Do you want to play games? A questionnaire to learn about Olympic history

The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad will be inaugurated in Paris on July 26, 2024. To entertain the wait, EFE proposes a weekly question and answer questionnaire with the aim of learning about Olympic history and its great protagonists.

1. This May 28, what is believed to be the oldest Olympic athlete still alive, Frenchwoman Yvonne Chabot-Curtet, will turn 104 years old. She participated in the 1948 and 1952 Games in athletics, in the event of…

(a) 100m

(b) Long jump

(c) Javelin throw

2. The Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, winner of the 1960 Rome Marathon, repeated his victory in Tokyo 1964 even though his physical condition was not ideal. He had not been able to train properly due to a recent operation…

(a) Appendicitis

(b) Retinal detachment

(c) Tonsils

3. Who coached the American basketball team known as the ‘Dream Team’ in Barcelona 1992?

(a) Lenny Wilkens

(b) Gregg Popovich

(c) Chuck Daly

4. Jamaica, which began participating in the Games in the 1948 edition, has since won 88 medals, all but one in athletics. In which sport did you win the other medal?

(a) Cycling

(b) Swimming

(c) Boxing

5. American swimmer Katie Ledecky can become the woman with the most Olympic gold medals in any sport in Paris. To do this, to the seven that she already has, she would have to add…

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

Answers:

1. (b) Yvonne Chabot-Curtet, born in Cannes on May 28, 1920, was eighth in the long jump at the 1948 London Games. At Helsinki 1952 she placed 23rd.

2. (a) Abebe Bikila had surgery for appendicitis 40 days before the Games, which altered his training plan. He won the Tokyo marathon with a world record (2h12:11), but his success was so unexpected that the Ethiopian anthem was not played at the medal ceremony because it was not available.

3. (c) Chuck Daly, coach of the Detroit Pistons, was the coach who led the Dream Team to the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games.

4. (a) Jamaican cyclist David Weller won a bronze medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1980 Moscow Games.

5. (c) Katie Ledecky has to win three gold medals in Paris to surpass Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina’s nine.

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