Thanks to Soviet help in training its athletes, Communist Cuba, with a population of just 10 million people, also finished in the top 10 of the medal table in the five summer Games it competed in between 1976 and 2000 (they boycotted 1984 and 1988).
Jonathan Palmer, 59, who competed in F1 between 1983-89, saIt: "It was a great performance to come 12th in Japan because everyone finished the race.
Only javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson, who competed in each Games between 1976 and 1996, and fencer Bill Hoskyns, between 1956 and 1976, have previously appeared in six successive summer Olympics for Great Britain.
They competed in eight Olympics between them and the best was two sixth-placed finishes.
Chivas USA, who competed in the MLS between 2004 until it ceased operations in 2014, played in the StubHub Center alongside the Galaxy; but the site LAFC are proposing for their stadium – around 13 miles away from Galaxy's home – will be in downtown Los Angeles, next to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
A fourth gold medal equalled Denmark's Paul Elvstrom, who competed in four Games between 1948 and 1960, however Ainslie's silver from Atlanta 1996 edged him into the overall lead.
He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world's leading players, but with only modest success.
Lotus competed in 491 grands prix between 1958 and 1994, winning seven constructors' titles.
He competed in every summer Games between 1984 and 2004, winning four team bronze medals.
She was in the arms of her mother, who became the first American to qualify for four Winter Games when she made the United States team that competed in the 1988 Calgary Olympics in between breast-feeding Nancy.
He competed in the Champ Car series between 1993 and 2001, starting 147 races.
