This section contains interesting facts from the world of sports. Your attention is presented to world records, historical dates of important events, unusual cases of various winter and summer species sports.
Athletics:
The fastest man in the world - Usain Bolt (Jamaica). Triple Olympic champion Olympics 2008 in Beijing. Set the following world records. In the sprint at distances of 100 and 200 m and in the relay race 4x100 m, having run sprint races at 100 and 200 m in 9.69 s. and 19.30 p. respectively, and in the relay helped his team set a record time of 37.10 s.
Russian football:
He played the most matches for the Russian national football team Viktor Onopko. He played 109 games for our national team from 1992 to 2004
Scored the most goals for the Russian national football team Vladimir Beschastnykh (26 goals).
Scored the most goals from penalties in a row in the Russian Football Championship Dmitry Kirichenko. His result is 21 goals. This series has been going on for 9 years since 2000.
* This record was recorded in September 2009.
The biggest score in the history of the Russian football championships (premier league) is 9:3. Petersburg Zenit beat Dynamo Moscow in 1999 with this score.
The most devastating victory in the elite championship of Russia was won by the capital's Lokomotiv. Railroaders thrashed Uralan 9–0 in 2000
World Football:
Argentina football player Martin Palermo in 1999, at the Latin America Cup, in a match against the Colombian national team, he did not score 3 penalties in a row. In the end, Argentina lost 0-3.
Which country has won the most World Cups?
Answer - Team Brazil (5 times).
Which football club most often won the Champions League (including the Champions Cup)?
The answer is Real (Madrid) and he did it 9 times.
Where and in what year was the first World Cup held?
Answer - In 1930 in Uruguay.
Which team won the first FIFA World Cup?
Answer - Uruguay national team
Russian Oleg Salenko At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he scored 5 goals in one match. In that match, the Russian team beat Cameroon with a score of 6: 1. this moment this record has not been broken.
Most quick goal in the history of the European Football Championships scored by a Russian Dmitry Kirichenko. It happened at Euro 2004 in a match against Greece, in which our players won with a score of 2: 1.
The Croatian is the first and only football player to score goals in the World Cups for different national teams. Robert Prosinechki currently coaching Crvena Zvezda.
At the 1990 World Cup, he scored a goal for the Yugoslav national team, and at the 1998 World Cup - for the Croatian national team.
Basketball:
The tallest basketball player in the world - Song Mingming (China), tsetrovy, height - 236 cm, and weight - 152 kg.
Boxing:
Mexican American boxer Oscar De La Hoya became champion in six weight categories. No one has broken his record yet.
Who is the tallest professional boxer in the world? This record belongs to Gogya Mitu from Romania, his height was 223 cm.
Tallest professional boxing world champion - Nikolai Valuev(Russia). His height is 213 cm. I also note that Valuev is the first Russian world heavyweight boxing champion among professionals.
The very first boxer to win Mike Tyson - James Buster Douglas(USA). It happened in 1990 in the ring in Japan.
Which boxer held the heavyweight championship belt the longest?
Answer - Joe Louis(USA). For 11 years in a row he held the title of world boxing champion, defending this title 25 times.
Wrestling and various martial arts:
Won the most World Championships in freestyle wrestling Alexander Medved(USSR) in 1962-64, 1966-72. (ten times).
Most consecutive World Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling in weight up to 130 kg. won Alexander Karelin(USSR) from 1988 to 1996 (nine times).
1. Badminton is the fastest racket sport: the speed of a shuttlecock can reach 270 km/h.
2. If you're bowling, don't try to knock down the pins as hard as you can. A bowling pin with a 7.5 degree deflection is enough for a fall.
3. Boxing was only legalized as a sport in 1900. Prior to that, he was considered too cruel and not suitable for the presence of the public. In the 20th century, boxing became the most popular view sports in cinema.
4. Ancient Greek Olympic athletes competed completely naked. All Olympic competitions provided for the complete nakedness of athletes. The name itself modern word"gymnastics" comes from the ancient Greek "gymos", that is, "naked", "naked". Somehow, they still tried to dress the athletes, but this innovation did not take root.
5. It is noteworthy that the first hockey puck was a square shape! For a certain period they played hockey with round wooden pucks. A modern hockey puck is made of vulcanized rubber and weighs 200 grams. Before the start of the game, it is frozen so that it does not spring.
6. The first products of the Dassler family - the founders of Adidas were sleeping slippers.
7. The fastest man in the world - Usain Bolt (Jamaica). Three-time Olympic champion of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing - in the sprint at distances of 100 and 200, he set a record by running these distances in 9.69 and 19.30 seconds, respectively.
