KIN 2501 END OF COURSE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔Roger Bannister of England broke the 4 minute mile barrier. First games in the
southern hemisphere. Boycott by 6 countries for political reasons. - ✔✔1956-Summer-
Melbourne, Australia
✔✔3 political events from 1952-1956 that were noteworthy for blacks: - ✔✔1. President
Truman desegregated the Armed Forces
2. 1954 Supreme Court Decision
3. The Soviet Union invaded Hungary, Great Britain, and France
✔✔1st African American woman to 3 gold medals. Had polio as a kid. Gender barriers
began to fall - ✔✔Wilma Rudolph
✔✔The American ice hockey team wins the gold medal over the heavily favored Soviet
and Canadian teams - ✔✔1960-Winter- Squaw Valley
✔✔Marathoner Abebe Bikila is the first black African to win Olympic gold medal. Taiwan
forced to call itself Formosa. Black female stars made greater strides than any other
group. Rafer Johnson carried the American flag during the opening ceremonies. -
✔✔1960-Summer-Rome
✔✔Lack of snow threatens the games - ✔✔1964-Winter-Innsbruck, Austria
✔✔South Africa expelled for apartheid policies. People's Republic of China, Indonesia
and North Korea boycott the games as an aftermath of the GANEFO affair. Bob Hayes.
- ✔✔1964-Summer-Tokyo
✔✔won the 100 meters by a 7 foot margin. considered the fastest of the world's fastest
human. later played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys - ✔✔Bob Hayes
✔✔formed by sociologist Harry Edwards - ✔✔Olympic Project for Human Rights
(OPHR)
✔✔French skier Jean-Claude Kelly wins 3 gold medals in Alpine skiing - ✔✔1968-
Winter-Grenoble, France
✔✔Police kill an unknown number of students demonstrating against the Olympics.
Black athletes demonstrate for racial equality; two of them are expelled from the games.
Sex chromatin tests for female athletes required for the first time. Bob Beamon sets new
world record in the long jump. Victory stand by Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Too
much alcohol. - ✔✔1968-Summer-Mexico City
, ✔✔performed the most superlative accomplishment in the history of the recorded
sports. broke the world record for the long jump by more than 2 feet - ✔✔Bob Beamon
✔✔Dispute over amateurism vs. professionalism comes to a head - ✔✔1972-Winter-
Sapporo, Japan
✔✔Rhodesia expelled upon demand of other African countries. 11 Israeli athletes and
coaches killed by Arab terrorists. mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals in swimming. Lord
Killanin becomes IOC chair. - ✔✔1972-Summer-Munich
✔✔Games were first awarded to Denver, who declined - ✔✔1976-Winter-Innsbruck,
Austria
✔✔Games incur a deficit of $1 billion. Communists countries win 44 out of 49 gold
medals in women competitions. 40th anniversary of the 1936 games at Berlin. Edwin
Moses set a world record in 400 meter hurdles - ✔✔1976-Summer-Montreal
✔✔First participation by People's Republic of China. Eric Heiden becomes the only
athlete to win 5 races in speed skating. First games to declare bankruptcy. - ✔✔1980-
Winter-Lake Placid, New York
✔✔Only 80 nations participate as a result of a US led boycott protesting the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan. Good athletic achievements, especially by Soviet and East
German participants. Samaranch becomes IOC chair. - ✔✔1980-Summer-Moscow
✔✔Poor weather conditions make competitions difficult - ✔✔1984-Winter-Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia
✔✔Counter-boycott by the USSR fails, although it influences achievements in a number
of sports. Close to 7,000 participants from 140 countries. Carl Lewis was star of the
game, won 4 track and field gold medals. Very successful monetarily. - ✔✔1984-
Summer-Los Angeles
✔✔Doping begins to appear as the central issue of the games - ✔✔1988-Winter-
Calgary
✔✔A mini-boycott instigated by North Korea and Cuba. The "Breakfast Games"
scheduled to satisfy US television. Professionals admitted. Tennis is back. Female
sprinter in men's 100 meters. Ben Johnson was disqualified from the gold medal after
failing a drug test and the gold went to Carl Lewis. - ✔✔1988-Summer-Seoul
✔✔Games are spread out throughout the region. Only 18 of 57 events are held in
Albertville. - ✔✔1992-Winter-Albertville, France
2025/2026 ALL GRADED A+
✔✔Roger Bannister of England broke the 4 minute mile barrier. First games in the
southern hemisphere. Boycott by 6 countries for political reasons. - ✔✔1956-Summer-
Melbourne, Australia
✔✔3 political events from 1952-1956 that were noteworthy for blacks: - ✔✔1. President
Truman desegregated the Armed Forces
2. 1954 Supreme Court Decision
3. The Soviet Union invaded Hungary, Great Britain, and France
✔✔1st African American woman to 3 gold medals. Had polio as a kid. Gender barriers
began to fall - ✔✔Wilma Rudolph
✔✔The American ice hockey team wins the gold medal over the heavily favored Soviet
and Canadian teams - ✔✔1960-Winter- Squaw Valley
✔✔Marathoner Abebe Bikila is the first black African to win Olympic gold medal. Taiwan
forced to call itself Formosa. Black female stars made greater strides than any other
group. Rafer Johnson carried the American flag during the opening ceremonies. -
✔✔1960-Summer-Rome
✔✔Lack of snow threatens the games - ✔✔1964-Winter-Innsbruck, Austria
✔✔South Africa expelled for apartheid policies. People's Republic of China, Indonesia
and North Korea boycott the games as an aftermath of the GANEFO affair. Bob Hayes.
