How many years have the Olympic games being going for?

The 2012 Olympic Games will begin in London on July 22. The olympic games are held every four years.

The Olympic games take place at venues decided by the IOC. They occur every four years.

The 'modern' Olympic games began in 1896.

Summer games= 4 years Winter games= 2 years

Ever since the olympic games were every 4 years, so were the olympic winter games, and they probably started out in different years so they will always be that way.

The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to alternate Olympic games every two years starting with the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.

how many years between the olympic games

Olympic games are every four years.

The summer Olympic Games, like the winter Olympic Games, are held every four years.

this year it is the 30th olympic games of the modern era.

The modern Olympic games are held every four years.

England has held the Olympic games in 1908 and 2012

No, the winter and summer olympic games are each held every four years.

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Munich, 1972, and Atlanta, 1996, were the cities and years of the Olympic Games that had terrorist disturbances.

The Olympic games are held every 4 years.

British Equestrian, Lorna Johnstone was 70 years and 5 days old when she rode at the 1972 Games, thus being the oldest woman ever to compete at an Olympic Games.

The Olympic Games are held after every four years in order to respect the ancient origins of the Olympic Games which were held after four years at Olympia. It also gives the hosts ample time to prepare.

The Summer Modern Olympic Games occur every four years since 1896. The Winter Modern Olympic Games also occur every four years since 1924. So, since there were Summer Olympic Games in 2008, there will be Winter Olympic Games in 2010, and more Summer Olympic Games in 2012.

2012 Olympic games was in London i love London

The Baron de Coubertin supervised the Olympic Games for 29 years, from when it started.

Every 4 years there are the Summer Olympics, and every 4 years there are the Winter Olympics. So every 2 years there are Olympic Games.

The preparation for the Olympic Games depends on the event. However, years of intense preparation are usually necessary for any Olympic event.

The Olympic Games happen every four years. The last Olympics was held in 2008. Therefore, the next event will be in 2012 in London, UK. --Added by AJMinNJ-- While the first poster is right that the next Olympics is the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, their explanation forgot about the Winter Olympic, which are also held every four years, but are offset from the Summer Olympics by 2 years. So after the 2012 Summer Games, the next Olympics will be 2014 Winter Olympic Games, not the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

The Olympic games are held every 2 years. The summer and winter Olympic games alternate every 2 years, so it will be 4 years in between each summer games and likewise for the winter games.