Olympics on Stamps

Games of the 3rd OlympiadHost City - St. Louis, Missouri - USAStadium - Francis Field It is worth mentioning...- Fred Lorz an American runner competed in a marathon event by going on a car ride for 40 kilometers and getting out just before reaching the finish line! He was disqualified after.- Archie Hahn, known as the "Milwaukee Meteor" won the 200m event on an Olympic record time of 21.6 seconds and kept the record for 28 years!- George Eyser an American gymnast won six medals even though his left leg was made of wood. *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** St. Louis 1904 Olympic PostersIssued: 1984 *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** St....

Games of the 2nd OlympiadHost City - Paris, FranceStadium - Velodrome de Vincennes It is worth mentioning...- Tennis, football, polo, rowing and tug of war were the only sports in which athletes from different nations competed on the same team.- American athlete Alvin Kraenzlein who won the 60m, the 110m hurdles, 200m hurdles and the long jump was the star of the Games. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Guyana Alvin KraenzleinIssued: 1991 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Czechoslovakia DiscusIssued: 1965 ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Sierra Leone Ray Ewry - United StatesIssued : 2003Gold - Standing Long JumpGold - Standing High JumpGold - Standing Triple Jump *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Subscribe to this blog's RSS feed by copying and...

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...