From record-breaking games to unsportsmanlike conduct, these are top 10 most unforgettable moments in sports history.
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10. Roger Bannister breaks the four-minute mile mark
The moment legendary British middle-distance athlete Sir Roger Bannister broke the magical four-minute mark is one of the greatest moments in athletics. This historic event took place on 6th May 1954 during a meet between British Amateur Athletics Association and Oxford University at Iffley Road Track in Oxford. Winds were blowing up to 25 miles per hour that day and Bannister had said twice that he would rather not run and try again at another meet. However, the winds dropped just before the race was about to begin, and Bannister made history as the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes, finishing in 3 minutes and 59 seconds.
While the famous four-minute mile was thought to be impossible before Bannister’s historic achievement, it has since become relatively commonplace. The current mile record is held by retired Moroccan middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj, who ran a time of 3:43.13 in 1999.
9. Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single game
NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain holds an impressive 72 NBA records, including most career minutes played per game, most points per game by a rookie, and most consecutive triple-doubles, among others. However, Chamberlain’s most remembered achievement took place on March 2, 1962 in the face-off between Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knick when he became the only player in NBA history to score 100 points in a single game.
At the end of the first quarter, Chamberlain had already scored 23 points for the Warriors, and by halftime, his point total stood at 41. Once he broke his own 73-point scoring record, the public address announcer began announcing Chamberlain’s point total after each of his baskets. After he reached 80, the crowd yelled for 100 and Chamberlain later said that at that point he thought, “Man, these people are tough. I’m tired. I’ve got 80 points and no one has ever scored 80.” But he continued scoring and soon upped his point total to 94. With only 46 seconds left, Chamberlain got free from the five Knicks, jumped high and elegantly put the ball into the basket to hit the legendary mark. The arena exploded in frenzy and over 200 spectators stormed the floor, trying to touch the hero of the night. Unfortunately, there is no video footage of Chamberlain’s record-breaking accomplishment because the NBA wasn’t a major sports league at the time and the attendance was around half of capacity, so the game wasn’t televised.
8. Michael Phelps breaks gold medal record
Retired competitive swimmer Michael Phelps is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time. His record-breaking career is full of memorable moments, and the greatest of them took place at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when Phelps won eight gold medals and broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz’s 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any Olympic Games.
After setting an Olympic record in the preliminary heats of the 400-meter individual medley, Phelps won the first gold medal in Beijing by breaking his previous world record by nearly two seconds. After swimming the first leg of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay in 47.51 seconds, he won his second gold medal and set his second world record. For his third race, Phelps broke his previous world record in the 200-meter freestyle by nearly a second and secured his third gold medal. The next day, Phelps participated in two finals: the 200-meter butterfly and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, winning two more golds. The tireless champion won his sixth gold in the 200-meter individual medley, which he followed up with another gold medal the following day. After setting his seventh-straight Olympic record of the Games, Phelps told reporters, “Dream as big as you can dream and anything is possible.” Finally, on August 17th, his dreams came true when he won his eighth gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay and set a new world record in the event with a time of 3 minutes and 29.34 seconds.
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7. Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs
Exhibition tennis matches between male and female players always receive great publicity, but nothing beats the historic 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” – the game when 29-year old American player Billie Jean King beat 55-year old tennis veteran Bobby Riggs in three sets. The match was watched by an estimated 90 million people around the world and King’s win is considered a milestone in public acceptance of women’s tennis.
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