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Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games are a multi-sport competition organized by the International Olympic Committee. Occurring every four years, the first Summer Olympic Games was introduced in 1896 and the first city to host the event was Athens, Greece.
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Where were the 1980 summer Olympics held?
They were held in Moscow U.S.S.R. A total of 80 nations and 5,179 people participated in these games.
Moscow
Will the US women's soccer team be at the 2012 summer Olympics?
Yes - in 11 years' time.
The 2028 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, and commonly known as LA 2028, is a forthcoming international multi-sport event, which will be hosted in the city of Los Angeles from July 21 to August 6, 2028.
What sport has not been an event at the summer Olympics?
There are many, many sports that have not been events in the Olympics
What US cities have hosted the summer Olympics in the past?
1) St. Louis - 1904 2) Los Angeles - 1932 and 1984 3) Atlanta - 1996
How many medals did Canada win at the 1996 summer Olympics?
Canada won 22 medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics: 3 gold, 11 silver, and 8 bronze.
How many gold medals did the US win at the 2004 Olympics?
America has won 104 medals in total in the 2012 Olympics.
46 Gold Medals.
29 Silver Medals.
29 Bronze Medals.
You can also find a list of the medal count for London 2012 in the related link.
What country hosted the last summer Olympic games?
Athens City in Greece hosted the last summer Olympics in 2004
In what summer Olympics did the US lose its first basketball game?
After 36 years of undefeated dominance, Team USA lost its first Olympic basketball game at the 1972 Munich gold medal game to the USSR. The last minute of the contest was and remains one of the most controversial finishes in Olympic history.
The 'British Isles' are made up of many islands including the 'Isle of Man', 'Ireland' and the larger 'Great Britain' which is divided into England, Scotland and Wales. The 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland' is the three countries on the island of Great Britain and a small part of Ireland called 'Northern Ireland' not including the Isle of Man. The rest of the island of Ireland is the independent 'Republic of Ireland'.
Note. The name Britain (not Great Britain) is often used as a short name for the country.
Since 1922 the correct name of the country has been the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", but by 1922 the phrase "Great Britain" was in widespread popular use and has since become synonymous with anything/anybody representing the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Therefore the term "Great Britain" is sometimes used erroneously to mean the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
The name for the country at major international sporting events has never been corrected and it still often competes as Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Note also that the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are Crown Dependencies, not technically part of the UK (or of the EU). These are generally included in the expressions Britain or Great Britain.
What is the motto of the Olympic games for summer?
Citius, Altius, Fortius.
latin for
Swifter, Higher, Stronger.
Who are the star athletes in the 1968 summer Olympic games?
1) Bob Beamon of the United States in long jump. Beamon broke the world record by 55 centimeters in winning the gold medal. 2) Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia won four gold medals in women's gymnastics. 3) Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo became the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron in history. 4) Al Oerter of the United States became the first track and field athlete to win the same event (men's discus) in four consecutive Olympic Games. 5) John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania finished last in the marathon after falling and injuring his right leg and knee during the race. Instead of quitting, he continued on. He entered the Olympic stadium and finished the race more than an hour after the winner. But he finished!
Who invented the first Olympic torch?
In the sanctuary of Olympia, where the ancient Games took place, a flame burnt permanently on the altar of the goddess Hestia, but transportation of the flame to the site of the modern Olympics did not happen until the 1936 Games in Berlin. It was Carl Diem, Hitler's Games organizer, who proposed a torch relay from the site of the ancient flame. Today, the International Olympic Committee says that the torch "transmits a message of peace and friendship amongst peoples". Extra info; The organizers of the London 2012 Olympics will however most likely bring to an end the torch relay as we know it. The new plan is to take the Olympic torch on a "sports heritage" tour of Britain in 2012, rather than a round-the-world relay under a plan being touted by embattled Olympic chiefs. Worried about the damage caused by Beijing's controversial international relay, which became a focus of violent protests by Free Tibet protesters, they want a gentler countdown to the 2012 Games in London. Instead of being carried through global capitals and trouble spots, the torch could instead take in classic British sporting venues in 2012.
When was tennis added to the summer Olympics?
Tennis was a part of the original modern Olympics that were started in 1896. Tennis was an Olympic sport until after the 1924 Olympics when it was dropped. Tennis, again, became an Olympic sport beginning with the 1988 Olympics.
How many Olympic medals has Japan won in track and field?
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, 23 (7 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze).
The events that Japan has won the most medals in is men's marathon (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) and men's triple jump (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) with 5 each. They have also won 4 medals in women's marathon (2 g, 1 s, 1 b), 3 medals in men's pole vault (2 s, 1 b), 2 medals in men's long jump (2b) and men's hammer throw (1 g, 1 b), and 1 medal in women's 800 meter run (1 s) and men's 4x100 meter relay (1 b).
Who won gold medals at the 1956 Olympic Games for Great Britain?
Summer Games:
1) Jim Fox, Adrian Parker, and Danny Nightengale in men's team modern pentathlon.
2) John Osborn and Reg White in mixed multihull sailing.
3) David Wilkie in men's 200 meter breaststroke swimming.
Winter Games:
1) John Curry in men's singles figure skating.
What city in Spain hosted the 1992 summer Olympics?
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
How many times have the summer Olympics been canceled?
4 or 5
4 or 5
Only 3; 1916 due to World War 1 and 1940 and 1944 due to World War 2.
Where were the Olympic games held in 1983?
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia.
The 1980 Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, New York.
Which country has hosted the most summer Olympics with 4?
1924 in France - Winter, Chamonix - Summer, Paris
1932 in the United States - Winter, Lake Placid - Summer, Los Angeles
1936 in Germany - Winter, Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Summer, Berlin
How many Summer Olympics have been held in Canada?
As of 2008, one Winter Olympics has been held in Canada and that was the 1988 Games in Calgary, Alberta. The 2010 Games, to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia will be Canada's second.
Canada has also hosted one Summer Olympics, that being the 1976 Games in Montreal.
The Winter Olympics has been held twice in Canada.
Once in Calgary, in 1988, and once in Vancouver, in 2010.
The Summer Olympics was also held in Canada once, in Montreal in 1976.
