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What sport was a medal event for the first time at the 2000 Olympics?
Trampolining
Who was the first British woman to win a fencing medal at the Olympics?
Gladys Davis won a silver medal at the 1924 Olympics in the Individual Women's Foil event.
When was the first Olympic event?
Modern Olympics: first medal awarded was in the Men's Triple Jump in 1896.
When was lacrosse played in the Olympics?
Lacrosse was played as a medal event in the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics. It was played as a non medal demonstration event at the 1928, 1932, and 1948 Summer Olympics.
James B Connolly won the gold medal in which Olympic event?
James Brendan Connolly became the first Olympic champion in 1527 years when he won the gold medal in the triple jump(hop,step and jump)at the 1896 Olympics in Athens.He won the silver medal in the same event ,four years later in Paris.
When was tennis an olympic sport?
Tennis was an event at the first Modern Olympics in 1896. It was contested every Olympics until 1924. It was then dropped from the Games and did not return as a medal event until 1988.
When was Laura wilkinson first Olympics?
She won a Gold Medal in the 10 M Platform at the 2000 Olympics in Sidney and finished 5th in 2004 for the event
What is the highest award in the Olympics?
The highest award in the Olympics is the gold medal. It is awarded to the first-place finisher in each event.
In the 1976 Winter Olympics Bill Koch became the first American to win a medal in what sport?
Cross country skiing.Koch won silver in the men's 30 km event at the 1976 Games. As of the 2010 Games, he is the only U.S. athlete to have won a medal in an Olympic cross country skiing event.
Who was the first African American to win a Olympics gold medal?
In 1908, John Baxter Taylor became the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics. Unfortunately, Taylor died of typhoid pneumonia later that year.
What countries dominated the medals in table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics?
Table tennis was first included as a medal event at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.
How many gold medal in the 2012 Olympics?
302 event winners were awarded a Gold Medal.
