Olympics

On April 10, 1815, the largest explosive volcanic eruption since the beginning of recorded history ejected more than 24 cubic miles of magma into the atmosphere. Solar radiation could no longer penetrate the dense atmosphere to warm the earth. The next year crop-killing frosts occurred during the summer months in New England and 1816 was known as "the year without summer."

Olympiad is a term used in the Olympics. Olympiad is referring to, essentially, one occasion that the Olympic games take place.

I think there are three: swimming (backstroke), rowing, and high jump.

If you mean the first person to ever swim, I'd imagine it'd be either Adam or Eve. If you don't believe anything the Bible says, then, according to evolution, some sort of single celled organism 'swam' about somewhere....

What is the sleek shape of a bobsled reduces and allows greater speeds

their are no us olympic games its a international thing stupid

javelin throw, athletics (track-and-field) sport of throwing a spear for distance, included in the ancient Greek Olympic Games as one of five events of the pentathlon competition. The javelin that is used in modern international men's competition is a spear of wood or metal with a sharp metal point.

Andrew Hoy (equestrian 1984-2004), Colin Beashel (sailing 1984-2004), and Colin Coates (speed skating 1964-1984) with 6 Olympic game appearances each.

Hoy won 4 medals (3 gold, 1 silver), Beashel won 1 medal (bronze), and Coates did not win a medal.

The demand for collectible items from the Sarejevo Olympics is low. People just are not buying them, so in that respect, they are not worth much. If the coins are solid silver, they have value as silver items based on weight.

Yes, Google the Dream Team. Good example of a decent Olympic Team.
Yes, American style basketball is one of the ports in the summer olympics.

Um the champion swimmer would be Micheal Phelps from the united states.

from Canada this year ( 2008 ) in the Olympics it was Ryan Cochrane. He was the only swimmer to get Canada a medal in swimming.

also great swimmer would be

Natalie Coughlin is a great female swimmer from the u.s

Ryan Lochte is also a great swimmer from the u.s.

mike mintanko

ian thorp is one of the worlds best

but right now the worlds best swimmer is Micheal Phelps from the u.s. he got 8 gold medals and 7 world records at the Beijing 2008 Olympics! it was amazing!

There are two kinds of Olympic Games... the summer and the winter games. And yes, ice hockey is integrated in the Olympic Winter games - for men and women. The competing teams are determined according to the IIHF world rankings of the respective national teams; some nations are seeded, others have to qualify - and some nations are too far below the ranking regions for qualification.

Men and women do compete against one another in Olympic equestrian and sailing events.

The first summer Olympics were held in 1896. The first winter Olympics began in 1924 concurrently with the summer Olympics. 1992, the IOC held separate Olympics alternating in 2 year spans, i.e. winter Olympics last held in 2006, summer Olympics last held in 2008.

A common number used is at least 7000 hours of training for Olympic Weightlifting. That might break down as;

6-10 hours training a week from ages 10 to 15

10-30 hours training a week from ages 15 to 20

Most Olympic weightlifting competitors would follow this amount of training if not more.

The Olympic torch is a remnant of the flame from the previous Olympic games. The relay itself is to unify countries and spread the Olympic spirit.

It is the person who carries the Olympic torch :)

No, those are strictly events that men compete on. Women compete on Floor Exercise, Balance Beam, Vault and Uneven bars. The men compete on Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, High Bar, and Parallel Bars.

Miguel Indurain Larraya ，He won five consecutive Tours de France from 1991 and 1995.

Mark Spitz was born on February 10, 1950 in Modesto, California. The name of his parents are Arnold and Lenore. He is the oldest of three children in his family.

In ice-dance there are two different sets of marks, for technical merit and artistic impression. They won the Olympics with these scores:

Technical Merit:

5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0

Artistic Impression

6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

(6.0 is the highest score possible.)

The prize taxes for a gold medal honorarium of $25,000 is pegged by ATR at $,8750. Combined with the tax on the medal itself, a gold medalist will have to pay the IRS $8,986. A silver medalist must pay $5,385 on the medal and the $15,000 honorarium and a bronze medal winner must pay $3,502 on the medal and the $10,000 honorarium.

She first became interested in the sport when she followed her older siblings to the rink at the age of five. Her serious training began when she was eight years old. She also has not yet retired.

The 2028 Summer Olympics will be held in Los Angeles, California, United States from 21 July to 6 August.

When Hamburg, Budapest, and Rome withdrew from the 2024 Games, leaving only France and the United States, the decision to award the 2024 and 2028 games simultaneously was made. Paris, France was understood to be the preferred host for the 2024 Games, and Los Angeles was awarded the 2028 Games.

No, the 2012 Olympics were not held in Rome.