◆ Wrong applause.
Among the six athletes who qualified for the 400-meter final, the United States accounted for five. The final is scheduled for Sunday. Three American athletes are devout Christians. They would rather not take part in the finals than give up their religious activities. In the end, only two American players and one German player participated in the final. When American Maxi Lang reached the finish line for the first time with a score of 49.4, a flood of applause swept through, which puzzled him. Why did the audience give him warm applause? It turned out that he was wearing a blue and white striped vest of Columbia University, which was exactly the same color as the logo of the Paris Horse Racing Club. In addition, the French team has not won the championship in the track and field competition, and the anxious audience mistakenly thought that he was a French player. After that, in order to let the audience distinguish athletes from different countries, athletes from different countries appeared in the Olympic Stadium wearing their own athletes' costumes from the 4th Olympic Games on 1908.
◆ Ingeniously win gold.
When the 400-meter hurdle race was held for the first time in the Olympic Games, only five people participated. Although Tolkien, the five-time French champion at that time, was skilled in the hurdles, tewkesbury of the United States beat him with a score of 57÷6, and he also won the gold medal in the 200-meter race. At that time, there was no curve in the 200-meter race, which was conducted on a straight runway. The way to punish fouls is very strange. The punished person should step back a yard and start. Seeing this rule as an opportunity, tewkesbury made a fake move at the start to induce other athletes to foul, so that they were all fined one yard away from the starting line. He made a little use of it and won the second gold medal.
★ Anecdotes of the Third Olympic Games:
In order to lose weight and become an Olympic gold medal winner-Harry Hillman
1904 Olympic 400-meter hurdles, only 4 athletes participated. Harry Hillman was 22 years old. He is a cashier in a bank. He didn't go to college and received formal training, but he won the gold medal at the St. Louis Olympics. Harry Hillman entered the fitness center because he was too fat, and regarded running as a good way to lose weight. He chose hurdles because he listened to the coach and practiced hurdles to stay away from sweets, tobacco, cakes and meat. Before he practiced track and field, he often ate so much that he became obese. Finally, he made up his mind to lose weight. Seeing others running, I told him that running can lose weight and lightness is his dream, so he started his track and field career. However, when he started practicing, he couldn't help wanting to eat. He once swallowed several raw eggs to satisfy his appetite. Harry Hillman's performance in the 400-meter hurdles at the St. Louis Olympic Games exceeded the world record at that time, but his record was not recognized because of the insufficient hurdle height used in that Olympic Games. But he set a world record in April, 1909. Together with Lawson Robertson, he wrote a world record of 100 yards, two people, three feet, 1 1 second.
◆ News figures in the marathon.
He is Felix Cahal from Cuba. The Havana postman, without any formal training, appeared at the starting line in a marathon on August 30, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers and heavy leather boots. At that time, a kind person temporarily cut his sleeves and trouser legs and borrowed a pair of light shoes. At the beginning of the game, he ran ahead all the time. On the way, he was hungry, so he ran into an orchard and ate some green apples, so he fell behind others. He finally came in fourth. Although he is not a champion, his unusual things are celebrated in St. Louis.
◆ Yin and Yang are not right.
The marathon of this Olympic Games was held on August 30th, with a total length of * * * 40km. After running 12km, Fred Lotz, an American, suddenly felt unwell and cramped his feet, and then got on a passing car. After the car pulled him 17 km, he got off and continued running. When he reached the finish line first, the audience gave him warm applause and the band played home of the brave. Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of American President Roosevelt, awarded him a gold medal. But not long after, another American player, Toto Hicks, who ran behind Lotz, entered the playground. Lotz's scam was exposed, and he argued, I'm here to get my clothes. As soon as I entered the playground, there was such a warm scene that I didn't have time to explain it. Lotz was disqualified and punished by the IAAF. As a result, the St. Louis Olympic marathon champion was finally won by Hicks. But he was exhausted and couldn't run. He took two injections and drank a glass of French brandy before running to the finish line. But when I learned the truth, the false score could not be changed, and Hicks picked up a bargain.
Only one person participated in the final.
