ATHLE - QUIZ

COUNTRIES/AREAS : OCEANIA

1. What is the colour of the New Zealander's vest ?

white red black

2. In which Australian city did the 1956 Olympic games take place ?

Canberra Sydney Melbourne

3. What Australian runner is Olympic champion on 400 meters ?

Cathy Freeman Tamsyn Lewis Lauren Hewitt

4. What country do the neo-Australian Tatiana Grigorieva et Viktor Chistyakov come from ?

Ukraine Russia Belarus

5. In which city from New Zealand did the 1974 Commonwealth Games take place ?

Wellington Auckland Christchurch

6. How many Olympic titles did the Australian Ron Clarke win on 5 000 or 10 000 m ?

none 1 2 3

7. What is the favourite event of French Polynesia athletes ?

marathon triple jump shot put javelin throw

8. With what time did the New Zealander Dick Quax beat the 5000 m world record in 1977 in Stockholm ?

13'00"4 13'07"2 13'12"9 13'24"2

9. How many pole vault world records did the Australian Emma George beta (outdoor only) ?

5 7 9 12

10. What were the first Olympic Games in which athletes from Oceania participated ?

1896 1908 1920 1948

 


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