ON THIS DAY: 1996

1716: The oldest surviving sporting contest, the Doggett’s Coat and Badge, for Thames scullers, was held for the first time.

1980: Sebastian Coe turned the tables on Steve Ovett to win the 1500 metres at the Moscow Olympics.

1989: Australia won the fourth Test to become the first side to regain the Ashes on English soil since 1934.

2012: Bradley Wiggins became the first man to win the Tour de France and Olympic gold in the same year with victory in the London 2012 timetrial. The 32-year-old claimed his fourth Olympic gold and seventh medal in all, surpassing Sir Steve Redgrave’s British record haul.

Michael Johnson broke the 200m world record by 0.30 seconds with a time of 19.32 at the Olympic Games in Atlanta