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unusual facts about Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles


Candy Young

Barely over age 18, she was the second youngest hurdler to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Team behind Constance Darnowski.


1933 Australian Championships – Women's Singles

Joan Hartigan is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.

1982 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece.

1988 US Open – Women's Doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.

1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon

The event was one of the permit meetings of the inaugural 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge.

1998 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial

The Women's Individual Time Trial at the 1999 World Cycling Championships was held on Wednesday October 7, 1998 from Maastricht to Vilt, within the commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul.

2005 Pacific Life Open – Women's Doubles

The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2005 Pacific Life Open took place between March 7 and March 20 on the outdoor hard courts of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States.

2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

The Women's 20 km Race Walk event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 31, 2007 in the streets of Osaka, Japan.

2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 2008 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 63rd U.S. Women's Open, held June 26–29 at Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb southwest of Minneapolis.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium

The Women's Omnium was one of the 9 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint

The Women's Team Sprint is one of the 7 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Cuban Yarelis Barrios looked set to build upon her World and Olympic silver medals from the last two years and Aimin Song had also performed well during the season.

2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 3000 and 5000 metres

Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic successfully defended her title from the previous season, while Stephanie Beckert of Germany came second, and Daniela Anschütz-Thoms, also of Germany, came third.

2010 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit

The main rival of Van Dijk should be Kirsten Wild, the national champion of 2009.

2012 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 59 kg

The women's freestyle 59 kg is a competition featured at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Millennium Place in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada on September 27.

2012 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 67 kg

The women's freestyle 67 kg is a competition featured at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Millennium Place in Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada on September 27.

2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

In the process of running a personal best to win the championship, Ohuruogu also got Kathy Smallwood-Cook's 29 year old British national record (from the 1984 Olympics) that had so far evaded her through her career; a career that had included two Olympic medals including the gold in 2008, and a previous World Championship.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Women's 500 metres

The podium placings of both races were identical – Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea won, followed by Jenny Wolf of Germany and Wang Beixing of China.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2 – Women's 1000 metres

Brittany Bowe of the United States won the race, setting a new world record of 1:12.58 in the process, with fellow American Heather Richardson finishing in second place, only 3/100 of a second behind, and Ireen Wüst of the Netherlands in third place.

Angharad Mason

Mason represented Wales in the women's road race at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

In the final, German Heike Drechsler finished in first place, with a jump distance on 6.99 metres.

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

These two were a fair distance behind the business end of the race where world indoor 60 m. champion Gevaert, who had burst out the blocks, was run down by Anim (NR) and Arron who both recorded the same time.

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metres

Moments after the bell, Aregawi passed behind Morgan Uceny, who stumbled, her knee meeting the back-kick of Ekaterina Kostetskaya.

Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres

The women's K-2 500 metres event was a pairs kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program.

Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres

The women's K-1 500 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics program.

Dick Shatto

His daughter, Cindy Shatto, competed in 3 Metres Springboard diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games and in Women's 10 metre platform diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Georgia Kokloni

Her first global outdoor championships was the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, where she was part of the Greek 4 x 100 metres relay team.

Hilary Barte

She competed at the 2011 US Open Doubles Tournament, where she received together with her partner Mallory Burdette a wildcard.

Jessie Barr

Jessie Barr (born 24 July 1989 in Waterford, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish athlete who will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay.

Katherine Washington

Katherine Washington is a former American women's basketball player, who played on the first two U.S. women's national teams, earning world championships in 1953 and 1957.

Maja Palaveršić

Her best singles result was First Round in 2001 Australian Open.

Marie Marchand-Arvier

She finished fifth in the combined, and sixth in the downhill.

Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The men's and women's events each involved 36 athletes.

Petra Chocová

At 2012 European Long Course Championships in Debrecen, Chocová won a bronze medal in non-Olympics distance of 50-metre breaststroke in a time of 31.25, a national record.

Rajwinder Kaur

Kaur finished seventh in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2004 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Satti Geetha, K. M. Beenamol and Chitra K. Soman.

Sayaka Hirano

At the 2012 London Olympics Women's Team Event semi-finals, she helped Japan overcome Singapore to reach their first historic finals by winning her Double's match with Kasumi Ishikawa over Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei (11-3, 13-11 and 11-4).

Shana Cox

Competing in her first major competition for Great Britain, Cox won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a team that also included Nicola Sanders, Christine Ohuruogu and Perri Shakes-Drayton.

Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's double trap

Pia Hansen raised Rhode's Olympic record by seven hits, and was only one hit from Deborah Gelisio's World records in both the qualification and final rounds.

Silje Norendal

She will compete in slopestyle during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

Slađana Perunović

The 2009 Summer Universiade was held in Belgrade and she competed in both the women's 800 metres and the women's 1500 metres.

Sunderland A.F.C. Women

Lucy Bronze gave a superb display at right-back, earning herself the Player of the Match Award for the Black Cats.

Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

It was also the first appearance of the event since the outbreak of World War II.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

The Women's 200m Breaststroke event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Monday, July 17, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 200 metre freestyle

The women's 200m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Thursday, July 20, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games occurred on Monday, July 17, 2006 at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia.

Tennis at the 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe – Women's Doubles

Mandy Minella and Claudine Schaul were the defending champion but decided not to participate.

Terry Fox Award

Despite obvious physical pain, she went on to win bronze in the Ladies' Individual Sprint Classic.

The Merit Club

The Merit Club hosted the United States Women's Open in 2000, won by Karrie Webb.

Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 1984 Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was the 6th edition of the event, organized by the world's governing body, the FIVB in conjunction with the IOC.


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