Olympics

The special figures contest was won by Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal. He remains the event's sole winner, as it was subsequently dropped from the program. Ice dance joined as a medal sport in 1976, after appearing as a demonstration event at Grenoble 1968.

Back in the old days the Winter & Summer Olympics were both in the same year, and 4 years apart. Now-a-days, they switch every 2 years from Summer, to Winter! So, for example in 2008 we had the Summer Olympics in Beijing, and 2 years later we had the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver! :) Next we will be having the Summer Olympics of 2012 in London! I am not certain when the Olympics will be coming to your country

The women's hockey team is called The Hockeyroos.

In response to the US boycott in 1980 because of the Afghan invasion from the USSR.

Los Angeles 1984

Roughly 24 minutes after winner Joan Benoit (USA), had entered the final lap the Swiss runner Gaby Andersen-Scheiss staggered into the tunnel leading to the main stadium's track. Cap in hand and drenched in perspiration she began a painfully cruel yet truly Olympic final 400 metres, cheered by the crowds as she lurched towards the finish line

17 is the answer for ancient Greece! i dont know about youngest age

A total of 959 athletes from 70 countries participated in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men: Germany

Women: Netherlands

what do you mean "dose"

Before answering this question and indeed before reading the answer, it is important to know something about the origin of the torch and ancient Greece and Greek Mythology.

In the original games, which were held in the city of Olympia, Greece, there was an altar that was dedicated to the godess Hera and it was here that the flame would burn continuously and for the ancient Greeks this was a divine connotation. It was thought that the flame was stolen from the gods by Prometheus. During the games, which were in honour of the Greek god Zeus, many other fires were lit at his temple and that of his wife Hera.

The Olympic Torch and in particular, the flame, is a symbol of the games remembering the theft of the flame from Zeus by Prometheus.

Drug tests were first introduced at the Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble and at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968.

It depends on what the purpose of the kind of racing is proposed to be run on the track. A road course, which there aren't very many NASCAR racews run at requires the largest amount of land. This is the only kind of track were a driver actually turns right. Next, is the super speed ways like Daytona or Atlanta. Then you got "The Mile" tracks like Dover. Then there are the short tracks like Richmond or Darlington.

What makes the track size so interesting is the specific strategies associated not only with the tracks size, but also the shape and surface.

Finally, the amount of land needed must also take into account the size of the space necessary to safely support the crowd of the venue's events.

No, he participated in the 5000 meter run at the 1972 Games in Munich and finished 4th.

They won 3 together.

do you know Olympic flag colours are chosen very smartly , all countries national flag at least have one colour of them.

Yes, over the last 20 years or so more and more professional sports have been included, and nowadays all competitors except boxers are professional. Baseball and men's soccer also are not professional

I dont know probally cause its the easyiest

At the 2008 Games in Beijing, the difference in the gold medal winning times was 1.09 seconds. Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the gold medal in the men's 100 meter dash in a time of 9.69 seconds and Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica won gold in the women's 100 meter dash in a time of 10.78 seconds.

Cities bid to host the Olympics. It is basically a two step process. The city must have proper accomodations, security, transportation ect. It gets approved by the IOC (international olympic committee) executive board and they are considered canidates. In the second part, an evaluation committee goes to the city and wirtes a report. The IOC votes on choosing the site for the specified olympics.

The 2002 Olympics cost around 1.3billion u.s.a dollars

Age group and limit

Depending on the sport/discipline they compete in and their gender, athletes participating in the YOG sport competitions must be 15, 16, 17 or 18 years old on the 31st of December in the year of the YOG.

Football is played in virtually every country and territory. For example, there are thousands of football teams in England, but only two in Tristan da Cunha, and also only one in Svalbard.

If the question refers to national teams, then Nauru and the Marshall Islands do not have national teams. Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia are in the process of creating a proper football infrastructure (including a national football team), and the latter has apparently applied for FIFA membership. Apart from the aforementioned countries, even the smallest of the small, and Monaco, have national football teams and their own football leagues. Except the Vatican city which is a religious city

They practice as much or as little as they want. If they want to improve faster (which they probably do), then they would be more likely to practice more often.

The union of America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia.

For Canadians there has been a set up , a fund of which is called Athlete Excellence Fund that was created by the Canadian Olympic Committee. Canadian athletes will receive a $20,000 dollar monetary compensation for any gold medal won at the Olympics games , in the future (including Beijing). Silver winners will be compensated $15,000 dollars per medal; and bronze winners will earn $10,000 dollars.