Olympics

The 2012 Summer Games are due to be held in London, England.

The 2014 Winter Games are scheduled to take place in Sochi, Russia.

Similarities

1. Held every four years

2. There are many of the same events

3. They compete

Differences

1. Only men could compete in ancient Olympics

2. Ancient Olympics were held to honor the ancient Greek god, Zeus

3. They didn't have ice skating, bobsledding, or the luge in ancient Olympics

4. In the ancient Olympics the men had to compete nude

She won three gold medal! good for her!! yay!!

No. She isn't really that old and she is very much alive.

Lionel Rose

Yes. Calgary, Alberta hosted the 1988 Olympic Winter Games.

Canada also hosted the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal, Quebec.

Canada will once again host the Winter Games in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Edwin Flack was the first Australian to receive gold at the first games of the modern Olympics. He won the 800m mens and the 1500m mens.

Every four years. The four year period between games was an Olympiad.

You had to be 7 years of age or older to compete in the Ancient Greek Olympics.

A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head at the ancient Olympics in Greece.

Five. The 1916 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War I. The 1940 Winter Olympics, 1940 Summer Olympics, 1944 Winter Olympics, and 1944 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War II.

The oldest recordes the Olympics was recorded in 776 BCE.

2053 years ago. I'm not sure they had the Olympics in 44BC.

About two weeks excluding the opening and closing ceremonies.

The ancient Greek Olympic sports were mostly throwing events like javlin. They also had running and long jump and high jump.

Jim Thorpe played professional baseball in 1909 and 1910. Although the Olympic rules of 1912 didn't forbade anyone athlete who played professionally, the Amateur Athletic Union, in 1913, retro-actively stripped Thrope of his medals. Thorpe wrote a letter asking to be excused: "I hope I will be partly excused by the fact that I was simply an Indian schoolboy and did not know all about such things. In fact, I did not know that I was doing wrong, because I was doing what I knew several other college men had done, except that they did not use their own names." The 1912 rules also states if anyone objected to the winner's medals, a complaint must be made within 30 days after the medals are awarded; the complaint was made in 1913-- six months after the games. In 1982, after the support of U.S. Congress, Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals were re-instated to him with two of Thorpe's children receiving commemorative medals. The original two medals awarded to Jim Thrope were stolen from a museum. The United States was a overtly racist society at that time, and it is widely believed he was stripped of his medals because of racism.

In honor of Zeus, games were held. Crowds of all kinds of people (everyone who was interested) would gather to watch games such as discus-throwing, longjump, and running.

"Every fourth year between 776 BC and AD 395, the Olympic Games, held in honour of the god Zeus, the supreme god of Greek mythology, attracted people from across Greece. Crowds watched sports such as running, discus-throwing and the long-jump."

It is the year, when the first (recorded) Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece. It was 776 years earlier than Jesus Christ was born. BC means before Christ. It means that the first Olimpics were held 776+2012= 2788 years ago.

2111 years ago, as of 2011.

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Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
The next Olympic games are the 2016 Summer Olympics. These games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will consist of 306 events.
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September.

Yes, Mary Lou has brothers and sisters. She has three brothers and one sister. Her brother's names are Ronnie Retton, Donnie Retton, and Jerry Retton. Her sister's name is Shari Retton. Now you know Mary Lou Retton has three brothers and one sister!!!!

And Mary Lou has a niece, Kelly. There may be more nieces and nephews but I knew Kelly personally when my father was stationed at FT Hood, TX in the 1980's.

so far, 2 have died and 111 injured because of a bomb in 1996.