8. In a Spanish second league match between San Isidro and Olimpico Carrante, a few minutes before the end of the game, the players of the two teams, dissatisfied with the refereeing, surrounded the referee to explain to him how to referee. And not only with words and gestures. In this critical situation, the referee, keeping complete calm, took out a red card and presented it to all twenty-two participants in the match.
9. Athletes jumping from a springboard on skis should not wish for a fair wind - it only harms them. A headwind is much better, thanks to which an air cushion is created in front of the skier in flight, and he flies further. To start the jump, athletes are given a certain time, during which the coaches try to choose the optimal start time, taking into account the wind. The change in wind during the competition can make the conditions for the participants unequal: if the skier got only a tailwind, his chances for medals even with the most the best technique decrease sharply.
10. The rules of horse racing state that the length of the name of a racing horse should not exceed eighteen letters. Names that are too long are cumbersome to record.
11. There are 336 notches in a standard golf ball.
12. In the football championship of the State of the Vatican, teams such as "Telemail", "Guards", "Bank", "Library", "Team of Museums" play.
13. The FIVB rules prohibit holding classic volleyball competitions at indoor temperatures above +25 and below +16, but there are no temperature restrictions for beach volleyball.
14. People began to play bowling as early as 3200 BC, this is evidenced by a collection of objects found in an Egyptian tomb that resemble primitive bowling tools.
15. The billiard game of snooker fell into decline in the mid-20th century. However, interest in her again greatly increased after the BBC channel chose her to demonstrate the benefits of color television and began to broadcast all the championships. The green table and multi-colored snooker balls were perfect for this purpose.
16. Motherland figure skating considered Holland. It was there, in the 13-14 centuries, that the first iron skates appeared. The appearance of a new type of skates gave a powerful impetus to the development of figure skating, which at that time consisted in the ability to draw intricate figures on the ice and maintain a beautiful pose at the same time.
17. In 1912, at the Olympics in Stockholm, the Japanese marathon runner Shitso Kanaguri felt unbearably thirsty at the thirtieth kilometer. He ran to the nearest house and asked the owner to pour water. The Swedish peasant escorted the runner into the room, but when he returned, he saw the guest sound asleep. Kanaguri slept for more than a day. In 1967, a 76-year-old runner was given the opportunity to run the rest of the distance - total time was 54 years 8 months 6 days 8 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds.
18. In classical wrestling there is no draw, there must always be a winner.
19.On average, a football player runs 11 kilometers per game, and over the entire playing career, the length of the run can reach 300,000 km.
20. A billiard ball that has been hit accelerates from 0 to 30 km / h in a fraction of a second, and due to friction between the ball and the table surface, the temperature can reach 250 degrees!
21. There is no car number 13 in the Formula 1 peloton, after the 12th immediately comes the 14th. In total, only five people used number 13 in the World Championship. It is noteworthy that now Formula 1 pilot Pastor Maldonado rides under number 13. Alas, just as unsuccessful as his non-superstitious predecessors
22. In the 19th century, the game of bowls with 9 pins appeared in the USA and gained such popularity that the audience began to place bets. The authorities of some states banned the game, then the players added a tenth pin to bypass the ban and gave the game a new name - bowling.
23. At the III Olympiad in 1904 in St. Louis, the American marathon runner Fred Lortz ran about 14 km and got into a car waiting for him. 2 km before the finish line, the athlete again went to treadmill and finished first. Fraud was revealed only after Lorz received a gold medal.
Interesting Facts about athletes will allow you to find out something that everyone has long forgotten about!
- 1. Famous thinkers Ancient Greece(Demosthenes, Socrates, Hippocrates, Democritus, Aristotle) at one time took part in the Olympic Games. Moreover, Pythagoras became famous as a champion in fisticuffs, and Plato - in martial arts pankration.
- 2. Back in 1932, an athlete from Poland, Stanislava Valasevich, conquered the hundred-meter race. Then she set a world record. And only in 1980, after her death, an autopsy revealed that Stanislav Valasevich was a man. This was found out by the genitals, although the chromosome set in this person was both female and male.
- 3. An interesting nickname in the Slavic interpretation has a four-time winner of the World Cup in skiing and two-time Austrian Olympic champion Hermann Mayer - "Herminator".
- 4. China's Song Mingming is the tallest basketball player in the world. His height is 236 centimeters, with a weight of 152 kilograms.
- 5. On March 20, 1976, Aston Villa played against Leicester City in an unusual match. Then Chris Nicholl, a player of the first team, scored two goals against the opponent and his own. The match ended with the score 2:2.
