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1 Muhammed Ali lighting the flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
2 1992 Opening Ceremony Barcelona, the Archer lighting the flame.
3 Michael Johnson 200m and 400m double at the Atlanta Olympics
4 Greg Louganis, diving hitting his head and coming back to win gold.
85 USA Dream Team - Basketball 1992 - The team was awesome: Jordon, Magic, Bird etc.
6 Cathy Freeman 400m 2000 Olympics, the race that stopped the nation.
7 Perkins 1500 win from lane 8.
8 Eric the Eel.
9 Seb Coes 'I told you so' in the 1984 1500m. Breathtaking, beautiful and special. A man written off that destroys the field and is still the only back-to-back winner of Olympic 1500m.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KupBT6XdC2c
10 Jesse Owens.
11 Nadia Comaneci first ever perfect 10.
12 Linford Christie winning the 100m in 1992
13 GB beating West Germany in the 1988 hockey final & especially Barry Davies's commentary "Where were the Germans? &, frankly, who cares?" Jingoism at its finest.
14 Derek Redmond being helped round the track by his dad after his hamstring went in the 400m final
15 Redgrave's "If you see me go near a boat you have my permission to shoot me" after winning gold in 1996. He, of course, returned 4 years later.
16 Ben Johnson's run in the 1988 games. Doped he may've been, but it was awesome at the time.
17 The Aussie swimming relay team air-guitaring in celebration after winning gold in a reference to Gary Hall Jnr comment about "Smashing them like guitars".
18 The siege at the 1972 Olympics. Nuff said.
19 Chariots of Fire; Liddle, Abrahams & all that.
20 Some Korean boxer refusng to leave the ring for what seemed like years after losing a points decision in 1988.
21 Bob Beamon's leap in the 1968 Mexico games.
22 Cricket at the 1900 Olympics.
23 Edwin Moses rounding out his stunning career with a bronze in the 400m hurdles at Seoul in 1988...
24 DFK hurdles in 1988. [Debbie Flintoff-King]
25 Mark Spitz's 7 Gold and 7 world records - Munich 1972
26 Dawn Fraser wins her 3rd straight 100m freestyle - Tokyo 1964
27 Shane Gould, wins 3 gold, and becomes the first ever female swimmer to win 3 Olympic Gold each in WR time (200m IM, 200m & 400m free). By doing so she also became the only male or female swimmer to ever hold the WR for each freestyle event from 100m to 1500m at the same time. She was only 15 at the time.
28. Shane Heal v Yanks 1996.
29. Jane Saville - Disqualification in the 20km walk, just out of the stadium, losing a certain gold.
Seconded and through to the finals.
1 Cathy Freeman 400m 2000 Olympics, the race that stopped the nation.
2 Nadia Comaneci first ever perfect 10.
3 Derek Redmond being helped round the track by his dad after his hamstring went in the 400m final
4 Eric the Eel.
5 Perkins 1500 win from lane 8.
6 The Aussie swimming relay team air-guitaring in celebration after winning gold in a reference to Gary Hall Jnr comment about "Smashing them like guitars".
7 USA Dream Team - Basketball - The team was awesome: Jordon, Magic, Bird etc
8 Michael Johnson 200m and 400m double at the Atlanta Olympics
1 Muhammed Ali lighting the flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
2 1992 Opening Ceremony Barcelona, the Archer lighting the flame.
3 Michael Johnson 200m and 400m double at the Atlanta Olympics
4 Greg Louganis, diving hitting his head and coming back to win gold.
85 USA Dream Team - Basketball 1992 - The team was awesome: Jordon, Magic, Bird etc.
6 Cathy Freeman 400m 2000 Olympics, the race that stopped the nation.
7 Perkins 1500 win from lane 8.
8 Eric the Eel.
9 Seb Coes 'I told you so' in the 1984 1500m. Breathtaking, beautiful and special. A man written off that destroys the field and is still the only back-to-back winner of Olympic 1500m.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KupBT6XdC2c
10 Jesse Owens.
11 Nadia Comaneci first ever perfect 10.
12 Linford Christie winning the 100m in 1992
13 GB beating West Germany in the 1988 hockey final & especially Barry Davies's commentary "Where were the Germans? &, frankly, who cares?" Jingoism at its finest.
14 Derek Redmond being helped round the track by his dad after his hamstring went in the 400m final
15 Redgrave's "If you see me go near a boat you have my permission to shoot me" after winning gold in 1996. He, of course, returned 4 years later.
16 Ben Johnson's run in the 1988 games. Doped he may've been, but it was awesome at the time.
17 The Aussie swimming relay team air-guitaring in celebration after winning gold in a reference to Gary Hall Jnr comment about "Smashing them like guitars".
18 The siege at the 1972 Olympics. Nuff said.
19 Chariots of Fire; Liddle, Abrahams & all that.
20 Some Korean boxer refusng to leave the ring for what seemed like years after losing a points decision in 1988.
21 Bob Beamon's leap in the 1968 Mexico games.
22 Cricket at the 1900 Olympics.
23 Edwin Moses rounding out his stunning career with a bronze in the 400m hurdles at Seoul in 1988...
24 DFK hurdles in 1988. [Debbie Flintoff-King]
25 Mark Spitz's 7 Gold and 7 world records - Munich 1972
26 Dawn Fraser wins her 3rd straight 100m freestyle - Tokyo 1964
27 Shane Gould, wins 3 gold, and becomes the first ever female swimmer to win 3 Olympic Gold each in WR time (200m IM, 200m & 400m free). By doing so she also became the only male or female swimmer to ever hold the WR for each freestyle event from 100m to 1500m at the same time. She was only 15 at the time.
28. Shane Heal v Yanks 1996.
29. Jane Saville - Disqualification in the 20km walk, just out of the stadium, losing a certain gold.
Seconded and through to the finals.
1 Cathy Freeman 400m 2000 Olympics, the race that stopped the nation.
2 Nadia Comaneci first ever perfect 10.
3 Derek Redmond being helped round the track by his dad after his hamstring went in the 400m final
4 Eric the Eel.
5 Perkins 1500 win from lane 8.
6 The Aussie swimming relay team air-guitaring in celebration after winning gold in a reference to Gary Hall Jnr comment about "Smashing them like guitars".
7 USA Dream Team - Basketball - The team was awesome: Jordon, Magic, Bird etc
8 Michael Johnson 200m and 400m double at the Atlanta Olympics
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