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Olympic History
Any question about Olympians, changes to the program, the meaning of certain things related to the Olympics, Olympic in politics, and much more can be asked here.
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Most medals in olympic history?
The Olympic awards three medals.
The first is a gold medal, he/she/they is the winner of that event they compete in. That athlete or athletes stand in the middle of the podium and hear his/her national anthem played during the medal ceremony.
The second is a silver, He/she/they finish second directly or indirectly based on time, score, or agreement. He/she stands to the right of the gold medalist during the award ceremony. If the gold medalist is disqualified because of certain post event regulations (doping or underage regulations). The silver medalist will be the Olympic champion and accept the gold medal in the process.
The last medal given is the bronze medal. This is for the athlete who finished third in a race or win the bronze medal match. They stand to the left of the gold medalist. In some sports (boxing), their are two bronzr because their is no bronze medal match or because of the rules of the sport.
Some athletes find that winning an medal is an achievement, some will find that an achievement is winning as many as possible under rule regulations.
Michael Phelps, argubly the greatest Olympic Champion of all times, won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic.
Others less known atheltes, Chris Huffins, a decathlete, says "Their are as many gold medalist as their are bronze medalist." Althought it might sound true at first, it is a very radical statement and does not always apply to all sports (boxing). Also, a gold medalist can alos be bronze medalist, but is still titled as "Olympic gold medalist" in advertisements. Huffins won a bronze in the decathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Where in Australia was the first summer Olympic games held?
The XVI Olympic Games were held in Melbourne in 1956, from the 22nd of November to the 8th of December. It was the first Olympic Games to be held in the Southern Hemisphere. 67 countries were represented and 3,184 competitors competed in 151 events in 17 sports. Australia won 13 Gold, 8 Silver and 14 Bronze medals.
Who were the participating German female gymnasts for 1936 Olympic games in Berlin?
Trudi Meyer, Erna Bürger, Käte Sohnemann, Isolde Frölian, Anita Bärwirth, Paula Pöhlsen, Friedl Iby, Julie Schmitt.
There was only one women's gymnastics event at the 1936 Summer Games, team all-around, and Germany won the gold medal.
When did Olympic wrestling begin?
Wrestling has been in the Olympics pretty much when the Olympics were created. It was introduced in 708 BC. But when the modern Olympics resumed in 1896, Greco-Roman Wrestling was the main focus (not including when it did not appear in 1900 Summer Olympics). IOC committee voted to remove wrestling in the 2020 Olympics but gladly with the help of 2020 visions it would later be re-instated.
The winter Olympics began in 1924 and through 1992 when the Winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France they occurred every 4 years in the same year as the summer Olympics. At that time it was determined that the Winter and Summer Olympics would occur every 4 years alternating every two years.
Therefore, in order to get onto a 2 year cycle, the Winter Olympics were held two years after the 1992 games in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. After 1994 they resumed the 4 year cycle, occurring in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010.
The Summer games maintained the 4 year cycle, and occurred 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and will occur again in 2012.
Has anyone died in the winter Olympics?
Yes, the most recent death was Luger Nodar Kumaristashvili, who died in a practice run before the 2010 winter Olympic games officially started.
How many Olympic medals did Denise Lewis win?
British heptathlete Denise Lewis has won two medals in Olympic competition, a bronze at the 1996 Games in Atlanta and a gold at the 2000 Games in Sydney. She has also won 2 silver medals in World Championship competition, 2 gold medals in Commonwealth Games competition, and a gold medal in European Championship competition.
How many Olympic games has Kobe Bryant won?
The number of times Kobe Bryant has won silver at the Olympics is not the question we should be asking ourselves here, a more acceptable question would be:
-"Where are the Weet-Bix? I can't find them!"
-"Why are there strange people in my cuboard?"
-"How can I get rid of my crabs? My father gave them to me whilst we were enjoying a loving weekend together."
Next time, please think before you speak, stupid questions, such as the one you asked, don't deserve to be answered. You are lucky that I, being such a kind human, have andswered your questions, as most people would ignore such stupidity.
Who won the most olympic gold medals?
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the most medals an athlete has won at an Olympic Games is 8:
1) 1980 Games in Moscow - gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin of the USSR won 3 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze.
2) 2004 Games in Athens - swimmer Michael Phelps of the USA won 6 gold and 2 bronze.
3) 2008 Games in Beijing - swimmer Michael Phelps of the USA won 8 gold.
Who is known as father of modern Olympics?
Pierre De Coubertin(1863,1,1~1937,9,2) is known as father of modern olympics. He was born in a French noble family. He occupied the position of the chairman of IOC[International Olympic Committee], was also the designer of the symbol and flag of olympics.
Why do you hit the gates in the giant slalom?
I think you may be mixing up two different Alpine Skiing events.
Giant Slalom is a course where gates are more spread out. Two vertical poles with a net in between generally make up one gate.
Slalom courses are closer together, with one vertical pole making up each turn/gate.
In Giant Slalom, a racer may hit the gate with their hip or pole, usually when in a tuck.
In Slalom, skiiers cross-block gates with their poles or shins as they are finding a shorter line and setting up their next turn.
Not the best answer, but close enough.
Who was the first woman to win a cycling Olympic Gold Medal?
Women first competed in gymnastics at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. There were no individual medals awarded, only a team competition (all around) medal. The gold medalist of the 1928 women's team competition was The Netherlands. The members of the team were: Estella Agsteribbe
Jacomina van den Berg
Alida van den Bos
Petronella Burgerhof
Elka de Levie
Helena Nordheim
Ans Polak
Petronella van Randwijk
Hendrika van Rumt
Jud Simons
Jacoba Stelma
Anna van der Vegt
How many olympic medals have Trinidad and tobago won?
Through the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, 14 (1 gold, 5 silver, 8 bronze).
10 (1 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze) have come in athletics, 1 (bronze) came in swimming, and 3 (1 silver, 2 bronze) came in weightlifting.
What year did they start awarding medals at Olympics?
The Olympics started giving out gold medals in 1904 to first-place winners. When the Olympics began in 1896, the awards given to first-place winners were silver medals and those in second place received bronze medals. In the next Olympics of 1900, winners got trophies instead of medals.
