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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Korean Twete Kant of of Jimim Torch to olympic Staffu during a Rob not he games drills sleek of Fiffis Tower swish in new hotels with doormen a uniform. Cing poured Inlo last minute s n English and French Are All Way to stadiums and sports i up near cily Hall where Iho Lions Fly Inglish lessons and stale mles of tie Road Lor Sale of Iho Todori Ligac rub. Rest shirts tie clips and s. Ers with sub machine guns at in counterpoint to a threats that Shadow any olympics the soldiers patrol Kimpo Airport circling the terminals and standing on the second door overlooking lha passengers below. Security is already tight at the games Sites visitors Musl run through a Maze of Security guards every 100 eel or so checking identification. Hotels Loo Are employing extra Security guards and soveral will require passes Tor guests to enter Seoul s people Are gearing up Loo. Park Hae Jung a 21 year old ice Cream shop employee recently passed the last lest to Qualia her As a Volunteer in Seoul s newly built International broadcasting Center. Paa Yon a who works in a stationery store. Said Sho had been practising English Lor a month in Hopes of helping visitors who might to lost. Beyond the hurry of preparations for he games however the life of the capital lushes along Al its usual headlong Pace. Hero one Quarter of the entire nation works studies shops argues and sometimes protests. A no matter who s there to Loelma not having them Phasis for now swimming is i live and die to swim. Thai Are who s in the next Lane who took Home Throe Gold nes olympics no matter who s in what Sis you win a race aut in. They did t say what in -1 and i won there s nothing in l Ihfe " ice of the so viols in Seoul to Don t think at it that tic olympic team in 1980 and Matching. 1 left an empathy for i they were going  vie bloc athletes will nol i the medal chances of some double Gold modal diver Greg tuition was there Louganis not shown in la then in might Carl Lewis staged a fourfold medal sweep Al los Angeles Matching Jesso Owens feat a Berlin in 1936. He is More concerned with the Lime schedule Al Seoul which May prevent 0 four Gold repeat than he is with the Competition. Who s conning does t Mailer to me he said i m a competitor who competes against myself. I Don l worry about who s in an event Mary Decker Slaney was Loo Young for 197g. Blocked by the Boycott in 1980 and Hen tangled with Zola Budd and Ell in the 3.000-Meler race in 1984. So despite a Brilliant running career she is still chasing alter her first olympic medal for me just to finish the 3,000 Atler what happened in 1984 would be accomplishment enough Sho said. I Don t go into a race figuring i be got to beat this one or that. I Ghoul to perform to my capability i i do that i feel i la be All right. Certainly i want to do Well for the United states bul politics does t belong in sports. It s athlete against  so Tel. It s hard to ignore the first summer confrontation Between american and Soviel athletes in a dozen years. As . Track coach Bob Kersee put it we could t go in 60 and they did t show in 84. Lei s get together in Seoul and get it  answers 1. Mark Spitz of the United states won seven Gold medals in swimming in 1972. 2. Soviet gymnast Laryssa Latyn Lna with 18 medals nine Gold from 195b 64.3. D. 4. True. 5. B. Romania had 20 golds. 6. Al Dexter won the Gold in the discus in 1956,1960,1964 and 1968. 7. Emil Zatopek and Dana Zato Kova of Czechoslovakia. Zatopek the first czech to win a Gold set the most world records 18 in track and Field and is tha Only runner to win the 5,000,10,000and the Marathon in a single olympics 1952. Zato Kova tha first woman czech to win a Gold when she won the javelin in 1952. B. Ingamar Johansson Silver 1952joe Frazier old 1964george Foreman Gold 1 s6fl and John tata Bronze 1976. 9.c.10. Faster higher braver in latin but tha universally accepted meaning is swifter higher stronger 11. Swimming shooting Cross country running fencing and equestrian. 12. George s. Ration then a 26 year old army lieutenant and later a world War ii hero finished Floh Overall at Stockholm in 1912, ration might have won the event had he not Bee such a poor Marksman placing 21st in a held or 32 in the shooting Competition. 13. False. Peter Oes Jardins of the United states scored a 10 in diving in 1928.14. Bob Beamon. 29 feet 2 a inches in the Long Lump and the United stairs Lee Evans Vincent Matthews Ron Freeman g. Lawrence james2 minutes. S6.1 seconds in the 1.600 relay. 15. A and c.16. Tommie Smith and John Carlos. 17. Eddie Eagan won a Gold medal in boxing in 1920 and a Gold medal in the bobsled in 1932. In. True. Hayes a Winner of the 100 meter dash in 1964, played Lor the Dallas cowboys who won the super bowl in 1971.19. Clyde Lovellette 1952, Kansas University Minneapolis lakers Bill Russell and , Jones 1956. University of san Francisco Bosto celtics Jerry Lucas 1960, Ohio state University new York knocks and Ounn Buckner 1976, Indiana University Boston celtics. 20. C.21.d. 22. The United slates lost to the soviet Union 51 so. With three seconds left in the game Doug Collins hit two free throws for a 50-49 Lead the americans first of the game. The soviets passed the ballot my court and called timeout with one second remaining. . Coach Mank Iba protested the Call As being illegal under International rules. Tha soviets we retold to take the Ball Back to the end of tha court and play the final second. A Quick pass and Long heave failed an the . Celebrated a Short lived Victory. The referees cleared the Courland reset the clock at three seconds under me instructions of William Jones Secretary general of the International Amateur basketball federation. The last three seconds were replayed and67 Aleksander Belov received a full court pass Between two american defenders and scored the winning Basket As time elapsed. Tha u a. Protested in vain that Jones illegally interfered by telling the official timekeeper and referees to allow the soviets a second Chance. The .team refused to accept the Silver medal.23. Hank Iba Oklahoma am 1945 46 and Tokyo games 1964 and Mexico City games 1968 Pete Newell University of California. 1959, and Rome games 1950 Dean Smith Montreal games 1976, and University of North Carolina 1977 Bob Knight los Angeles games. 1984. And Indiana University 1976,1961 and 1987. Bonus. The rings symbolize the five original continents represented in she Early olympic games Europe Bleasia yellow Africa Blac Oceania Green and the americas red. At least one of the five colors is found in the National Flag of every nation within the olympic movement. Ccorino120-Lti . . Uf4i for. Prmt a  poor. Etc a i thu fail Maloolm. Of _ a. Tou Amri Tik to in. Amber 16,1988 the stars and stripes page15  
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