Please help me collect some interesting stories about this Olympic Games.

★ Anecdotes of the Second Olympic Games:

◆ Wrong applause.

Among the six athletes who qualified for the 400-meter final, the United States accounted for five. The final is scheduled for Sunday. Three American athletes are devout Christians. They would rather not take part in the finals than give up their religious activities. In the end, only two American players and one German player participated in the final. When American Maxi Lang reached the finish line for the first time with a score of 49.4, a flood of applause swept through, which puzzled him. Why did the audience give him warm applause? It turned out that he was wearing a blue and white striped vest of Columbia University, which was exactly the same color as the logo of the Paris Horse Racing Club. In addition, the French team has not won the championship in the track and field competition, and the anxious audience mistakenly thought that he was a French player. After that, in order to let the audience distinguish athletes from different countries, athletes from different countries appeared in the Olympic Stadium wearing their own athletes' costumes from the 4th Olympic Games on 1908.

◆ Ingeniously win gold.

When the 400-meter hurdle race was held for the first time in the Olympic Games, only five people participated. Although Tolkien, the five-time French champion at that time, was skilled in the hurdles, tewkesbury of the United States beat him with a score of 57÷6, and he also won the gold medal in the 200-meter race. At that time, there was no curve in the 200-meter race, which was conducted on a straight runway. The way to punish fouls is very strange. The punished person should step back a yard and start. Seeing this rule as an opportunity, tewkesbury made a fake move at the start to induce other athletes to foul, so that they were all fined one yard away from the starting line. He made a little use of it and won the second gold medal.

★ Anecdotes of the Third Olympic Games:

In order to lose weight and become an Olympic gold medal winner-Harry Hillman

1904 Olympic 400-meter hurdles, only 4 athletes participated. Harry Hillman was 22 years old. He is a cashier in a bank. He didn't go to college and received formal training, but he won the gold medal at the St. Louis Olympics. Harry Hillman entered the fitness center because he was too fat, and regarded running as a good way to lose weight. He chose hurdles because he listened to the coach and practiced hurdles to stay away from sweets, tobacco, cakes and meat. Before he practiced track and field, he often ate so much that he became obese. Finally, he made up his mind to lose weight. Seeing others running, I told him that running can lose weight and lightness is his dream, so he started his track and field career. However, when he started practicing, he couldn't help wanting to eat. He once swallowed several raw eggs to satisfy his appetite. Harry Hillman's performance in the 400-meter hurdles at the St. Louis Olympic Games exceeded the world record at that time, but his record was not recognized because of the insufficient hurdle height used in that Olympic Games. But he set a world record in April, 1909. Together with Lawson Robertson, he wrote a world record of 100 yards, two legs, 1 1 sec.

◆ News figures in the marathon.

He is Felix Cahal from Cuba. The Havana postman, without any formal training, appeared at the starting line in a marathon on August 30, wearing a long-sleeved shirt, trousers and heavy leather boots. At that time, a kind person temporarily cut his sleeves and trouser legs and borrowed a pair of light shoes. At the beginning of the game, he ran ahead all the time. On the way, he was hungry, so he ran into an orchard and ate some green apples, so he fell behind others. He finally came in fourth. Although he is not a champion, his unusual things are celebrated in St. Louis.

◆ Yin and Yang are not right.

The marathon of this Olympic Games was held on August 30th, with a total length of * * * 40km. After running 12km, Fred Lotz, an American, suddenly felt unwell and cramped his feet, and then got on a passing car. After the car pulled him 17 km, he got off and continued running. When he reached the finish line first, the audience gave him warm applause and the band played home of the brave. Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of American President Roosevelt, awarded him a gold medal. But not long after, another American player, Toto Hicks, who ran behind Lotz, entered the playground. Lotz's scam was exposed, and he argued, I'm here to get my clothes. As soon as I entered the playground, there was such a warm scene that I didn't have time to explain it. Lotz was disqualified and punished by the IAAF. As a result, the St. Louis Olympic marathon champion was finally won by Hicks. But he was exhausted and couldn't run. He took two injections and drank a glass of French brandy before running to the finish line. But when I learned the truth, the false score could not be changed, and Hicks picked up a bargain.

