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Rebirth of the Summer Olympics
The 1896 Olympic games where the first games to be held since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic games in AD 393.
These Olympic Games where held in Athens, Greece. -
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Olympic Games Timespan
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Paris, France
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Helsinki, Finland
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Melbourne, Australia
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Rome, Italy
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Tokyo, Japan
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Mexico City, Mexico
A very Controversial act happened at the 1968 Olympics when two African-American men who placed 1st and 3rd for the Men's 200m athletic race raised their fists in the air bowed their heads and saluted. It was seen as a way of protesting against the lack of civil rights there were for balck people at this time. -
Munich, West Germany
This Olympics was famous for what is now known as the 'Munich Massacre.' This is where a group of Palestinians took 11 Isreal Olympic competitors hostage and evntually killed them a long with a German Police Officer. -
Montreal, Canada
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Moscow, Soviet Union
The United States of America led 65 other countries towards boycotting the Olympic Games as an effort to protest against the Soveit war in Afghanistan.
Australia was among one of the countries who chose to boycott the Olympic Games -
Los Angeles, USA
In response to the 1980 Olympic Games boycott held by USA, 14 other countires decided to boycott this Olympics. Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germay are among the few countires who chose to boycott these Games -
Seoul, South Korea
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Barcelona, Spain
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Atlanta, USA
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Sydney, Australia
Cathy Freeman wins 400m athletic race. THis was seen as a huge deal as she was our first aborignal woman to medal at the Olympics. It was a huge deal for the Aboriginal people, and Cathy Freeman went on to play a large role in influencing the Aboriginal Culture. -
Athens, Greece
The 2004 Olympics was fmous for Ian Thorpe who was origianally disqualified for a false start in the Olympic trials for the 400m freestyle race. However when one of the swimmers dropped out to let Ian Thorpe take his place, Ian Thorpe edged out his opponent, Grant Hacket, to take home the Gold Medal. -
Beijing, China
Micheal Phelps raised eyes and turned heads at the 2008 Olympics when he placed 1st and won gold for 8 different events at the Olympics.
