Prior to the 2008 Games where Valerie Vili won gold in women's shot put and Nick Willis won bronze in the men's 1500 meters, that was 1992 when Lorraine Moller won bronze in women's marathon.
2006
Lyudmila Kondratyeva who won the women's 100 meter gold medal at the 1980 Games in Moscow. She is the only Russian born 100 meter dash gold medalist in the history of the Olympics.
1912
Steve Hooker in men's pole vault at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
Not only did she fail to medal, she was dead last in the final.
Steve Hooker who won gold in pole vault at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
From 1928 Amsterdam Olympics to 1956 Melbourne Olympics India won six consecutive gold medals at hockey. The two other gold medals for India came in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics
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The last gold medal of the Beijing Olympics went to Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) for the Men's Marathon
2012 london olympics
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The last US gold medal in the 10,000 meters was won by Billy Mills at the 1964 Games in Tokyo.