- ✔✔1964-Summer-Tokyo
✔✔won the 100 meters by a 7 foot margin. considered the fastest of the world's fastest
human. later played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys - ✔✔Bob Hayes
✔✔formed by sociologist Harry Edwards - ✔✔Olympic Project for Human Rights
(OPHR)
✔✔French skier Jean-Claude Kelly wins 3 gold medals in Alpine skiing - ✔✔1968-
Winter-Grenoble, France
✔✔Police kill an unknown number of students demonstrating against the Olympics.
Black athletes demonstrate for racial equality; two of them are expelled from the games.
Sex chromatin tests for female athletes required for the first time. Bob Beamon sets new
world record in the long jump. Victory stand by Tommie Smith and John Carlos. Too
much alcohol. - ✔✔1968-Summer-Mexico City
, ✔✔performed the most superlative accomplishment in the history of the recorded
sports. broke the world record for the long jump by more than 2 feet - ✔✔Bob Beamon
✔✔Dispute over amateurism vs. professionalism comes to a head - ✔✔1972-Winter-
Sapporo, Japan
✔✔Rhodesia expelled upon demand of other African countries. 11 Israeli athletes and
coaches killed by Arab terrorists. mark Spitz wins 7 gold medals in swimming. Lord
Killanin becomes IOC chair. - ✔✔1972-Summer-Munich
✔✔Games were first awarded to Denver, who declined - ✔✔1976-Winter-Innsbruck,
Austria
✔✔Games incur a deficit of $1 billion. Communists countries win 44 out of 49 gold
medals in women competitions. 40th anniversary of the 1936 games at Berlin. Edwin
Moses set a world record in 400 meter hurdles - ✔✔1976-Summer-Montreal
✔✔First participation by People's Republic of China. Eric Heiden becomes the only
athlete to win 5 races in speed skating. First games to declare bankruptcy. - ✔✔1980-
Winter-Lake Placid, New York
✔✔Only 80 nations participate as a result of a US led boycott protesting the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan. Good athletic achievements, especially by Soviet and East
German participants. Samaranch becomes IOC chair. - ✔✔1980-Summer-Moscow
✔✔Poor weather conditions make competitions difficult - ✔✔1984-Winter-Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia
✔✔Counter-boycott by the USSR fails, although it influences achievements in a number
of sports. Close to 7,000 participants from 140 countries. Carl Lewis was star of the
game, won 4 track and field gold medals. Very successful monetarily. - ✔✔1984-
Summer-Los Angeles
✔✔Doping begins to appear as the central issue of the games - ✔✔1988-Winter-
Calgary
✔✔A mini-boycott instigated by North Korea and Cuba. The "Breakfast Games"
scheduled to satisfy US television. Professionals admitted. Tennis is back. Female
sprinter in men's 100 meters. Ben Johnson was disqualified from the gold medal after
failing a drug test and the gold went to Carl Lewis. - ✔✔1988-Summer-Seoul
✔✔Games are spread out throughout the region. Only 18 of 57 events are held in
Albertville. - ✔✔1992-Winter-Albertville, France
