50 stunning Olympic moments
We dip into the archives to take another look at some of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Games
50 stunning Olympic moments No50: Usain Bolt stuns the world
Simon Burnton: Usain Bolt’s 100m and 200m golds in Beijing launched a remarkable career and rescued sprinting from controversy
50 stunning Olympic moments No49: Chris Hoy's crazy few days in 2008
Scott Murray: In Beijing, Scotland’s most successful Olympian becomes the first Briton for 100 years to win three golds at a single Games
50 stunning Olympic moments No48: the Dream Team win gold in 1992
At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, the Dream Team, America’s basketball superstars including Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan, won gold with an array of blistering performances
50 stunning Olympic moments No47: Olga Korbut redefines gymnastics
Paul Doyle: At the 1972 Munich Olympics, a young Soviet athlete stunned the crowd, winning three gold medals and pulling off the move that became known as ‘the Korbut flip’
50 stunning Olympic moments No46: GB win hockey gold at Seoul 1988
How an eight-year dream turned into glorious reality
50 stunning Olympic moments No45: Teófilo Stevenson stuns the US
Simon Burnton: Teófilo Stevenson turned down millions of dollars to remain with the eight million Cubans who loved him
50 stunning Olympic moments No44: Carl Lewis's four golds in 1984
Carl Lewis’s medal haul is unrivalled in track and field but the unloved American struggled to turn his success into big bucks
50 stunning Olympic moments: Chris Boardman's 1992 cycling gold – in pictures
50 stunning Olympic moments No43: Chris Boardman's golden Barcelona
50 stunning Olympic moments No 42: Michael Phelps goes big in Beijing
Evan Fanning: The boy from blue-collar Baltimore was desperate to become the greatest Olympian of all time – and achieved the improbable feat by collecting eight gold medals in the Beijing pool in 2008
50 stunning Olympic moments No 41: Emil Zatopek the triple-gold winner
Simon Burnton: Winning the 5,000m, the 10,000m and the marathon in 1952, Emil Zatopek became a sporting legend. His remarkable personality and a gruelling training regime led to his success
50 stunning Olympic moments No40: Kerri Strug wins gold in Atlanta
Tom Bryant: Kerri Strug, the unheralded member of the United States gymnastics team, produces a vault of pure grit to end Russia’s domination
50 stunning Olympic moments No39: Allan Wells wins 100m gold in Moscow
Rob Bagchi: Hard work in an unheated garage turned Allan Wells into a champion when he defied the Olympic boycott request
50 stunning Olympic moments: Don Thompson's 1960 Walking gold – in pictures
50 stunning Olympic moments No38: Don Thompson takes walking gold
50 Stunning Olympic moments: Mark Spitz - in pictures
50 stunning Olympic moments No37: Mark Spitz wins seven swimming golds
50 stunning Olympic moments No36: Linford Christie wins gold in 1992
Rob Bagchi: The Great Britain team captain Linford Christie went one better than his silver in 1988 when at the age of 32 he became the oldest person to capture 100m Olympic gold and only the third Briton
50 stunning Olympic moments: Wilma Rudolph – in pictures
50 stunning Olympic moments No35: Wilma Rudolph's triple gold in 1960
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