Leaping into the Record books: American long jumper Bob Beamon soared into the record books when he took the gold medal, in 1968 in Mexico City Beamon jumped 8.9m (over 29 feet), adding 58cm to the world record. His mark stood for 12 years.
GREG LOUGANIS: in 1998, Louganis smacked his head on the springboard in the preliminary round of those Olympics. He carried on and still qualified for the next day’s final - Where he earned GOLD
Kerri Strug carried from the arena - after injuring her ankle within the competition at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics