The Olympic Games Quiz 4

Choose the correct answer for each question.

1 Jack Lovelock represented which country? Australia New Zealand USA UK France 2 How many gold medals did Jesse Owens (USA) win at the 1936 Berlin Olympics? 1 2 3 4 5 3 Which athlete has won 9 gold medals and a silver in 4 different events? Jesse Owens Al Orter Sergei Bubka Sean Fitzpatrick Carl Lewis 4 Which NZ equestrian rider won gold in 1984 and 1988 riding a horse called "Charisma"? Blyth Tait Mark Todd Sally Clark Andrew Nicholson Vaughan Jefferis 5 Which New Zealander won 3 gold medals in the canoeing events at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics? Paul MacDonald Alan Thompson Ian Ferguson Grant Bramwell David Tua 6 Who was known as "The Flying Finn" and won nine gold medals and three silver medals in running events from 1920 - 1928? Pavo Nurmi Nadia Comaneci Dawn Fraser Emil Zatopek Sergei Bubka 7 Australian Dawn Fraser was famous in which Olympic sport? Boxing Hockey Swimming Tennis Athletics - running 8 American swimmer Mark Spitz dominated the 1972 Munich Olympics. How many gold medals did he win? 8 7 6 5 4