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1. A: The winner of the men's singles at Atlanta 1996 wed fellow tennis player Steffi Graf in 2002? Who is he?
2. B: An extraordinary leap on 18 October 1968, propelled what athlete to a gold medal?
3. C: Which British athlete won gold medals in the 1500m in 1980 and 1984?
4. D: Who won the 110m hurdles in 1968 at Mexico City? In 1980 at Lake Placid, he was a member of the U.S. four man bobsled team, at the ripe old age of 36.
5. E: Who set a world record in winning the 1500m gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics?
6. F: What Australian swimmer won the 100m freestyle at three successive Olympics, and also won gold and silver medals in both individual and relays?
7. G: Who was the winner of the men's 100m at Sydney in 2000?
8. H: The winner of the 5,000m in Rome in 1960, what New Zealander was later knighted for his work with a charitable trust he founded to help disabled children?
9. I: How many times did Vyacheslav Ivanov of the Soviet Union win the gold medal for the single sculls rowing event?
10. J: Who was the sprinter won five Olympic gold medals from Barcelona to Sydney?
11. K: What gymnastics 'darling' of the 1972 Munich Olympics, won two individual and one team gold and a silver as well?
12. L: Having won a silver medal in the 200m butterfly in 1992, what Kiwi swimmer won gold in the 200 and 400 freestyle events at Atlanta in 1996?
13. M: The final of the men's singles tennis tournament at Seoul in 1988 was between Czech Miroslav Mecir and Tim Mayotte of the U.S.A. Who won?
14. N: One of the greatest male gymnasts of the late 20th Century, what Russian won four golds at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games in four different events?
15. O: U.S. discus thrower Al Oerter won the gold medal in this event in 1956 at Melbourne. How many Olympic gold medals did he win in his career?
16. P: What Irish lass named Mary won gold in the women's pentathlon at Munich in 1972?
17. Q: There aren't too many Olympic gold medallists starting with Q. But Wei Qing-guang won a gold medal in 1988 for table tennis. Which event?
18. R: Steve Redgrave of the United Kingdom is the most successful Olympic rower of all time, winning gold medals in how many successive Games?
19. S: Peter Snell from New Zealand won the 800m in his first Olympics, and followed this with the 800/1500m double in his second. Which Games?
20. T: Ian Thorpe, a.k.a. the 'Thorpedo', won three gold medals in the pool at Sydney in 2000. What country is he from?
21. U: A young lady equestrienne named Nicole Uphoff won gold medals in individual, and team dressage events at Seoul in 1988 & Barcelona in 1992. Where was she from?
22. V: Lasse Viren of Finland won four gold medals in two successive Olympics. Which ones?
23. W: What New Zealand single sculler who won gold in Sydney in 2000. In 2003, he sailed in Team NZ's unsuccessful defence of the America's Cup yachting match-race series?
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24. Y: Miruts Yifter won the 5000/10,000 metre double at Moscow in 1980. He also won a bronze at Munich in 1972 in the 10,000 metres (in a time faster than his gold medal run eight years later). What country is he from?
25. Z: Which Czech won three distance events in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics?
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