Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/38

... that Slobodan Branković ran in the men's 400 metres (1,300 feet) 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?