2006-08-03 14:08:23 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Olympics
Jesse Owens
Emil Zatopec
Paavo Nurmi
Michael Johnson
Herb Elliott
Alberto Juantorena
Alexieve (SP)
Mark Spitz
Jure Franko
Olga Korbut
Carl Lewis
Wilma Rudolph
Lasse Viren
Kip Keino
Peggy Fleming
Cassius Clay
Teofilo Stevenson
Jim Thorpe
Viktor Petrenko
Bob Mathias
Edwin Moses
Mildred Didrikson
Nadia Comaneci
Cathy Freeman
Al Oerter
Jayne Torvill
Katarina Witt
Bonnie Blair
Eric Heiden
Hicham El Guerrouj
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Sonja Henie
2006-08-04 09:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by The Answer Man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Carl Lewis
Mark Spitz
Nadia Comenich(sp?)
Jackie Joyner Kersey
Florence Griffith Joyner
Janet Evans
Chris Everett
2006-08-03 21:40:23 · answer #2 · answered by Lovely78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gymnast Carly Patterson is one of the greatest Olympic Champions ever.
2006-08-06 19:01:07 · answer #3 · answered by Angie M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven Redgrave- Rowing. Gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics in a sport that is tremendously exhausting, requiring strength and stamina in equal measure.
2006-08-04 14:00:37 · answer #4 · answered by xfell29 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nadia Cmaneci (Romania) towers over all, I think. Beside her, I would go for:
Paavo Nurmi and Jesse Owens (Summer Olympics-Pre-WW II)
Sonya Henie (Norway) (Winter Olympics (pre-WWII)
Emil Zatopek (Czech), Abebe Bikila (Ethiopian), Al Oerter (American), Daley Thompson &Seb Coe (UK) (all athletics) , Balczo Andras (Hungary/modern pentathlon), Mark Spitz(US/swimming) (Summer/post-WW II)
Janica Kostelic (Croatia) (Winter-post WW II)
Teams which hallmarked Olympic history: Hungarian and ex-Yugoslav waterpolists, Japan (women) and Brazil (men)voleyball, India (hockey)
Other outstanding Romanian Olympians (as a tribute to my country and to them personally):
1) Elisabeta Lipa (rowing), the woman who won gold at the greatest number of Olympic editions, rower of the century according to FISA
2) Ivan Patzaichin (4 golds in kanoeing)
3) Ecaterina (Katalin) Szabo (gymnastics) (topped the individual medal tally at the 1984 LA Olympics; same number of golds as Carl Lewis, plus one silver)
Criteria used in all cases:
1) Actual impact of sporting achievement
2) Number of Olympic participations or number of medals at a single Olympics
3) Sporting conduct
4) Impact to society after retirement
and making an average of it all.
2006-08-04 01:25:01 · answer #5 · answered by Cristian Mocanu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tanya Harding
2006-08-04 04:58:18 · answer #6 · answered by chrisgintexas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mary lou Retton
NADIA comanicei 1976 1st Perfect 10
Carly Patterson!!
2006-08-06 23:30:41 · answer #7 · answered by deann 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis
2006-08-03 21:12:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you judge the greatest as those who achieved the greatest success by winning the most medals, here they are:
Larissa Latynina (USSR) Gymnastics 9G 5S 4B (18 - total)
Paavo Nurmi (FIN) Track & Field 9G 3S (12 - total)
Mark Spitz (USA) Swimming 9G 1S 1B (11 - total)
Carl Lewis (USA) Track & Field 9G 1S (10 - total)
Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) Cross-country skiing 8G 4S (12 - total)
Birgit Fischer (Germany) Canoeing 8G 4S (12 - total)
Sawao Kato (JPN) Gymnastics 8G 3S 1B (12 - total)
Jenny Thompson (USA) Swimming 8G 3S 1B (12 - total0
Matt Biondi (USA) Swimming 8G 2S 1B (11 - total)
Ray Ewry (USA) Track & Field 10G (10 - total)
2006-08-04 01:34:32 · answer #9 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Norris...
2006-08-04 04:36:47 · answer #10 · answered by Harry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