Classmate Facts # 101 - Olympics Trivia

1. In his boxing career of 62 fights Wilfred Benitz won 52 matches! He is the youngest person ever to have won a world boxing championship!

2. Gymnasiums were introduced in 900 B.C. and Greek athletes practised there to the accompaniment of music.

3. The last Olympic gold medals that were made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912.

4. Most athletes at the 1900 Olympic Games held in Paris had a tough time! The discus and hammer throwers found that there wasn't enough room to throw, so their shots landed in the trees! No track was laid, races took place on an uneven field of grass littered with trees, also for the hurdle races, the hurdles were made out of broken telephone poles! The Olympics were organised that year because Paris was also hosting the World Exhibition at the same time. This caused extra pressure on their infrastructural resources.