Olympics

The olympic torch represents the theft of fire from Zeus by Prometheus the giant. It also might represent a relay run in the late Ancient Olympics in which a team of runners passed a torch between them and the last runner lit a huge torch. It is a tradition to light the flame at the beginning of all Modern Olympics.

There is no rule that says an athlete can only compete for the country in which they were born but there are some situations brought up in the Olympic Charter that would disqualify an athlete from competing for a country that they were a citizen of.

Rule 42 of The Olympic Charter states that the International Olympic Committee has final say over whether an athlete may compete for a particular country. Section 1 states that an athlete must be a 'national' of the country they are competing for but, should there be a dispute, the IOC Executive Board shall resolve the dispute.

By-Law 2 of Rule 42 states that an athlete who has represented one country in the Olympics and then becomes a citizen of another country must wait three years from the time they represented their old country before they can represent their new country.

Click on the "Olympic Charter" link below to about the rules. Do a find on "Rule 42" to read the specifics about citizenship, or nationality, of athletes.

Montreal.... i think

born in April 2 , 1960 in Jamaica now living in Britain.

One of the reasons was because the games were held in Russia and it was right after the Cold War and we weren't fond of Russia at that moment.

Still finding the other reasons for it... isaac3294

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Hosting country

Equestrian debuted at the 1900 Games in Paris. Events contested at the 1900 Games were jumping, high jump, and long jump. It was not contested at the 1904 or 1908 Games but has been contested at every Olympics since the 1912 Games in Stockholm.

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A 'heat' is a preliminary race in a running event where the the top 2 or 3 finishers qualify for another race and the others are eliminated. For example, if there were 32 entrants in a 100 meter dash race, you could have 4 'heats' where the first two finishers in each heat would qualify to run in the final race where the winner would be considered the winner of the 100 meter dash for that competition.

I have been looking for this answer as well and I think it is Haiti and one other?

That was Haiti and Liechtenstein. The flags were the same with the top half blue and the bottom half red. After the 1936 Olympics, Liechtenstein added a crown to the upper left of their flag so there would be a difference.

The Summer Olympic Games are in London, UK in 2012.

The Youth Winter Olympic Games are in Innsbruck, Austria in 2012.

The Winter Olympic Games are in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

The Youth Summer Olympic Games are in Nanjing, China in 2014.

The Summer Olympic Games are in Rio de Janiero, Brazil in 2016.

The Winter Olympic Games are in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018.

There were no Winter Olympics in 2012. The United Kingdom hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics.

No, Michelle did not participate in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Instead, she focused on her education and received a bachelor's degree in international studies from the University of Denver in 2009 and then enrolled at Tufts University to start graduate classes in international studies.

For the 2012 London Olympics, the torch traveled 8,000 miles. It passed through 1,000 cities in 70 days, including Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool, Belfast, Aberdeen, and Newcastle.source: totalprosports.com

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The only competing continent that has not hosted a Summer Olympics Games is Africa. There have been Olympics held in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia. There was also no African city that had hosted the FIFA World Cup until 2010, so a future African venue for the Olympics is not impossible.

The only continent not represented in the Olympics is Antarctica, which has only scientists as permanent residents, and is by treaty an international scientific preserve.

Kieren Perkins and Susie O'Neil are famous swimmers and that's what sport they made their names in.

It was in 1900 when women were allowed to participate in the Olympics. The 1900 Summer Olympics were held in Paris, France.

Chamonix, France in 1924
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

1) California - 3 - 1932 Summer Games and 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley.

2) New York - 2 - 1932 Winter Games and 1980 Winter Games, both in Lake Placid.

3) Georgia - 1 - 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.

4) Missouri - 1 - 1904 Summer Games in St. Louis.

5) Utah - 1 - 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

9 ... the gold medalists were ...

1) Kelly Holmes - women's 800 meter run and 1500 meter run.

2) Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Jason Gardner, Mark Lewis-Francis - men's 4x100 meter relay.

3) Bradley Wiggins - men's 4000 meter individual pursuit cycling.

4) Chris Hoy - men's 1000 meter time trial cycling.

5) Leslie Law - individual three day event equestrianism.

6) Ben Ainslie - men's one person dinghy sailing.

7) Sarah Ayton, Shirley Robertson, Sarah Webb - women's three person keelboat sailing.

8) Ed Coode, James Cracknell, Matthew Pinsent, Steve Williams - men's coxless fours rowing.

In history - 1) Dawn Fraser - Won gold medals in the 100 meter freestyle in 1956, 1960, and 1964. She was the first swimmer to win the same event in three consecutive Olympics.

2) Shirley Strickland - 7 Olympic medals, including 3 gold (80 meter hurdles twice (1952, 1956), 4x100 meter relay (1956)). She has won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in Athletics and was the first Australian woman to win an Olympic medal.

3) Marjorie Jackson - first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal (100 meter dash in 1952).

4) Teddy Flack - first Australian gold medalist winning the 800 meter run and 1,500 meter run in 1896.

5) Shane Gould - won 3 gold medals in 1972 in the 200 meter individual medley, 400 meter freestyle, and 200 meter freestyle. She was 15 years old at the time.

6) Ian Thorpe - 5 gold medals in swimming in the 2000 and 2004 Games.

7) Sarah Durack - first Australian woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics (1912 - 100 meter freestyle). Australian Mina Wylie won the silver in the event.

8) Nova Peris - first Aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal (1996 - field hockey).

9) Cathy Freeman - first Aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal in an individual event (400 meter run).