Only one person participated in the final.

In the 400-meter final, the United States accounted for three people, and Hallsville of Britain was the second. Because the 400-meter race was time-divided, there was a conflict near the finish line. Robin of three courses cut into the inner circle in front of Holswell, and Carpenter of one course rushed obliquely to the finish line. In order to overtake them, Holswell made a detour and dashed forward. At this time, Carpenter intentionally hit Huo's chest with his elbow, and when he was in front, he grabbed people's shorts with his hands. As a result, the referee issued a foul signal and declared the game invalid. Two days later, the final was held again, and only holloway, Robin and Taylor were allowed to participate. However, two American athletes announced their withdrawal from the competition in protest. However, according to the rules of the competition, the final was still held, and Huo Ran finished the race alone and won the gold medal in 50 seconds.

◆ Mysterious mystery

The starting point and ending point of the third Olympic Marathon are located on the track as a track and field, and the route is to turn around in downtown Paris and then turn back. On this day, Parisians flocked to the streets to watch this sports event. As only French runners among the 19 runners who participated in this marathon know the streets and alleys of Paris like the back of their hands, they can "cut corners" when turning corners, thus taking a lot of advantages. As a result, Frenchman Tito took the lead in reaching the finish line in 2 minutes, 59.45 seconds and won the championship. Foreign players are unlucky, so they get confused when they walk and take many detours. In particular, Fast, a boy aged 19 from Sweden, could have achieved better results, but was pointed in the wrong direction by a policeman, and finally only won the third place. Afterwards, the policeman committed suicide because of extreme guilt. Newton, an American player, once said after the game: "I took the lead in the middle of the race, and no one passed me until the finish line." I thought I won the championship. How can anyone be in front of me? " It's a mystery. "

★ Twentieth Olympic Games

◆ The Olympic gold medal was recovered.

Aki Bua of Uganda won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles in the 20th Olympic Games with 1972, and broke the world record of this event. Later, there was a coup in Uganda, and Aki Bua accidentally lost the gold medal in a panic. He was heartbroken, and later he advertised for Puma, a sporting goods company in the former Federal Republic of Germany. Puma made a lot of money by using this Olympic star. In order to reward this Olympic hero from Africa, a medal exactly like the Olympic gold medal was specially made for him and given to him as encouragement and compensation!

★ The 2nd1Olympic Games

◆ "Heavy" gum

At the 2 1 Olympic Games held in 1976, when farina, an American wrestler, weighed himself before the game, the indicator light lit up, indicating that his weight had exceeded the grade standard. He quickly took off his vest and the indicator light didn't go out. He quickly threw his sunglasses aside, but the light didn't go out. Farina hastily scolded 1 in a low voice, conveniently spit out the chewing gum in his mouth, at this moment, the indicator light went out. He turned grief into joy and proudly walked onto the court. This little gum almost missed the big event!

★ 22nd Olympic Games

◆ Wholehearted twin brothers won the championship.

In the history of the Olympic Games, there are several stories about twin brothers * * * standing on the podium together: 1980 In the 22nd Olympic rowing competition, Rand vogt, the twin brother of the German Democratic Republic (born on March 23rd, 195 1 year), shined brilliantly with unparalleled achievements. The two brothers are not only very similar in figure, appearance and hobbies, but also their wives are rowers. The two brothers won the Olympic champions 1976 and 1980 in the double rudderless competition. Since 1974, the twin brothers have won the world championship many times. Because of their genetic relationship, they can cooperate more tacitly than ordinary people in collective events, coordinate their actions and get better information. This is probably what people often say, "However, I feel the harmonious heartbeat of the sacred unicorn"!

★ 23rd Olympic Games

Participate in the Olympic Games not for medals, but for life.

As the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney has attracted worldwide attention, but the health status of the people here can't adapt to its status as the host city of the Olympic Games. A few days ago, the Australian Institute of Health conducted a sample survey, and the results surprised everyone. Respondents are Australians aged 18 to 34. The survey found that although the overall number of male drug addicts has greatly decreased, it has not prompted them to go to the gym to exercise. Another result shows that the total number of athletes in Australia is much less than that of five years ago, while the number of overweight men is 1 1.9% than that of five years ago. In these five years, the number of obese women under 30 has increased by 8%. Experts come to the conclusion that the plan made two years ago to make 75% residents in China participate in sports by the year 2000 now seems impossible. The plan was put forward in time, which made Sydney more sure to win the right to host the Olympic Games. On the contrary, the number of athletes in China has dropped from 70.9% to 67.6% in the past five years.

