The first country to win a gold medal in the modern Olympics 1896 was the U.S.A. It was won by James B. Connolly in the hop,skip,jump event.
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The country that has athletes that win gold gets pride. There is nothing else.
There are 97 events in which a country can win a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics. It is possible, though highly unlikely, for one country to win them all.
Grenada won it's first ever Olympic Medal at the 2012 London Games when Kirani James won the Men's 400m sprint. The win made Grenada (110,000) the least populous country to win a Summer Olympics Gold Medal.
The first Australian to win Gold at the Olympics was Edwin Flack at the first ever modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896.
Italy was the first country to win 2 world cups
Jesse Owens was the fisrt black to win a gold medal
Italy was the first European country to win a world cup in 1934.
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Margaret Abbot was the first woman to win a Gold medal in the Olympics. She one in 1900 for golf