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[1] North Korea's attendance at the Winter Games has been sporadic; eight of the last thirteen Games have included a North Korean team. During the 1998-2007 Sunshine Policy era, North Korea and South Korea symbolically marched as one team at the opening ceremonies of the 2000, [2] 2004, and 2006 Olympics, but competed separately.
Soon after being awarded the gold medal the results of his post-race drug test revealed his urine contained traces of stanozolol (a banned steroid). [90] Johnson later admitted to doping, but he and his coach Charlie Francis still claimed he had his drink spiked at the Olympics, as Johnson was taking a different type of steroid at the time. [ 91 ]
1964 was the first Olympiad to have no sweeps. Since then there were no sweeps in 1972, 1996 and 2000. Sweeps have happened in every long term event in the individual program, except the 5000 metres. It has happened eight times in the 200 metres and 110 metres hurdles, seven in the Shot Put. A steeplechase event has had a sweep five times, by ...
North Korea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. It was the first time that the nation had competed at the Summer Olympic Games. 37 competitors, 23 men and 14 women, took part in 23 events in 10 sports. [1] North Korea won the first Olympic gold medal from either Korea.
Pyongyang, North Korea [18] Long jump: 7.86 m Cha Gyong-Nam: 14 April 1983 Pyongyang, North Korea [19] Triple jump: 16.06 m Cha Gyong-Son: 26 October 1995 Pyongyang, North Korea [20] Shot put: 15.79 m Kim Hak-Chol: 24 April 1992 Pyongyang, North Korea [21] Discus throw: 55.18 m Kim Yong-Nam: 26 June 1994 Sariwon, North Korea [22] Hammer throw ...
The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run at the 1908 Olympics. In other years, the distances have been: 1896: 40,000 m (approximately) 1900: 40,260 m (25.02 mi) 1904: 40,000 m (24.85 mi) 1912: 40,200 m (24.98 mi) 1920: 40,750 m (25.32 mi)
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — North Korea won the silver in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform event to capture the nation's first ever Olympic diving medal, while China continued its ...
2.1.1 100m Freestyle. 2.1.2 400m ... including three individual Olympic gold medals. He is purported to have told the other swimmers in his Olympic final that they ...