Olympics

No, Great Britain has participated in every Summer Olympics and every Winter Olympics.

Because the Olympics started in Greece which is where Zeus and other mythical stories took place.

Through the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, no Indian woman has won a gold medal at the Olympics. The only Indian woman to win a medal in Olympic competition was Karnam Malleswari who won the bronze medal in weightlifting in the 69 kg weight class at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. All of India's gold medals at the Olympics have come in field hockey. India has won gold 8 times in Olympic field hockey: 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1980.

As of the 2008 Games, that would be the United States with 715 track and field (athletics) medals (304 gold, 229 silver, 182 bronze). who won 9 gold medal in track -and-field 1980&1990

Lillehammer, Norway at 61 degrees, 8 minutes North.

Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Netherlands has won the most field hockey Olympic medals with 14 (4 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze). India (8 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) and Australia (4 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze) are tied for second with 11.

There was a lone athlete representing India at the 1900 Games in Paris. His name was Norman Pritchard (born in Calcutta) and he won silver medals in the 200 meter dash and 200 meter hurdles. The first year India sent a team of athletes to the Olympics was the 1920 Games in Antwerp. India has competed in every Summer Olympics since 1920.

Gymnastics were part of the Olympics as early as 1896, men were the athlete for women were not allowed to compete at the time. Men's gymnastics were popular enough to become a game in the Olympics.

In 1928 were the women's first try at Olympic gymnastics. The first women's gymnastics were in Amsterdam.

Only one Canadian, Donovan Bailey, has won the 100m sprint at the Olympics. Ben Johnson was the first to cross the finish line in the 100m sprint at the Seoul Olympics, but was later disqualified for steroid use.

the word came from the place "mount Olympus" in Greece, a mountain. It is where they believed the god Zeus lived and the first olympic games were held there

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Gold: 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x400 meter relay.

Bronze: 4x100 meter relay, long jump

Those 5 medals were stripped by the International Olympic Committee in 2007 after she admitted to using performance enhancing substances.

US medal winners in track and field running events at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City: Men - 1) 100 meter dash - Jim Hines, gold and Charles Greene, bronze

2) 200 meter dash - Tommie Smith, gold and John Carlos, bronze

3) 400 meter dash - Lee Evans, gold, Larry James, silver, and Ron Freeman, bronze

4) 800 meter run - Tom Farrell, bronze

5) 1500 meter run - Jim Ryun, silver

6) 110 meter hurdles - Willie Davenport, gold and Ervin Hall, silver

7) 4x100 meter relay - Charles Greene, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, and Jim Hines, gold

8) 4x400 meter relay - Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, and Lee Evans, gold

Women - 1) 100 meter dash - Wyomia Tyus, gold and Barbara Ferrell, silver

2) 800 meter run - Madeline Manning, gold

3) 4x100 meter relay - Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, and Wyomia Tyus, gold

The US won 12 medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid: 6 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze.

The first Olympics were NOT in Athens, but in Olympia Greece, hence the name-Olympics. Here there is a temple to honor Hestia, the Goddess of hearth and home. Her hearth is the sacred flame of Greece. It is here that after severl days of feasting and prayer that the flame was lit to honor Zeus. This is where all Olypic torches begin.

The five rings represent the 5 continents of the world: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania(including Australia)

Blue: Oceania

Black: Europe

Red: America

Yellow: Asia

Green: Africa

The United States has held the Winter Olympics 4 times, more than any other country. In second is France, which has hosted 3 times.

They were in Greece in 2004 the next ones are in Bejing this year and in 2012 they are in London 1980 - Moscow, USSR 1984 - Los Angeles, USA 1988 - Seoul, S.Korea 1992 - Barcelona, Spain 1996 - Atlanta, USA 2000 - Sydney, Australia 2004 - Athens, Greece

Sidney Crosby, Scott Niedmayer

in 1999, IOC started to accept all interested countries' bid to host the 2008 Olympics. 10 countries submitted their bid to host. then on August 28, 2000 the interested cities was shortlisted to just 5 cities namely, Beijing (China), Toronto (Canada), Paris (France), Istanbul (Turkey) and Osaka (Japan).

then on July 13, 2001, the voting on who will host the 2008 Olympics was held in Moscow, Russia. In the first round of voting, only Beijing, Toronto, Paris, and Istanbul remained; Osaka was eliminated after having received only six votes. In the second round, Beijing received enough votes to grab the absolute majority (absolute majority means that Beijing received half of the votes more than the total votes of 3 countries combined) and no subsequent rounds of voting were required. The results of the second round were as follows: Beijing garnered 56 votes, Toronto 22, Paris 18, and Istanbul 9. Although some claimed that the bids from Paris and Toronto were technically superior, the IOC, under Juan Antonio Samaranch, was especially sympathetic and eager to see China, the world's most populous country, play host to the Olympic Movement

Before London 2012 The combined list (summer+winter Olympics):

1st Unites States

2nd Soviet Union

3rd Germany

4th Italy

5th France

6th Great Britain

7th East Germany

8th Sweden

9th China

10th Hungary

Well, if you look at the number of Olympic medals in relation to the population of the country, which comes out on top?

1th Finland

2nd Sweden

3rd Hungary

The Torch Relay symbolizes the passing of Olympic traditions from one generation to the next!This flame represented the "endeavor for protection and struggle for victory." It was first introduced into our Modern Olympics at the 1928 Amsterdam Games. Since then, the flame has come to symbolize "the light of spirit, knowledge, and life."

Running was a part of the first ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC. They had several different foot races in those first Olympic Games. See the Related Link.

Not under a Vatican City flag. There are 202 nations/independent territories/ commonwealths/ protectorates and geographical areas that have been issued 3-letter abbreviations (trigram) by the International Olympic Committee. The trigrams are issued to countries with National Olympic Committees (NOCs). NOCs are in place to ensure the nations best athletes attend the Olympics. Vatican City does not have a NOC and so its athletes cannot compete as Vatican City athletes.

That would be fencer Aladar Gerevich of Hungary who won gold in team Sabre at the 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics. He is the only athlete in the history of the Olympics to win gold in the same event in six different Olympic Games.