# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 584
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11662 "2012-08-02T08:17:01Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold, and sets a WR in his final Olympics race (1994 1,000m Speed Skating in Lillehammer) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11663 "2012-08-02T19:45:24Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold, and sets a WR in his final Olympics race (1994 1,000m Speed Skating in Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11664 "2012-08-02T20:29:11Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold, and sets a WR in his final Olympics race (1994 1,000m Speed Skating in Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11665 "2012-08-03T04:02:26Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold, and sets a WR in his final Olympics race (1994 1,000m Speed Skating in Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. The **1992 Dream Team** in Barcelona, the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11666 "2012-08-03T04:22:21Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold, and sets a WR in his final Olympics race (1994 1,000m Speed Skating in Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. The **1992 Dream Team** in Barcelona, the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). He broke it in an earlier event but didn’t tell anyone because he didn’t want to force his team to drop out of the competition. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11667 "2012-08-03T12:44:29Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen, in his final Olympics race, sets a WR and finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold in 1,000m Speed Skating (1994, Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. **The Dream Team** , the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport (1992, Barcelona) 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). 8. Emil Zátopek (the “Czech Locomotive”), wins Golds in the 5K and 10K runs, then at the last minute enters his first-ever marathon and wins a third Gold (1952, Helsinki) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11668 "2012-08-03T13:12:58Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen, in his final Olympics race, sets a WR and finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold in 1,000m Speed Skating (1994, Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. **The Dream Team** , the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport (1992, Barcelona) 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). 8. Emil Zátopek (the “Czech Locomotive”), wins Golds in the 5K and 10K runs, then at the last minute enters his first-ever marathon and wins a third Gold (1952, Helsinki) 9. Paavo Nurmi, one of the “Flying Finns” wins 5 Golds in running, the most athletics Golds ever in one Olympics (1924, Paris) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11669 "2012-08-04T08:23:50Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen, in his final Olympics race, sets a WR and finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold in 1,000m Speed Skating (1994, Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. The Dream Team, the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport (1992, Barcelona) 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). 8. Emil Zátopek (the “Czech Locomotive”), wins Golds in the 5K and 10K runs, then at the last minute enters his first-ever marathon and wins a third Gold (1952, Helsinki) 9. Paavo Nurmi, one of the “Flying Finns” wins 5 Golds in running, the most athletics Golds ever in one Olympics (1924, Paris) 10. Kerri Strug, scoring an impressive 9.712 in her final vault with a badly injured ankle (1996, Atlanta) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11670 "2012-08-04T13:35:39Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen, in his final Olympics race, sets a WR and finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold in 1,000m Speed Skating (1994, Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. The Dream Team, the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport (1992, Barcelona) 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). 8. Emil Zátopek (the “Czech Locomotive”), wins Golds in the 5K and 10K runs, then at the last minute enters his first-ever marathon and wins a third Gold (1952, Helsinki) 9. Paavo Nurmi, one of the “Flying Finns” wins 5 Golds in running, the most athletics Golds ever in one Olympics (1924, Paris) 10. Kerri Strug, scoring an impressive 9.712 in her final vault with a badly injured ankle (1996, Atlanta) 11. Jesse Owens, 4 gold medals in Track and Field (1936 Berlin) with you know who watching. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11671 "2012-08-04T14:43:36Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen, in his final Olympics race, sets a WR and finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold in 1,000m Speed Skating (1994, Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. The Dream Team, the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport (1992, Barcelona) 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). 8. Emil Zátopek (the “Czech Locomotive”), wins Golds in the 5K and 10K runs, then at the last minute enters his first-ever marathon and wins a third Gold (1952, Helsinki) 9. Paavo Nurmi, one of the “Flying Finns” wins 5 Golds in running, the most athletics Golds ever in one Olympics (1924, Paris) 10. Kerri Strug, scoring an impressive 9.712 in her final vault with a badly injured ankle (1996, Atlanta) 11. Jesse Owens, 4 gold medals in Track and Field (1936 Berlin) with you know who watching. 12. Eric “The Eel” Moussambani - won a 100 meter freestyle heat with a personal best time (2000) Okay, that personal best was 112.72 seconds (the eventual winning time would be 47.84 seconds) and he only won the heat because the other two racers were disqualified. But give Moussambani credit - he had only learned to swim eight months earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11672 "2012-08-04T14:54:08Z")
