Olympics

Both of them could be in the Olympics and Sparta tried to win over Athenians all the time

The flame is lit during the opening ceremony. It remains burning throughout the games, and is extinguished during the closing ceremony. This year it's about 17 days for the whole games.

There's also the torch relay, which generally starts about 4 or 5 months before the games.poo

The 1980 Olympic games in Moscow were boycotted by the US and several other countries because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afganistan.

The 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles were boycotted by the Soviet Union and several other countries basically as payback for the previous boycott.

5 Days. And they were held every 4 years.

New Zealand has never hosted the Olympics.

France in 1924. Other countries hold the Winter Games and Summer Games in the same year are the United States in 1932 and Germany in 1936.

The 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics were hosted in Lake Placid, New York. New York City has never hosted an Olympic Games.

That was Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands who won four gold medals at the 1948 Games in London in 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay.

The Olympic games have never been held in Ireland.

Africa has never hosted a Summer Olympics. On January 13, 2005 a statement by the IOC President Jacques Rogge urged African nations to bid for the 2016 Olympics stating that an African city would stand a strong chance of winning if it meets key requirements. Many nations have responded by establishing bids. Kenya Kenya announced in early 2005 that it had the intention of bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympics, likely to be held at its capital, Nairobi. This would make it only the third African country (after South Africa and Egypt) to launch a serious bid for the Games. However, Jacques Rogge has said that Kenya would have to make significant improvements to its infrastructure if such a bid were to be taken seriously. Nairobi and Kenya have limited experience in organizing large-scale international sporting events: to date, the last time Kenya organized such a large event was in 1987 when Nairobi organized the 4th All-Africa Games. South Africa According to agency reports, a South African city, most likely Cape Town, is considering a bid. Given that South Africa will host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Rogge's eagerness for either Africa and/or South America to host an Olympic Games and the potential strength of another bid from Cape Town (Cape Town was on the candidate city shortlist for the 2004 Olympics), some are very optimistic about South Africa's prospects of hosting the Olympic Games in the near future. The city of Durban has also expressed an interest in hosting the 2016 Olympics.

They stay at a specially constructed arena called the 'Olympic Village'.

The top ten medal winning countries in the 2004 Summer Olympics: 1) United States - 102

2) China - 63

3) Russia - 92

4) Australia - 49

5) Japan - 37

6) Germany - 49

7) France - 33

8) Italy - 32

9) South Korea - 30

10) Great Britain - 30

The 1900 Summer Games in Paris. Russia sent 4 participants that competed in Equestrian and Fencing.

The Olympic Games were held twice in the 1950s. The first time was in 1952, and the second time was in 1956.

The Olympic flag presented by Coubertin in 1914 is the prototype: it has a white background, and in the centre, there are five interlaced rings blue, yellow, black, green, and red. The blue ring is farthest left, nearest the pole.

The longest swimming event for men in the Olympics is the 1500 meter freestyle and for women is the 800 meter freestyle.

The summer and winter Olympics have been hosted a total of eight times by the United States.

London as a city has hosted the games twice (1908 and 1948) and will host them again in 2012

Additionally France has held the games 5 times-Summer 1900 and 1924 both in Paris and winter in 1924, 1968, and 1992. Japan has held one summer in 1964 and 2 winter in 1972 and 1998. Switzerland has held 2 winter in St. Moritz in 1928 and 1948. Germany held 2 summer in 1936 and 1972 plus 1 winter in 1936. Austria has held 2 winter in Innsbruck in 1964 and 1976. Norway held 2 winter in 1952 and 1994. Canada held the 1976 summer and the 1988 winter and is scheduled to hold the 2010 winter. Australia held the 1956 and 2000 summer games. Russia(formerly the USSR) held the 1980 summer and is scheduled to hold the 2014 winter. Greece held the first games in 1896 and again in 2004. Italy held the summer in 1960 and 2 winter games in 1956 and 2006.

1924 in France - Winter, Chamonix - Summer, Paris

1932 in the United States - Winter, Lake Placid - Summer, Los Angeles

1936 in Germany - Winter, Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Summer, Berlin

The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

Canada won 8-2

17 (7 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze). Gold medalists were:

1) Beckie Scott - women's 5/5 kilometer pursuit cross country skiing.
2) David Pelletier and Jamie Salé - mixed pairs figure skating.
3) Men's Ice Hockey team.
4) Women's Ice Hockey team.
5) Men's 5000 meter short track speed skating relay team.
6) Marc Gagnon - men's 500 meter short track speed skating.
7) Catriona Le May Doan - women's 500 meter speed skating.

Greece held the first Olympics. They were held in Olympia in honor of their gods which, lived on Mount Olympus. Only men were allowed to watch the Olympics because only men were in the Olympics and they wore nothing. They were nude.

As of the 2008 Games, that would be gymnast Larissa Latynina of the former Soviet Union who won 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) in the three Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964) she competed in.

I think you win a silver medal. I'm not positive but i am 99.99% sure. I'll improve it and make the final decision when i get the answer. :)

Four athletes won three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome:

1) Larissa Latynina, USSR - gymnastics

2) Takashi Ono, Japan - gymnastics

3) Chris von Saltza, USA - swimming

4) Wilma Rudolph, USA - athletics

Gymnast Boris Shakhlin of the USSR won the most gold medals (4) at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome.

No athlete won three gold medals at the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley.