The Olympiad Series – Women Gold Medal Winners

Описание: The first modern Olympics to feature female athletes happened in 1900. Great Britain's Charlotte Cooper became the first female individual champion by winning the gold medal in the women's tennis singles and the rest is history. Produced and directed by the late Bud Greenspan in 1975, this documentary featured several female Olympic champions, including Netherlands' Fanny Blankers-Koen, Australia's Dawn Fraser (who became the first swimmer to defend Olympic gold medals in three successive editions), and United States' Wyomia Tyus (the first athlete to win consecutive titles in the 100 m dash).

0:00 – Introduction: Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo (the first woman to lit the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the 1968 Mexico City Games)
2:44 – The early years of female Olympic champions (Paris 1900 to Amsterdam 1928)
6:30 – USA: Mildred "Babe" Didrikson and Jean Shiley (Athletics – Los Angeles 1932)
9:53 – USA: Eleanor Holm (Swimming – Los Angeles 1932) and Marjorie Gestring (Diving – Berlin 1936)
14:02 – NED: Fanny Blankers-Koen (Athletics – London 1948)
21:58 – AUS: Dawn Fraser (Swimming – Melbourne 1956 to Tokyo 1964)
25:33 – AUS: Shirley Strickland and Betty Cuthbert (Athletics – Melbourne 1956); USA: Wilma Rudolph (Athletics – Melbourne 1956 and Rome 1960)
33:02 – FRA: Micheline Ostermeyer (Athletics – London 1948)
37:05 – USA: Wyomia Tyus (Athletics – Tokyo 1964 and Mexico City 1968)
44:33 – JPN: Women's Volleyball Team (Tokyo 1964)

Produced and directed by: Bud Greenspan
Narrated by: David Perry