- 6. Interesting facts about athletes also relate to unusual, sometimes tragic, phenomena during competitions. In 1998, during a football match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lightning struck a field. 11 players from the visiting team were killed, 30 fans were burned. But the representatives of the host team remained unharmed.
- 7. In 1957, baseball player Richie Ashburn hit the ball, which, hitting a cheerleader, broke her face. Surprisingly, after the resumption of the game, the same player again hit the same spectator who, after the previous blow, was carried away from the stadium on a stretcher.
- 8. Alexander Medved, a Soviet athlete, won ten world championships in freestyle wrestling - the most.
- 9. Haile Gebreselassie, Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m champion, has a special style of running. He presses left hand to the body, more than the right, and unusually bends it. The athlete explains this posture during the competition by the fact that as a child he had to run 10 kilometers to school in the morning and back in the evening, holding textbooks in his left hand.
The following facts about athletes will remind you that everyone has long forgotten.
1. Famous thinkers of Ancient Greece (Demosthenes, Socrates, Hippocrates, Democritus, Aristotle) took part in the Olympic Games at one time. Moreover, Pythagoras became famous as a champion in fisticuffs, and Plato - in martial arts pankration.
2. Back in 1932, an athlete from Poland, Stanislava Valasevich, conquered the hundred-meter race. Then she set a world record. And only in 1980, after her death, an autopsy revealed that Stanislav Valasevich was a man.
This was found out by the genitals, although the chromosome set in this person was both female and male. 
3. An interesting nickname in the Slavic interpretation has a four-time winner of the World Cup in alpine skiing and a two-time Austrian Olympic champion Hermann Mayer - "Herminator". 
4. China's Song Mingming is the tallest basketball player in the world. 
His height is 236 centimeters, with a weight of 152 kilograms.
5. On March 20, 1976, Aston Villa played against Leicester City in an unusual match. 
Then Chris Nicholl, a player of the first team, scored two goals against the opponent and his own. The match ended with the score 2:2.
6. Interesting facts about athletes also relate to unusual, sometimes tragic, phenomena during competitions. 
In 1998, during a football match in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, lightning struck a field. 11 players from the visiting team were killed, 30 fans were burned. But the representatives of the host team remained unharmed.
7. In 1957, baseball player Richie Ashburn hit the ball, which, hitting a cheerleader, broke her face. 
Surprisingly, after the resumption of the game, the same player again hit the same spectator who, after the previous blow, was carried away from the stadium on a stretcher.
8. Alexander Medved, a Soviet athlete, won ten world championships in freestyle wrestling - the most. 
9. Haile Gebreselassie, Ethiopian Olympic 10,000m champion, has a special style of running. 
He presses his left hand to the body, more than the right, and unusually bends it. The athlete explains this posture during the competition by the fact that as a child he had to run 10 kilometers to school in the morning and back in the evening, holding textbooks in his left hand.
10. Most fast man recognized by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. 
In 2009, he set world records: he ran the hundred-meter dash in 9.58 seconds, and the two hundred-meter distance in 19.19 seconds.
11. In ancient times, the Greeks played sports and competed on Olympic Games naked. 
Olympic competitions are watched with passion not only by savvy fans, but also by people who are far from sports.
If you are just one of those, you probably have a lot of questions about the mysterious behavior of athletes, their mysterious rituals and many other details of the competition that seem strange or wild to an unprepared person.
We offer to open the veil of sports secrets.
What is this white powder that gymnasts smear their hands with?
This is magnesium powder. It removes the slightest traces of moisture from the hands, which can lead to a fall from the projectile, and facilitates sliding, as a result of which it becomes easier for gymnasts to spin on the bars or the crossbar.
How is the distance measured in a long jump? He flops with his whole body, so from what point is the countdown?
It's simple: the landing point is considered to be the point of contact closest to the push bar. That is why the jumpers try to stretch their arms and legs forward - so as not to accidentally strike a limb on the sand before the final landing, because in any case only the first touch will be counted.
Do synchronized swimmers hear the music they are performing to?
Yes. To do this, special speakers are built into the pool under water. French synchronized swimmer Margot Chretien says: “The sound, of course, is not like in headphones, but everything is heard normally.”
Why do swimmers pat their shoulders before starting?
For many athletes, this patting is a familiar ritual that reduces nervous tension. Some, however, argue that these claps speed up blood circulation, which is not at all superfluous before the start.
Why do some swimmers wear two rubber caps at once?