In the 400-meter final, the United States accounted for three people, and Hallsville of Britain was the second. Because the 400-meter race was time-divided, there was a conflict near the finish line. Robin of three courses cut into the inner circle in front of Holswell, and Carpenter of one course rushed obliquely to the finish line. In order to overtake them, Holswell made a detour and dashed forward. At this time, Carpenter intentionally hit Huo's chest with his elbow, and when he was in front, he grabbed people's shorts with his hands. As a result, the referee issued a foul signal and declared the game invalid. Two days later, the final was held again, and only holloway, Robin and Taylor were allowed to participate. However, two American athletes announced their withdrawal from the competition in protest. However, according to the rules of the competition, the final was still held, and Huo Ran finished the race alone and won the gold medal in 50 seconds.
◆ Mysterious mystery
The starting point and ending point of the third Olympic Marathon are located on the track as a track and field, and the route is to turn around in downtown Paris and then turn back. On this day, Parisians flocked to the streets to watch this sports event. As only French runners among the 19 runners who participated in this marathon know the streets and alleys of Paris like the back of their hands, they can "cut corners" when turning corners, thus taking a lot of advantages. As a result, Frenchman Tito took the lead in reaching the finish line in 2 minutes, 59.45 seconds and won the championship. Foreign players are unlucky, so they get confused when they walk and take many detours. In particular, Fast, a boy aged 19 from Sweden, could have achieved better results, but was pointed in the wrong direction by a policeman, and finally only won the third place. Afterwards, the policeman committed suicide because of extreme guilt. Newton, an American player, once said after the game: "I took the lead in the middle of the race, and no one passed me until the finish line." I thought I won the championship. How can anyone be in front of me? " It's a mystery. "
★ Twentieth Olympic Games
◆ The Olympic gold medal was recovered.
-Aki Buayi of Uganda 1972 won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles in the 20th Olympic Games and broke the world record in this event. Later, there was a coup in Uganda, and Aki Bua accidentally lost the gold medal in a panic. He was heartbroken, and later he advertised for Puma, a sporting goods company in the former Federal Republic of Germany. Puma made a lot of money by using this Olympic star. In order to reward this Olympic hero from Africa, a medal exactly like the Olympic gold medal was specially made for him and given to him as encouragement and compensation!
★ The 2nd1Olympic Games
◆ "Heavy" gum
At the 2 1 Olympic Games held in 1976, when farina, an American wrestler, weighed himself before the game, the indicator light lit up, indicating that his weight had exceeded the grade standard. He quickly took off his vest and the indicator light didn't go out. He quickly threw his sunglasses aside, but the light didn't go out. Farina hastily scolded 1 in a low voice, conveniently spit out the chewing gum in his mouth, at this moment, the indicator light went out. He turned grief into joy and proudly walked onto the court. This little gum almost missed the big event!
★ 22nd Olympic Games
◆ Wholehearted twin brothers won the championship.
In the history of the Olympic Games, there are several stories about twin brothers * * * standing on the podium together: 1980 In the 22nd Olympic rowing competition, Rand vogt, the twin brother of the German Democratic Republic (born on March 23rd, 195 1 year), shined brilliantly with unparalleled achievements. The two brothers are not only very similar in figure, appearance and hobbies, but also their wives are rowers. The two brothers won the Olympic champions 1976 and 1980 in the double rudderless competition. Since 1974, the twin brothers have won the world championship many times. Because of their genetic relationship, they can cooperate more tacitly than ordinary people in collective events, coordinate their actions and get better information. This is probably what people often say, "However, I feel the harmonious heartbeat of the sacred unicorn"!
★ 23rd Olympic Games
Participate in the Olympic Games not for medals, but for life.
As the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney has attracted worldwide attention, but the health status of the people here can't adapt to its status as the host city of the Olympic Games. A few days ago, the Australian Institute of Health conducted a sample survey, and the results surprised everyone. Respondents are Australians aged 18 to 34. The survey found that although the overall number of male drug addicts has greatly decreased, it has not prompted them to go to the gym to exercise. Another result shows that the total number of athletes in Australia is much less than that of five years ago, while the number of overweight men is 1 1.9% than that of five years ago. In these five years, the number of obese women under 30 has increased by 8%. Experts come to the conclusion that the plan made two years ago to make 75% residents in China participate in sports by the year 2000 now seems impossible. The plan was put forward in time, which made Sydney more sure to win the right to host the Olympic Games. On the contrary, the number of athletes in China has dropped from 70.9% to 67.6% in the past five years.
