After taking bronze in 1964 and silver in 1968, Japan finally won the gold for men's volleyball in 1972.

Italy won its first medal ( bronze in the men's competition ) in 1984, foreshadowing a rise in prominence for their volleyball teams.

** In Mexico City, black American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their arms in a black power salute after winning, respectively, the gold and bronze medals in the Olympic men's 200 metres.

The most individual medals were won by Veikko Huhtanen of Finland who took three golds, a silver and a bronze in men's gymnastics.

, the national handball team are the current reigning European champions and the team with most medals won in European championship history on the men's side with a total of five medals, those being two gold medals ( 2008, 2012 ), and three bronze medals ( 2002, 2004 & 2006 ).

Brown was also chosen as the head coach for the USA men's basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics which earned a bronze medal, a major disappointment.

In the 2006 Winter Olympics, streaker Mark Roberts interrupted the men's bronze medal curling match between the U. S. team and the UK team, wearing nothing but a strategically placed rubber chicken.

Four years later, at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, tennis became a full medal sport and Edberg won bronze medals in both the men's singles and the men's doubles.

The men's national basketball team won Olympic gold in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the bronze medal in 2008.

There were worries that the bronze medal match in the 2012 Summer Olympics men's football competition, held at the nearby Cardiff Millennium Stadium could be disrupted, but most fans were due to arrive by the main line rather than the Valley Lines.

He also won a bronze medal in the men's singles.

John Jacob Astor represented Great Britain in rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in the men's doubles competition together with Vane Pennell, and winning bronze in the men's singles event.

He missed the 1908 Olympics in London because of administrative bungling, but at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm won a bronze medal in the men's indoor singles for Australasia.

He played for Thailand in 2009 SEA Games in Laos, bringing bronze for Thailand in men's team.

In 2002, he missed the World Championships due to injury, Josh West taking his place in the coxless four, and was in the men's eight in 2003 that won the bronze at that year's world championships.

Although a sprinkling of silver and bronze medals — including a pair in men's and women's k1 kayak slalom — enlivened the mid-week, Britain's first gold did not come until Friday the 20th ( won by Chris Hoy in the 1 km track cycling time-trial ).

In the men's 1000 meters speed skating event, two bronze medals were awarded for a third place tie.

He won a bronze medal at the 2002 world championships in Seville, Spain in the men's lightweight fours event.

He was a member of the 2004 Summer Olympics 4th-place American men's archery team, which lost the bronze medal to Ukraine by two points.

Van Alten competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery, trying to defend his bronze medal.

Hrachov was also a member of the bronze medal Ukrainian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Serdyuk was also a member of the bronze medal Ukrainian men's archery team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

* Kyle Hamilton, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in men's eights in rowing

Runner-up Netherlands, men's silver medalist in 1992, came back under team leaders Ron Zwerver and Olof van der Meulen in the 1996 Games for a five-set win over Italy.

* Fabian Joseph, former Captain of the Canada men's national ice hockey team, two-time Olympic Silver medalist

* Vive Targi Kielce ( Iskra Kielce ) men's Handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Men's Handball League, few times Champions and medalist of Poland ( winner in 1993 1994 1996 1998 1999 2003 and 2009, second places in 1995 2004, third places in 1980 1997 2001 2005 ).

* Abel Kiviat ( 1892 – 1991 ), silver medalist in the men's 1, 500 m event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist in doubles, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17.

** Also on the short track, Steven Bradbury of Australia becomes the first Winter Olympic gold medalist from the Southern Hemisphere when a crash on the final corner of the men's 1000 m final leaves him the " last man standing ".

Was a gold medalist on the 1984 men's U. S. Olympic basketball team.

Taufik Hidayat, 2004 Olympic gold medalist in badminton men's singles.

Wright was the father of tennis great Beals Wright, a U. S. Championship winner and Olympic gold medalist, and Irving Wright, U. S. Championship men's doubles champion.

In the men's over 80 kg, Abdelkader Zrouri gave up three late points to his Greek opponent to lose, but was drawn into the repechage, where he managed to win his first match, before losing to the eventual bronze medalist.

Remy made his name in the 2002 Asian Games at Busan as the captain for the men's team when he became the nation's only second male multiple-gold medalist in the competition's 51-year history, winning three gold medals.

Joining Trulsen on the men's side was 2001 World Junior Champion Brad Gushue of Canada with the help of two-time World champion Russ Howard calling the shots, former World Junior champion and European champion David Murdoch of Great Britain, two-time European champion Andy Kapp of Germany, 2000 European champion and 2005 European mixed champion Markku Uusipaavalniemi of Finland, 1993 World Championship bronze medalist Pete Fenson of the United States of America, 1997 World Junior champion Ralph Stöckli of Switzerland, three-time Pacific Curling champion Sean Becker of New Zealand, three-time World Champion Peja Lindholm of Sweden, and the host Italian team skipped by Joel Retornaz.

He was a bronze medalist in the men's doubles together with Hariamanto Kartono at the 1985 IBF World Championships in Calgary.

Herman Ronald Frazier ( born October 29, 1954 ) was a 1976 Olympic Gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.

Kevin Bernard Robinzine ( born April 12, 1966 ) was a 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4 × 400 meter relay for the United States, where he ran the third leg.

Sunder L. Nix ( born December 2, 1961 ) was a 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.

Ray " Ricky " Armstead ( born May 27, 1960 ) was a 1984 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States.

Remigijus Valiulis ( born September 20, 1958 in Šilutė ) was a Lithuanian athlete, gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.

Mikhail Innokentyevich Linge (; November 26, 1958 in Kaluga – February 4, 1994 ) was a gold medalist in the men's 4x400 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.

The dead included, most notably, 9-time U. S. ladies ' champion Maribel Vinson-Owen and her two daughters, reigning U. S. ladies ' champion Laurence Owen, reigning U. S. pairs champions Maribel Y. Owen and her partner Dudley Richards, reigning U. S. men's champion Bradley Lord, U. S. men's silver medalist Gregory Kelley, U. S. ladies ' silver medalist Stephanie Westerfeld, U. S. ladies ' bronze medalist Rhode Lee Michelson and U. S. ice dancing champions Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce.