JOhn Walker won his Olympic Gold medal in 1976 in the Montreal Olympic Games for the 1500 meters. Hope this helped! Viola.
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In figure skating, the list of Olympic Gold Medal winners from Great Britain is short. British men won back-to-back titles with John Curry winning in 1976, and Robin Cousins in 1980. Jeannette Altwegg was the ladies' champion in 1952. Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, undoubtedly the most famous British figure skaters of all time, won the ice dancing medal in 1984. As of 2014, no British team has ever won the Olympic Gold Medal in pairs skating.
George Poage (USA) became the first black athlete to medal at the Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1904 St Louis Olympics and he later went on to win the bronze in the 200m hurdles in the same games.He is the first African-American athlete to compete at the Olympic Games
Through the 2008 Games - 1) Jack Lovelock - 1936 2) Peter Snell - 1964 3) John Walker - 1976