Most impressive Olympic feats in history 1. Nadia Comaneci - Perfect Tens in women’s gymnastics. 2. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 Marathon, running barefoot. 3. Dan Jansen, in his final Olympics race, sets a WR and finally wins his only Olympic medal, Gold in 1,000m Speed Skating (1994, Lillehammer) 4. Ian Millar, show jumper, competing in his tenth Olympics at London in 2012 5. The Miracle on Ice–America beats Russia in hockey in 1980 Winter Olympics 6. **The Dream Team** , the most dominant team ever assembled, in any sport (1992, Barcelona) 7. Shun Fujimoto competes in two gymnastic events with a fractured knee (1976). 8. Emil Zátopek (the “Czech Locomotive”), wins Golds in the 5K and 10K runs, then at the last minute enters his first-ever marathon and wins a third Gold (1952, Helsinki) 9. Paavo Nurmi, one of the “Flying Finns” wins 5 Golds in running, the most athletics Golds ever in one Olympics (1924, Paris) 10. Kerri Strug, scoring an impressive 9.712 in her final vault with a badly injured ankle (1996, Atlanta) 11. Jesse Owens, 4 gold medals in Track and Field (1936 Berlin) with you know who watching. 12. Eric “The Eel” Moussambani - won a 100 meter freestyle heat with a personal best time (2000) 13. Cassius Clay wins Gold as a light heavyweight boxer (1960, Rome) to launch him into his professional career Your Most Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 14. 1972 Munich ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11673 "2012-08-04T15:36:41Z")
Your Most Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 1. 1972 Munich 2. 1984 Los Angeles (because the rowing events were held in my home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11674 "2012-08-04T16:32:04Z")
I’m shocked that Bob Beamon didn’t make the cut for my topic-I almost put that on for #1, but figured it would be a dead-solid cinch that someone else would… Your Most Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 1. 1972 Munich 2. 1984 Los Angeles 3. 1976 Montreal ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11675 "2012-08-04T17:23:55Z")
Your Most Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 1. 1972 Munich 2. 1984 Los Angeles 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11676 "2012-08-04T18:42:35Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I’m shocked that Bob Beamon didn’t make the cut for my topic-I almost put that on for #1, but figured it would be a dead-solid cinch that someone else would… I was very close to doing so. It came down to Ali vs. Beamon for me. Beamon’s record stood for a very long time, but it was before my time. I grew up in the 1970s and heavyweight boxing was in its hey day - to me, anyway. Ali was The Greatest. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11677 "2012-08-06T13:31:00Z")
Your Most Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 1. 1972 Munich 2. 1984 Los Angeles 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid 5. 1996 Atlanta The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I knew someone who was there. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11678 "2012-08-06T15:48:07Z")
We have another “one post per poster” category. Worse than usual because the choices are from a limited pool and there’s going to be overlaps. Once one person said the Montreal Olympics were their most memorable Olympics then presumably nobody else would post that same Olympics. Perhaps we can widen the category. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11679 "2012-08-07T05:47:04Z")
Yeah, good point. I’ll expand it, and add to it. It’s a simple list. I didn’t even ask for justification. Oh well, so be it. Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 1. 1972 Munich 2. 1984 Los Angeles 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid 5. 1996 Atlanta 6. 2012 London ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11680 "2012-08-07T06:17:30Z")
Memorable Olympics: Year & Location 1. 1972 Munich 2. 1984 Los Angeles 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid 5. 1996 Atlanta 6. 2012 London 7. 1968 Mexico City The first Olympics I can remember ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11681 "2012-08-07T14:32:20Z")
**John DiFool** , do you want to add a reason for 1976 Montreal? **Little Nemo** , for 1980 Lake Placid? To help move this along, I added the reasons. Memorable Olympics: Year, Location, Reason 1. 1972 Munich: The first Olympics I ( **echo7tango** ) can remember 2. 1984 Los Angeles: The rowing events were held in my ( **Infovore’s** ) home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid 5. 1996 Atlanta: The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I ( **Annie-Xmas** ) knew someone who was there 6. 2012 London: Michael Phelps wins the most medals in an Olympic career 7. 1968 Mexico City: The first Olympics I ( **Little Nemo** ) can remember 8. 1936 Berlin: Jesse Owens sticks it in the Führer’s face [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=583) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=585)