Olympic discus great Al Oerter dies at 71

[jalaram]

And an Olympic record each time.

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I realize most ATOTers don't care about Olympic Track & Field (except to complain about drug use), but I still thought this was noteworthy.

 

[Mucho]

What Olympic event did Carl Lewis won four times in a row?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Mucho
What Olympic event did Carl Lewis won four times in a row?

long jump?

 

[Mucho]

I knew it wasn't the 100m

 

[kranky]

I'm much more impressed by anyone who wins gold in more than one Olympics than by someone who wins more than one gold in the SAME Olympics.

To think anyone could be the best in the world in an event over a 12-year span is just amazing. That's complete and total domination.