Olympics

The Italian government had not given the financial support needed to prepare for the Games. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in April, 1906 the Italian government requested that the Olympics be moved from Rome to another city since they were going to need to use a lot of money to clean up and rebuild the areas damaged by the volcano. The British Olympic Association negotiated with the International Olympic Committee and agreed to hold the 1908 Games in London.

Japan has hosted one Summer Games and two Winter Games.

Tokyo hosted the Summer Games of 1964.
Sapporo hosted the Winter Games of 1972.
And Nagano hosted the Winter Games of 1998.

Notably, Japan had been chosen to host a few more games. Both Tokyo and Sapporo were supposed to host games in 1940, but that was before they went on a wartime footing--the games were originally moved then called off altogether because too much of the world was involved in World War II.

There were no Winter Olympics in 2009. The Olympics are only held on even numbered years. The last Winter Olympics took place in Turin, Italy in 2006. The 2010 Winter Olympics are currently being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Winter Olympics originated in Charmonix France in 1924.

There were no 1978 Olympics.

Both the summer and winter Olympics of that time were held in the same year, and every fourth year.

There were Olympic games in 1976 and 1980, but none in 1978.

Same as it feels like now just in Ancient Times. You were supported by fans and people were giant fans of the winners. They were role-models and everyone wanted to grow up just like them.

America, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa

The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia.

1976 - Montreal, Quebec (Summer Olympics)

1976 - Toronto, Ontario (Paralympics)

1988 - Calgary, Alberta (Winter Olympics)

2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia (Winter Olympics)

I believe you have just been proven wrong.

Statement: The United States currently has the most Gold medals in Olympic history. I'm not sure about silver and bronze though. Hope this helped!

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REPLY: No, it was not the purpose of my question. I don't know if anyone is asking it as surely one would think there are others besides me who wonder what, if any, "point system" might be used traditionally to assign meritorious value to gold, silver and bronze.

And I'm not talking about the value of the metal content. There are many answers for that question.

I'm talking about finding out if there is a means of comparison for example, when one country such as my country Canada earns the most gold medals (as we just did) but not the highest number of total medals in the games. I would think what might be fair is to say a gold is worth 3 points, a silver, 2, and a bronze - 1 point.

Or it might be argued that is too much differential, so ok - the Olympic Committee could officially announce that they have determined that the ratios should be closer to one another, such as 4-3-2, or 5-4-3. In any case, it would be a way for us all to know which country did the best overall in any given Olympic.

As it stands right now, our one national TV network, CTV, keeps reporting only one way of ranking - that being total number of medals. I'm told that traditionally however, in past Olympics (until perhaps some recent date) the country winning the most GOLD medals was considered the number one ranking for their athletes.

That makes more sense to me, but if others might argue that it is a bit unfair because it ignores equating into the mix a credit for the good efforts/talents of winners of silver and bronze medals, considering some participants drop down one notch simply over margins as small as a thousandth of a second.

I write this on the second last day of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, with only 2 more medals up for grabs tomorrow, the closing day. By then, our hockey team should have won a gold, or minimum, a sliver. If gold, it will give us 14 gold vs. the US leader (in total number of medals) having only 9 gold.

The above "answer" contending "The United States currently has the most Gold medals in Olympic history" may mislead some people. Canada has already, with 13 gold medals in these games, matched a past record. 14 Gold will mean we broke a record by winning the most gold one country has ever earned in either summer OR winter games. Here's how it stand with only 2 more events left to play in these games tomorrow, Feb. 27th.

GoldSilverBronzeTotal1.United States91413362.Germany10127293.Canada137525

So by traditional Olympic reckoning, Canada is number one, but notice above how websites and broadcasters seem to be paying attention to total medal method of ranking. If we use my above proposed method of assigning points worth 3-2-1, that means Canada would have already earned the most points or "score" at 58, the US. standings at 68 (still highest) and Germany 61 (also slightly higher than Canada). A ratio like 5-4-3 would bode even worse for Canada.

However, people more expert at these things might argue Gold is Gold for a reason, and everyone else is basically a loser, or a "runner up" or "also ran". By that reasoning, which has merit I believe. They would probably argue for something like a value assignment of 8-3-1 or worse (worse for silver and bronze). If that were the ratio, Canada clearly is the winner, with 130 as a score, followed by the US with 127 (not bad - at least that way, the US looks better than if you use just the old method valuing only the gold totals, with Germany also looking very good with a close third at 123.

If this method is considered too controversial, the great, let's just count Gold, ignoring all other medals. This puts Canada WAY out in front. But as a compromise, to please everyone, you can cater to both traditionalists and pragmatists by letting the media report both side by side.

Then it is up to the citizens of all countries to decide which number they want to brag about for 'bragging rights.' After all folks, these are supposed to be JUST games, remember? Let's not take it too seriously.

On the other hand, we cannot stop patriotic people everywhere from endlessly reading into the numbers, because humans are competitive. On the light side, it can be fun and harmless.

It is just a shame to know that some few people will always use such results to feel more superior ethnically, nationally, or racially, to others. Remember Hitler and the 1938 Olympic games in Germany, and how he used it for propaganda and racist evil purposes?

The Winter Olympics as well as the Summer Olympics have not been held in Toronto Canada as of 2010.

Toronto will likely not bid on hosting the Olympics at least until 2014, due to Vancouver Canada hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics.

If Toronto does win a Winter or Summer bid as host city, that bid will be for 2018 or 2020 respectively.

it means that there is heat in the countries

Asia, Europe, Africa, Americas (includes North America and South America), and Oceania (includes Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island nations in the Southern Hemisphere).

There was no torch. The Olympic torch was made up in 1936.

The Olympic torch was invented as a way of symbolically creating a connection between Olympia in Greece and an athletics meeting in some city like Berlin. The ancient Olympics didn't need a symbolic connection to Olympia because they were actually held at Olympia.

A crown of leaves, known as a laurel wreath, were given to the winners of the Olympic games because of their association with Apollo. He is often represented wearing a laurel wreath around his head.

According to AR 600-9-22, Table 3-4, the Purple Heart is to the left of the Bronze Star. The Bronze Star is a higher medal than the Purple Heart, and medals or ribbons are mounted right to left, top to bottom.

The regulation can be found at

http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/r600_8_22.pdf

The very first Olympic games were held in 776BC and were regarded as a religious festival. Today, there are many games that take place with some being: Volleyball, Marathon, Wrestling, Water Polo, Swimming, Softball, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, among others.

Date: December 2 2013

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1916

Five events.

The Rings symbolize each geographical area. Each country within these areas has a minimum of one colour on the emblem in their national flag. No one ring has any specific meaning. There were 5 countries and so 5 different coloured rings.

Italy won 10 at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo.

1) Individual three day event (equestrian) - Mauro Checcoli.

2) Team three day event (equestrian) Paolo Angioni, Giuseppe Ravano, and Mauro Checcoli.

3) Men's Individual Road Race (cycling) - Mario Zanin.

4) Men's light heavyweight boxing - Cosimo Pinto.

5) Men's 50 km walk - Abdon Pamich.

6) Men's trap shooting - Ennio Mattarelli.

7) Men's 2000 meter tandem sprint (cycling) - Angelo Damiano and Sergio Bianchetto.

8) Men's flyweight boxing - Fernando Atzori.

9) Men's 1000 meter sprint (cycling) - Giovanni Pettenella.

10) Men's floor exercise (gymnastics) - Franco Menichelli.

Italy did not win any gold medals at the 1964 Winter Games in Innsbruck.

Which X-Games athlete has won the most gold medals - all time?