In the ancient games, while the athletes were nude, they were made to wear false mustaches
In Munich in 1972, Mark Spitz set an Olympic record by eating 14 pieces of knockwurst
At the 1932 Los Angeles games, Edward G. Robinson narrowly defeated James Cagney for the gold medal in gangster movies
Despite his years of work with the Special Olympics, decathlon gold-medallist Rafer Johnson is not mentally retarded
Some of the events no longer held: Dwarf Tossing, Coal Mining, Gypsy Beating, the Megaphone Yell and Reichstag Burning
Isotoner paid Tommie Smith and John Carlos handsomely for their Black Power salute at the 1968 games in Mexico City
The Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire is a true story based on the life of Olympian Muhammad Ali
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