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The Olympics is known as the biggest meet of many sports. Athletes in this meet do not play for a team or club, but rather represent their country. Competing for your country in the Olympics is considered the highest honor by many.

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What size of semi Olympic pool?

A semi-olympic pool is 25 meters long by 12.5 meters wide with a depth of between 1.2 and 1.6 meters.

Who won the 2008 olympic games Mario or sonic?

Neither of them won as they do not play against each other without you playing as one of them. Also, you can not win the oylmpic games in the game, only play in the events and get medals.

Which British Athlete won two Gold Medals at the 2004 Olympic Games for 800M and 1500M?

Albert Hill of Great Britain won the gold medal in the 800 meter run at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp.

What World Cup did Mia Hamm win?

1991 and 1999.

Mia Hamm was on both United States women's teams that won the World Cup, 1991 in China and 1999 in the United States.

Which country has won a gold medal in every Olympics?

Great Britain.

The fewest gold medals they won at a Summer Games is 1 at the 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis, 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, and 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. The most gold medals they won at a Summer Games is 56 at the 1908 Summer Games in London and 19 at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing.
Great Britain

Were the 110 meter hurdles played in the ancient Olympic games?

The distance is 110m rather than 100m because they wanted men to be able to run it whilst fitting 3 steps in-between the hurdles without changing the number of hurdles in the race from 10. 10 hurdles in the race is consistent with all the hurdle events, so they increased the distance to make the men's race more fluid, as mens' strides are typically longer than womens'.

Which is the only Olympic sports race in which the competitors do not cross the finish line?

I believe your question is; "Which Olmpic sport has a finish line that no competitors cross" SWIMMING

Can you use a snowboard for sandboarding?

Most likely.Snowboarding and skateboarding basically have the same concept. The only difference is snowboards do not use wheels and are used on snow. Skateboards do have wheels and can not be used on snow, only on concrete, etc. Also, there are similar, if not the same steps taken to snowboard/skateboard.

When and where will the next winter games be held?

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada between February 12 and February 28, 2010.

Were the Olympics held at London in 1908?

Yes, they were supposed to be in France but were changed to London due to the damage in France from WW2

What events do women gymnasts compete in?

# Uneven Bars # Floor # Vault # Balance Beam

Why do cities want to host the Olympics?

One reason only- Money. The Olympics benefit a VERY small group of people, from the financial world that supplies the money, to the juiced-in contractors that build the venues.

The "people" are left with a staggering bill to pay, a huge mess to clean up, and a large number of useless buildings when it is all over.

Several years ago Salt Lake City hosted the Olympics, and it there that the public, at least those that paid attention, learned how the olympics REALLY work; bribery, payoffs,scams, etc...

When did the ancient olymipc games start?

The Ancient Olympic Games , originally referred to as simply the Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held between various city-states of Ancient Greece. They began in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and celebrated until 393 AD

When did snow boarding start in the Los Angeles Winter Olympics?

Snowboarding in the X-Games started the first year the Winter X-Games was held, in 1997 at Big Bear Lake, California. 1

How many medals did Mary Lou retton win?

She won 5 Olympic medals in gymnastics ... a gold in individual all-around, silver in team all-around and horse vault, and bronze in floor exercise and uneven bars, all at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.

Why have there been some protests against China and the Olympic Games being held there?

Countries bid to host the Olympics, the IOC votes on the final selection. All IOC members can vote except those who represent or live in a country that is participating in the bidding process. Prior to the voting bids go through a nomination process in country, then bids are submitted to the IOC, paperwork goes out from the IOC that must be returned then bids are scored. Typically there are 4 countries in the final bid process, site visits are made and reports are made by the IOC, before the vote each candidate city makes a presentation.

they usually have the Olympics because countries bid to have the Olympics and abviestly they usually bid the highest bid. and my personal opinion they have the best birds nest in the hole. world

What is the location of the Olympics?

2008 Beijing.

2012 London.

2016 Rio (Brazil).

What is the list of countries that hosted the Olympics till date?

Olympic host citiesCityCountryContinentFlagOlympiadNo.SeasonYearFromToAthensGreeceEuropeS001I-Summer1896April 6April 15ParisFranceEuropeS002II-Summer1900May 14October 28St. Louis[a]United StatesNorth AmericaS003III-Summer1904July 1November 23LondonGreat BritainEuropeS004IV-Summer1908April 27October 31StockholmSwedenEuropeS005V-Summer1912May 5July 27BerlinGermanyEuropeS006VI-Summer1916Cancelled due to WWI[4]AntwerpBelgiumEuropeS007VII-Summer1920April 20September 12ChamonixFranceEurope-W001IWinter1924January 25February 4ParisFranceEuropeS008VIII-Summer1924May 4July 27St. MoritzSwitzerlandEurope-W002IIWinter1928February 11February 19AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeS009IX-Summer1928May 17August 12Lake PlacidUnited StatesNorth America-W003IIIWinter1932February 4February 15Los AngelesUnited StatesNorth AmericaS010X-Summer1932July 30August 14Garmisch-PartenkirchenGermanyEurope-W004IVWinter1936February 6February 16BerlinGermanyEuropeS011XI-Summer1936August 1August 16SapporoJapanAsia-W005aVWinter1940Cancelled due to WWII[4]TokyoJapanAsiaS012XII-Summer1940Cancelled due to WWII[4]Cortina d'AmpezzoItalyEurope-W005bVWinter1944Cancelled due to WWII[4]LondonGreat BritainEuropeS013XIII-Summer1944Cancelled due to WWII[4]St. MoritzSwitzerlandEurope-W005cVWinter1948January 30February 8LondonGreat BritainEuropeS014XIV-Summer1948July 29August 14OsloNorwayEurope-W006VIWinter1952February 14February 25HelsinkiFinlandEuropeS015XV-Summer1952July 19August 3Cortina d'AmpezzoItalyEurope-W007VIIWinter1956January 26February 5Melbourne

Stockholm[b]Australia

SwedenOceania

Europe

S016XVI-Summer1956November 22

June 10December 8

June 17Squaw ValleyUnited StatesNorth America-W008VIIIWinter1960February 18February 28RomeItalyEuropeS017XVII-Summer1960August 25September 11InnsbruckAustriaEurope-W009IXWinter1964January 29February 9TokyoJapanAsiaS018XVIII-Summer1964October 10October 24GrenobleFranceEurope-W010XWinter1968February 6February 18Mexico CityMexicoNorth AmericaS019XIX-Summer1968October 12October 27SapporoJapanAsia-W011XIWinter1972February 3February 13MunichGermanyEuropeS020XX-Summer1972August 26September 11InnsbruckAustriaEurope-W012XIIWinter1976February 4February 15MontrealCanadaNorth AmericaS021XXI-Summer1976July 17August 1Lake PlacidUnited StatesNorth America-W013XIIIWinter1980February 14February 23MoscowSoviet UnionEurope[c]S022XXII-Summer1980July 19August 3SarajevoYugoslaviaEurope-W014XIVWinter1984February 7February 19Los AngelesUnited StatesNorth AmericaS023XXIII-Summer1984July 28August 12CalgaryCanadaNorth America-W015XVWinter1988February 13February 28SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaS024XXIV-Summer1988September 17October 2AlbertvilleFranceEurope-W016XVIWinter1992February 8February 23BarcelonaSpainEuropeS025XXV-Summer1992July 25August 9LillehammerNorwayEurope-W017XVIIWinter1994February 12February 27AtlantaUnited StatesNorth AmericaS026XXVI-Summer1996July 19August 4NaganoJapanAsia-W018XVIIIWinter1998February 7February 22SydneyAustraliaOceaniaS027XXVII-Summer2000September 15October 1Salt Lake CityUnited StatesNorth America-W019XIXWinter2002February 8February 24AthensGreeceEuropeS028XXVIII-Summer2004August 13August 29TorinoItalyEurope-W020XXWinter2006February 10February 26Beijing[d]ChinaAsiaS029XXIX-Summer2008August 8August 24VancouverCanadaNorth America-W021XXIWinter2010February 12February 28LondonGreat BritainEuropeS030XXX-Summer2012July 27August 12SochiRussiaEurope[c]-W022XXIIWinter2014February 7February 23Rio de JaneiroBrazilSouth AmericaS031XXXI-Summer2016August 5August 21

StatisticsHost cities for multiple Olympic GamesRankCityCountryContinentSummer Olympics hostedWinter Olympics hostedTotal Olympics hosted1London Great BritainEurope3 (1908, 1948, 2012)032Athens/ GreeceEurope2 (1896, 2004)022Los Angeles USANorth America2 (1932, 1984)022Paris FranceEurope2 (1900, 1924)022Lake Placid USANorth America02 (1932, 1980)22Innsbruck AustriaEurope02 (1964, 1976)22St. Moritz SwitzerlandEurope02 (1928, 1948)2 Total Olympic Games by countryNations that have hosted the Summer Olympics

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Nations that have hosted the Winter Olympics

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RankCountryContinentSummer Olympics hostedWinter Olympics hostedTotal Olympics hosted1 United StatesNorth America4 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996)4 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002)82 FranceEurope2 (1900, 1924)3 (1924, 1968, 1992)53 Great BritainEurope3 (1908, 1948, 2012)033 CanadaNorth America1 (1976)2 (1988, 2010)33 ItalyEurope1 (1960)2 (1956, 2006)33 JapanAsia1 (1964)2 (1972, 1998)33/ GermanyEurope2 (1936, 1972)1 (1936)38 USSR/ RussiaEurope1 (1980)1 (2014)28/ GreeceEurope2 (1896, 2004)028 AustraliaOceania2 (1956, 2000)028 NorwayEurope02 (1952, 1994)28 AustriaEurope02 (1964, 1976)28 SwitzerlandEurope02 (1928, 1948)214 BrazilSouth America1 (2016)0114 ChinaAsia1 (2008)0114 SpainEurope1 (1992)0114 South KoreaAsia1 (1988)0114 YugoslaviaEurope01 (1984)114 MexicoNorth America1 (1968)0114 FinlandEurope1 (1952)0114 NetherlandsEurope1 (1928)0114 BelgiumEurope1 (1920)0114 SwedenEurope1 (1912)01