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Men's Gymnastics Quiz
2. What hardship did 1952 and 1956 Men's All-Around gold medalist Russian Viktor Chukarin overcome? a. He was an orphan who was raised by his eventual coach b. He was prisoner in a concentration camp during World War II c. He severely injured and almost lost his right leg fighting the Nazis d. All of the above
3. Who was the first male gymnast to receive a perfect 10 in Olympic competition? a. Sawao Kato b. Bart Connor c. Aleksandr Dityatin d. Li Xiaoshuang
4. Who was the first gymnast to win six gold medals at one Olympics? a. Vitaly Scherbo b. Hryhoriy Misyutin c. Vladimir Artemov d. Aleksandr Dityatin
5. Though he won gold in the Horizontal Bar at the 1976 Montreal Games, what event made Japan's Mitsuo Tsukahara famous? a. The Parallel Bars b. The Pommeled Horse c. The Long Horse Vault d. The Rings
6. What unusual occurrance took place in the Pommeled Horse competition in the 1984 Los Angeles, 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Games? a. A gymnast from the host nation was disqualified b. There were dual gold medalists c. The eventual gold medalist fell off the horse, but redismounted and came back to win d. The eventual gold medalist scored a perfect 10
7. What did Greece's Joannis Melissanidis do at the 1996 Atlanta Games that no Greek Olympian had done since 1896? a. Represent the entire Greek gymnastics team b. Represent the entire Greek Olympic team c. Win an Olympic gold medal d. Win an Olympic gymnastics gold medal
8. What feat did Japan's Masao Takemoto accomplish at the 1960 Rome Games? a. He became the first Japanese gymnast to win a gold medal b. He became the youngest gymnast to win a gold medal c. He became the oldest gymnast to win a gold medal d. He became the first gymnast to win a team gold medal with two different countries
9. Who was the Japanese gymnast whose courageous performance on the horizontal bar despite a broken leg, helped Japan win the team gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Games? a. Shun Fujimoto b. Hisato Igarashi c. Eizo Kenmotsu d. Hiroshi Kajiyama
10. Three of the six gymnasts who helped the U.S. pull off the dramatic upset to win the team gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Games attended UCLA (the competition was held in Pauley Pavilion). Who did not? a. Tim Daggett b. Bart Connor c. Peter Vidmar d. Mitch Gaylord
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