Word: medaled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Oerter, who strained two ribs in practice less than a week ago, threw the discus an Olympic record 200 ft., 1.63 inches. Dave Weil, a Californian, took the bronze medal...
...Schollander, a Yale freshman, won his third gold medal, setting a world record in the 400-meter freestyle with a 4:12.2 clocking. Lesley Bush, a 17-year-old from New Jersey, surprised defending champion Ingrid Kramer-Engel of Germany in woman's platform, diving. The women's 400-meter freestyle relay team took another gold medal for the U.S. Ian O'Brien of Australia won the 200-meter breaststroke in a world record 2:27.8 with America's Chet Jastremski third...
Cathy Ferguson set a world 100-meter backstroke record of 1:07.7 in beating France's Christine Caron for the gold medal. Ginny Duenkel of the U.S. war third...
Middleweight wrestler Dan Brand took a bronze medal, the only other medal of the day for the U.S. team...
Three Japanese, two Bulgarians, two Russians and a Turk won gold medals in freestyle wrestling, while Hans Zdralzila of Czechoslovakia won the middleweight weightlifting title. The Netherlands took the gold medal in team bicycle road racing...