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[Olli]

Bronislaw Malinowski won gold and silver an died young (and had something to do with hurdles). I don't know about the other clues though.

[Olli]

That's a lot of hints already, but, in any case, I cannot answer anymore, since I looked up the answer.

[Olli]

OK, thanks, now I know the answer, but not without cheating. Frankly, I remember the 1970s Olympics much better than the more recent ones.

[Olli]

The clues don't tell me anything, but since nobody guesses anything, I will make a guess: Adam Nelson, even though I am 97% certain my guess is wrong...

[Olli]

Would be easier if all Korzeniowskis change their names to Conrad, wouldn't it?

[Olli]

DoubleRBar never has walkers....

[Olli]

According to Wikipedia, Nambu was born May 27th.

[Olli]

At last I got one name into my head (if you can use this idiom in English). It's Tajima, but I don't remember his first name, and there were one or two...

[Olli]

Haha, the birthplace *might* also be Sapporo. So one of the Japanese triple jumpers? I have somewhat vague recollections of their names, so perhaps I'll...

[Olli]

Born 1904 in Munich. The only German champion that comes to mind of approximately that period is Gerhard Stöck, but probably it's not him.

[Olli]

One of my memorable experiences was Lusis's EC win in Helsinki 1971. That was memorable largely because I was 6 or 7 and they were the first big games...

[Olli]

Livio Berruto and Janis Lusis?