Portal:Olympic Games/Did you know/51

... that Canadian literary critic Ira Nadel considers the legend of the Olympic torch relay a total fabrication?
... that 1948 Olympics rowing gold medallist Bert Bushnell was involved in the evacuation of Dunkirk during the Second World War?
... that the Olympic Flame was transmitted by satellite from Greece to Canada in 1976?
... that some runners in the 1968 Summer Olympics torch relay were burned by exploding torches?
... that Jørgen Juve was captain of the Norwegian football team that won Olympic bronze medals in Berlin in 1936, after knocking out Germany in the quarter final?