It was a track event.  He beat John Walker who won the Olympic Gold Medal in Montreal, Canada in 1976. He was from an African country but did not take part in the Olympic Games but was beaten by David Moorcroft of England at The Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada in 1978.
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The race was the 1500m . \nThe runner was Tanzanian Filbert Bayi who won the race, Walker got second by 0.3s.\nBoth runners went below the world record time.
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Its funny you should raise this point Peter J as during my Law degree one of the area I specialised in was sports and this case was actually brought to the attention of the Olympic governing body.  I believe the claim was that he should have been allowed to enter as there was no specific legislation about the use of primates.  However this was rejected.\n\nI be live the jump was a whopping 22.375 meters and has never been beaten since by man or other primates.   I read somewhere that the monkey is a hero in his village and travels around the world performing this spectacular feat.\n\nHope this helps
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Like the previous poster said, it has to do with the Olympics.  The tournament is run by the NHL and not the IIHF, and before NHL players starting competing in the Olympics, the World Cup (formerly known as the Canada Cup) was held every four years.  It was temporarily suspended because of the Olympics, but it was brought back again in 2004 because of the impending lockout.
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Ok first off, the way that you are looking at this is completely wrong.  You need to realize that it just so happens that the US happens to be a very populated and rich country.  You can't compare countries with states-France and Canada have many provinces-I don't know about Belgium or other countries, but I'm sure that they are not just single countries.  \n2ndly, Americans believe that they win the most medals because there is a medal count...and the US has typically been at the top.  Some countries dominate in certain sports, but the US might be the most well rounded.
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Seems like you're a few decades behind!  I'm not sure of the exact date, but the world used to host the Olympics every four years, and both Summer and Winter Games would be in the same year.  \n\nFor example, during the Cold War, the 1980 Olympics were held in Lake Placid (winter) and in Moscow (summer) later that year.  There was some controversy because the Easterners (Russia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, etc.) talked about boycotting the Lake Placid games, and President Carter talked about retrobuting by boycotting the Moscow games.  Something like that.  \n\nAnyways, since then, the schedule has changed, and the Olympics are every two years.  The seasonal games, like the summer games, are held every 4 years.  The schedule is: Beijing 2008(summer), Vancouver 2010(winter), and London 2012(summer).  Check out the links below for more info. (there are links to each of the sites from olympic.org)
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loved him in the last Olympics.  This Olympics...well, he is doing his "own thang", as they say.  I guess to each their own.  He has his own training styles, and while we may disparage for him for throwing this year's Olympics away, the U.S. team still did pretty well overall, and he has a chance to redeem himself in Canada.
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Strategy.\nBut he didn't win in/at Waterloo, Belgium !\nYeah !\n;-)
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he beat crisp in 1973 - probably the best front running tactics seen by anyone over the old aintree fences (crisp that is} red rum only caught  him in the final 100yds- not bad considering crisp was a champion two miler down under and was trying 4miles plus for the first time ?
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An Olympic gold medal.
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Check this out:\n\nhttp://www.forbes.com/2004/06/23/04athletesland.html
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George Poage was the first African-American Olympic medalist from the U.S. He won bronze medals in both the 200 and 400 meter hurdles in St. Louis in 1904. That was the 3rd Olympiad.\n\nJohn Baxter "Doc" Taylor,won a gold medal as part of the 4 x 400 m relay team in 1908.
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That's a good question. These Winter Olympics in Turin are the first I've seen of the new scoring system and it seems to be working fine. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't this new system designed more to prevent the ugly cheating scandal involving the French and Russian judges at the pairs competition during the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City? If it's made that sort of rubbish impossible to be repeated, then I think it's a big step forward.
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At the time the major difficulty is the fact that the Olympics were overshadowed by the 1904 World's Fair. Currently I believe that it gave St. Louisans a sense of pride. Particuarly in 2004 when St. Louis was able to particapate in the global torch relay. I know that St. Louis had a huge celebration in 2004 for the 100th anniversary of the World's Fair, the Olympics and the 200th anniversary of Lewis and Clark. If you are interested in learning more about any of the afore mentioned events check out the following website.
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1908 - London, England \nThe 1908 Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be hosted by Rome, but the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius caused the Games to be relocated to London. \n\nThese Games were much better organized than the previous regularly scheduled Olympic Games (they were even the first to have an opening ceremony), yet they were marred by politics and nationalism. Britain's recent refusal to give Ireland its independence caused Irish athletes to boycott the Games and caused contestants from the U.S to not dip the American flag to the British royalty during the opening ceremony (a tradition the U.S. continues to this day). \n\nThere was also controversy over the 400-meter final heat. As four runners came into the final stretch, W.C. Robbins (U.S.) was first, followed by J.C. Carpenter (U.S.), with British Wyndham Halswelle coming in third, and followed by a fourth runner from the U.S. As Carpenter and Halswelle (second and third runners) swung out to pass Robbins, someone shouted "Foul!" Though Carpenter (the U.S. runner who had been in second) finished first, with Robbins (U.S.) in second, and Halswelle (U.K.) in third, the British officials accused Carpenter of blocking and elbowing Halswelle and voided the whole race. The race was ordered to be rerun, but since the American runners refused to redo the race, Halswelle ran the race all by himself to win the gold. \n\nIt was in the 1908 Olympic Games that the exact distance of a marathon was established as 26 miles and 365 yards. Diving was added to the events for this year. \n\nApproximately 2,000 athletes participated, representing 22 countries.
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The Olympic Games(Olympics) is an sport event taking place every four years. Held in ancient Greece, and only taken part by male contenders, they were revived by the French Pierre  de Coubertin in the late 19th century.\nThe Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year (starting in 1896), with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\nThe Olympic Winter Games was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were held as a sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. \nLearn more in the sites bellow\n\nPersian Wars\nThe Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Greek world and the Persian Empire that started about 500 BC and lasted until 448 BC. \nYou will find imfos in "Creco-persian wars" article in wikipedia \nSee also the article "Greece" and follow the links
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see  \nhttp://www.olympic-usa.org/12181_19096.htm
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http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JSH/JSH1997/JSH2403/jsh2403f.pdf\n\nhalfback Dave Showell, an African American, from the contest ... Integrating New Year's Day. David Anthony Showell's presence on the ...\n\nThere's way to much info to put here.