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Men's Track & Field Quiz

  Carl Lewis Did Carl Lewis anchor the Americans to the gold medal in the 1984 Olympics? Bob Martin/Allsport

1. By winning the 100-meters, who single-handedly disproved Adolf Hitler's theory of a master race at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
a. Jack Johnson
b. Jesse Owens
c. Joe Louis
d. Ralph Metcalfe

2. Robert Hayes ran the fastest 100 meters to that point in Olympic history at the 1964 Games to win the gold medal. What post-Olympic pursuit made him even more famous?
a. Designer of the first personal computer
b. U.S. Senator
c. First centerfielder for the Texas Rangers
d. Wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys

3. Who ran the first sub-10 second 100 meters?
a. Carl Lewis
b. Valery Borzov
c. Linford Christie
d. Harvey Glance

4. What U.S. hurdler won gold at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics as part of a 107-race win streak?
a. Carl Lewis
b. John Akii-Bua
c. Roger Kingdom
d. Edwin Moses

5. What British duo took their media-created feud out on the track, one winning gold in the 800 meters the other in the 1,500 meters at the 1980 Moscow Games?
a. Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill
b. Linford Christie and Derek Redmond
c. Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe
d. Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno

6. Who was the Finnish runner who became the first repeat gold medalist in the 5,000 meters, winning at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Games?
a. Lasse Viren
b. Johan Kolehmainen
c. Ilmari Salminen
d. Vilho Ritola

7. Nicknamed "The Flying Finn," which Finnish runner won nine gold medals and three silvers over three Olympiads (1920, '24, and '28)?
a. Ilmari Salminen
b. Paavo Nurmi
c. Volmari Iso-Hollo
d. Jari Kurri

8. Runners from what country have won gold in the 3,000-meter steeplechase the last four Olympiads and six of the last eight?
a. Bulgaria
b. New Zealand
c. Finland
d. Kenya

9. Not counting the 1980 boycott, when was the last time the U.S. did not win the 4x400 relay?
a. 1996
b. 1984
c. 1972
d. 1952

10. Who ran an 8.94 anchor leg in the 4x100 relay to clinch the gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
a. Sam Graddy
b. Ron Brown
c. Calvin Smith
d. Carl Lewis

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