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Olympic Memories 6/21 1960  Rome

Olympic Memories 6/21 1960 Rome

1960 Rome  Olympics sees the emergence of our great Herb Elliot winning the Gold medal for the 1500m in 3.35.6  Wickepedia summarises this great athlete: Herbert James Elliott AC MBE...

Olympic Memories 6/21 1960 Rome

1960 Rome  Olympics sees the emergence of our great Herb Elliot winning the Gold medal for the 1500m in 3.35.6  Wickepedia summarises this great athlete: Herbert James Elliott AC MBE...

Olympic Memories 5/21 1956 Melbourne

Olympic Memories 5/21 1956 Melbourne

1956  Melbourne Aussie Gals still rocking on...Gold to Betty Cuthbert 100m 11.5 and 200m 23.44 x 100 Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Wenham and Shirley Strickland in 44.5Plenty of Bronze...

Olympic Memories 5/21 1956 Melbourne

1956  Melbourne Aussie Gals still rocking on...Gold to Betty Cuthbert 100m 11.5 and 200m 23.44 x 100 Norma Croker, Betty Cuthbert, Fleur Wenham and Shirley Strickland in 44.5Plenty of Bronze...

Olympic Memory Series 4/21 Helsinki 1952

Olympic Memory Series 4/21 Helsinki 1952

Runners Shop Tribute to OlympicsToday 1952 HelsinkiRussians rejoin the competition but East Germany not welcomed to compete.Aussie Girls Rule!3 Gold medals :)Majorie Jackson 100m 11.5, 200m 23.7 and Shirley Strickland 80m...

Olympic Memory Series 4/21 Helsinki 1952

Runners Shop Tribute to OlympicsToday 1952 HelsinkiRussians rejoin the competition but East Germany not welcomed to compete.Aussie Girls Rule!3 Gold medals :)Majorie Jackson 100m 11.5, 200m 23.7 and Shirley Strickland 80m...

Olympic Memory Series 3/211948  London

Olympic Memory Series 3/211948 London

No Games 1940 & 1944 straight to London 1948Huge effort from our Aussie Track and Field team:Gold : John Winter High Jump with a 1.98m jumpSilver:Theo Bruce Long Jump 7.55m......

Olympic Memory Series 3/211948 London

No Games 1940 & 1944 straight to London 1948Huge effort from our Aussie Track and Field team:Gold : John Winter High Jump with a 1.98m jumpSilver:Theo Bruce Long Jump 7.55m......

Olympic Memory Series 2/21 1936 Berlin

Olympic Memory Series 2/21 1936 Berlin

1936 The Games were in Berlin and Geelong athlete Gerald Backhouse placed 8th in the 800m Final after qualifying with 1.53.2. The medal pictured is the participation medal for the...

Olympic Memory Series 2/21 1936 Berlin

1936 The Games were in Berlin and Geelong athlete Gerald Backhouse placed 8th in the 800m Final after qualifying with 1.53.2. The medal pictured is the participation medal for the...

Olympic Memories Series 1/21 1932 Athens

Olympic Memories Series 1/21 1932 Athens

We are all sad not to be sitting watching our beloved Summer Athletics Olympians.. so weve decided to touch 21 Olympic Games with a daily Athletic highlight from each Olympic...

Olympic Memories Series 1/21 1932 Athens

We are all sad not to be sitting watching our beloved Summer Athletics Olympians.. so weve decided to touch 21 Olympic Games with a daily Athletic highlight from each Olympic...