Year | Great Sporting Moment | Answer | % Correct |
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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 | 82%
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1930 | Race horse considered a "battlers hero" gallops home to win the Melbourne Cup | Phar Lap | 82%
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1993 | Bowls the ball of the century to dismiss Mike Gatting in an Ashes test match at Old Trafford | Shane Warne | 82%
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2000 | Meets the expectations of the entire nation by winning the 400m gold medal at the Sydney Olympic Games | Cathy Freeman | 73%
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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 | 73%
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2005 | Takes a mark on the siren to win the 2005 AFL Grand Final for the Sydney Swans | Leo Barry | 64%
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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 | 64%
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1964 | Australia's golden girl of the track wins gold in the 400m at the Tokyo Olympic Games | Betty Cuthbert | 55%
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1964 | Australia's golden girl of the pool wins her third consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle title at the Tokyo Olympic Games | Dawn Fraser | 55%
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2005 | Slots the decisive penalty against Uruguay to fire the Socceroos into the 2006 World Cup finals | John Aloisi | 55%
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1956 | Runner stops to help a fallen opponent to their feet before going on to win the mile race | John Landy | 45%
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1983 | Skippers Australia II to win yachting's America's Cup | John Bertrand | 36%
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1993 | IOC president announces "The winner is ... Sydney" as host of the 2000 Olympic Games | Juan Antonio Samaranch | 36%
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1996 | Against the odds, wins gold in the 1500m freestyle at the Atlanta Olympic Games | Kieren Perkins | 36%
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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 | 36%
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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 | 27%
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2002 | Melbourne Cup winning jockey of Media Puzzle pays an emotional tribute to his brother who died the week before in a racing fall | Damian Oliver | 18%
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2006 | Wins the Melbourne Commonwealth Games Women's Marathon | Kerryn McCann | 18%
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