Olympics on Stamps

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 -...

   1st Olympic Winter Games Host City - Chamonix, France Stadium - Stade Olympique It is worth mentioning... - Charles Jewtraw an American was the first Winter Games champion to win the first event, 500m speed skating.- Anders Haugen had to wait 50 years to receive his bronze medal in the ski jumping event because the IOC saw a "marking error" was a mistake. He was 83 years old. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Ajman BobsleighIssued: 1971 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** France SkiIssued: 1937 **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************    France SkiIssued: 1962 **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************    Dominica Charles Jewtraw - USAIssued: 1997Gold - 500m Speed Skating ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by...

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...

Games of the 5th OlympiadHost City - Stockholm, SwedenStadium - Stockholms Olympiastadion It is worth mentioning... - A Greco-wrestling match between Russian Martin Klein and Finland’s Alfred Asikainen lasted 11 hours.- Jim Thorpe a Native American won the pentathlon and decathlon by significant margins. Officials disqualified him after he was found to accept payment to play baseball before the Games. In 1982, the IOC reinstated him and returned his medals back to his daughter. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Manama Jim Thorpe - USAIssued: 1971Gold - Men's Decathlon *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Paraguay Hugo Wieslander - SwedenIssued: 1971Gold - Men's Decathlon *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Hannes Kolehmainen - FinlandIssued: 2003Gold - 5000 m RunningGold...

Games of the 4rd OlympiadHost City - London, United KingdomStadium - White City Stadium It is worth mentioning... - Dorando Pietri an Italian runner collapsed running the wrong direction was helped by officials to finish first place that he ended up being disqualified for receiving outside help. - A final stage of a wrestling event between Frithiof Martensson and Mauritz Andersson had to be postponed by one day to allow Martensson to recover from a minor injury. Martensson won that event. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Ajman Anne Hubler - GermanyIssued: 1971Gold - Figure Skating Pairs *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** High Jump | Guards CavalryIssued: 1972 *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Sierra Leone Forrest...