| VIREN | Lasse ____ won 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics |
| LASSE | Who did the "double-double" by winning the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals, at the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Olympics? (5) |
| EMILZATOPEK | Who created an Olympic first by winning the gold medal in 5,000 and 10,000 metres and also the marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Games? (4,7) |
| OLGA | Gymnast Korbut who won gold medals in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics |
| INGRID | ...... Kristiansen, women's 10,000 metres gold medallist at the 1987 World Championships (6) |
| GUERROUJ | Who became only the second man in Olympics history to win both 1,500 and 5,000 metres gold medals at the same Olympics? (8) |
| ETHIOPIA | Home country of the former 5,000- and 10,000-metre run world record holder Kenenisa Bekele (8) |
| NELLI | . ..... Cooman, winner of two women's 60 metres gold medals at the World Indoor Championships (5) |
| SLEUTH | Michael Caine appeared in both the 1972 and 2007 versions of this thriller (6) |
| HAHN | Sophie, British sprinter who won the 100 metres gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics (4) |
| SANEYEV | 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics triple jump gold medallist representing the USSR (7) |
| VIKTOR | 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics triple jump gold medallist representing the USSR (6) |
| SPITZ | Surname of the US swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics (5) |
| FOSTER | Brendan, British ex-long distance runner who won bronze in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Olympics (6) |
| MARKSPITZ | American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics (4,5) |
| OVETT | British middle-distance runner who won the 800 metres gold at the 1980 Olympic Games (5,5) |
| FUCHS | Ruth ___, 1972 and 1976 Olympics javelin gold medallist (5) |
| KHALID | ___ Skah, Moroccan runner who won the men's 10,000 metres at the 1992 Olympics |
| YEN | Currency with notes in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 |
| ANNMOORE | British rider who won an individual show jumping silver medal at the 1972 Olympics |
