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Olympics
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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How many nations competed in the Olympics?
84 countries participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome: Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Bermuda
Brazil
British Guiana
British West Indies
Bulgaria
Burma
Canada
Ceylon
Chile
Republic of China
Colombia
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Haiti
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kenya
South Korea
Lebanon
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malaya
Malta
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Rhodesia
Romania
San Marino
Singapore
South Africa
Soviet Union
Spain
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Republic
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yugoslavia 30 countries participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley: Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Japan
South Korea
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United States
Soviet Union
What is more popular the summer or winter Olympics?
Summer olypmics are events surrounding sports such as swimming, track and field, weightlifting, etc etc. The winter Olympics only have events that are ice and snow related, like skating, hockey, skiiing and other things like snowboarding and such. The winter olypmics are held during the winter time and the summer Olympics are held during the summer.
Does Cuba go compete in the Olympics?
Yes, although they have only competed in the Summer Olympics. They are currently the most successful (in medal count) of the countries that have never won a medal in the winter Olympics, and ranked 4th in medals won by a country who hasn't hosted.
What is the Olympic record for the long jump?
Carl Lewis' best long jump was 8.91 meters (29 feet, 2 3/4 inches) at the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Later in the competition, Mike Powell jumped 8.95 meters (29 feet, 4 1/2 inches) to surpass Lewis and win the gold medal.
Where and when is soccer played?
The game is usually played with 9-12 people per team, and the team is made up of the defense, goalie, center, and offence. To win a point, you kick or score a goal on the opposite side. if the ball goes out of bounds, the team that did not kick it out gets to throw it back in from the sideline. there is usually one goalie, two or three defensive players, a sweeper (defense), three centerfield players, and two to four offensive players. The starting team's centerfield player kicks off. If the ball is kicked out of bounds on the opposing teams side (shorter sideline running from corner to corner with goal in the middle), then the team who is defending that goal gets a goal kick, when the goalie punts the ball away from his/her goal. If a team kicks the ball out of bounds on their own side, the other team gets a corner kick towards the goal.
You can also tackle. This is not the same as a gridiron football tackle; it means to slide your foot under the person with the ball's foot and steal the ball away. If the opposing person is hurt, then it is a foul and the hurt players team gets a free kick from wherever he was tackled. If one is hurt in his own goal box, that team gets a penalty kick, where one player gets a free kick on the goalie from the goal line.
In professional soccer, a foul is either a red card or a yellow card. A yellow card is for a less serious foul, and it means one warning, but two yellow cards mean that player is disqualified for that half. a red card is an immediate disqualification due to a more serious injury.
To decide who gets the first kick of the game, the team captains go with the referee(s) to the centerfield and a coin is flipped. winner gets kickoff. A proffessional game is ninety minutes long, with 45 minute halftimes. Usually club soccer for teens and below is from thirty to ninety minutes, except professional games can go into overtime if it ends with a tie. or if it ends in a tie you can also have a golden goal, where there are penalty kicks to see which team wins. Or there is also death match, where next goal wins.
And never, EVER, touch the ball with your hands. That is a penalty.
By the way, a punt is a drop-and-kick.
Who are the most famous Olympic Athletes from 1932?
1932 Summer Olympics:
Babe Didrikson of the United States won gold in the 80 meter hurdles and javelin throw and took the silver in the high jump. Eddie Tolan of the United States won gold in the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash. Helene Madison of United States won three gold medals in swimming (100 meter freestyle, 400 meter freestyle, 4x100 meter freestyle relay). 1932 Winter Olympics:
Sonia Henie of the United States won gold in the Ladies Figure Skating competition. Irving Jaffee of the United States won gold in the 5000 meter and 10000 meter speed skating competition. Canada won the gold medal in the hockey competition.
Who is the person to have won the Olympic Decathlon twice?
Medalists in decathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics:
Gold - Roman Ebrle, Czech Republic
Silver - Bryan Clay, United States
Bronze - Dmitriy Karpov, Kazakhstan
Who won gold in snowboard cross in Vancouver?
Through the 2006 Games in Turin, the most medals won in snowboarding by an athlete is two and has been accomplished by four competitors:
1) Philipp Schoch, Switzerland - gold in men's parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Games in Salt lake City and the 2006 Games in Turin.
2) Karine Ruby, France - gold in women's giant slalom at the 1998 Games in Nagano and silver in women's parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
3) Ross Powers, United States - gold in men's halfpipe at the 1998 Games in Nagano and bronze in men's halfpipe at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City.
4) Danny Kass, United States - silver in men's halfpipe at the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City and the 2006 Games in Turin.
