Olympics

That was Teddy Flack who won gold in the 1500 meter run and 800 meter run at the first Modern Games, the 1896 Olympics in Athens. Flack was born in London, England and moved to Australia as a young child. The first native born Australian to win gold was swimmer Frederick Lane who won the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter obstacle events at the 1900 Games in Paris. Lane was from Manly, New South Wales.

they train everyday (run up and down the stairs )

You run down an ice ramp with a board in front of you. Then you put your chest on the board and enjoy the ride.

Greece has participated in every Summer Olympics and most Winter Olympics. In total Greece has 108 medals ( 30 gold, 42 silver, 36 bronze) , all at the Summer Olympics.

In general, a men's javelin weighs in at 800 grams and a women's javelin at 600 grams. This is not true across the board. Some rules organizations vary allowed weights by the thrower's size and age.

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The most important thing in the olympics, is the athletes because without them, there wouldn't be any olympics.

Mascots are very important because they communicate specific products. Secondly, the mascots can build engagement more effectively with social media and mobile.

As of the 2008 Games: 1952: Lindy Remigino, USA

1956: Bobby Joe Morrow, USA

1960: Armin Hary, Germany

1964: Bob Hayes, USA

1968: Jim Hines, USA

1972: Valeri Borzov, Soviet Union

1976: Hasely Crawford, Trinidad and Tobago

1980: Allen Wells, Great Britain

1984: Carl Lewis, USA

1988: Carl Lewis, USA

1992: Linford Christie, Great Britain

1996: Donovan Bailey, Canada

2000: Maurice Greene, USA

2004: Justin Gatlin, USA

I do believe there must be more than one type of gold medal. Is it a secret.

The 1952 Winter Olympics were held in Oslo, Norway and the 1952 Summer Olympics were held in Helsinki, Finland.

yes,There were 3 other major games which were held on 2- or 4-year cycles: the Isthmean Games at Corinth, the Pythian Games at Delphi, and the Nemean Games at Nemea. Because it started 200 years before the other competitions, the Olympics remained the most famous athletic contest in the ancient Greek world.

Standing start and the three point start

is to show the unity among the the five continent which are the member by representing the flag of each country also it the ring can help during the opening and closing the ceremonies of olympic but also for identification of the competation

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The men's world record for running 800 meters was set in 2010 by David Rudisha of Kenya in a time of 1:41.01.

The women's world record for running 800 meters was set in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvílová of the Czech Republic in a time of 1:53.28.

According to the official Olympics website, the 2016 Summer Olympic games will be held August 5 - 21 in Rio de Janeiro, which is the second largest city in the South American country of Brazil.

Looking for more information on the Olympics or Brazil? Contact a librarian at your local public library! It's free!

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The two-year period between the Albertville and Lillehammer Olympics occurred because the IOC decided that having the summer and the winter games in the same cycle was unnecessarily splitting both the attention and the advertising revenue raised by such events.

The only objective of the 200 meter is to come in first. However, the sprinter must stay in their lane the whole way through the race, and the race must start at the far corner of the track (opposite of the 100 m end). Hope this helps.

There are five Olympic rings, displayed as three on top, two underneath, and all interlock. Their colors: Top row, left to right are blue, black and red, bottom row, left to right are yellow and green.

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They are called Fencers.