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Five Live's Sporting Century: the results of the vote
Back in 2003 thousands upon thousands of you had your say on the most memorable sporting moments of all time.
Most memorable moment
England's victory at the 1966 World Cup at Wembley has been voted your number one, closely followed by Ian Botham's heroics at Headingley in 1981 in second place and Steve Redgrave rowing to his fifth Olympic gold medal in third. See below for the full results of the Sporting Century vote.
Browse through our shortlist of 100 memorable sporting moments.
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The 100 most memorable sporting moments
The results of our Sporting Century vote are revealed below. Many thanks for all your votes and comments.
1. England win the 1966 World Cup
2. Ian Botham's 1981 Headingley Test
3. Steve Redgrave's five Olympic rowing golds
4. England 5 - 1 Germany
5. Ali v Foreman, Rumble in the Jungle
6. Manchester Utd win 1999 European Cup
7. Bannister's breaks the four-minute mile
8. Jesse Owens' four Olympic golds, Berlin 1936
9. Gareth Edwards's try for the Barbarians
10. Maradona's "hand of god" and wonder goal, 1986
11. Hillsborough Stadium tragedy of 1989
12. David Beckham's free kick v Greece, 2001
13. Celtic win the European Cup, 1967
14. Ayrton Senna's death in F1
15. Lance Armstrong's Tour de France comeback
16. Torvill and Dean dance to Olympic gold
17. Brazil 4 - 1 Italy, World Cup 1970
18. Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor, world snooker final
19. McEnroe v Borg singles final,Wimbledon 1980
20. Michael Owen's goal v Argentina, World Cup '98
21. Gazza's tears for England at Italia 90
22. Paula Radcliffe's world record London Marathon
23. Gordon Banks' save from Pele
24. Daley Thompson wins second decathlon gold
25. Archie Gemmill's Scotland goal, World Cup 1978
26. Black Power Salute, 1968 Olympics
27. Republic of Ireland reach W Cup quarters
28. Mark Spitz's seven Olympic swimming golds
29. Europe win the 1987 Ryder Cup
30. Munich Air Disaster of 1958
31. Eric Cantona's kung fu kick
32. Scotland beat England, 1967
33. England v Scotland, Euro 96
34. Gary Sobers hits six sixes
35. Michael Thomas wins league title for Arsenal
36. Ovett and Coe's Olympic rivalry, 1980
37. Cassius Clay v Sonny Liston, 1964
38. Frankie Detorri wins seven races at Ascot
39. Jonah Lomu demolishes England, 1995
40. Bob Beamon's smashes long jump record
41. Ben Johnson stripped of 100m gold
42. Liverpool win fourth European Cup
43. Linford Christie's Olympic 100m gold
44. Jonathan Edwards triple jump gold
45. Barry McGuigan wins world boxing title
46. David Sole leads out Scotland, Grand Slam 1990
47. Michael Schumacher wins sixth F1 title
48. Red Rum wins first Grand National
49. Michael Johnson's 200m world record
50. George Best scores for Man Utd, 1968
51. South Africa win 1995 World Cup rugby
52. Don Bradman, Bodyline Series
53. Boris Becker wins Wimbledon aged 17
54. Brian Lara's 375 for West Indies
55. Munich Olympic Massacre, 1972 Olympics
56. Jeremy Guscott's drop goal for British Lions, 1997
57. GB men's 4x400m relay gold, 1991
58. Nick Faldo wins 1996 US Masters
59. Pete Sampras' seventh Wimbledon title
60. Olga Korbutt's 1972 gymnastics gold
61. Heysel Stadium disaster, Belgium 1985
62. GB women's Olympic curling gold
63. Tiger Woods' first US Masters win
64. Real Madrid 7 - 3 Eintracht Frankfurt
65. Henry Cooper floors Cassius Clay
66. Emil Zatopek wins triple gold at 1952 Olympics
67. Nigel Mansell's burst tyre, 1986
68. Aldaniti wins Grand National
69. Cathy Freeman's Olympic 400m gold
70. USA beat USSR at ice hockey
71. Lennos Lewis beats Mike Tyson
72. USSR beats USA at basketball
73. Northern Ireland v Spain, World Cup '82
74. Jim Laker's 10-wicket haul
75. Sandy Lyle's 1988 US Masters win
76. Martina Navratilova's nine Wimbledon titles
77. Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon, 1977
78. Hungary beat England 6-3
79. Mike Tyson becomes heavyweight champ
80. Spurs do the double, 1960
81. Derek Redmond in tears at Barcelona Olympics
82. Arthur Ashe wins Wimbledon
83. Denise Lewis wins heptathlon gold, Sydney 2000
84. Jackie Stewart's third F1 title, 1973
85. Mike Tyson bites Holyfield's ear
86. Stanley Matthews-inspired Cup final of1953
87. Desert Orchid's Cheltenham Gold Cup win
88. James Hunt wins F1 title, 1976
89. Mary Peters wins pentathlon gold, 1972
90. Tommy Simpson's death in Tour de France
91. Martin Offiah's try, 1994 Challenge Cup
92. Dennis Compton wins The Ashes
93. Bernhard Langer's missed putt, 1991 Ryder Cup
94. Devon Loch loses Grand National
95. Don Fox Challenge Cup miss
96. Tony Jacklin wins 1969 Open, 1970 US Open
97. Fred Perry wins Wimbledon in 1936
98. Shergar wins 1981 Derby
99. Len Hutton's 364 for England
100. Lester Piggott's ninth Derby win
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