 | |  | | Harry Kerr: The Tariki man won New Zealand's first ever Olympic medal at the 1908 Olympic Games in London. He took the bronze in the 3500-metre walk. |  |
Taranaki athletes Harry Kerr, Stan Lay, Norman Read and Peter Snell have all excelled at international sport, including the Olympic Games.
Here is a list of where and when the Modern Summer Olympics have been held and pictures to help tell our stories:
1896: Athens, Greece
1900: Paris, France
1904: St. Louis, United States
1906: Athens, Greece
1908: London, Great Britain
1910: Athens, Greece - It was planned to hold an Intercalated Games in Athens every four years inbetween the Olympics, but these were cancelled due to world political unrest.
1912: Stockholm, Sweden
1916: CANCELLED. These were to be in Berlin, Germany, but were abandoned because of World War I.
1920: Antwerp, Belgium
1924: Paris, France
|  | | | Stan Lay: The Taranaki man flings a javelin into the English air, while British athletic expert Captain F.A.M. Webster watches. In his build-up to the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928, Stan threw a British record at Stamford Bridge in London. That same throw was better than the world record, but when officials went to register it, a Finn had beat them to it. Stan was seventh at Amsterdam. | | |
1928: Amsterdam, Netherlands
1932: Los Angeles, United States
1936: Berlin, Germany
1940: CANCELLED. These were to be held in Tokyo, Japan, but were put off because of WWII.
1944: CANCELLED. These were to be held in London, but were abandoned because of WWII.
1948: London, Great Britain
1952: Helsinki, Finland
1956: Melbourne, Australia
1960: Rome, Italy
1964: Tokyo, Japan
1968: Mexico City, Mexico
1972: Munich, West Germany
1976: Montréal, Canada
1980: Moscow, USSR
1984: Los Angeles, United States
1988: Seoul, Korea
1992: Barcelona, Spain
1996: Atlanta, United States
2000: Sydney, Australia
2004: Athens, Greece
2008: Beijing, China
Flying Kiwi: The man in white is world record-holder Roger Moens (Belgium), his left arm flailing at the tape, almost as if he's waving. On the inside of the track is a runner in black, No 83 across his front and back, silver fern over his heart. With mouth open, Opunake-born Peter Snell hurls himself forward, arms back like a boy trying to fly. Snell has just won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics. At Tokyo in 1964, he gets the double - gold in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
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| | | BOOK RESOURCES
Land Access Ministerial Reference Group, Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors: a report, (2003), MAF Policy, Wellington
Gray, John, Racewalking for Fun and Fitness, (1985), Prentice-Hall
Killanin, Lord, and Rodda, John, The Olympic Games, (1979), London: Macdonald and Jane's
WEBLINKS
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Story on New Zealand commentator Lance Cross in Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Olympic Movement official website
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