Be good at advocating and making trouble.

1989 after consultation with the international softball Federation, the organizing Committee of the 25th Olympic Games unilaterally announced that women's softball was included in the 1992 Olympic Games, and publicized it through the news media. The International Softball Federation immediately wrote to its member associations to inform them of this "extraordinary good news". The International Olympic Committee was very dissatisfied with this and reiterated its right to decide on the Olympic events. The organizing committee of the Barcelona Olympic Games realized its mistake and apologized to the International Olympic Committee, reiterating that the preparatory work of the organizing committee will strictly abide by the provisions of the Olympic Charter. At this point, this "female-based storm" has quietly subsided.

★ Anecdotes of the 24th Olympic Games

◆ Multi-player boxing match

In the boxing ring of Seoul Olympic Games, South Korean athlete Dao played well, frequently hitting his opponent, European champion Bulgarian Helis. But because of the lack of Bychl, most of his hits are invalid. Tao's coach was very dissatisfied and accused the referee of being unfair. The knife punched wildly in the audience's shouts. Although I hit my opponent twice, I also fell twice. Finally, the referee ruled that he won. When the referee put down his raised arm, Dao's coach and assistant coach jumped into the circle, grabbed the referee and kicked him. Several South Korean officials also took the opportunity to fight. The audience also stirred up, wine bottles and chairs flew around in the air, and the boxing ring was in a mess. When people dragged the referee off the stage, he was beyond recognition.

◆ Things that outsiders can't eat.

At the Seoul Olympic Games, some countries doped stimulants into chewing gum and other small things, which made their opponents unable to pass the doping test. When a Cuban player was examined, he was told that he had taken stimulants. He never remembers when he ate that kind of food. Later, it suddenly occurred to me that he had eaten chewing gum given by foreigners, so he finally found the crumbs of chewing gum. After being sent to the laboratory, he found that it did contain stimulants and proved his innocence.

★ Anecdotes of the 25th Olympic Games:

Hold an Olympic Games and change your appearance.

In order to successfully host the 25th Summer Olympic Games, Barcelona has spent 654.38+0.25 billion dollars to transform the whole city of Barcelona: its achievements in the construction of stadiums are not as good as its municipal construction, it has built new highways and subways leading to nearby cities, planted more ornamental plants in various parks, and even renovated the monument of Spain Square. Barcelona, an ancient city with a history of 2,000 years, shines with new brilliance!

Be good at advocating and making trouble.

1989 after consultation with the international softball Federation, the organizing Committee of the 25th Olympic Games unilaterally announced that women's softball was included in the 1992 Olympic Games, and publicized it through the news media. The International Softball Federation immediately wrote to its member associations to inform them of this "extraordinary good news". The International Olympic Committee was very dissatisfied with this and reiterated its right to decide on the Olympic events. The organizing committee of the Barcelona Olympic Games realized its mistake and apologized to the International Olympic Committee, reiterating that the preparatory work of the organizing committee will strictly abide by the provisions of the Olympic Charter. At this point, this "women's softball storm" has quietly subsided.

◆ whimsical

Melbourne, Australia, officials of the F 1 Grand Prix Organizing Committee1October 4th said that they hoped to make F 1 car racing an event in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. But unfortunately, when he said these words, he forgot whether he should look at the Olympic Charter first. For their statement, Australian International Olympic Committee member Gauss immediately said that this idea is a bit whimsical, because the Olympic Charter does not allow sports propelled by machinery to participate in the Olympic Games.

◆ Wang Yifu who defeated the disease

China shooter Wang Yifu was seriously ill before he came to Atlanta. He was carried on the plane in a wheelchair. The day before the game, he fainted twice. When the team leader asked him if he could take part in the competition, he said firmly, "I will die on the target platform." The next day, he not only took part in the competition, but also led the second place by 3.8 rings before shooting the last shot. However, when he was about to shoot the last shot, the power was suddenly cut off on the playing field. When Wang Yifu supported the sick body and stood in front of the target again, it was already dark, but he just instinctively hit the 6.5 ring, and then fainted. He won the second place by only 0. 1 ring. His selfless fighting spirit has been highly praised and admired by people at home and abroad.

