Olympics

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

Julius Caesar never organized the Olympics. The Olympics were a Greek institution only open to Greeks.

It is extinguished at the closing ceremony of each Olympic Games. The torch is initially lit, by the Sun's rays that are concentrated by a mirror, at a ceremony in Olympia, Greece several months in advance of an Olympics. The relay then takes the torch to the site of the Olympics where the cauldron is lit with it.

Fanny Blankers-Koen.

Blankers-Koen won gold in women's 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 80 meter hurdles, and 4x100 meter relay at the 1948 Games in London. She tied the Olympic record in the 100 meter dash and set Olympic records in the 200 meter dash and 80 meter hurdles.

A sprint foot race.

Moscow, these Olympics games were also boycotted by many countries.

Men were allowed to enter the Olympics but, young boys were also allowed, this was not determined by age but if the boy was bearded or not so their was no cheating.

Women were also allowed in the case that they owned a horse that was being used; as long as it was a man. Other than that it was strictly boys and men.

-Seamus

There were no ancient Roman Olympics, there were the Gladiatorial sports and funeral games but no Olympics. The ancient Greeks held the Olympics which was called the Olympiad. Next time please check your facts before you spout random nonsense.

We don't know, because nobody kept count. But compared to today's Olympics, the number must have been very modest, probably a few thousand at best. There was no television, women were barred from watching the games (athletes performed naked), the games lasted only a few days and the trip to Olympia was long and difficult for most people. The cities that sent athletes to the Games were always very interested in the outcome but its citizens would mostly wait for the results of their local heroes at home.

1) Athens - 1896 and 2004

2) Paris - 1900 and 1924

3) London - 1908 and 1948 (London will become the first city to host three Summer Olympics in 2012)

4) Los Angeles - 1932 and 1984 Stockholm hosted the 1912 Summer Games and the equestrian events in the 1956 Summer Games (held in Melbourne, Australia) due to a Australian quarantine caused by an equine virus.

Because the men competed in the nude,, married women due to the jealousy of the ruling males as well as their concern that their wives would be sexually aroused by the sight of the naked men, were barred from the Ancient Olympic Games. However, young unmarried women were.invited and encouraged to attend the games in anticipation seeing the naked men would get them aroused and would prompt these young women to pursue marriage.

The youngest so far to start training for the Olympic wrestling team was Henry Cejudo, he is on the United States Olympic wrestling team and still is now, he won medals also. He was 18 years old when he first started his training in the olympic training center.

Source: http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=2000


1. United States of America USA
2. Russian Federation RUS
3. People's Republic of China CHN
4. Australia AUS
5. Germany GER
6. France FRA
7. Italy ITA
8. Netherlands NED
9. Cuba CUB
10. Great Britain GBR
11. Romania ROU
12. Korea KOR
13. Hungary HUN
14. Poland POL
15. Japan JPN
16. Bulgaria BUL
17. Greece GRE
18. Sweden SWE
19. Norway NOR
20. Ethiopia ETH
21. Ukraine UKR
22. Kazakhstan KAZ
23. Belarus BLR
24. Canada CAN
25. Spain ESP
26. Turkey TUR
27. Islamic Republic of Iran IRI
28. Czech Republic CZE
29. Kenya KEN
30. Denmark DEN
31. Finland FIN
32. Austria AUT
33. Lithuania LTU
34. Azerbaijan AZE
35. Slovenia SLO
36. Switzerland SUI
37. Indonesia INA
38. Slovakia SVK
39. Mexico MEX
40. Algeria ALG
41. Uzbekistan UZB
42. Latvia LAT
43. Yugoslavia YUG
44. Bahamas BAH
45. New Zealand NZL
46. Estonia EST
45. Thailand THA
48. Croatia CRO
49. Cameroon CMR
50. Colombia COL
51. Mozambique MOZ

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.
The 2004 Olympics were held in Athens, Greece.
Athens, Greece.
Athens, Greece.
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece.
Athens, Greece.

Philippines has won 9 total Olympic medals (2 silver, 7 bronze) in athletics, boxing, and swimming.

Teófilo Yldefonso has won the most medals for Philippines with 2, both bronze and both in 200 meter breaststroke swimming, one at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam and one at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles.

Ok, this is your answer:

1st place, U.S.A. with 116

2nd place, Canda with 106

3rd place, Russia with ?

Please edit russia I am not sure the amount it is in by...

This is a temporary account although I do, by all means, love helping people.

The women's marathon was introduced into the Summer Olympics in 1984. The first woman to win a gold medal in the marathon was Joan Benoit of the United States in a time of 2:24:52. American marathon runner, Joan Benoit won the Marathon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

* The ancient Olympic Games were always held in Olympia, Greece.

* The modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 1896, and were held there again in 1906, as the first of a second series of Olympic Games, the intercalated games, to be held in Anthens every four years in between the games being organised by cities around the globe. Though Athens 1906 had a big influence on the Olympic movement, the series didn't continue, making 1906 a bit of an exception, usually ignored in lists about the Olympic Games.

* Paris was the first city to host the Olympic Games twice, hosting them in 1900 and again in 1924. (Ignoring the intercalated games.)

* Counting the intercalated games, Athens was the first city to host the modern games trice: 1896, 1906, 2004.

GB have won 19 medals so far in the London 2012 Olympics, 6 golds, 6 silvers and 7 bronzes. They are 4th on the medal tally under the People's Republic of China (36 medals - 18 gold), USA (37 medals - 18 gold) and the Republic of Korea (14 medals - 7 gold). To become 3rd, GB need one more gold. They would need 12 more gold medals and 4 more silver medals to beat the USA, and 12 more gold medals and 6 more silver medals to beat China and become first on the list.