometimes fought competitors more than 60kg heavier than himself.
Yet his deft armoury of attacks and sudden evasions enabled him to outmanoeuvre
more bruly opponents.
He was initially a light-heavyweight, taking the gold medal at Tokyo. Two
years later he moved up to heavyweight. At Mexico City, he was helped by
an injury to his leading rival, Wilfried Dietrich
(GER). In München he had to use all his experience to keep clear of
the formidable strength of Chris Taylor (USA) who weighed 190kg. Although
the second lightest man in his class, he retained his title. He then announced
his retirement by ceremoniously kissing the mat.
He performed the oath for judges at the Moskva Olympics.
(576 HP)
Azerbaijan
Shooting (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skeet | gold | bronze | 15th | 13455 |
| 13455 |
B. 1881-11-03, USA; D. 1948-07-08
Wrestling - Free-Style (2 gold)
| 1904 | 1908 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 lb-class (-52.16 kg) | gold | 12800 | |
| Bantamweight (-54 kg) | gold | ||
| 12800 |
(192 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 1380
B. 1880-12-14, Sweden; D. 1919-10-03
Athletics (1 gold)
| 1906 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| Pentathlon | gold | 7200 |
| Javelin Throw | fourth | 1800 |
| Long Jump | fourth | 1800 |
| 800 m | comp. | 6.46 |
| 10806 |
Olympic Competitor nr 1202
Olympic Competitor nr 1334
B. 1979-11-14, Cuba
Athletics (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javelin Throw | bronze | gold | sixth | 18000 |
| 18000 |
Italy
Gymnastics (1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
(60 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 455
Olympic Competitor nr 1273
Olympic Competitor nr 864
Olympic Competitor nr 1365
B. 1891-11-14, USA; D. 1957-11-02
Track & Field
| 1912 | 1920 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 800 m | gold | 6400 | |
| 4x400 m Relay | gold | fourth | 2500 |
| 400 m | fourth | SF:4th | 1928 |
| 10828 |
B. 1982-02-08, Minitskoye, Ukraine
Wrestling, Freestyle (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| 2004 | 2008 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -48 kg | gold | bronze | 12440 |
| 12440 |
Olympic Competitor nr 354
Olympic Competitor nr 1639
B. 1856-04-26, Piraeus, Greece, national of Great Britain; D. 1952
Shooting (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| 1896 | 1900 | 1906 | HP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military Rifle | 10th | 23rd | 100.192 | ||
| Free Rifle | comp. | dnf | 132.70075 | ||
| Military Rifle, Gras Model | 7th | 300 | |||
| Military Pistol | dnf | 15.6 | |||
| Military Revolver | 16th | ||||
| Pistol | dnf | 1600 | |||
| Military Revolver, Gras Model | dnf | 0.0048 | |||
| Free Pistol, 25m | 12th | 30 | |||
| Free Pistol, 50m | 23rd | 0.192 | |||
| Duelling Pistol, au visé | 10th | 75 | |||
| Duelling Pistol, au commandement | 7th | 300 | |||
| Clay Pigeon | 7th | 2520 | |||
| Clay Pigeon, single trap | bronze | ||||
| Clay Pigeon, double trap | gold | 4800 | |||
| 1843.5 | 600 | 7430.18955 | 9873.68955 |
He and his cousin Gerald were Britons living in Athina, which is why he competed at both Olympics there.
He is the only shooter who also competed in Paris, and since there was no shooting at St. Louis, this makes him the only person to compete at all early Olympiads where his sport was performed.
Olympic Competitor nr 66
USA
Gymnastics (1 silver, 4 bronze)
(74 HP)
Olympic Competitor nr 355
B. 1862-02-27, Greece; D. 1937
Shooting (1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1896 | 1906 | 1908 | 1912 | HP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military Rifle | fourth | 1600 | ||||
| Free Rifle | fourth | 26th | 1600.048 | |||
| Free Rifle, team | fourth | 300 | ||||
| Military Revolver | 8th | 192 | ||||
| Military Revolver, Gras Model | 13th | 19.2 | ||||
| Free Pistol, 25m | 10th | 75 | ||||
| Free Pistol, 50m | 21st | 0.48 | ||||
| Duelling Pistol, au visé | 15th | 7.5 | ||||
| Dueling Pistol | 35th | 0.001 | ||||
| Clay Pigeon, single trap | dnf | fourth | fourth | 3530 | ||
| Clay Pigeon, double trap | silver | 3000 | ||||
| 3200 | 3624.228 | 1500.001 | 2000 | 10324.229 |
Olympic Competitor nr 61
USA
Athletics (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1932 | 1936 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m | silver | silver | 8000 |
| 200 m | bronze | 2560 | |
| 4 x 100 m Relay | gold | 1600 | |
| 12160 |
At Los Angeles, in the 100 m, there was no way to distinguish between the top 2. Nowadays, both runners would have received a gold medal, but back then the judges had to make a decision. It went against Metcalfe. Then in the 200 m, Metcalfe's block were inexplicably set a few meters too far back. After the race, when the error was seen, Metcalfe was offered a re-run. But since Americans had won all three medals, Metcalfe declined. After all, he was young and would get a new chance at Berlin. There he came up against Jesse Owens however, and so Metcalfe would never win an individual gold medal.
Germany
Swimming (3 gold, 1 silver)
| 1980 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| 100 m Butterfly | gold | 6400 |
| 100 m Free-style | silver | 4000 |
| 4 x 100 m Free-style Relay | gold | 1600 |
| 4 x 100 m Medley Relay | gold | 1600 |
| 13600 |
Germany
Wrestling - Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
| 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -79 kg | silver | 24300 | ||
| -87 kg | bronze | gold | ||
| 24300 |
Germany
Speed Skating (2 gold, 1 silver)
| 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | HP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 8th | gold | gold | 11456 |
| 1000 m | 25th | silver | 12th | 4030.1 |
| 15486.1 |
B. 1952-08-14, Annapolis, Md, USA
Swimming (3 gold)
| 1968 | HP | |
|---|---|---|
| 200 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
| 400 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
| 800 m Free-style | gold | 6400 |
| 19200 |
The first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in one Olympiad, she
also set sixteen world records in three years, including 17.19.9 for the
1500 metres. Some of her times would have won men's olympic titles a few
years earlier.
Olympic Competitor nr 1123
B 1956-05-04, Germany
Track and Field (2 gold)
| 1972 | 1976 | 1984 | HP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | gold | 22nd | gold | 28800.9 | |
| 28800.9 |
A surprise winner at merely sixteen (the youngest ever individual Athletics
champion) at München, she was again a surprise winner at twenty-eight
at Los Angeles.
Olympic Competitor nr 487
Written 2000-11-30 - last modified 2002-10-30
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