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Athletics 75 questions.

Pub quiz question 8293 by pjh

Question: Q: Daley Thompson won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in which year?
Answer: A: 1982
Categories: Athletics (7) Sports (8) 1980s (5)

Pub quiz question 3444 by pjh2

Question: Q: What first made Olympic history in the 1968 Mexico City 100m final, in addition to Jim Hine's sub-ten-second record?
Answer: A: First all-black final
Categories: Sports (7) Athletics (7) Olympics (7) 1960s (7)

Pub quiz question 8247 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 2002?
Answer: A: Paula Radcliffe
Categories: Athletics (8) Sports (8) 2000s (8)

Pub quiz question 4108 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which world record stood at 2.45 metres at the start of the 21st century?
Answer: A: High jump
Categories: Sports (3) 2000s (3) Athletics (3)

Pub quiz question 8221 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1974?
Answer: A: Brendan Foster
Categories: Athletics (8) Sports (8) 1970s (8)

Pub quiz question 4102 by pjh2

Question: Q: How many upright supports are permitted for an Olympic high jump crossbar?
Answer: A: Two
Categories: Sports (3) Olympics (3) Athletics (3)

Pub quiz question 8203 by pjh

Question: Q: Who won the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year in 1955?
Answer: A: Gordon Pirie
Categories: Athletics (8) Sports (8) 1950s (8)

Pub quiz question 4725 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who collected Britain's first athletics gold of the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: A: Kelly Holmes
Categories: Sports (7) Olympics (7) Athletics (6)

Pub quiz question 5304 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first athlete to run 100 sub-four-minute miles?
Answer: A: John Walker
Categories: Sports (5) Athletics (5)

Pub quiz question 4106 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Olympic event involves a plant in the box prior to a drop onto the pit?
Answer: A: Pole vault
Categories: Sports (4) Athletics (4) Olympics (4)