![]() Gussie Crawford becomes the first woman elected as President of the AAU in the 100-year history of the organization. Gussie Crawford is First Woman Elected as AAU President September 20th, 1988.Swimmer Matt Biondi leads all medal winners with seven (five gold, one silver, one bronze). AAU Members Have Strong Showing in Olympic Games September 17th, 1988ĭuring the summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea former AAU member athletes account for 30% of the medals won by the United States.The decision decentralizes the power of the AAU, but returns the organization to the basic principles upon which it was founded: to maintain amateur sports and to protect the mutual interests of its members while advancing and improving amateur sports. On addition, it requires vertical integrated national governing bodies immediately be instituted for all Olympic sports. ![]() The 95th Congress of the United States passes the Amateur Sports Act, which states that no one organization may govern more than one sport.
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