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| Jesse Owens' winning long jump of 8.06m was good enough for a 1956 gold medal, a 1964 silver medal and 1976 bronze medal. |
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"Flying Finns" long-distance supremacy 1912-1936
|
Gold medals won |
Total gold medals available |
| 10,000 m |
5 |
6 |
| 5,000 m |
5 |
6 |
| 3,000 m steeplechase |
4 |
5 |
| Marathon |
2 |
6 |
| Total long distance medal tally |
19 |
26 |
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Youngest individual gold mealist
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Age |
Event |
| Marjorie gestrin (USA) |
13 and 268 days |
1936 diving |
| Fu Mingxia (China) |
13 and 345 days |
1992 diving |
| Kyoko Iwasaki (Japan) |
14 and 9 days |
1992 swimming |
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