Easy Olympic Trivia

[stevehj197]

Now OF COURSE we all know all OG winners without looking them up, right ??

When Germany took the gold in the 1960 OG mens 4 x 100, who were the four runners ?

[cullman]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

Berndt Cullman, Walter Mahllendorf, Martin Lauer and Armin Hary...sorry for spelling mistakes

[stevehj197]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

whoa !! New world speed record ! Maybe you were on the team !!!!

[cullman]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

Ooops...I'm new to the board. Did my "nom de guerre" inspire this question?

[stevehj197]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

no it did not not, I just noticed the coincidence myself.

[stevehj197]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

ok cullman, try this one:

when Lauer ran his 13.2 in 1959 what was the last name of the starter ?

[cullman]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

Hmmm...howzabout a hint? Was it in Bern?

[stevehj197]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

I believe it was.

Labeled by some as a "fertig bang affair".

[stevehj197]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

sorry it was Zurich.

[cullman]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

As a wild stab in the dark...howabout Jesse Owens?

[cullman]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

Whaddaminit...fertig....Willy Brandt?

[stevehj197]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

this was a dumb question so I'll just answer it myself.. Somewhere buried in an old T&FN article about the race the starter is named as ( no first name), just " Herr Kern." Sorry for such a silly question, I will do better in the future.

[cullman]

Re: Easy Olympic Trivia

Phew...thanks for putting me out of my misery. After Sonja Henie and Konrad Adenauer, I would have completely run out of guesses!