Australia Hall of Fame Sporting Moments - Statistics

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Year Great Sporting Moment Answer % Correct
1930 Race horse considered a "battlers hero" gallops home to win the Melbourne Cup Phar Lap
88%
2000 Meets the expectations of the entire nation by winning the 400m gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games Cathy Freeman
71%
1993 Bowls the ball of the century to dismiss Mike Gatting in an Ashes test match at Old Trafford Shane Warne
59%
2011 Overhauls a 57 second deficit going into the final time trial to become the first Australian to win the Tour de France Cadel Evans
53%
2000 Swims down the USA's Gary Hall Jnr in the final metres of the final leg of the 4x100m freestyle relay to win gold at the Sydney Olympic Games with teammates Klim, Fydler and Callus Ian Thorpe
53%
2005 Slots the decisive penalty against Uruguay to fire the Socceroos into the 2006 World Cup finals John Aloisi
53%
2002 Claims Australia's first-ever Winter Olympics gold medal with victory in the 1000 metres short-track speed skating final in Salt Lake City Steven Bradbury
53%
2005 Takes a mark on the siren to win the 2005 AFL Grand Final for the Sydney Swans Leo Barry
47%
1964 Australia's golden girl of the pool wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle title at the Tokyo Olympic Games Dawn Fraser
41%
1996 Against the odds, wins gold in the 1500m freestyle at the Atlanta Olympic Games Kieren Perkins
41%
2015 Riding 100-1 outsider Prince of Penzance, becomes the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup Michelle Payne
29%
2000 Australia score in the final second to beat the USA 4-3 and claim an Olympic gold medal (name the sport) Women's Water Polo
29%
1964 Australia's golden girl of the track wins gold in the 400m at the Tokyo Olympic Games Betty Cuthbert
24%
1983 Skippers Australia II to win yachting's America's Cup John Bertrand
24%
1956 Runner stops to help a fallen opponent to their feet before going on to win the mile race John Landy
24%
2002 Melbourne Cup winning jockey of Media Puzzle pays an emotional tribute to his brother who died the week before in a racing fall Damien Oliver
18%
1993 IOC president announces "The winner is ... Sydney" as host of the 2000 Olympic Games Juan Antonio Samaranch
18%
1968 200m Olympic silver medalist supports the gold and bronze medal winning black American sprinters as they deliver a black power salute during the medal presentation Peter Norman
12%
2006 Wins the Melbourne Commonwealth Games Women's Marathon Kerryn McCann
6%
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