The second cap presses the elastic band from swimming goggles, because of this they sit tighter and do not risk slipping.
What kind of bruises are visible on the body of Michael Phelps? What, the coach beats him?
And not only for Phelps, but also for other American athletes. Only these are not bruises, but traces of medical cups - the very ones with which our mothers and grandmothers were treated for colds in childhood. Now in sports world- A new fad: Cupping is believed to increase blood circulation and help relax muscles.
What is the temperature of the water in the Olympic pools?
According to the standards of the International Olympic Committee, the water temperature in the Olympic pools must be between 27 and 28 degrees Celsius.
Why are the Olympic fields for field hockey blue?
Field hockey fields are covered with artificial grass. The blue color was first used at the London Olympics in 2012, as the blue cover contrasts best with the yellow ball, which is convenient for spectators, judges and the athletes themselves. At the Beijing Games-2008 and earlier, athletes played on a green field with a white ball.
Why is the score so strange in tennis - 15, 30, 40, game?
Initially, the counting system was associated with the position of the hands on the clock, counting points in quarters - 15 minutes, 30, 45 and, finally, 60. True, later, in France in the 19th century, with the development of tennis, the number 45 was replaced by 40 - presumably to it was easier to announce the score. Several attempts were made to change the number system to a simpler one - from 1 to 4 - but they were not successful.
Why American football never became an Olympic sport?
American football is popular mainly in the USA. Therefore, the IOC decided what to include in Olympic program a sport that is interesting only to residents of one country does not make sense.
What is freestyle swimming?
Exactly what sounds in the title: the athlete is allowed to swim in any style, even like a dog. Restrictions apply only in the combined relay: here, a freestyle athlete is allowed to swim in any way, but not breaststroke, butterfly or backstroke. However, the vast majority of athletes consider this or that kind of crawl to be freestyle.
What do the five Olympic rings symbolize?
They symbolize the unity of the five continents, although none of them is a symbol of any particular continent. The colors of the rings - blue, red, yellow, green, black - were chosen as the most common on the flags of the world's states.
Where did the tradition of lighting the Olympic cauldron for the duration of the Games come from?
This is an ancient Greek tradition - however, many people know about it. Few, however, are aware that the ancient Greek Olympic flame was not just a torch, but an altar on which sacrifices were made to the gods. Fortunately, this part of the tradition has not come down to us.
What sports are included in modern pentathlon?
Modern pentathlon is a sport dating back to 19th century military training. In fact, it recreates the situations that an officer had to face when delivering a report to the commander through the ranks of the enemy. It includes horse racing, shooting, fencing, swimming and running.
Why are all gymnasts so short? 
There are many explanations for this. One of them says that it is not natural data that is to blame, but the training regimen. At the ends of the bones, a person has cartilage pads, the so-called "growth plates". If these pads are constantly overstressed, they wear out and bone growth slows down. Since gymnastics at the level of sports highest achievements- the case is very traumatic for the musculoskeletal system, these very “growth plates” wear out very quickly, and growth practically stops.
Why are two bronze medals awarded in judo competitions?
This is the scheme of competitions in judo. According to it, athletes who lose in the quarterfinals meet each other in knockout fights, and the winner of this “battle of four” receives bronze medal. The same competitions are held between the losers in the semi-finals - in the fight between them, the second bronze medalist is determined. The same system operates, by the way, in boxing and classical wrestling.
Can judo be used for self defense?
Yes. Judo is real martial arts, originated in Japan in the 16th century and modernized in the 19th century by the master Jigoro Kano. olympic view it became a sport only in 1964.
How much does it weigh Golden medal?
At the Rio 2016 Games, gold medals weighed 500 grams. They consisted of 92.5% silver, 6.16% copper and only 1.34% gold, which was used only for coating. Thus, each Rio gold medalist received 6.7 grams of 24 carat gold.
And how much does an Olympic gold medal cost?
Somewhere between $560 and $590. But this is the official price, on the collecting market the price is many times higher. For example, the gold medal won by black athlete Jesse Owens in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics was auctioned off in 2013 for $1.5 million.
Do Olympiad winners receive additional cash prizes?
Depends on which country they represent. Brazilian athletes teach, in terms of, about 30 thousand US dollars for "gold", 15 thousand - for "silver" and a little less than 10 thousand - for "bronze". In Argentina, each medal costs about 20 thousand dollars, in Russia - about 60 thousand. But in Italy, bonuses for an athlete can reach 185 thousand dollars. But, in the US itself, only gold medalists are rewarded, giving each a relatively modest amount of $25,000.
