Olympics 2012: Memorable Moments

Outstanding Performances

Michael Johnson at the Atlanta Olympic Games. (Source: AP)

• Eight Is Great
  Michael Phelps wins a record eight gold medals in 2008
• The Man with the Golden Shoes
  Michael Johnson sets the pace in 1996
• La Gazella: Wilma Rudolph
  African-American track star and three-time gold medallist
• A Perfect 10
  Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci achieves perfection in 1976
• Abebe on the Appian Way
  Runner Abebe Bikila became the first black African to win gold
• All Strug Out
  Gymnast Kerri Strug gives it her all at Atlanta
• A Beaming Beamon
  Unknown athlete sets track record
• Dream Team
  Every NBA fan's dream turns to gold
• Spitz's Seven
  Ambitious Mark Spitz claims seven golds and an Olympic record
• Jesse Owens
  Track star Jesse Owens defiantly bucks Hitler
• Thorpe Speed
  All-American Jim Thorpe also happened to be Native American
• Everything But Dolls
  Babe Didrickson competed in baseball, golf, and Olympics track and field
• Winter Olympic Memorable Moments

Infamous Moments

• Lorz of the Rings
  Distance runner Fred Lorz's Olympics disgrace in 1904
• Louganis's Headache
  The terrifying diving accident of Seoul's 1988 games

History

• History of the Olympic Torch, Flame, and Relay New!
  From summer to winter games
• Olympics Timeline
  From ancient Greece to the present day
• Munich Massacre
  The worst tragedy in modern Olympic history
• Civil Disobedience
  Black medallists raise fists for Civil Rights Movement
• The First Modern Olympics: Athens, 1896
  The birth of the modern Olympic Games
• Olympic Traditions
  The Olympics draws on traditions of war, religion, economy
• Olympic Fun Facts
  Poland's "Stella the Fella" and other amazing trivia

Funstuff

• Quiz: Summer Olympics Trivia
  Greek shepherd Spiridon Louis . . .
• Quiz: The Ancient Olympics
  The Olympics were held in honor of this Greek god . . .
• Quiz: Ancient Greek Games (challenging)
  Women competed in these games, which may predate the Olympics . . .
• Quiz: Olympic Mascots
  Hodori and Hosuni, the mascots of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, were what type of animal?
• Quiz: Olympic Cities
  Which country has won the most medals at the Olympic games—without ever hosting the games?
• Quiz: Memorable Ceremonies
  Which of the following items was not given to event winners at the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896?