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1896 Olympic 100m dash winner ***spoiler alert***

Monsieur Trois

Aug 5, 12 11:04

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Great race by Thomas Burke of the U.S. who took the gold medal in 12 seconds flat.

Printer86

Aug 5, 12 11:10

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Re: 1896 Olympic 100m dash winner spoiler alert [Monsieur Trois] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Yeah, but the testing protocol was insufficient back then.
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veganerd

Aug 5, 12 11:26

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I wonder what they would have thought if tyson, bolt, or gatlin showed up to race.....

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Bmanners

Aug 5, 12 11:28

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He would of opened a chicken company took out a crescent wrench and invented a really cool gun.
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spot

Aug 5, 12 11:42

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Bmanners wrote:

He would of opened a chicken company took out a crescent wrench and invented a really cool gun.

FTW! Post of the day!
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Printer86

Aug 5, 12 11:48

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veganerd wrote:

I wonder what they would have thought if tyson, bolt, or gatlin showed up to race.....

Here's how it would have looked.

http://www.slate.com/...s_and_swimmers_.html
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Philb

Aug 5, 12 11:52

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Re: 1896 Olympic 100m dash winner spoiler alert [Monsieur Trois] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

When will NBC get round to showing this?

baxnelly

Aug 5, 12 12:14

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Printer86 wrote:

veganerd wrote:

I wonder what they would have thought if tyson, bolt, or gatlin showed up to race.....

Here's how it would have looked.

http://www.slate.com/...s_and_swimmers_.html

T.I.L. I would have won gold in te 1924 100m freestyle.....

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Hearsedriver

Aug 5, 12 12:16

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Bmanners wrote:

He would of opened a chicken company took out a crescent wrench and invented a really cool gun.

epic!

Bmanners

Aug 5, 12 12:33

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Very cool stuff.
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G-man

Aug 5, 12 20:19

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Re: 1896 Olympic 100m dash winner spoiler alert [Bmanners] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Looked to me like the discus and jumpers would have been shamed the most in the little graphic.

Bmanners

Aug 6, 12 5:22

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Re: 1896 Olympic 100m dash winner spoiler alert [G-man] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Or like in swimming do the most recent athletes have better gear and training and rule changes? Is the discus or surface they are throwing on /jumping on the same? And did only the rich Chosen few that were coddled all their life get to compete in the early yeats of the game 1890-1950's?
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elecengrman

Aug 6, 12 11:48

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Re: 1896 Olympic 100m dash winner spoiler alert [Monsieur Trois] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Give them a break, did they even have proper running shoes in the 1800s?
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Gandalf

Aug 6, 12 12:48

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Philb wrote:

When will NBC get round to showing this?

I've been trying to avoid looking at this result for 48 years waiting for NBC to show it, now that's ruined..
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Monsieur Trois

Aug 6, 12 12:52

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Re: 1896 Olympic 100m dash winner spoiler alert [elecengrman] [In reply to]	Quote \| Reply

Seems they had a minimalist shoe phase even back then: