Olympics

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Water is sprayed onto the pool surface, creating a ripple effect, so the diver can see the surface. Without it, the water takes on a glass-like appearance, and all you can see is the bottom of the pool. The diver needs to be able to spot the water surface in order to enter the water correctly in the vertical position.

• Badminton is the only Olympic sport in which a country of 230 million has ever taken home a gold medal
• Shooting
• Field Hockey
• Handball
• Judo

The oldest women's athletics Olympic records were set at the 1980 Games in Moscow: 1) Shot Put - Ilona Slupanek of East Germany set the Olympic record with a shot of 22.41 meters (73 feet, 6 1/4 inches) on July 24, 1980.

2) 800 meters - Nadezhda Olizarenko of USSR set the Olympic record at 1:53.43 on July 27, 1980.

3) 4x100 meter relay - The East German team of Romy Muller, Barbel Wockel, Ingrid Auerswald, and Marlies Gohr set the Olympic record of 41.60 seconds on August 1, 1980. The oldest men's athletics Olympic record is Bob Beamon's (USA) long jump of 8.90 meters (29 feet, 2 1/2 inches) set at the 1968 Games in Mexico City on October 18, 1968.

The Olympic games have never been held in India.

The only summer Olympics held in Asiia have been:

* 1964 XVIII Tokyo, Japan * 1988 XXIV Seoul, South Korea

* 2008 XXIX Beijing, China

Each sport has a different process for qualifying for the national Olympic Team. Athletes in team sports (such as basketball or soccer) tend to be chosen by the national coaching squad via their national reputation, national ranking or through results at previous competitions. Some team sports also have an Olympic tryout Athletes in individual sports (such as track and field or tennis) compete for a spot on the Olympic Team through qualifying tournaments or their national rankings

1912

The Russian Empire's first Olympics was the 1900 Games in Paris. Four athletes were entered in two sports (fencing, equestrian) and they won no medals. Russia also competed in the 1908 and 1912 Games. After the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the subsequent creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Russians would not compete in another Olympics until 1952. Russians competed under the USSR flag between 1952-1988. Upon the fall of the Soviet Union, the first Olympics that Russia competed in as a country was the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer.

There are sever Olympic Gold Medalist that were born in Utah. Joss Christensen was recently added to the list of Gold Medalist born in Utah.

The 1936 Summer Games in Berlin were televised to folks in Germany that had access to special 'television booths' that were located in Berlin and Potsdam. Three cameras were used and a total of 72 hours of coverage were televised.

The first commercially televised Olympics in the US was the 1960 Winter Olympics. CBS bought the rights for $50,000. NBC bought the rights to telecast the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics for a total of $2,201,000,000.

Tight clothes, unless you Usain Bolt.

gymnastics

figure skating

women's tennis

synchronized swimming

An Olympic champion receives a gold medal. The runner-up wins a silver medal and third place gets bronze.

According to Olympic tradition, the athletes from Greece are the first to enter the stadium and the athletes from the host country are the last to enter the stadium.

The Dutch captain was Geovani Van Bronchurst in the 2010 world cup. It is now Robin van Persie with Arjen Robben serving as the vice captain.

Javelin, discus and shot put were all games modeled on combat activities. For the modern games, the biathlon is a test of skiing and shooting, modeled on the Finnish Army's resistance to the Soviet invasion.

Freestyle wrestling

You have to a citizen of the country you represent.

If you have dual citizenship, you can choose which country you want to represent. In this case, most athletes represent the country that is weaker in their sport, so they have a better chance of making it.

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the Olympics start on the 8/8/08

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Men's curling debuted at the 1924 Winter Games and did not return until the 1998 Games. Medal winners are:

1924: Gold-Great Britain, Silver-Sweden, Bronze-France

1998: Gold-Switzerland, Silver-Canada, Bronze-Norway

2002: Gold-Norway, Silver-Canada, Bronze-Switzerland

2006: Gold-Canada, Silver-Finland, Bronze-United States

The Olympic winners received a wreath made of a sacred olive tree branch. Another version is that after the contest, the victor was given a ribbon.

1908 & 1948

"In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall tale part in there Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of the sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams." We wish you a merry Christmas

There was none. Mascots were not used until the 1968 Winter games in Grenoble, France.

Click on the 'Olympic Games Mascots' link on this page to see the mascots of the Games starting in 1972.