At 13 years old and 3 days, Céléstine N'Drin represented the Coast d'Ivoire (CIV) in the 800 m (Montreal 1976).
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There was no 'runner' representing Ecuador that won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. However, there was a 'walker' that won gold for Ecuador. That walker was Jefferson Perez and he won gold in the 20 Km walk in a time of 1:20:07.
Sebastian Coe.
Phadeppa Chaugule, who finished 19th, and Sadashir Datar, who did not finish the race, at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
Yes, he won the Olympics in 776 bc. He was a naked runner and won the race of the 210 yard long track.
It HAS happened. In 1960 a cyclist from Denmark died from a stroke related to a drug overdose and in 1912 a Portuguese marathon runner died of sunstroke.