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First modern summer Olympics
Athens Greece, the USA held the most gold medals and came out with 20 medals overall. -
First time the USA hosted the Olympics
1904, St. Louis Missouri. -
Summer Olympics were first cancelled
The 1916 Summer Olympics in Berlin were canceled because of WWI. -
Second and third time the Olympics were cancelled
The 1940 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, as well as the 1944 Summer Olympics in London were canceled because of WWII. -
Barcelona 1992
For the first time since 1972, the games were boycott- free. -
Atlanta 1996
Sailor Hubert Raudaschi became the first person ever to compete in nine Olympic games. -
Sydney 2000
Triathlon and taekwondo were added to the games. -
Athens 2004
This was the biggest and most popular Olympic games. -
Beijing 2008
The womens 800m swimming record was originally held by USA’s Janet Evans for almost 20 years. Great Britain’s Rebecca Adlington smashed the record by over 2 seconds. -
London 2012
10568 Athletes competed. -
Rio 2016
Michael Phelps swam his last race in the Olympic games.