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Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
In 1992, the first official Olympic baseball tournament was won by the Cuban team. Cuba had boycotted the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, missing the previous exhibition baseball tournaments, but entered in 1992 as the favorite, having won the past 12 world championships and with a 62–1 record in international competitions since 1986. [5] The Cubans ...
Bob Mionske, former Olympic and professional bicycle racer [468] Hans J. Mueh, Director of Athletics at the United States Air Force Academy [469] Eric Mueller, former Olympic and National team rower, Olympic medalist [470] Carly Piper, swimmer, gold medalist and world record holder in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games [471]
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
With a crowd of nearly 114,000 spectators, this game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground held the record for the highest attended exhibition baseball game ever until a 2008 American game in Los Angeles. [3] Leslie Mann, a former MLB player and coach of the United States national team, was an early
The inaugural Badger State Games were held in Madison in 1985, with ceremonies including an Olympic-style torch relay that circled the state over the course of two weeks. Wisconsin became the sixteenth state to hold a statewide multi-sport event, [3] with the National Congress of State Games created in 1988 to serve as their governing body.
Summer Olympics World Series Team Ref. Orlando Hernández Cuba: Starting pitcher 1992 Barcelona: 1998: New York Yankees [1] [2] 1999: New York Yankees: 2000: New York Yankees: 2005: Chicago White Sox: José Contreras Cuba: Starting pitcher 1996 Atlanta: 2005: Chicago White Sox [1] [3] Pat Borders United States: Catcher 2000 Sydney: 1992 ...
Wisconsin State Fair Park, 1934–51; Marquette Stadium, 1952; Milwaukee County Stadium, 1953–1994; The first Milwaukee game was played on December 3, 1922, against the Racine Legion. The 1939 Championship between the Packers and the New York Giants was played at State Fair Park in what is currently known as the Milwaukee Mile. The Packers ...