The Soviet Union
From 1928 Amsterdam Olympics to 1956 Melbourne Olympics India won six consecutive gold medals at hockey. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics
roughly 1958 to 1964
Australia's Betty Cuthbert's last Olympic medal was gold in women's 400 meter run at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
Jim Thorpe was an American of European and Native American decent. He was in the 1912 Olympics in Sweden. He won gold medals in the pentathlon and the decathlon. In the 2008 Games in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra became the first athlete representing the country of India to win gold in an individual event when he won the men's 10 meter air rifle competition. This was India's 9th gold medal in Olympic competition. The other eight have been won by the hockey team.
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The Soviet Union
Hockey is the National Game of India. Hockey has been played in India for time immemorial. There was a golden period of Indian hockey when hockey stalwarts of India ruled the game. On the international scenario there were no competitors to match the magical hands of Indian hockey players. The might and power of Indian hockey made India synonymous with the game. Unmatched excellence and incomparable talent of Indian players became folklore. The ball-juggling feats of players like Major Dhyanchand made people to think that Indian players used some kind of black magic. The Golden Era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 - 1956 when India won 6 successive gold medals in the Olympic Games.
Maurice Sendak won the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for Where the Wild Things Are.
The USA beating the USSR in Ice Hockey in the 1980 Winter Olympics. USA's team was made up of all college players and the USSR had won every Gold Medal in Ice Hockey since 1964.
From 1928 Amsterdam Olympics to 1956 Melbourne Olympics India won six consecutive gold medals at hockey. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics
Civil Actions Medal was created in 1964.
Field hockey, mens: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980. 10 m air rifle, men's: Abhinav Bindra, 2008
The leader of the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1964 was Nikita Khrushchev.
Bill Watson - ice hockey - was born in 1964.
Dennis Smith - ice hockey - was born in 1964.