★ 26th Olympic Games

◆ "AIDS education"

An official in Fulton, Atlanta, USA recently said that all athletes participating in the 1996 Olympic Games should receive education on HIV (AIDS, etc.). ) and AIDS. Candal Keith, chairman of the town Committee, said: "We will also cooperate with the state Ministry of Health and ask the Olympic Organizing Committee to formulate measures to enable athletes who come to our city to participate in the Olympic Games to receive AIDS education to a certain extent." Fulton Town, located in the center of Asia, is the main venue of 1996 Olympic Games. They decided to do this because louganis took part in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games with HIV, which caused a storm. Candal Keith wants to make all athletes participate in AIDS testing from the perspective of legislation, but he can't find the relevant provisions in the existing laws. However, he believes: "This will not affect our efforts to implement the education plan. Our aim is to prevent the residents of our city from being infected with HIV. " The International Olympic Committee announced that 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games will not be tested for AIDS. Payne, chairman of the Atlanta Organizing Committee, also said that he did not think that athletes were at risk of contracting AIDS when they participated in the Olympic Games. "As far as I know, our organizing committee will not put AIDS education on the agenda," he said after learning about Fulton's action. Sydney, which was still bullish when bidding for the 2000 Olympic Games, has now encountered a headache for the citizens. Many sponsors promised a lot of sponsorship fees when they really needed them, and they all found reasons to refuse to deliver them. All of a sudden, the Sydney Olympic Organizing Committee is extremely short of financial resources, about 600 million Australian dollars, about 432 million US dollars. Because private enterprises did not enthusiastically sponsor the Olympic Games as the previous government imagined, the funds for building the Olympic Village, tennis and baseball centers have not been settled at present, and the construction of various competition venues has almost been waiting for food since the successful bid, and it is in a state of stagnation.

★ 27th Olympic Games

◆ Unqualified Olympic host.

As the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney has attracted worldwide attention, but the health status of the people here can't adapt to its status as the host city of the Olympic Games. A few days ago, the Australian Institute of Health conducted a sample survey, and the results surprised everyone. Respondents are Australians aged 18 to 34. The survey found that although the overall number of male drug addicts has greatly decreased, it has not prompted them to go to the gym to exercise. Another result shows that the total number of athletes in Australia is much less than that of five years ago, while the number of overweight men is 1 1.9% than that of five years ago. In these five years, the number of obese women under 30 has increased by 8%. Experts come to the conclusion that the plan made two years ago to make 75% residents in China participate in sports by the year 2000 now seems impossible. The plan was put forward in time, which made Sydney more sure to win the right to host the Olympic Games. On the contrary, the number of athletes in China has dropped from 70.9% to 67.6% in the past five years.

Anecdotes of Olympic Games

It took 54 years to reach the finish line.

19 12 The 5th Olympic Marathon held in Sweden encountered a hot day. Japanese athlete Kim Litchi Zang ran to the middle of the road and suddenly saw a Swedish audience drinking orange juice. He instinctively walked to the audience, and soon got orange juice, a place to live and a good sleep. When he woke up, the game was over. When Norwegian Olson reached the finish line as the last one, only the Japanese players disappeared without a trace, but he didn't know that the Japanese players were sleeping in a common people's home. It was not until the next day that he returned to the residence of the Japanese team. 1965, 76-year-old Jin Lizhi returned to his old place in Sweden. He ran from the place where 19 12 gave up the race to the finish line of the marathon, the Stockholm Olympic Games, and reached the finish line.

6. The river never intrudes into the well water.

In the Olympic Games 100 meter race in the 1920s, a long rope was pulled continuously from the starting point to the finishing point. The original intention of this equipment is to prevent athletes from breaking the rules and crossing the line, so that athletes have to step by step in the game, otherwise they will be entangled in that rope carelessly, which is also harmful to their health. The original dangerous design that allowed athletes to step by step was criticized and abolished.

