Olympics

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.

Justin Gatlin of the United States won the men's gold medal in a time of 9.85 seconds. Yulia Nesterenko of Belarus won the women's gold medal in a time of 10.93 seconds.

The Special Olympics was begun by the Kennedy family for a sister who was mentally challenged. It is a national and international event which provides athletes with disabilities to compete and win awards. -they are different because one is for intellectual and physical disibilities

Taekwondo is a confirmed sport for both the London 2012 Olympics and the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Ben Johnson took stanozolol, a drug which improves muscle bulk, strength and power. The 100m gold medal that he won, and the record for 100m that he broke were taken away.

Prior to the creation of the Winter Olympics in 1924, figure skating and ice hockey were competed at the Summer Games. Once the Winter Games came into being, these sports were switched from Summer to Winter.

The first modern Olympic Games were reintroduced in Athens Greece at 1896 thanks to the efforts of a French noble Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a British sportsman Dr William Penny Brooks who was organizing annual sport events known as "wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games" and a Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas who had sponsored the revival of the Olympic Games by compensating the expenses of the refurbishment of Panathinaikon Stadion of Athens at 1856 at first. The first modern Olympics was held in Athens, Greece in 1896.

Yes, any runner that runs in at least one race in the event (heat, quarterfinal, semifinal, final) qualifies for a medal.

Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no Canadian athlete has won 10 or more Olympic medals. The most medals won by a Canadian athlete is 6 (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) by speed skater Cindy Klassen.

Jesse Owens of the United States won the men's 100 meter dash, men's 200 meter dash, and men's long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Jack Lovelock of New Zealand won the men's 1500 meter run. Helen Stephens of the United States won the women's 100 meter dash at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Women did not compete in the 200 meter dash, 1500 meter run, or long jump in 1936.

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There were no Olympic Games in 1963. In the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, the Soviet Union won the most medals with 96 and the United States won the most gold medals with 36. In the 1964 Winter Olympics the Soviet Union won the most medals and gold medals with 25 and 11, respectively.

Italy won 8 gold medals (along with 10 silver and 10 bronze) at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.

Gold medalists:

1) Chiara Cainero - Women's Skeet Shooting

2) Federica Pellegrini - Women's 200 Meter Freestyle Swimming

3) Giulia Quintavalle - Women -57 kg Judo

4) Valentina Vezzali - Women's Individual Foil Fencing

5) Roberto Cammarelle - Men's Super Heavyweight Boxing

6) Andrea Minguzzi - Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Wrestling

7) Alex Schwazer - Men's 50 Kilometer Walk

8) Matteo Tagliariol - Men's Individual Épée Fencing

Scotland (also Wales and Northern Ireland) did compete in the beijing Olympic Games. They competed under "The United Kingdom" rather than their individual countries, because they are all from the same "piece of land" which is known as "The united Kingdom". (Even this title is shortened)

It was agreed that the games should continue.

Calgary host the Olympics in 1988 and events were held in venue in or around Calgary.

Water Skiing briefly made an appearance in the Olympics in 1972 but only as a demonstration sport. It is not a sport in 2012 as well ;_;

In order for a sport to be recognized it not only has to be popular but meet IOC Standards.

The Olympic Games are every four years. There is a winter Olympics and a summer Olympics. The next summer Olympics is in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

so countries can come together and compeet.