Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/38


 * ... that Slobodan Branković ran in the men's 400 m race in the 1992 Barcelona Games as an Independent Olympic Participant?
 * ... that handball goalkeeper Andrea Farkas won Olympic bronze and silver medals with the Hungarian national team?
 * ... that Giuseppe Cassioli created a design for the Summer Olympic Games medals that was used for 40 years?
 * ... that Wojciech Pietranik was told to replace the Sydney Opera House with the Roman Colosseum in his design for the Sydney 2000 Olympic medals?
 * ... that Finland's Lasse Virén won the gold medal and set a world record in the 10,000 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics, despite falling onto the track about halfway through the race?