7. Half gold and half silver

1932 At the 10 Olympic Games, American woman Ashley won the gold medal in the high jump, but she was very grateful to another American woman, Dietrich Carson. Dietrich Carson is the silver medal winner of the high jump in this Olympic Games. The two encouraged each other, learned from each other, learned from each other's strengths, and established a profound friendship. They are indeed closer than their sisters. When they got on the podium together, they cheered and hugged, and they were immersed in the joy of victory. After the Olympic Games, they kept their medals as an eternal commemoration of their friendship.

8. The gold medal changed hands again.

In the equestrian events of the14th Olympic Games, Sweden won the team championship with the best score of 1.366, but was later disqualified because persson of Sweden did not meet the requirement that athletes must be officers at that time. Persson was just a corporal. In order to participate in the Olympic Games, he was temporarily promoted to an officer. However, the Swedish military forgot to replace persson's military cap. As a result, persson took part in the competition wearing a corporal's military cap, which was discovered by the referee and leaked the clue. The gold medal that should have been won was lost.

9. The horse was divided by the Olympics.

There is no doubt that horses are a very important part of equestrian events. In the underdeveloped past, countries attached great importance to animal import quarantine. Australian law clearly stipulates that animals must undergo quarantine for six months after entering the country.

From 65438 to 0956, Melbourne, Australia won the right to host the Olympic Games, which was the first time that the Olympic Games were held outside Europe and America. However, due to Australia's quarantine restrictions on livestock entry, equestrian events in this Olympic Games have become a problem. After many consultations, the IOC decided to change the equestrian events to Stockholm, Sweden, making the16th Olympic Games the only Olympic Games held in two continents. (Author: Nanshan)

10. Happiness begets sorrow and gold medal is lost.

At the 16 Olympic Games, Ivanov, a rower of 18 years old from the Soviet Union, was very excited after winning the gold medal. He threw the gold medal into the sky in the competition field, which caused cheers from the audience. Unexpectedly, the gold medal fell into his hand and then fell into the lake. He immediately jumped into the water, trying to find the lost gold medal. Finally, I returned to the water empty-handed. The International Olympic Games could not bear to see Ivanov return home sadly, and gave him a replacement-imitation gold medal. Ivanov won two Olympic gold medals: 17 and 18. He learned the last lesson and never dared to throw medals everywhere again.

1 1. life-saving gold medal

1960 17 at the Olympic games, Ethiopian emperor Haier? Bekira, the guardian of Selassie I, took part in the marathon barefoot, broke the Olympic record and won the gold medal in 2 hours 15 minutes 16.2 seconds, which made great contributions to Ethiopia and became a national hero. Later, Bekira participated in a coup staged by the Ethiopian Royal Guard. After the failed coup, Haier? Emperor Selassie I decided not to pursue Becky because she won the Olympic champion. In this way, an Olympic gold medal saved Bekira's life. At the 18 Olympic Games in 1964, Bekira made persistent efforts, winning the marathon champion again with an excellent score of 2 hours 12 minutes 1 .2 seconds, becoming the1person who won the marathon gold medal in Olympic history.

Golden recipe

1956 On the eve of the Olympic Games, Paul Anderson, an American weightlifter, was considered extremely overweight because of his excessive indulgence in diet. In order to participate in the Olympic weightlifting project in Melbourne, Anderson implemented a diet plan and lost 60 pounds in six weeks. In the heavyweight weightlifting final, Anderson and Campbell Schweidi of Argentina lifted a total weight of 1 102 pounds, but after the competition, Schweidi weighed 3 16.5 pounds, while Anderson weighed only 3 14 pounds. Therefore, Anderson won the gold medal in weightlifting in this Olympic Games. Anderson diet is a gold medal!

Devoted believers lose gold medals.

Scottish athlete Legg won the men's 200m and 400m championships at the 1924 Olympic Games. He might have won the gold medal in the 100 meter, but because the competition was scheduled for Sunday, he was still a seminary student and had to go to church, so he gave up the 100 meter competition and went to church wholeheartedly.

