LONDON CALLING – Countdown to the 2012 Olympics: 0
0 - Number of times 2012 host Great Britain has failed to win a gold medal at a summer Olympic Games.
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1 - Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) received 1 bicycle for winning 4 golds in 1948. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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2 - Of the 21445 total Olympic medallists, 5016 have won 2 or more medals. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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3 – Michael Phelps swam a total of 3 km (in finals) to win his 16 Olympic medals. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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4 - Record golds in a row in the same athletics discipline - by Al Oerter (discus) & Carl Lewis (long jump). Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today
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5 - Number of Olympics in which Tug of War was included. GBR is the only two-time winner (1908 & 1920). Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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6 - Italian record for most Olympic golds by an individual which could be equalled in London by fencer Valentina Vezzali. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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7 - Korea has won the women’s team event in archery in ALL six editions and can make it seven London 2012. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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8 - Record number of men’s Olympic hockey gold medals won by India, though the last one came at Moscow 1980. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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9 - Michael Jordan won 2 OG basketball golds wearing No. 9 (1984, 1992), not his Bulls #23. (Olympic BK numbers are 4-15). Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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10 - Canadian Ian Millar (Equestrian) will compete in an all-time record 10th Olympic Games in London. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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11 - All 11 professional players on the USA’s 1992 DreamTeam have been elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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12 - Record number of Olympic athletics medals won by Paavo Nurmi (FIN) - 9 gold and 3 silver from 1920-28. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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13 - 13 of the 27 athletes to have won 10+ Olympic medals have done so in Artistic Gymnastics. Next most is swimming with 8. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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14 - Italy have won 14 individual fencing foil titles (M+F) - most Olympic golds in any event of any sport by a non-US country. Click ‘Read More’ to see the complete countdown from 100 until today.
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