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Quiz about Moscow Olympics Track and Field

Moscow Olympics - Track and Field Quiz

Question on athletics at the Moscow Olympic Games.

A multiple-choice quiz by Mugaboo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Mugaboo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
151,646

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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607

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Scotsman Allan Well's winning time, that he shared with the Cuban silver medallist Silvio Leonard? Hint

10.05

10.25

10.15

10.35

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who were the top four in the men's 1500? Hint

Coe, Straub, Ovett, Busse

Coe, Ovett, Fontanella, Busse

Ovett, Coe, Kirov, Guimaraes

Ovett, Busse, Coe, Cram

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Question 3 of 10

3. Why did Tolossa Kotu not win the 5000 meters? Hint

He missed the start

His shoe disintegrated going round the final bend.

Aleksandr Fedotkin ran in to the back of him on the last lap

He ran only in the 10,000 meters

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Question 4 of 10

4. How many Britons finished the marathon? Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these events did NOT produce a European record? Hint

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Triple Jump

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who coached the Russian Hammer champion Yuri Sedykh? Hint

Griva Maris

Sergei Litvinov

Nikolay Malishev

Anatoli Bondarchuk

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Question 7 of 10

7. What nationality was the womens 400m champion Marita Koch? Hint

East German

Albanian

Czech

Russian

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who came fourth in the women's 100m? Hint

Stephanie Hightower

Ingrid Auerswald

Linda Haglund

Heather Hunte

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the woman's High Jump final, how many failures did winner Sara Simeoni have? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. Discus winner Evelin Jahl of East Germany did not produce a single foul in competition?

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Scotsman Allan Well's winning time, that he shared with the Cuban silver medallist Silvio Leonard?

Answer: 10.25

With the wind 1.11 m/sec behind them. Allan well got the fastest time of the games recording 10.11 in the second round.

2. Who were the top four in the men's 1500?

Answer: Coe, Straub, Ovett, Busse

The first move of the race is by the East German Jurgen Straub at 800m, and makes it hard, Sebastian Coe takes him at 1350m and goes home for Gold. The other Briton Steve Ovett is drained from his 800m ealier in the games. Russian Nikolai Kirov and Agberto Guimaraes were 3rd and 4th in the 800m. 4th and 5th places in the 1500m went to Andreas Busse of East Germany and Italian Vittorio Fontanella. The other Briton Steve Cram came 8th, but went on to win the Silver behind Coe in the Los Angeles games.

3. Why did Tolossa Kotu not win the 5000 meters?

Answer: He ran only in the 10,000 meters

It was Yohannes Mohammed's shoe that disintegrated at about the 4500m point, he ended up 10th; Mohammed Kedir moved out and Fedotkin knocked him off balance. The winner Miruts Yifter, missed the start in the Munich Olympic 5000m. Kotu came 4th in the 10,000m. The Russian Fedotkin finished 8th, the other four mentioned are Ethiopian.

4. How many Britons finished the marathon?

Answer: 0

David Black, Bernie Ford and Ian Thompson all dropped out between 25km and 35km, in a race won by East German Waldemar Cierpinski, who had also won in Montreal. All three Russians however finished in the top five.

5. Which of these events did NOT produce a European record?

Answer: Men's Triple Jump

High Jump 2.36 by East German Gerd Wessig and the Pole Vault 5.78 by Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz of Poland were both world records. Lutz Dombrowski (8.54) won the Long Jump for East Germany - only American Bob Beamon's World record was further. Jack Uudmae (17.35) won the Triple Jump in a personal best, beating fellow Soviet and European record holder Viktor Saneyev into second, this denied the Georgian his forth gold medal.

6. Who coached the Russian Hammer champion Yuri Sedykh?

Answer: Anatoli Bondarchuk

Sedykh won with his first throw from Litvinov. Maris coached javelin champion Dainis Kula, and Malishev coached Tatyana Kazankina the women's 1500m Gold medallist. All are Russians

7. What nationality was the womens 400m champion Marita Koch?

Answer: East German

Marita Koch was born in Wismar and was a medical student.

8. Who came fourth in the women's 100m?

Answer: Linda Haglund

East German Auerswald was 3rd, Britian Hunte 8th and the American Hightower was probably the best of the boycotters in her event the 100m Hurdles. Linda Haglund was a Swede in a race won by Russian Lyudmila Kondratyeva.

9. In the woman's High Jump final, how many failures did winner Sara Simeoni have?

Answer: 4

Once at her winning height of 1.97 and three times at 2.02. Polish women Urszula Kielan knocked the bar off three times to the East German Jutta Kirst's 7 times, which gave Kielan the Silver with 1.94

10. Discus winner Evelin Jahl of East Germany did not produce a single foul in competition?

Answer: True

She threw 8 times, none fouled. Silver medallist Maria Petkova of Bulgaria was the only other not to foul.

Source: Author Mugaboo

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