The Top Ten Greatest Olympic Moments

1. I do not have aides
   August 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

   How 'bout the time when that free style diver bumped his head bleeding after which confided that he has AIDS.

2. Christophe
   August 5th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

   ok, it's winter Olympics, but I think it counts:

   Senegalese Alphonse Goomis giant slalom run in the 92 Albertville games.
   Against all odds (no snow in Senegal!), after only 6 years of ski, with no sponsor or support, he managed barely to keep his balance and finished the race.

   "The important thing is not to win, but to take part."
   Pierre de Coubertin.

3. Anthony
   August 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

   That list was terrible.

4. Public Relations Pro
   August 5th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute

   Never forget watching this moment as a kid.

   This was just after the King assassination - the Olympic committee did not understand the anger, so they banned the two players.

   Even the White player got in trouble for supporting them

5. Moon
   August 5th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

   Bob Beamon's jump was unbelievable. "He just jumped out the pit", I yelled at the tv. People were coming over to look. EVERYBODY was saying "UNBELIEVABLE!" It was so over the top.

   And after Dick Fosbury did the Fosbury flop, every kid in our neighborhood was out doing it. That very day.

6. Geekazoid
   August 5th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

   Man, you can pick hundreds of great moments from the Olympics, wonderful human interest story after story. Such is the fact that it's hard to quibble with the top 10 they picked as each of them are incredible Olympic moments.

   How about Rafer Johnson and C.K. Yang's titanic battle in the Decathlon? Edwin Moses' last heroic stand, or even Carl Lewis' last swan song where he went out as he started, on top after a long time in the sport? That's just track and field. What about other sports, like Shun Fujimoto who scored a 9.7 on the gymnastic rings by nailing a perfect 8 foot landing with a broken knee, helping his team win the gold in Montreal?

7. JC
   August 5th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

   I would like to see some videos about the last olympics. Resources?

8. mokuwai
   August 6th, 2008 at 12:51 am

   Kerri Strug vaulting with a sprained ankle to win the team gold in 1996 still sticks with me.

9. Sid Morrison
   August 6th, 2008 at 10:05 am

   USA defeats CCCP in ice hockey @ 1980 games. Sweet.

   along the lines of Christophe's comments- Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards the British skijumper at Calgary in '88.

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