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That has happened twice ...

1) Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia at the 1960 Games in Rome and 1964 Games in Tokyo.

2) Waldemar Cierpinski of East Germany at the 1976 Games in Montreal and 1980 Games in Moscow.

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