| 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) |
| 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) |
| VIREN | 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) |
| GOLDMEDAL | An Olympic first |
| ERNST | Artist who created an avian alter ego named Loplop |
| JAMAICA | Country whose athletes swept the podium, winning the gold, silver and bronze medals in the women's 100m sprint event |
| MEDALING | Winning the gold |
| ETHIOPIA | Home country of the former 5,000- and 10,000-metre run world record holder Kenenisa Bekele (8) |
| USAINBOLT | Jamaican sprinter who won Olympic gold in the 100 metres and 200 metres in 2008, 2012 and 2016 (5,4) |
| FOSBURY | Who won the gold medal in the high jump at the 1968 Olympics, revolutionising the sport in the process? (7) |
| NISHESH | Who stretched Novak Djokovic in the first round at the Australian Open 2025 by winning the first set? (7) |
| EDITH | Forename of the author who wrote The Railway Children, The Story of the Treasure Seekers and also the Psammead that includes The Story of the Amulet (5) |
| PERICLES | What is the name of the Athenian statesman who commissioned the Parthenon, and also the title character in a play by Shakespeare? (8) |
| YOSEMITEFALLS | What, in eastern California, is the series of three waterfalls - the Upper Fall 436 metres high, the Middle Fall 190 metres, and the Lower Fall 98 metres? (8,5) |
| CHRISTIE | Linford -; sprinter who won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics (8) |
| ASHTONEATON | American athlete who won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics (6,5) |
| STRONG | Former director of the V&A and also the National Portrait Gallery, author of books including The Artist and the Garden, A Country Life and The Elizabethan Image (6) |
| BASKETBALL | The U.S. had never lost a game at the Olympics in this sport when the U.S.S.R. "stole" the gold medal in 1972 (10) |
| PONTIC | Mountains rising from northern Turkey, in an area once occupied by the ancient country of Pontus. This range reaches a height of 12,900 feet (3,932 metres), and its path is reflected in the outline of |
| BOLT | At the 2016 Olympics, who won both the 100-metre and 200-metre races for the third consecutive Olympic games, becoming the first to achieve that feat? (surname only) |
