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The rapprochement of the two Koreas

Korea (South Korea) and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) marched together under the same flag.

Individual athletes

Four athletes from East Timor took part under the Olympic flag as individual athletes (IOA : individual Olympic athletes).

Weightlifting

The first gold medal for Colombia: Maria Isabel Urrutia, 35, Olympic champion weightlifting in the 69-75kg category.

Taekwondo

The first medal won by Vietnam since it began competing in the Olympic Games in 1952: Hieu Ngan Tran, taekwondo, silver medallist in the women 49-57kg category.

Athletics

The first Sri Lankan woman to win a medal: Susanthika Jayasinghe, bronze medallist in the 200m.

New on the programme

Triathlon and taekwondo were two new additions to the Olympic programme.

The EPO detection test

For the first time, tests to detect EPO and blood tests were performed.

Modern pentathlon for women

Women took part in the modern pentathlon for the first time in Olympic history.

Weightlifting for women

Women took part in the weightlifting for the first time in Olympic history.

The presence of WADA

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), an independent body, was at the Games to monitor all the procedures followed by the International Olympic Committee.

(Credit: IOC. Click here for further information.)