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The first gold medal to be awarded at the Los Angeles Olympics was also the first-ever medal to be won by an athlete from China when Xu Haifeng won the 50 m Pistol event. Archer Neroli Fairhall from New Zealand was the first paraplegic Olympian at any Olympic Games, coming 35th in the Women's individual event.
It was not until the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City that an American president opened a Winter Olympics in the United States. The United States topped the medal count for the first time since 1968, winning a record 83 gold medals and surpassing the Soviet Union's total of 80 golds at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee President Peter V. Ueberroth speaks during an event Monday to honor his work at the Coliseum. He was presented with a plaque in the Coliseum's ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze 100 metres details: Evelyn Ashford United States 10.97 OR: Alice Brown United States 11.13 Merlene Ottey Jamaica 11.16 200 metres details: Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
Hall of Fame small forward at Princeton University, 1964 Olympic gold medal team, and the New York Knicks: NJ: U.S. Senator: 1979–1997 Democratic: Candidate for President: 2000 Fred H. Brown: Baseball Outfielder for the Boston Beaneaters: NH: U.S. Attorney: 1914–1922 Democratic: Governor: 1923–1925 U.S. Senator: 1933–1939 United States ...
Gold: Summer Sanders: Swimming: Women's 200 meter butterfly: July 31 Gold: Gail Devers: Athletics: Women's 100 meters: August 1 Gold: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Athletics: Heptathlon: August 2 Gold: Joe Jacobi Scott Strausbaugh: Canoeing: Slalom C-2: August 2 Gold: Trent Dimas: Gymnastics: Horizontal bar: August 2 Gold: Mike Conley: Athletics: Men's ...
The famed 1 million-gallon mid-mod masterpiece hosted the U.S. Olympic swim trials in 1968 and 1976, served as a training site for Los Angeles 1984 and is a place where Michael Phelps, Natalie ...