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Olympic Stories as depicted on Stamps
olympic longjump
One
of the most fiercely contested events of the Amsterdam Olympics in
1928 was the long jump. The
two most powerful contenders for the gold medal were Ed. Hamm of USA and Silvio Cator of Haiti. Here they both set up world records. At the Games
Hamm was the winner but Cator had the last word when he later jumped a
distance of 7 meters 93.7 cm. Haiti stamps (7 in nos.) that were
issued to commemorate Cator's result have gained considerable value.
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Olympic stamp Kaleidoscope
To commemorate Sydney Olympic, Bangladesh released these two stamps.
Olympic Stories Lot-3
- Statue of Pentathlete
- Olympic Music
- Misha - the Mascot
- Nadia Komaneci
- First Olympic Swimmer
- Fencing Hero of Cuba
- Paavo Nurmi
- Olympic Wrestling
- Olympic Walking Race
- Olympic Long Jump
- Jesse Owens
- 1st Winter Oly Winner
- Laszlo Papp-the Boxer
- Bob Mathias
Recent Updates
[31/08/2008] modified version of an ancient Red Indian ball game called 'Baggataway' More…
[27/08/2008] Glima, the Icelandic national wrestling, a display of which was included in the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 More…
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