Olympics on Stamps — Paavo Nurmi

8th Olympic Summer GamesHost City - Paris, FranceStadium - Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir It is worth mentioning... - Paavo Nurmi a runner from Finland won five gold medals to add to the three he had won in 1920.- Johnny Weissmuller won 3 gold medals in swimming events and later became famous as an actor playing Tarzan of the Apes in 12 movies. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Dominica Ville RitolaIssued: 2004Gold - 10000 m RunningGold - 3000 m SteeplechaseGold - 3000 m TeamGold - Team Cross CountrySilver - Individual Cross CountrySilver - 5000 m Running ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Dominican Republic Paavo Nurmi - FinlandIssued: 1957Gold - 1500 m RunningGold -...

Games of the 7th OlympiadHost City - Antwerp, BelgiumStadium - Olympisch Stadion It is worth mentioning... - Nedo Nadi an Italian won five of the six fencing events.- Oscar Swahn a Swedish shooter at age 72 was the oldest silver medalist in the team double-shot running deer event. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Dominica Paavo Nurmi - FinlandIssued: 2004Gold - 10000 m RunningGold - Individual Cross CountryGold - Team Cross CountrySilver - 5000 m Running ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Dominica Nedo Nadi - ItalyIssued : 2004Gold - Foil Individual FencingGold - Sabre Individual FencingGold - Foil Team FencingGold - Epee Team FencingGold - Sabre Team Fencing ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS...