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The last US gold medal in the 10,000 meters was won by Billy Mills at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.
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they did not get a medal, they were upset by the italians in the quarterfinals
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The last gold medal of the Beijing Olympics went to Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) for the Men's Marathon
Tug-of-war's last appearance in the Olympics was at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. The team from Great Britain won the gold medal.
Russian athletes won 33 medals in the Sochi Olympics. Thirteen of those were gold medals. Norway won eleven gold medals. The United States won 28 medals in Sochi.
India won its last hockey gold medal in 1980 in Moscow Olympic.
2008 Summer Games in Beijing when Abhinav Bindra won gold in men's 10 meter air rifle competition.
Women do not compete for a gold medal in the decathlon yet. The women do a 7 event Heptathlon, which was won in 2012 by Jessica Ennis.
Men's basketball - 1) 1972 - lost to the Soviet Union in the gold medal game. 2) 1988 - lost to the Soviet Union in the semi-finals. The Soviet Union went on to win the gold medal. 3) 2004 - lost to Argentina in the semi-finals. Argentina went on to win the gold medal. Women's basketball - 1) 1976 - lost to the Soviet Union in the gold medal game. 2) 1992 - lost to the Unified Team in the semi-finals. The Unified Team went on to win the gold medal.