Dave Sime, the 1960 Olympic 100m silver medalist, died at 79 following a long a cancer battle on Tuesday.
Sime took silver behind German Armin Hary in the Rome 1960 Olympic 100m final, with Jesse Owens watching in the stands. Sime and Hary had the same time to the tenth of a second — 10.2
“Frankly, I have nothing but bad memories about Rome,” Sime said in 2001, according to Sports Illustrated, adding that he gave his silver medal to his mother. “It was a negative experience.