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1 the marathon 12x

2 the decathlon 12x

3 Berlin 9x

4 Greg Louganis 9x

5 rhythmic gymnastics 8x

6 Greece 7x

7 the pole vault 7x

8 Eric Heiden 6x

9 the long jump 6x

10 the biathlon 6x

11 Nadia Comaneci 5x

12 Jim Thorpe 5x

13 Helsinki 5x

14 fencing 5x

15 Carl Lewis 5x

16 Barcelona 5x

17 Athens 5x

18 Montreal 5x

19 Uneven parallel bars 5x

20 basketball 5x

21 Sydney 4x

22 swimming 4x

23 Romania 4x

24 Moscow 4x

25 Mexico City 4x

26 Lake Placid 4x

27 Jesse Owens 4x

28 Floor exercise 4x

29 volleyball 4x

30 the triple jump 4x

31 100 meters 4x

32 the shot put 4x

33 tennis 4x

34 Wilma Rudolph 3x

35 weightlifting 3x

36 the heptathlon 3x

37 the balance beam 3x

38 St. Louis 3x

39 Sonja Henie 3x

40 skiing 3x

41 Paavo Nurmi 3x

42 Olga Korbut 3x

43 Munich 3x

44 Muhammad Ali 3x

45 luge 3x

46 judo 3x

47 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 3x

48 Hungary 3x

49 Finland 3x

50 curling 3x

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In 1984 Joan Benoit of the U.S. was the first to win this new event

the marathon

1904: Thomas Kiely, with 6,036 points; 2000: Erki Nool, with 8,641

the decathlon

1936 summer games (Marty Glickman was pulled from the U.S. team)

Berlin

Winning in Seoul & Los Angeles, he was the last American to win gold in the men's 10-meter platform dive

Greg Louganis

Be unbelievably proficient with a rope, hoop, ball, clubs & ribbon

rhythmic gymnastics

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