54 years marathon

At the 19 12 Olympic Games, K MacArthur, an Irish-born South African athlete, won the marathon in 2 hours, 36 minutes and 54.8 seconds, while O Olsen, a Norwegian athlete, lagged behind 1 hour and won the 34th place in 3 hours, 36 minutes and 35.2 seconds. Fifty-four years later, people realized that the last place in this competition (that is, the 35th place) was Japanese athlete Tomizo Kimura. Here is an interesting story:

The marathon of the fifth Olympic Games met a hot day. Japanese athlete Tomizo Kimura ran in the last third of the team. On the way, he suddenly found a Swedish audience drinking orange juice on the roadside. The sun is like fire. He is thirsty and tired, and he really wants to have a rest. At this time, he gave up the game and instinctively walked to the audience who drank orange juice. Despite the language barrier, Li Jing soon got orange juice and a place to live from Sweden. He had a good sleep. At this time, the competition in Stockholm Olympic Stadium has ended.

1966, 76-year-old Jin Lizhi hid in Sweden and revisited his old place. He walked from the place where 19 12 gave up the race to the end of the marathon-Stockholm Olympic Stadium, and finally reached the imaginary end. It has been 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 8 hours, 32 minutes and 20 seconds since he set off with another player. Swedish sports reporters congratulated him one after another, saying that he had created an extraordinary "marathon record". Li Jing said: "It was really a long game, but it was a worthwhile game. I found my wife in my life of more than 54 years, and now I have 6 children and 10 grandchildren. Don't you need time? No matter how long it takes, everyone will reach their goals and run to the finish line. "

Champion of painting ladle

Garrett from Princeton University has never thrown a discus, but he was lucky to win the championship.

Garrett loves art and sports and worships the Italian Renaissance immortal work The Discus Thrower. When he learned that the Olympic Games would be held in Athens, he really wanted to take part in the competition. A friend said that he has great arm strength and can take part in the discus competition. However, the United States had not started this project at that time, and Garrett didn't even know the shape of the discus, let alone the throwing method. So he made a discus himself according to the proportion of Miron's sculpture human body to discus, and simulated the posture of the discus thrower. He fiddled around at home and hurried to Athens. It was not until the competition that he found that the discus was so light (the ancient discus was far less heavy than it is now) and light and convenient, so he threw 59.38+05 meters effortlessly and won the championship easily. The coaches and athletes on the field were stunned and puzzled by the amazing performance of the player, while the audience cheered and applauded the American novice player. Later, he won the first place in the shot put competition.

Strange starting posture

On the track and field, the dust is flying and laughter bursts. On the slightly inclined runway, the 100 meter race is going on. Among the five finalists, there is an American athlete, Todd Burke, who is wearing a distinctive vest and shorts. Compared with other athletes wearing knee-length shorts, Burke's clothing attracted bursts of laughter from the audience, and women in the audience even dared not face it. In the final, some athletes stood almost straight, some bent down, and only Burke took a starting posture similar to squatting, which aroused the audience's curiosity and laughter. However, Burke turned a deaf ear to this and won the first champion of the modern Olympic Games in 12 seconds. Burke also won the 400-meter championship in 54.2 seconds, and the audience exclaimed: "Scud, the first Scud".

Tourism champion

Tennis was listed as an official event in the first Olympic Games, but at that time, tennis was not very popular and the level of professional players was not very high. The first Olympic tennis match was held near the pillars of Cupid Temple in Athens. Boland, a student of Oxford University in England, happened to be traveling in Athens. He is a tennis enthusiast. He always takes his racket with him when he goes out to practice. This game is very intense. He also wanted to try his hand, so he signed up on the spot and swung his racket into battle. As a result, he was invincible and became the first tennis singles champion in Olympic history.

Traun, a student of Dresden Institute of Technology, was a track and field athlete and a tennis enthusiast. He took part in the track and field competition. He was eliminated in the preliminaries and met Boland by chance in Athens. Boland invited him to pair up for doubles. As a result, they won the doubles championship. Their unexpected gains in the trip are really enviable.

People are little kids.

Schumann, a small German athlete, won the wrestling competition in the first Olympic Games. On a battlefield in Panadnay Stadium in Athens, he knocked out five players from four countries. At that time, there was no heavyweight, similar to China's "hero".