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Scottish sprinter Allan Wells won gold in the mens’ 100m and silver in the 200m at Moscow

His wins came amid pressure to boycott the Games.

  • Andreas Krieger
  • Andreas Krieger, subject of the song 'Little Blue Pills', who was born as Heidi
  • Scottish sprinter Allan Wells won gold in the mens’ 100m and silver in the 200m at Moscow
  • Bill Thorpe, son of Jim Thorpe, who was stripped of his two 1912 gold medals
  • Bob Wheeler
  • Kate Buford
  • Michelle Probert, who as Michelle Scutt won a bronze in Moscow in the womens’ 4x400m relay
  • Dr Werner Franke
  • The Los Angeles Olympic stadium, where both the 1932 and 1984 Games were staged.
  • Olympic statues
  • Checkpoint Charlie
  • East Berlin’s TV tower was a symbol of the achievements of the regime
  • Stasi files at the HQ in Leipzig
  • The dreaded Rundhalle in Leipzig, Stasi HQ
  • The apparatus of oppression

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