OLYMPIC GAMES - 3 - ANSWERS

1. A. Bangladesh

All time Olympic Medal Tally of Sri Lanka: 2

(i) Duncan White - 1948 London - Men's 400 metre hurdles (Athletics) - Silver ("Major Deshamanya Duncan White" was the only South Asian to have won an Olympic medal in track and field for more than fifty years, until "Susanthika Jayasinghe", another Sri Lankan, won a silver medal in the 200 metres in 2000.) 

(ii) Susanthika Jayasinghe - 2000 Sydney - Women's 200 metres (Athletics) - Silver

All time Olympic Medal Tally of Afghanistan: 2

(i) Rohullah Nikpai - 2008 Beijing - Men's 58 kg (Taekwondo) - Bronze

(ii) Rohullah Nikpai - 2012 London- Men's 68 kg (Taekwondo) - Bronze

Bangladesh has not won a Olympic medal yet.

2. A. Ethiopia

The “Dibaba Sisters” (‘Ejegayehu’, ‘Tirunesh’ and ‘Genzebe’) are dominant long distance runners from the high-altitude Arsi Province in Ethiopia. Together they have won 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze Olympic Medals across 4 Olympic editions (2004-2016).

(The “Dibaba Sisters” (From left) (‘Ejegayehu’, ‘Genzebe’ and ‘Tirunesh’) with their cousin Derartu Tulu - extreme right)

Their cousin Derartu Tulu is the first Ethiopian woman and the first black African woman to win an Olympic gold medal, which she won in the 10,000 m event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.

3. B. Win medals in both Summer and Winter Olympics

So far, there have been about 128 Olympic athletes who have competed in both Summer and Winter Games of which only five athletes have won medals at both.

"Eddie Eagan" of USA is the first person to win a medal in both events. He is also the only Summer and Winter medalist to win a gold medal at these different events. In 1920 Summer, Eagan won the gold for light heavyweight Boxing, and in Winter 1932, won the gold for four-man Bobsled.

Four others to achieve the feat later are - Jacob Tullin Thams (Norway), Christa Luding-Rothenburger (East Germany), Clara Hughes (Canada) and Lauryn Williams (USA).

4. C. Cuba

Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time.

Since the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing is also part of the Olympics.

Till 2016 Rio Olympics, US is the all time leader in Medal Tally of Boxing (both in Gold Medals and overall medals) followed by "Cuba".

("Felix Savon" - in the right, considered as one of the all-time greatest amateur boxers; three-time Olympic gold medalist, the World Champion six times in a row, all in the heavyweight division. In 1988, when he was favored by many to win the gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, Cuban government boycotted the event. Savon is particularly known for having rejected numerous multimillion-dollar offers to defect, leave Cuba permanently to fight "Mike Tyson" as a professional.)

The top 5 all time Olympic medalist Nations (in terms of Gold Medals won) are as below:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	50	24	40	114
2	Cuba	37	19	17	73
3	Great Britain	18	13	25	56
4	Italy	15	15	17	47
5	Soviet Union (now defunct)	14	19	18	51

(Until 1948, losing semi-finalists in Boxing held a bronze medal playoff; since 1952, both losing semi-finalists have received bronze medals.)

4. C. Asafa Powell

The 2012 Olympics in London was Jamaica's most successful performance in the Summer Olympics. With just 50 competitors across 4 sports, Jamaica won 12 medals (4 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze) and was ranked 18th in Medal Tally.

(From Left - Jamaica's Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt, Nesta Carter, and Michael Frater pose with their national flag after the race)

In the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, the Jamaican national team, led by "Nesta Carter", "Michael Frater", "Yohan Blake" and "Usain Bolt", won the gold medal and broke their own world record of 37.04 sec set at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, with a time of 36.84 sec.

Notably, Usain Bolt also won the Gold Medal in 100m and 200m race in London Olympics repeating his feat in Beijing 2008.