| Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. |
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8% |
| U.S. underdog Rulon Gardner defeats three-time Olympic champion wrestler Aleksandr Karelin of Russia. |
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5% |
| Kerri Strug ensures victory for the 1996 U.S. gymnastics team while vaulting on an injured ankle. |
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18% |
| U.S. track and field athlete Jesse Owens wins four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. The Nazis had sought to use the games to showcase German superiority. |
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36% |
| American swimmer Mark Spitz wins seven gold medals at the 1972 games in Munich. |
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11% |
| Tommie Smith and John Carlos, of the U.S., raise their gloved fists on the medal podium at the 1968 games in Mexico. |
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5% |
| Michael Phelps wins eight gold medals at the 2008 games in Beijing. |
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18% |
Number of votes: 1110
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