Who was the first woman to win a cycling Olympic Gold Medal?

Answer 1

Women first competed in gymnastics at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. There were no individual medals awarded, only a team competition (all around) medal. The gold medalist of the 1928 women's team competition was The Netherlands. The members of the team were: Estella Agsteribbe

Jacomina van den Berg

Alida van den Bos

Petronella Burgerhof

Elka de Levie

Helena Nordheim

Ans Polak

Petronella van Randwijk

Hendrika van Rumt

Jud Simons

Jacoba Stelma

Anna van der Vegt

Answer 2

Women began competing in athletics at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. The first two events to be decided were on July 31, the 100 meter dash and discus throw. The winner of the 100 meter dash was Betty Robinson of the United States and the discus throw winner was Halina Konopacka of Poland.

Answer 3

Women were first allowed to compete in Olympic gymnastics at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. There were no individual gold medals awarded, only medals for team all-around. The winner of the all-around gold medal was the team from The Netherlands which was comprised of Estella Agsteribbe, Jacomina van den Berg, Alida van den Bos, Petronella Burgerhof, Elka de Levie, Helena Nordheim, Ans Polak, Petronella van Randwijk, Hendrika van Rumt, Jud Simons, Jacoba Stelma, and Anna van der Vegt. These ladies were the first to win an Olympic gold medal in women's gymnastics.

Answer 4

Gymnasts Mariya Gorokhovskaya of the Soviet Union and Margit Korondi-Plachy of Hungary at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki.

Mariya won 7 medals (2 gold, 5 silver) and Margit won 6 medals (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze). Mariya's 7 medals is an all time Olympic record for medals won by a woman at one Games.

Answer 5

Connie Carpenter-Phinney of the United States in individual road race at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.