September 1996 Runner's Web Trivia
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- 1. Who was the first runner to win the Olympic 200M at a faster speed than the 100M winner in the same games?
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- 2. For how many years did the sprint group coached by Charlie Francis use steroids prior to Ben Johnson's positive drug test at the 1988 Seoul Olympics?
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- 3. What Finnish Olympic 1500M champion credits much of his success at the Munich Olympics to a New Zealand coach?
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- 4. Name the coach referred to in Question #3?
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- 5. What was Bob Hayes's 100m split in anchoring the winning US 4 X 100 relay team in the 1964 Olympics at Tokyo?
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- 6. Sprinters from 3 different countries won both the 100M and 200M at the Olympics in 1928, 1956 and 1972. Name the runners and country they represented.
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- 7. Bill Rodgers won the 1977 New York City Marathon in 2:11:28.2. Who placed second?
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- 8. In what three consecutive years did Bill Rodgers win the Boston Marathon?
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- 9. How many gold medals did the German democratic Republic win at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?
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- 10. What was the name of Phil Knight's shoe company before it became NIKE ?
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