From which country the Olympics Games started?
The Olympic Games, the world's most important sporting competition, take place every four years. The Olympic motto is 'citius-altius-fortius' (faster-higher-stronger).
Ancient Olympic GamesThere are many legends surrounding the origins of the Olympic Games; according to one legend the Games were founded by Heracles (= Hercules in Roman mythology). Historically the first Ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC. Every fourth year, they took place in Olympia in honour of the Olympian Gods. The prizes for the champions were wreaths from a sacred olive tree that was said to have been planted by Heracles.When the Romans conquered Greece, the Games were also introduced in the Roman Empire. In 393 AD, however, Emperor Theodosius thought that the 'pagan cult' could threaten the Christian religion and therefore banned the Games ending a thousand-year period of Olympic Games.
Modern Olympic GamesThe French Baron Pierre de Coubertin is the initiator of the modern Olympic Games. He wanted to bring nations closer together and have them compete in sports rather than fight in wars. Thanks to the efforts of Coubertin and his supporters, the first modern Games took place in 1896 -- in Athens, the actual birthplace of the Olympics.Coubertin's idea of bringing the nations closer together is symbolised in the Olympic flag: its rings represent the five continents of the world and the colours (blue, black, red, yellow, green, white) were chosen such that they contained the flag colours of all countries participating in the games at the time the Olympic flag was created.
Months before the Olympics actually take place, the Olympic Flame is lit in Olympia and relayed to the host city where, at the opening ceremony, the last runner lights the Olympic fire. Another highlight of the opening ceremony is the parade of the competitors.
There are Olympic Summer Games, Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Games. The Winter Games take place two years after the Summer Games. The Paralympic Games are an event for athletes with physical and mental disabilities -- they are held shortly after the Olympic Games, at the same venues.
At the first modern Olympic games, 245 athletes from 13 nations competed in 10 different sports. Now more than 10,000 athletes from about 200 nations compete in 28 summer sports and 7 winter sports. The sports on the Olympic programme might change, however. Over the years, the IOC has added new sports (e.g. beach volleyball, snowboarding, curling) and striked out others (e.g. golf, rugby, tug of war).
The Olympic Games did not take place in 1916 due to World War I and in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II.
Who are some popular athletes who have taken steroids?
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No. And no city in Africa will host the Olympics until 2020 at the earliest as the 2012 Games will be held in London and the four cities that are finalists to host the 2016 Games are Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and Chicago.
How often is the olympic games?
The Olympics are held every four years. However the Summer and Winter Olympics are not held in the same year. There is a two year gap between the Summer and Winter Olympics. There are Summer Olympic games in 2012 and 2016 and 2020 and every four years after that. There are Winter Olympics games in 2014, 2018, 2022 and every four years after that.
How many athletes participate in the Olympic games from all over the world?
10,625 athletes participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. 2,508 athletes participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Why did the olympic podium begin?
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Are the sports at the Youth Olympic Games the same as the Olympic games?
The Paralympic Games are for people with physical or intellectual disabilities. There are many different categories, grouping people with comparable disabilities.
In the Beijing (able-bodied) Olympics of 2008, South African swimmer Natalie du Toit made history by swimming as an amputee in the women's open water 10 km race.
What Olympic medals has Greg Louganis won?
American Olympic diver Greg Louganis won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. One can find more information about Greg Louganis such as year and place of birth on the website Wikipedia.
Why did Nadia Comaneci retire?
Nadia Comaneci retired because she was too old to compete, but now, she still coaches!!!
How many sports in track and field in the Olympics?
Men's athletic events at the 2008 Games: 100 meter dash
200 meter dash
400 meters
800 meters
1500 meters
5000 meters
10000 meters
110 meter hurdles
400 meter hurdles
3,000 meter Steeplechase
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Decathlon
20 km Race Walk
50 km Race Walk
Marathon
Women's athletic events at the 2008 Games: 100 meter dash
200 meter dash
400 meters
800 meters
1500 meters
5000 meters
10000 meters
100 meter hurdles
400 meter hurdles
3,000 meter Steeplechase
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Throw
Hammer Throw
Javelin Throw
Heptathlon
20 km Race Walk
Marathon
What does the us pay for olympic medals?
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=5522032
Dominican Republic
http://www.sportsnet.ca/olympics/2008/08/13/canada_money_medals/
discusses payments by US, Canada, Japan, Germany, Kenya, etc.
How many countries have held the Olympics?
Click on the 'Participating Nations in the Summer Olympics' link below to see tables of each country and the years they participated in the Summer Games.
