Notes from the OlyMADMan
28 July 2012
Olympic Day #2
Musings from the Opening Ceremony from the OlyMADMen
- HRH Queen Elizabeth became the fifth dignitary to open two different Olympic Games, as she also did so in Montréal in 1976, following in the steps of: Adolf Hitler (GER) – 1936 Summer / Winter; President Giovanni Gronchi (ITA) – 1956 Winter / 1960 Summer; Emperor Hirohito (JPN) – 1964 Summer / 1972 Winter; and if you count 1906, King Giorgios I (GRE) – 1896 / 1906 Summer.
- For the first time there was an Oath taken by Coaches – this was from Eric Farrell, a British coach in canoeing
- The previous Oaths of the Athletes and Officials have been as follows:
Athletes
VictorBoinBELFENM1920
GeorgesAndréFRAATHM1924
HarryDénisNEDFTBM1928
GeorgeCalnanUSAFENM1932
RudolfIsmayrGERWLTM1936
DonaldFinlayGBRATHM1948
HeikkiSavolainenFINGYMM1952
JohnLandyAUSATHM1956
AdolfoConsoliniITAATHM1960
TakashiOnoJPNGYMM1964
PabloGarridoMEXATHM1968
HeidiSchüllerFRGATHF1972
PierreSt. JeanCANWLTM1976
NikolayAndrianovURSGYMM1980
EdwinMosesUSAATHM1984
Son Mi-NaKORHANF1988
Jae HeoKORBASM1988
LuisDoresteESPSAIM1992
TeresaEdwardsUSABASF1996
RechelleHawkesAUSHOKF2000
ZoiDimoskhakiGRESWIF2004
Zhang YiningCHNTTNF2008
SarahStevensonGBRTKWF2012
Officials
Heinz PollayFRGEQUM1972
MauriceFaugetCANATHM1976
AleksandrMedvedURSWREM1980
SharonWeberUSAGYMF1984
Lee Hak-RaeKORJUDM1988
EugeniAsensioESPWAPM1992
HobieBillingsleyUSADIVM1996
PeterKerrAUSWAPM2000
LazarosVoradisGREBASM2004
Huang LipingCHNGYMM2008
MikBasiGBRBOXM2012
- The Olympic Flag was brought into the Opening Ceremony by the following: Haile Gebrselassie (ETH), distance running champion; Ban Ki-Moon (KOR), UN Secretary-General; Doreen Lawrence (GBR), anti-racism activist; Sally Becker (GBR), human aid worker in Bosnia and Kosovo; Shami Chakrbarti (GBR), civil liberties activist; Daniel Barenboim (ISR), pianist; Marina Silva (BRA), environmentalist; and Leyman Gbowee (LBR), Nobel Peace Prize winner; accompanied by Muhammad Ali (USA), The Greatest.
- While some of those flagbearers are not well know, they are better known than the eight who brought in the Olympic Flag to the 1980 Lake Placid Opening Ceremony. They were John Philbrook, CliffWhite, PaulO'Keefe, MarieFerrante McBride, Michael Motherway, Rich Michaud, DavidGoss, and Chris Langlois, of the 27th Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps of Revere, Massachusetts. The flag was supposed to be borne in by local Boy Scouts but they were unable to control the flag so these eight members of the Drum and Bugle Corps, who were performing at the Opening Ceremony, were enlisted to bring in the flag.
This Day at the Olympics
297 Olympians were born
45 Olympians died
372 Olympic events were held
Events Won by USA Athletes on this Day
YearSportClassEventChampion
1952DivingMenSpringboardDavid "Skippy" Browning (USA)
1952Sailing (Yachting)Mixed6 mUnited States
1952Sailing (Yachting)Mixed5.5 mUnited States
1992SwimmingWomen4 x 100 m Freestyle relayUnited States
1996AthleticsMenHigh JumpCharles Austin (USA)
1996Beach VolleyballMenBeach VolleyballUnited States
USA Births and Death on this Day at the Olympics
Born
28 July 1866 Albertson Van Zo Post USAFEN 1904-1912
28 July 1881 William Bowman USAFEN 1912
28 July 1897 Charley Finn USAWAP 1932-1936
28 July 1902Leonard Carpenter USAROW 1924
28 July 1902Sammy Vogel USABOX1920
28 July 1911Tony Terlazzo USAWLT 1932-1936
28 July 1916Al Vande Weghe USASWI 1936
28 July 1917Bill Sayles USABSB 1936
28 July 1932Arnie Betton USAATH 1952
28 July 1932Willard Ikola USAICH 1956
28 July 1934Dave Wight USAROW 1956
28 July 1939Charlie Brown USABOX1964
28 July 1943Bill Bradley USABAS 1964
28 July 1943Judy Morstein USASSK 1964
28 July 1943Terry O'Brien USALUG 1972-1976
28 July 1944Jim Wallington USABOX1968
28 July 1947Barbara Ferrell USAATH 1968-1972
28 July 1947Jess Lewis USAWRE 1968
28 July 1951Doug Collins USABAS 1972
28 July 1956Jimmy Jackson USAWRE 1976
28 July 1960Tim Bright USAATH 1984-1992
28 July 1961Delisa Walton-Floyd USAATH 1988
28 July 1969Carolyn Jones USABAS 1992
28 July 1969Garth Snow USAICH 1994
28 July 1974Mary Beth Iagorashvili USAMOP 2000-2004
28 July 1984Zach Parise USAICH 2010
Died
28 July 1930John DeWitt USAATH 1904
28 July 1935John Rahm USAGOL 1904
28 July 1971Clemmy Cooke USAATH 1912
28 July 1983Alfred Starbird USAMOP 1936
28 July 1989Donnell Young USAATH 1912
28 July 1991Suzanne Davis USAFSK 1932
28 July 1992Ron Daws USAATH 1968
28 July 1995Caspar Oimoen USANCO/SKJ 1932-1936
28 July 1903Max Marolt USAASK 1960
28 July 1909Lee Merrill USAWRE 1948
Olympic Records Set Yesterday and Today
- Men’s Archery – Im Dong-Hyun broke his own world record and Olympic record for the men’s qualifying round of 72 arrows. The Olympic record progression in this event has been as follows:
684Michele FrangilliITAAtlanta1996
687WRIm Dong-HyunKORAthens2004
699WRIm Dong-HyunKORLondon2012
- Men’s Archery – the Korean team broke their own Olympic for the men’s qualifying round of 216 arrows, with a world record of 2,087, breaking their own Olympic record of 2,031 set in Atlanta in 1996, the only previous Olympic record in this event.
- Women’s Swimming – Dana Vollmer (USA) broke the Olympic record in heat 6 of qualifying for the 100 butterfly, recording 56.25. The Olympic record progression in this event has been as follows:
1:11.2h1ShelleyMannUSAMelbourne1956
1:11.01ShelleyMannUSAMelbourne1956
1:09.8h1CarolynSchulerUSARome1960
1:09.51CarolynSchulerUSARome1960
1:07.8h1KathyEllisUSATokyo1964
1:07.5h2Donnade VaronaUSATokyo1964
1:07.0h4SharonStouderUSATokyo1964
1:05.6h4SharonStouderUSATokyo1964
1:04.71WRSharonStouderUSATokyo1964
1:04.01h2AndreaGyarmatiHUNMunich1972
1:04.00h4MayumiAokiJPNMunich1972
1:03.80s1WRAndreaGyarmatiHUNMunich1972
1:03.341WRMayumiAokiJPNMunich1972
1:02.67h1HélèneBoivinCANMontreal1976
1:01.84h2WendyBoglioliUSAMontreal1976
1:01.43h6AndreaPollackGDRMontreal1976
1:01.03s2KorneliaEnderGDRMontreal1976
1:00.131=WRKorneliaEnderGDRMontreal1976
59.05h4Mary T.MeagherUSALos Angeles1984
59.001KristinOttoGDRSeoul1988
58.621HongQianCHNBarcelona1992
57.66h5JennyThompsonUSASydney2000
57.60h7Ingede BruijnNEDSydney2000
57.14s2Ingede BruijnNEDSydney2000
56.611WRIngede BruijnNEDSydney2000
56.25h6Dana VollmerUSALondon2012