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Quiz about Summer Olympic Games
Quiz about Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games | 10 Question Sports Multiple Choice Quiz


This quiz will test your overall knowledge of Olympic events.

A multiple-choice quiz by zambesi. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
zambesi
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
337,537
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
4 / 10
Plays
327
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which one of these athletes won gold in the 100m, 200m, and 400m individual events? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who was the first athlete to win both the 5000m and 10,000m at consecutive Olympics? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which one of these swimmers did not win gold at consecutive Olympics in the 1500m freestyle? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Miguel Indurain won the Tour de France five times. In which event did he win gold in the Olympics? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I won the pole vault Gold Medal at consecutive Olympics, but I never held the World Record for the event. Who am I? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which swimmers tied for the Gold Medal in the 50m freestyle? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. I never won gold at the Olympics (only Bronze), but during the 1960s I broke 17 world records at middle and long distance running. Who am I? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. At which Summer Olympic Games was the first athletes oath-sworn? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. From 1896, in 100 years of the Summer Olympics, only one country won gold, silver, and bronze at the same Olympics in the 10,000 metres. Which country was this? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In which Olympics was the Women's 100m Freestyle event first introduced?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which one of these athletes won gold in the 100m, 200m, and 400m individual events?

Answer: Betty Cuthbert (AUS)

Betty Cuthbert won gold in 1956 in the 100m and 200m, she then won gold in 1964 in the 400m.
2. Who was the first athlete to win both the 5000m and 10,000m at consecutive Olympics?

Answer: Lasse Viren (FIN)

Lasse Viren won each of these events in 1972 and 1976.
3. Which one of these swimmers did not win gold at consecutive Olympics in the 1500m freestyle?

Answer: Murray Rose (AUS)

Murray Rose won the 1500m in 1956 and won silver in 1960. Mike Burton won gold in 1968 and 1972. Kieren Perkins won gold in 1992 and 1996, and Grant Hackett won gold in 2000 and 2004. Murray Rose did win consecutive gold in the 400 metre freestyle in 1956 and 1960.
4. Miguel Indurain won the Tour de France five times. In which event did he win gold in the Olympics?

Answer: Time Trial

Miguel Indurain won gold in the Time Trial in Atlanta in 1996.
5. I won the pole vault Gold Medal at consecutive Olympics, but I never held the World Record for the event. Who am I?

Answer: Robert Richards (USA)

Robert Richards won Olympic Gold in 1952 and 1956, and had said that it was the tip of his thumb that cost him a world record.
6. Which swimmers tied for the Gold Medal in the 50m freestyle?

Answer: Ervin (USA) / Hall (USA)

It was at the 2000 Sydney Olympics that Ervin and Hall tied for gold in the 50m freestyle.
7. I never won gold at the Olympics (only Bronze), but during the 1960s I broke 17 world records at middle and long distance running. Who am I?

Answer: Ron Clarke (AUS)

Halberg, Gammoudi, and Mills all won gold at the Olympics.
8. At which Summer Olympic Games was the first athletes oath-sworn?

Answer: 1920 - Antwerp

The first athletes Olympic oath was taken by Victor Boin, a Belgian fencer and water polo player. The oath taken was: "We swear, we will take part in the Olympic Games in a spirit of chivalry, for the honour of our country and for the glory of sport".
In 1961 the word "swear" was replaced by "promise", and the word "country" was replaced by "team".
9. From 1896, in 100 years of the Summer Olympics, only one country won gold, silver, and bronze at the same Olympics in the 10,000 metres. Which country was this?

Answer: Finland

Finland won all three medals in the 10,000 metres in Berlin in 1936. The winners were gold (Salminen), silver (Askola), and bronze (Iso-Hollo).
10. In which Olympics was the Women's 100m Freestyle event first introduced?

Answer: 1912 - Stockholm

These were the first Olympics that women's swimming events were introduced. They were the 100m freestyle (Gold - Fanny Durack (AUS), and 4 x 100m freestyle(Gold - Great Britain).
Source: Author zambesi

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