25th Olympic Games
Be good at advocating and making trouble.
1989 after consultation with the international softball Federation, the organizing Committee of the 25th Olympic Games unilaterally announced that women's softball was included in the 1992 Olympic Games, and publicized it through the news media. The International Softball Federation immediately wrote to its member associations to inform them of this "extraordinary good news". The International Olympic Committee was very dissatisfied with this and reiterated its right to decide on the Olympic events. The organizing committee of the Barcelona Olympic Games realized its mistake and apologized to the International Olympic Committee, reiterating that its preparations would strictly abide by the provisions of the Olympic Charter. At this point, this "female-based storm" has quietly subsided.
★ 26th Olympic Games
◆ "AIDS education"
An official in Fulton, Atlanta, USA recently said that all athletes participating in the 1996 Olympic Games should receive education on HIV (AIDS, etc.). ) and AIDS. Candal Keith, chairman of the town Committee, said: "We will also cooperate with the state Ministry of Health and ask the Olympic Organizing Committee to formulate measures to enable athletes who come to our city to participate in the Olympic Games to receive AIDS education to a certain extent." Fulton Town, located in the center of Asia, is the main venue of 1996 Olympic Games. They decided to do this because louganis took part in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games with HIV, which caused a storm. Candal Keith wants to make all athletes participate in AIDS testing from the perspective of legislation, but he can't find the relevant provisions in the existing laws. However, he believes: "This will not affect our efforts to implement the education plan. Our aim is to prevent the residents of our city from being infected with HIV. " The International Olympic Committee announced that 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games will not be tested for AIDS. Payne, chairman of the Atlanta Organizing Committee, also said that he did not think that athletes were at risk of contracting AIDS when they participated in the Olympic Games. "As far as I know, our organizing committee will not put AIDS education on the agenda," he said after learning about Fulton's action. Sydney, which was bullish when bidding for the 2000 Olympic Games, is now facing a headache for the citizens. Many sponsors promised a lot of sponsorship fees when they really needed them, and they all found reasons to refuse to deliver them. Suddenly, the financial situation of the Sydney Olympic Organizing Committee was extremely tense, with a loss of about 600 million Australian dollars, or about 432 million US dollars. Because private enterprises did not sponsor the Olympic Games as enthusiastically as the previous government imagined, the funds for the construction of the Olympic Village, tennis and baseball centers are now available.
★ 27th Olympic Games
◆ Unqualified Olympic host.
As the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney has attracted worldwide attention, but the health status of the people here can't adapt to its status as the host city of the Olympic Games. A few days ago, the Australian Institute of Health conducted a sample survey, and the results surprised everyone. Respondents are Australians aged 18 to 34. The survey found that although the overall number of male drug addicts has greatly decreased, it has not prompted them to go to the gym to exercise. Another result shows that the total number of athletes in Australia is much less than that of five years ago, while the number of overweight men is 1 1.9% than that of five years ago. In these five years, the number of obese women under 30 has increased by 8%. Experts come to the conclusion that the plan made two years ago to make 75% residents in China participate in sports by the year 2000 now seems impossible. The plan was put forward in time, which made Sydney more sure to win the right to host the Olympic Games. On the contrary, the number of athletes in China has dropped from 70.9% to 67.6% in the past five years.
★ Anecdotes of the 24th Olympic Games
◆ Multi-player boxing match
In the boxing ring of Seoul Olympic Games, South Korean athlete Dao played well, frequently hitting his opponent, European champion Bulgarian Helis. But because of the lack of Bychl, most of his hits are invalid. Tao's coach was very dissatisfied and accused the referee of being unfair. The knife punched wildly in the audience's shouts. Although I hit my opponent twice, I also fell twice. Finally, the referee ruled that he won. When the referee put down his raised arm, Dao's coach and assistant coach jumped into the circle, grabbed the referee and kicked him. Several South Korean officials also took the opportunity to fight. The audience also stirred up, wine bottles and chairs flew about in the air, and the boxing ring was in a mess. When people dragged the referee off the stage, he was beyond recognition.
