Statistics for American Summer Olympics Legends

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Year	Clue	Event	Athlete	% Correct
2008	Won 8 golds	Swimming	Michael Phelps	97%
1996	Wore gold shoes and dominated the men's 200 and 400	Track & Field	Michael Johnson	73%
1936	Stuck it to Hitler by winning 4 gold medals	Track & Field	Jesse Owens	72%
1984	Won the 100, 200, long jump and relay	Track & Field	Carl Lewis	69%
2016	Won 4 golds, including the all-around. Considered by many the greatest gymnast of-time	Gymnastics	Simone Biles	68%
1992	Nickname of the 1992 American basketball juggernaut	Basketball	Dream Team	66%
1972	Won 7 golds	Swimming	Mark Spitz	66%
1976	Won the decathlon, and later became a Kardashian step-father	Track & Field	Bruce Jenner	65%
1988	Won the women's 100, 200 and relay	Track & Field	Florence Griffith-Joyner	63%
1984	Won golds in the men's 3m springboard and 10m platform	Diving	Greg Louganis	52%
1988	Won the heptathlon and women's long jump	Track & Field	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	50%
1968	"Flopped" his way to high jump gold	Track & Field	Dick Fosbury	44%
1984	Women's all-around winner	Gymnastics	Mary Lou Retton	44%
1968	Shattered the long jump world record - by almost 2 feet	Track & Field	Bob Beamon	42%
1912	Native American who won the pentathlon and decathlon	Track & Field	Jim Thorpe	37%
1996	Stuck the landing on a broken ankle	Gymanstics	Kerri Strug	36%
1988	Dominated his opponents in the light middleweight division, but was robbed of gold by corrupt judges	Boxing	Roy Jones, Jr.	22%
1960	Won the women's 100, 200 and relay	Track & Field	Wilma Rudolph	22%