Winning the silver medal in the decathlon in 1956, he came back to win the gold in 1960
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The Decathlon in Olympic History - DECA, The Decathlon Association  events and won gold medals in the first Olympic decathlon and pentathlon. A year later he was stripped of his Olympic records and medals when it was ..... world-record holder Rafer Johnson at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. ... up from silver to gold, winning the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy.
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Athletics at the 1960 Roma Summer Games: Men's Decathlon ...  Medal Winners: Gold: Rafer Johnson, Silver: Yang C. K., Bronze: Vasily Kuznetsov, Summary By 1960, [Rafer Johnson], who had won silver in 1956, had ... But Yang moved ahead in the 110 hurdles, only to see Johnson take back the lead for good ... events  he won the shot, discus, and javelin  brought him the gold medal.
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Rafer Johnson - ESPN.com  6, 1960. If Johnson came within 10 seconds of Yang's time in the 1,500, the ... the hometown of Bob Mathias, who would win the decathlon in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. ... In 1956, he won his first national decathlon championship. ... Johnson had the gold medal, setting a then-Olympic record of 8,392 points in the process...
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Yang Chuan-kwang - Wikipedia  Yang Chuan-kwang, or C.K. Yang (July 10, 1933  January 27, 2007), was an Olympic decathlete from the Republic of China. Yang attended college at UCLA where he trained and competed with team ... Silver medal  second place, 1960 Rome ... At the 1956 Summer Olympics he placed eighth in the decathlon.
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Rafer Johnson - Wikipedia  Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is an American former decathlete and film actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist, after getting a silver in 1956 and a gold in the 1955 Pan American Games. He was also the flag bearer at the 1960 Olympics and lit the Olympic Flame when the Olympics came to Los ... Johnson however managed to stay close enough to Yang to win the gold.
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Jim Thorpe begins Olympic triathlon - Jul 07, 1912 - HISTORY.com  At the time, Thorpe, a Native American who attended Pennsylvania's Carlisle ... in the decathlon, which he won nearly as easily as he had won the pentathlon,...
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Carol Heiss won gold in 1960 in Squaw Valley. She was my ...  1960, Carol Heiss won the gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley ... and 1960 Men's Olympic Figure Skating Champion, David Jenkins .... February 29, 1960 - the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley, California, USA.
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Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Decathlon ...  One week after winning the pentathlon, Jim Thorpe won the decathlon by an almost ... Using point-for-place scoring, he scored 25 points to Wieslander's 67 and ... But from 1913 until 1982 the Olympic record books invariably listed Hugo...
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J! Archive - Show #1851, aired 1992-09-28  This American won both the pentathlon & decathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics ... The U.S. had $12,483,414,764.30 of gold stored here; they took inventory...
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Jim Thorpe - Wikipedia  James Francis "Jim" Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of .... He was awarded All-American honors in both 1911 and 1912. ... For the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, two new multi-event ... Along with the decathlon and pentathlon, he competed in the long jump and high...
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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia  Italy and the United States dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold ... 4.5 Light welterweight (-63.5kg); 4.6 Welterweight (-67kg); 4.7 Light middleweight (-71kg); 4.8 Middleweight (-75kg); 4.9 Light ..... Muhammad Ali.
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OLYMPICS: Great moments from the Summer Games | ROCK 102 ...  Even though he finished second, it gave him enough points to claim the gold medal ... Sunday, August 12, 1984, after winning the gold medal in platform diving in the ... Louganis became the first male in 56 years to win both the springboard and ... winning the gold medal in the men's 400 meter race at the Summer Olympics...
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Ervin pulls off Olympic swim victories 16 years apart - AP Summer ...  Aug 13, 2016 ... The 35-year-old American won the men's 50-meter freestyle at the Rio Games ... Gary Hall Jr. for gold in the 50 free, making him one of the sport's rising stars. ... He auctioned off his gold medal for $17100 and donated the proceeds ... After leaving the sport in 2003, Ervin spent eight years working odd jobs,...
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ESPN.com: Eric Heiden was a reluctant hero  The muscular speed skater never sought the glory, although he skated for the gold. ... In nine days in February 1980 at Lake Placid, N.Y., Heiden accomplished what no Olympian had ever done -- he won five individual gold medals in a single .... He competed in the world's premier event, the Tour de France in 1986, where...
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Magnar SOLBERG - Olympic Biathlon | Norway  Feb 9, 1972 ... Biathlon at Grenoble 1968, Sapporo 1972 Olympics. ... policeman, surprised the biathlon world by winning the gold medal in the 20km race.
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Decathlon Winner Ashton Eaton Repeats As The 'World's Greatest ...  Aug 18, 2016 ... American Ashton Eaton competes in the 1,500 meters, the last event of the decathlon, in Rio on Thursday. He repeated as gold medal winner in...
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The Decathlon in Olympic History - DECA, The Decathlon Association  History of the Decathlon as an Olympic event, from Ancient Greece to the New Millenium. ... American Indian Jim Thorpe - His Gold Medal performance in the 1912 ... Since 1912 great decathlon champions like Bob Mathias, Rafer Johnson, Bruce Jenner ... The last recorded ancient Olympic pentathlon winner was Publius...
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Jim THORPE - Olympic Athletics | United States of America  Aug 20, 2004 ... Athletics at Stockholm 1912 Olympics. ... Though he died in poverty, Jim Thorpe is remembered as one of the greatest sportsmen of the 20th century, having won two Olympic track and field golds and played baseball, ... 700 points, he set a new world record of 8,412 points, which would ... decathlon men...
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Olympic Moments: 1984 - Grewal edges Bauer ... - Cyclingnews.com  May 30, 2012 ... 1984 Olympic road race champion Alexi Grewal in his retirement ... In 1980, Eastern Bloc countries had dominated the medal table in ... of Alexi Grewal, who became the first American to win gold in the Olympic road race.
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Team USA's Ashton Eaton wins second Olympic decathlon in Rio ...  Aug 19, 2016 ... Ashton Eaton won a second straight gold medal in the decathlon at the Rio ... High School .... after completing the ninth of 10 decathlon events, the javelin. ... He had jumped over a bar that was 6 feet, 5.9 inches off the ground and run the ... Instead, at the end of an athletic workday that was into its 13th hour,...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Jul 27, 2012 ... With 8,611 points, Robert Zmelik of Czechoslovakia won this multi-sport event in 1992. Reply . Report Abuse Judge it! Alex Trebek. Springfield...