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Which inappropriately named John was the first man to run 100 sub-four-minute miles?
John Walker
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Who was the first athlete to run 100 sub-four-minute miles?
John Walker
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Which British athlete won the gold medal in the women's heptathlon event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Denise Lewis
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Steve Backley is associated with which branch of athletics?
Javelin
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Which university city witnessed Roger Bannister's first sub-four-minute-mine?
Oxford
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Which British sub-four-minute miler was also the first man to run 1,500m in under 3m30s?
Steve Cram
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What is the closest Olympic event to the Dutch sport of fierjjeppen?
Pole vault
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Whose 1988 women's 100m world record still stood in 2006?
Florence Griffith Joyner's
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What gruelling event in Barcelona saw Derartu Tulu of Ethopia become the first black African Olympic champion?
10,000 meters
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What Olympic event is based on what was once used as a practical means to travel round the fens of England's eastern counties?
Pole vault