Question 3

Name the 42 men and women to win the 100m gold medal at the Summer Olympics (Men from 1896-present and women from 1928-present)

Note: Ben Johnson (1988) and Marion Jones (2000) are not on the list as they both got disqualifed for doping. Someone else got the 1988 men's gold medal but the 2000 women's was vacated.

Bolt/nails to bid first, glgl!

I can think of 4 off the top of my head that I am certain are correct so let's start there.

I suppose TN got 36 right out of 42 on this category?

Come on, now. We had 16 easy. And I should've gotten Prost and Stewart. Jody Scheckter is the only one I'm embarrassed to having no knowledge of as I was a big fan of his son Tomas when he was racing at Indy.

Er, uh... I'm going to be useless on this one, JM.

I'm not bad at this.

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6

7

8

Who do we appreciate?

Nails!

9

I'll interrupt the bidding for this commentary.

It should be fairly obvious that I'm an American sports fan, through and through. I'm up on the big 3 sports (baseball, football, basketball) and I enjoy college football and basketball.

I watch zero hockey and only slightly more soccer, although I love the World Cup. I catch Olympic sports when the Olympics come around. Otherwise I'm not really following skiing or track & field.

It's evident that PokerCrazy is British and watches a lot more of a variety than I do. Although, he evidently never heard of Ricky Henderson, so I have that going for me.

But this all leads to this. I just clicked on Youtube to look at music videos from the Walrus reveal and saw in the side panel that Ronnie O'Sullivan just notched his 985th and 986th centuries. So now I know what I'll be watching for the next 15 or 20 minutes.

And if anyone has read this far and doesn't know who Ronnie O'Sullivan is, I'll just say that he's up there with Gretzky and Jordan for dominance in his "sport" as well as being a compelling personality with all kinds of charisma.

Yep i've been watching Ronnie all week, huge snooker fan hopefully he wins later on

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Phil Taylor are two of my favorite go-to's on Youtube. Go figure.

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Phil Taylor the darts guy? Caught him a few times on some late-night darts programming, either BBC America or a random sports channel. Surprisingly fun to watch.

That's the guy. His cockiness is compelling. And watching the live crowd get sloshed on pitchers of beer while they sing his name makes for a lot of entertainment.

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There are several darts guys who are cocky and not afraid to talk a little trash. Add in the drunken crowd, and it's great stuff.

Regarding the question at hand -- I figured we could each get 4 or 5 names and make it to 10, but any further bidding will require more confidence from you.

The chances of me getting 4 or 5 that you don't already have are slim.

pass

I know Usain Bolt.

Maybe I know FloJo and Jackie Joyner Kersey. Maybe? Di Carl Lewis end up with that Seoul Gold? Jesse Owens win the 100 in front of Hitler?

Good luck, JM!

Yeah, Carl Lewis won 2, Bullet Bob Hayes is the only old dude I know besides Owens.

More recently, Linford Christie, Mo Green, Donovan Bailey & Justin Gatlin (+Bolt ldo).

Women:
FloJo
Devers
Fraser-Pryce

Don't think JJK ever won a 100m. She was more of a multi-event/hurdler type.

I think Wilma Rudolph might have won 1, but not 100%.

How many do we need? I think that's 12 including Rudolph.

11? Yeah:

Bolt
Lewis
Owens
Hayes
Christie
Green
Bailey
Gatlin
Griffith-Joyner
Devers
Fraser-Pryce

Pretty comfortable with all of that.