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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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List of events in the olympics?

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Beach Volleyball

Boxing

Canoe Slalom

Canoe Sprint

Cycling - BMX

Cycling - Mountain Bike

Cycling - Road

Cycling - Track

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics - Artistic

Gymnastics - Rhythmic

Handball

Hockey

Judo

Modern Pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronised Swimming

Table Tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Trampoline

Triathlon

Volleyball

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

What is the boys u13 long jump record?

well i am 13 and recently jumped 5.20m so above 5m is good

What year were the Olympic games abolished?

In 146 AD when almost all of Greece was under the control of Rome (Roman Empire), the Olympic games started to diminish, though they did go on and were enjoyed by those who attended them. But in 394 AD (Anno Domini), under orders from Emperor Theodosius 1, these were abolished as it was forbidden to worship idols. The Games were revived after almost 1500 years.

Winner for the high jump in 1952?

The Olympic Games played in 2002 were the Winter Olympics and there was no long jump contested. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, Ivan Pedroso of Cuba won the men's competition with a jump of 8.55 meters and Heike Drechsler of Germany won the women's competition with a jump of 6.99 meters. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, Dwight Phillips of the United States won the men's competition with a jump of 8.59 meters and Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia won the women's competition with a jump of 7.07 meters.

Why was there no winter Olympics in 1992?

Instead of holding both Olympics in the same year, starting in 1994 the Winter and Summer Olympics are now held two years apart. The next Winter Olympics will be held in 2010 and the next Summer Olympics will be held in 2012.

How many events were in the 1996 Olympics?

There were 43 events in 9 sports at the 1896 Olympics: Athletics: 1) 100 meter dash

2) Triple jump

3) 800 meter run

4) discus

5) 400 meter run

6) 110 meter hurdles

7) long jump

8) shot put

9) 1500 meter run

10) high jump

11) pole vault

12) marathon Cycling: 1) 100 kilometers

2) sprint

3) 10 kilometers

4) time trial

5) road race

6) 12 hour race Fencing: 1) foil

2) masters foil

3) sabre Gymnastics: 1) parallel bars (team and individual)

2) horizontal bars (team and individual)

3) vault

4) pommel horse

5) rings

6) rope climbing Shooting: 1) military rifle

2) military pistol

3) free pistol

4) rapid fire pistol

5) free rifle Swimming: 1) 100 meter freestyle

2) sailors 100 meter freestyle

3) 500 meter freestye

4) 1200 meter freestyle Tennis: 1) men's singles

2) men's doubles

3) ladies singles

4) mixed doubles Weightlifting: 1) one hand lift

2) two hand lift Wrestling: 1) Greco-Roman

Where was the 1987 Olympics held?

Summer Olympics were in 1988 in South Korea. There were no Olympics in 1987.

Why were the ladies not allowed in the olympics in the ancient time?

Two reasons. The athleats didnt wear any clothes and they thought it was too violent

Where are the next two Olympics be held?

2012- London

2016- America put a bid in

What holds the flame at the olympic games?

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.

If you are an Olympic athlete do you have to be born in the country you play for or for example if you are Canadian and you get your American Citizenship can you play for the US in the 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.

Why has the 3 summer Olympics been cancelled since 1896?

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

When did eventing become an olympic sport?

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.

What two countries used same flag 1936 Olympics?

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.

What is a heat in a track and field meet?

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.

Where is this years Olympics held?

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.