Married couples that have both won gold medals at the same Olympics (and two notable mentions):
Fess up -- could your marriage survive the quest for Olympic gold?
- 1952 Dana Zatopeka and Emil Zatopek (CZE) -- Emil won the 10,000-meter and 5,000-meter races and the marathon at the Helsinki Games. On the same day that he won the 5,000-meter race; Dana won the javelin throw.
- 1952 Katalin Szöke and Kalman Markovits, Eva Szekely and Dezso Gyarmati (HUN) -- Katalin and Eva, members of Hungary's swim team who won gold medals in the 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter breaststroke, and 4x100-meter freestyle relay, were married to members of their country's gold medal-winning water polo team.
- 1968 Zina Voronina and Mikhail Voronin (URS) -- Mikhail won gold medals in the vault and horizontal bar, while Zina won gold in women's artistic gymnastics. Altogether the pair won 10 medals at the 1968 games.
- 2000 Mia Hundvin (NOR) and Camille Andersen (DEN) -- At the Sydney Games, Mia and Camille competed against each other in the first round of the women's team handball competition. The Danes eventually won gold and the Norwegians won bronze, making these two the first domestic partners to win medals in the same sport for different countries at the same Games.
- 2002 Liv Grete Poiree (NOR) and Raphael Poiree (FRA) -- While not gold medalists, Liv Grete and Raphael were the first traditional married couple to win medals in the same sport for two different countries at the same Games. They both won silver medals in the biathlon in 2002.
Another couple has a shot at medaling as well: Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold medal of the Beijing Games on Saturday, August 9, in the women’s 10-meter air rifle. Her husband, Matt Emmons, who lost his chance for a second gold medal in 2004 when he shot at the wrong target, will be competing in the 50-meter rifle events starting August 15.
So, tell us! How would you and your spouse deal with the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat? Could you handle it?
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-- By Martin Thorstensson, courtesy of NBCOlympics.com
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