Olympic History

I don't know for sure, but I reckon if we all post as many as we can think of, we'll come up with something that's at least close! Here's my contribution for starters (all sourced from BBC Sport website): 1. Michael Phelps (US) - 200m freestyle 2. Michael Phelps - 200m butterfly 3. Michael Phelps - 200m individual medley 4. Michael Phelps - 400m individual medley 5. Michael Phelps & USA team - 4x100m freestyle relay 6. Michael Phelps & USA team - 4x200m freestyle relay 7. Michael Phelps 7 USA team - 4x100m medley relay 8. Rebecca Adlington (GB) - 800m freestyle 9. Usain Bolt (Jam) - 100m sprint 10. Usain Bolt - 200m sprint 11. Usain Bolt - 4x100m relay 12. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) - women's pole vault 13. Andrei Aramnau - men's 105kg weightlifting 14. Miran Jang - women's +75kg weightlifting 15. Lu Yong (China) - men's 85kg weightlifting Any more for any more?

As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australia's highest gold medal count came at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens when they won 17. Second best is the 16 gold medals they won at the 2000 Games in Sydney.

For an Olympic 'career', before Phelps the record was 9 gold medals won by gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States, and track and field's Carl Lewis of the United States.

Kurt Angle

Sydney, Australia, hosted the Summer Olympics in the year 2000.

My answer may not be current but back in the 80's, a French pilot has windsurfed across the Atlantic in 2 weeks. He eats and sleeps on his board but he has a support boat nearby.

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Fatima Whitbread of Great Britain won 2 Olympic medals, a silver and a bronze. She won bronze in women's javelin throw at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and silver in women's javelin at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

There were no Olympics in 1943. The closest dates were the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and the 1948 Olympics in London.

The Olympics are only held every 4 years. In 1940 and 1944 they were not held because of the war. There were no Olympic games planned for 1943.

Usain Bolt has thirteen gold medals out eighteen races.

The Olympics are important because it is a place where you can bring people together from all around the world.
They are important because it is a peaceful competition between almost all of the nations in the world, and many titles of the 'worlds best athletes' are given out during the games of the Olympiad.

Two .. in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

Throughout their Olympic history beginning in 1968, Paraguay has been awarded one Olympic medal: the silver in men's football at the 2004 Athens Games.

no wait theyy won 1000 and 2 silver medals!

The current Paralympic flag consists of 3 'agitos' (meaning 'I Move' in Latin) in red, blue and green, which are the colours most widely used in the world flags. The agitos encircle a centre point emphasising 'the role that the International Paralympic Committee has of bringing athletes from all corners of the world together and enabling them to compete'.

It also symbolises the Paralympic vision 'to enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to inspire and excite the world'.

This version of the flag was first used in the closing ceremony of the Athens 2004 Paralympic games when it was handed over to Bejing. It was seen in 2003 on Paralympic publications and other products. It was first used in a full games in the 2006 Winter Paralympic games in Torino and has been used since.

There have been a number of various symbols used and others rejected for various reasons before this one was selected.

I answered this before I realised I could use my Facebook sign on, therefore it has been credited to an ID number instead of my Facebook name Suzi Dusk, I just wanted to clear this up and if it can be changed could someone let me know how to change it. Thanks

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Its from the city-state Olympia that was in ancient Greece. During the Olympics all wars stopped, to honour this religious celebration which was dedicated to the Olympian God Zeus - father of all Gods who lived on Mt. Olympus, Pieria, Greece.

The United States won the overall medal count with 37 medals (9 gold, 15 silver, and 13 bronze). Germany came in second with a count of 30 medals (10 gold, 13 silver, and 7 bronze).

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Thailand won medals at the following Summer games:

1976 - 1 x Bronze (Men's Light Flyweight Boxing)

1984 - 1 x Silver (Men's Light Flyweight Boxing)

1988 - 1 x Bronze (Men's Bantamweight Boxing)

1992 - 1 x Bronze (Men's Welterweight)

1996 - 1 x Gold (Men's Featherweight Boxing) 1 x Bronze (Men's Bantamweight Boxing)

2000 - 1 x Gold (Men's Flyweight) 2 x Bronze (Men's Middleweight Boxing, Woman's Weightlifting)

2004 - 3 x Gold (Men's Welterweight Boxing, Woman's Weightlifting x2) 1 x Silver (Men's Bantamweight Boxing) 4 x Bronze (Men's Middleweight Boxing, Woman's Taekwondo, Weightlifting x2)

The Winter Olympic Games last for only 16 days. During these 16 days there are 300 hundred events and 35 sports.

At the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, Greg Louganis' head struck the springboard in the preliminary round of the three meter springboard diving competition while attempting a reverse 2 1/2 in the pike position. The resulting cut required stitches. Louganis qualified for the finals and became the first diver in Olympic history to defend an Olympic springboard title when he won the gold medal.

Michael Johnson (USA) set the 200 Meter Dash World Record at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games with a time of 19.32 seconds.

There are many countries that have never won a single medal. But if we were to consider the size of a country--which would represent the *possible* medals that could be won--and tally that with the medals actually won by that country, then India is by far the biggest loser in the history of Olympics. The only country more populated than India, China, fares very well at the games. This is because China has espoused a nationally respected culture of sports where athletes are trained from a young age and nurtured until they become winners (and then discarded in their 20s when they're too "old", but that's a separate story). Why India has been unable to make this happen is a good research question.

In two years, the Winter Olympics will be held. The Summer Olympics, held this year, are scheduled again four years from now. Each repeats every four years, offset from the other by two years.

Well, Mary Lou Retton was the All-Around Olympic Champion at the 1984 Los Angeles games. Then, Carly Patterson one the All-Around competioin at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. And recently, Nastia Liukin, was the Gold Medal Champ in the All-Arounds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. All of these fine gymnasts were/are part of the United States Olympic Team.