The World Famous Fall Gail Devers 1992

She would of became the 1st person in history to win the 100m and 100m hurdles double. But She tried to clear the last hurdle to fast and clipped and the a somersault across the line and came in 5th. Her time if she would not have fell would have been a 12.4. In lane 6 is the Wr holder Yordanka Donkova.

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Sports

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• Gail
• Devers
• 100m
• fall
• Barcelona
• 1992
• Olympics
• Hurdles
• Yordanka
• Donkova
• Lavonna
• Martin

[Darkangel127]

The lack of Olympic gold doesn't mean she's not one of the world's greatest!

[tampere2006]

but she fell. end of story

[peaceinside25]

Divers was an amazing athelete, however in this race she was not the best. Patoulidou won the race fair and square

[PhilipTheBigOne]

The funny thing is that the fall of Gail Divers meant the rise of track & field for a country. The athlete that won the gold after Divers fell was Greece's Voula Patoulidou (I'm Greek, I should know). After this win, track & field became popular with young kids (just like basketball after the '87 European Championship) and Greece scored a handful of medals in the next 12-13 years!!!

[TheKiingjustin]

just like lolo

[Shamar1160]

Tampere2006 what you mean she fell?? That was a raas drop lol lol lol

[DaveeyyHD]

atleast she didn't come last. :D

[manfredtakem5]

she would have smashed the world record

[altratronic]

What's even funnier than this is that she has a brother named Parenthesis.

[onysak88]

I met her at Sweetwater High....