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HOUSTON, TEXAS (August 1, 2020) August 1 is a unique day in Olympic history. Many newsworthy Olympic events have happened on August 1; dating back 92 years to the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam. On that day, the United States sweep the medals in a rainy pole vault final with Sabin Carr capturing the gold medal, followed by William Droegemuller (silver) and Charles McGinnis (bronze).
Below are more events from Olympic history of August 1.
1936: The Games of the IX Olympiad open in Berlin.
1976: The Games of the XXL Olympiad officially close in Montreal, Canada
1980: Gerd Wessig of East Germany becomes the first male to set a high jump world record at the Olympics with a jump of 2.36 meters (7 feet, 9 inches) in Moscow.
1980: East German runner Waldemar Cierpinski wins his second consecutive Olympic Games marathon in 12:11:03 in Moscow.
1992: American sprinter Gail Devers wins an incredibly close blanket finish in the women's 100 meters with the time of 10.82 seconds in Barcelona, with five athletes within 0.06 seconds of Devers.
1996: Dan O'Brien wins the decathlon gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics to become the first American since Bruce Jenner in 1976 to win the event.
2012: American Nathan Adrian clocks 47.52 in winning the 100-meter freestyle gold at the London Olympics; his first swim under 48 seconds.
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