HELP: Who was the female Olympic marathoner who was tripped

WilliamPitt

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:11 PM
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HELP: Who was the female Olympic marathoner who was tripped

and then finished the race?

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asthmaticeog

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:12 PM
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1. Florence Griffith Joyner?

Edited on Thu Oct-28-04 12:27 PM by asthmaticeog

Memories of '80s fuzzy ... it was definitely Zola Budd who tripped her up, though.

On edit: Now that everyone's posted the right answer, I have to hit myself on the head with a ball-peen hammer and say a whopping DUH. But I DID get Zola Budd right!

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Beware the Beast Man

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:12 PM
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2. Mary Decker?

Back in 84, I think.

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ibegurpard

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:12 PM
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3. Mary Decker?

Don't know if she finished the race but she was hyped as gold-medal potential and she was "tripped" by Zola Budd.

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EarlG ADMIN

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:12 PM
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4. Mary Decker?

Edited on Thu Oct-28-04 12:13 PM by EarlG

This one?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/11/newsid_3561000/3561846.stm

On edit: not a marathon runner.

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Donkeyboy75

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:13 PM
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5. Mary Decker.

Tripped by Zola Budd...but that was the 3000 meters

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tsakshaug

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:13 PM
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6. you mean

Mary Decker-Slaney
Tripped up with Zola Budd..the barefoot running South African

Middle distance runner

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DoBotherMe

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:14 PM
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7. Mary Decker 1984

Probably the most controversial event occurred when American Mary Decker fell in the 3,000m after a tight pass with Zola Budd (a South African running for Britain). As the 2 collided Decker tripped on Budd's right leg and Budd was cut deeply by Decker's spikes. Budd ended up finishing 7th. In the end, neither Budd nor Decker were actually found to be at fault for the accident, although both made mistakes.
http://www.athensenvironmental.org/modern_olympics/modern_olympics20.asp

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neohippie

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:23 PM
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8. Greece 2004

Edited on Thu Oct-28-04 12:25 PM by neohippie

Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil finished with the bronze medal after a man wearing a costume and a sign on his back ran into the race lane, grabbed the runner and pulled him into the crowd.

story here: http://www.cbc.ca/story/olympics/national/2004/08/29/Sports/marathon040829.html

Doh, sorry you said female runner

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WilliamPitt

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:26 PM
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9. THAT'S IT. THANKS EVERYONE.

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VelmaD

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:42 PM
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10. Actually Mary Decker didn't finish the race...

IIRC.

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DelawareValleyDem

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Thu Oct-28-04 12:44 PM
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11. She didn't

Edited on Thu Oct-28-04 12:47 PM by DelawareValleyDem

The Face of Pain

Great runner but events like that were one of the reasons why she never won an Olympic medal

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