Olympics on Stamps — Pierre de Coubertin

16th Olympic Summer Games Host City - Melbourne, Australia Stadium - Melbourne Cricket Ground It is worth mentioning... Alain Mimoun French runner who lost three times over favorite Czech Emil Zátopek cut his losing streaks to win the marathon. His rival Zátopek finish sixth. Bill Russell and K.C. Jones American basketball players scored twice as many points as their opponents and scoring at least 30 points in each of their games. ********************************************************************************************************************************************** Ajman Laszlo Papp - Hungary Issued: 1971 Gold - Light Middleweight Boxing ******************************************************************************************************************************************************     Australia Arms of the City of Melbourne, Olympic Rings & Melbourne, Australia Vista Issued: 1956 ********************************************************************************************************************************************** Czechoslovakia Olympic...

Games of the 1st OlympiadHost City - Athens, GreeceStadium - Panathenaic Stadium It is worth mentioning... - Hungarian swimmer Alfred Hajos confessed after winning the 100m and 1200m events that his "will to live completely overcame [desire] to win" - as a testament to the long grueling race at the time. *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************   Pierre de Coubertin Issued: 1971 Founder of International Olympic Committee *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************     Spiridon Louis Issued: 1977, 1971 Gold - Marathon *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************   Ioannis Fokianos Issued : 2004 Sports Official *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************   Wrestlers Issued: 1896 *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************   Dominica Alfred Hajos Guttman Issued : 2004 Gold - 100 m Freestyle...