◆ Gold Thief
After the Olympic Games, America won many medals. On the evening of September 24th, the United States celebrated its victory in a nightclub in downtown Seoul. Debbie, who won the 4x 100 and 4x200m freestyle gold medals in the United States, and Jason, who won the 4x200m freestyle gold medal, "hid" a figurine worth $800 after eating and drinking. When they left the nightclub, the shopkeeper accused them of stealing and sent them to the police station for arraignment. After investigation, the evidence is conclusive and undeniable. In order to hide the eyes and ears, the American delegation decided to expel two players from the team and send them home early. Because of the last boxing incident, South Korea, the host country, was very angry, so it made a lot of publicity and caused great unhappiness between the two countries. Finally, the two players issued a public apology, hoping that South Korea would not harm the relations between the two countries. In order to take care of the overall situation, the two sides calmed down the incident and brought the Olympic Games to a successful conclusion.
◆ Things that outsiders can't eat.
At the Seoul Olympic Games, some countries doped stimulants into chewing gum and other small things, which made their opponents unable to pass the doping test. When a Cuban player was examined, he was told that he had taken stimulants. He never remembers when he ate that kind of food. Later, it suddenly occurred to me that he had eaten chewing gum given by foreigners, so he finally found the crumbs of chewing gum. After being sent to the laboratory, he found that it did contain stimulants and proved his innocence.
★ Anecdotes of the 25th Olympic Games:
Hold an Olympic Games and change your appearance.
In order to successfully host the 25th Summer Olympic Games, Barcelona has spent 654.38+0.25 billion dollars to transform the whole city of Barcelona: its achievements in the construction of stadiums are not as good as its municipal construction, it has built new highways and subways leading to nearby cities, planted more ornamental plants in various parks, and even renovated the monument of Spain Square. Barcelona, an ancient city with a history of 2,000 years, shines with new brilliance!
Be good at advocating and making trouble.
1989 After consultation with the International Softball Federation, the Organizing Committee of the 25th Olympic Games unilaterally announced that women's softball was included in the 1992 Olympic Games and publicized it through the news media. The International Softball Federation immediately wrote to its member associations to inform them of this "extraordinary good news". The International Olympic Committee was very dissatisfied with this and reiterated its right to decide on the Olympic events. The organizing committee of the Barcelona Olympic Games realized its mistake and apologized to the International Olympic Committee, reiterating that the preparatory work of the organizing committee will strictly abide by the provisions of the Olympic Charter. At this point, this "women's softball storm" has quietly subsided.
◆ Do it as a last resort.
Although the organizing committee of the Barcelona Olympic Games strictly limits the number of athletes and team officials to no more than15,200, there are still serious overcrowding in some countries, among which Canada has 127, ranking first among the overcrowded teams. Officials of the Organizing Committee claimed that as accommodation and service facilities can only be provided for15,200 people, the Organizing Committee may force some teams to reduce the number of participants.
◆ Savon's arrogance
Thorne from Cuba easily won the heavyweight boxing gold medal in the 25th Olympic Games. He beat all his opponents in five games, leaving almost no trace on his face. At the end of the boxing match, no matter the champion or runner-up, he was either black and blue all over, or he was defeated beyond recognition. On the other hand, Saon is a born boxer. In 65,438+046 official matches, he has won 65,438+037 matches, which is rare among professional boxers. As early as before the Barcelona Olympics, Saan threatened in Havana that the only thing he lacked was his opponent. Really invincible, won the Olympic gold medal. This makes Saon even more arrogant. At the award ceremony, the other three contestants all passed through the middle of the ring rope, and only Saon crossed it. He wanted to show that he was unstoppable.
◆ Taste the consequences.
After the women's 100 meter run, torrance, an American who accused the first three athletes of taking drugs, finally tasted the consequences. On August 7, the IAAF decided to investigate the matter and asked the US Olympic Committee to submit a written report. According to the IAAF rules, athletes will be punished for falsely accusing others. Torrance is the top American sprinter, but in the 100 meter final held on August 2nd, she only finished fourth. After the game, she told reporters privately that two of the top three took stimulants, and then she was also called the three finalists. The next day, she apologized to Jamaican Cusmont, the silver medalist, saying that she was referring to American devers, the gold medalist. The urine sample of the medical Committee proved that all three medal winners were qualified. Torrance did not publicly accuse anyone of taking this drug. After she won the 200-meter championship, IAAF asked her why she accused someone of taking drugs. She said: "I have never ranked below the top three in the preliminaries. I know I am a sore loser. " The leaders of the American delegation also talked to torrance. They told her that if she didn't stop accusing others of taking drugs, she would pack up and go home. US Olympic Committee spokesman Moran said on the evening of 7 th: "She has no right to blame the athletes who participated in the Olympic Games here. What she said is untrue. " Moran did not explain what measures the US Olympic Committee would take against her, nor did he confirm whether she was not allowed to attend the reception for Olympic gold medal athletes held by President Bush at the White House on August 1 1. Later, torrance issued a written statement apologizing to all the athletes she accused.
◆ Take the first gold with injury.
Treasure Island was a sensation. Taipei Taekwondo athlete Chen Yi 'an took part in the women's lightweight competition of Barcelona Olympic Games with injury and won the gold medal in this performance. This is the first gold medal of the China Taipei delegation.
◆ The prince personally carried the flag.
Before the game, the Spanish royal family said that it accepted the suggestion of the Olympic Committee and decided to let Prince Felipe Delport Feng be the flag bearer of the Spanish team at the opening ceremony of the Barcelona Olympic Games. Prince Feng of Delport not only served as a flag bearer, but also participated in rowing competitions. 1988 At the Seoul Olympic Games, Princess crisp also held high the Spanish flag for the entrance ceremony.
◆ The Olympic Games attract big shots.
US President Bush has informed the Spanish diplomatic community that he intends to attend the closing ceremony of the Barcelona Olympic Games in person. French President Mitterrand and Russian President Yeltsin also formally informed them of their intention to attend the closing ceremony of the Barcelona Olympic Games. The Organizing Committee of the Barcelona Olympic Games has made careful arrangements for many world dignitaries to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, because the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be attended by heads of state or government of more than 20 Latin American countries, who will gather in Madrid the day before the opening ceremony on July 25th.
It's foolproof
Fearing that horses will be infected with infectious diseases, the organizing committee decided to replace Andalusian horses with police horses at the closing ceremony in September. Hundreds of horses died of horse plague spread by mosquitoes from Africa. The epidemic spread from Madrid to southern Andalusia five years before the race, where180,000 horses had been vaccinated. Although Spain claimed that there were no cases of horses, a spokesman for the government of Gatne said that according to international quarantine regulations, it was decided not to allow horses from infected areas to come to Barcelona to eliminate any potential crisis. So the closing ceremony was replaced by a police horse. At the closing ceremony of 100 minutes, the eight-minute cavalry performance was an important program.
◆ Patents are inviolable.
1400 vests with patented Olympic logo were found in Barcelona, among which two Frenchmen and one Englishman were arrested. These T-shirts are mainly printed in France and then sold in Spain, and the price ranges from 1000 to 1200 pesetas. Since 1986 Barcelona's successful bid for the Olympic Games, 20,000 counterfeit goods infringing the Olympic symbols have been found.
★ Anecdote of 26th Olympic Games:
Lovely mascot
"One Flag" is the mascot of this Olympic Games. Is a little guy from the future world, designed by computer, vivid and lovely, with a pair of radiant eyes, a charming smile on his face and a pair of big boots. It was designed by crafoord Communication Co., Ltd. or John Ryan.
Indulge in the wildest fantasies
Melbourne, Australia, officials of the F 1 Grand Prix Organizing Committee1October 4th said that they hoped to make F 1 car racing an event in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. But unfortunately, when he said these words, he forgot whether he should look at the Olympic Charter first. For their statement, Australian International Olympic Committee member Gauss immediately said that this idea is a bit whimsical, because the Olympic Charter does not allow sports propelled by machinery to participate in the Olympic Games.
Wang Yifu who overcame the disease.
China shooter Wang Yifu was seriously ill before he came to Atlanta. He was carried on the plane in a wheelchair. The day before the game, he fainted twice. When the team leader asked him if he could take part in the competition, he said firmly, "I will die on the target platform." The next day, he not only took part in the competition, but also led the second place by 3.8 rings before shooting the last shot. However, when he was about to shoot the last shot, the power was suddenly cut off on the playing field. When Wang Yifu supported the sick body and stood in front of the target again, it was dark in front of him, but he just instinctively hit the 6.5 ring, and then fainted. He won the second place by only 0. 1 ring. His selfless fighting spirit has been highly praised and admired by people at home and abroad.