April 1997 Runner's Web Trivia
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- 1. Roger Bannister was the first person to run a sub four minute mile. What was his Olympic record?
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- 2. What is Carl Lewis' real first name?
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- 3. How many times did Carl Lewis tie or break the world record in the 100M?
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- 4. Who was the only finisher in the Atlanta Olympic 200M final to NOT beat or tie Donovan Bailey's Olympic and World 100M record time of 9.84 in their second 100M split in the 200M?
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- 5. In the Atlanta Olympic 400M final, who was the only other runner, other than Michael Johnson, to run under 23 seconds for the second 200M of the final?
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- 6. Ethiopia's Haile Gebrsilasse won the Atlanta Olympics 10,000M in a time of 27:07.34. What was his split for the second 5000M of the race and in what place in the Atlanta 5,000M final would that have placed him?
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- 7. Merline Ottey won the bronze medal in the women's 200M in Atlanta. What Olympic history did she make by doing this?
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- 8. Marie-Jose Perec became the second woman to win the 200/400 double in Atlanta. Who was the first?
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- 9. Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan has a PB 3000M time of 8:21.64. At the end of 1995 where did this time rank her in history?
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- 10. What two runners each have THREE times among the worlds top ten fastest 5K time of all time, as of September 17, 1996?
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