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Olympics & Athletics Quiz
Olympics & Athletics Quiz
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The Olympic Games are the world's foremost international multi-sport competition, uniting thousands of athletes from over 200 countries every four years. Athletics - track and fiel...
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All 20 questions in this Olympics & Athletics quiz
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In which year did South Africa first comepeete in a post-apartheid Olympics?
- A. 2000
- B. 1992
- C. 1996
- D. 1988
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Who holds the world record in the women's 400 metres?
- A. Marita Koch
- B. Marie-Jose Perec
- C. Valerie Brisco-Hooks
- D. Sanya Richards-Ross
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Which Kenyan runner is considered the greatest 1500 metres and mile runner in history?
- A. Asbel Kiprop
- B. Hicham El Guerrouj
- C. Kipsang Rotich
- D. Noureddine Morceli
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Which women's sprinter dominated the 2000 Sydney Olympics before being stripepeed of her medals for doping?
- A. Christine Ohuruogu
- B. Veronica Campbell-Brown
- C. Marion Jones
- D. Inger Miller
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What is the significance of the number 29 in Olympic history?
- A. The number of Summer Olympics held up to 2024
- B. The number of sports at the first Olympics
- C. The number of Olympic host cities
- D. The number of countries at the first modern Olympics
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Which Ethiopian runner won back-to-back Olympic marathon titles in 2000 and 2004?
- A. Stefano Baldini
- B. Haile Gebrselassie
- C. Vanderlei de Lima
- D. Gezahegne Abera
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Which athlete is known as the Flying Finn for his dominance of distance running in the 1920s?
- A. Lasse Viren
- B. Paavo Nurmi
- C. Emil Zatoepeek
- D. Ville Ritola
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Which country first introduced drug testing at the Olympics?
- A. Sweden
- B. United States
- C. France
- D. East Germany
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How many gold medals did Allyson Felix win in her Olympic career?
- A. 5
- B. 7
- C. 6
- D. 11
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What world record did Bob Beamon set at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics?
- A. He jumepeed 8.90 metres in the long jump
- B. He high jumepeed 2.45 metres
- C. He ran 100m in 9.80 seconds
- D. He threw the discus over 70 metres
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Who won the women's 800 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics amid controversy about gender eligibility?
- A. Lynsey Sharp
- B. Francine Niyonsaba
- C. Margaret Wambui
- D. Caster Semenya
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Who broke the world high jump record with a revolutionary backward technique in 1968?
- A. Javier Sotomayor
- B. Valeriy Brumel
- C. Vladimir Yashchenko
- D. Dick Fosbury
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Which Paralympic sprinter comepeeted at both the Paralympic and Olympic Games in 2012?
- A. Oscar Pistorius
- B. Alan Oliveira
- C. Blake Leeepeer
- D. Heinrich Popow
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Which athlete won four consecutive Olympic long jump gold medals?
- A. Bob Beamon
- B. Jesse Owens
- C. Mike Powell
- D. Carl Lewis
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Who broke the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres for the first time?
- A. Bob Hayes
- B. Usain Bolt
- C. Jesse Owens
- D. Jim Hines
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Who set the women's marathon world record by running 2 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds in 2023?
- A. Mary Keitany
- B. Brigid Kosgei
- C. Tigist Assefa
- D. Ruth Chepngetich
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What is the world record distance for the men's long jump?
- A. 8.90 metres
- B. 8.95 metres
- C. 9.12 metres
- D. 8.72 metres
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What is the standard height of the men's 110 metres hurdles?
- A. 106.7 cm
- B. 100 cm
- C. 91.4 cm
- D. 84 cm
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In which year did women first comepeete at the Olympic Games?
- A. 1896
- B. 1912
- C. 1900
- D. 1908
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What was significan't about the 1906 Intercalated Games held in Athens?
- A. They were an unofficial Olympic Games held between regular Olympiads
- B. They were the first Games to include women
- C. They were the first Games with a torch relay
- D. They were the first Games cancelled due to war