The Cold War (1945-1991) dominated international relations within a framework of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War facilitated global leadership by the United States, and provided Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his successors with an enemy to justify their repressive regime. The Cold War helped ...
The 800 meters is one of the first five (5) women’s events added to the Olympic track and field program in 1928. After the 1928 final, Olympic officials removed the race from the program because they believed the physical exhaustion displayed by the competitors after the race demonstrated that the distance was too strenuous for ...
The path toward the breakdown of the USSR really began under the leadership of Leonid Brezhnev. After the Czechoslovakian leader Alexander Dubcek introduced a policy of liberalization in 1968 Brezhnev responded to what he saw as a corruption of Soviet ideology by launching what became known as the “Brezhnev Doctrine” which essentially legitimated Soviet invasion ...
The long jump became part of the women’s Olympic track and field program in 1948. Athletes representing Brazil, Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Hungary, Nigeria, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Soviet Union, and the United States have won the event. Germans have won the event four times, with Heidemarie ...
The 50 kilometer-walk became part of the men’s Olympic track and field program in 1932. Athletes representing the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Federal Republic of Germany, Great Britain, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, the Soviet Union, and Sweden have won the event. Great Britain, Italy, and Poland won the Olympic ...