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First Olympics
First recorded evidence of the ancient Olympic games. The games were held at Olympia. There was only one event - the men's 200m sprint. -
Cotswold Olympick Games
Cotswold Olympick Games Robert Dover, a barrister, founded the Cotswold Olympick Games. The games featured horse racing, fencing, shin-kicking and throwing the hammer. -
First Modern Olympic Games
First Modern Olympic Games
The first modern Olympic games was held in Athens, Greece. All winners were presented with an olive branch and a silver medal. -
Women competed for the first time
1900 OlympicsParis hosted these games without a stadium. Most events were held in the Bois de Boulogne and swimming events were held in the river Seine. Women competed for the first time. -
Gold, silver and bronze medals were introduced
1904 OlympicsSt Louis, USA , gold, silver and bronze medals were introduced. Winners of events were given a gold medal, second place a silver medal and third place a bronze medal. -
Olympic Stadium
1908 OlympicsFor the first time the Olympics take place in a purpose built stadium. Figure skating was introduced as an Olympic sport. Australia and New Zealand competed together as Australasia. -
Competitors from all 5 continents
Olympics 1912Athletes from all 5 continents take part. A public address system and electric timing devices were used for the first time. The Decathlon and Pentathlon were introduced for the first time. -
Olympic Rings
Pierre de Coubertin designed the Olympic symbol of 5 interlocking rings. -
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Summer OlympicsOlympic Flame first lit
Olympics 1928Amsterdam had previously bid for the 1920 and 1924 games. The Olympic flame was lit for the first time and burned throughout the entire competition. At the opening ceremony Greece led the athletes procession with the host nation at the end for the first time. -
Jesse Ownes
Olympics 1936 At the Berlin 1936 Olympics, Hitler planned to show the world that the Aryan people were the dominant race, Jesse Owens proved him wrong and sealed his place in Olympic history by becoming the most successful athlete of the 1936 Games. Owens also became the first american to win four track and field gold medals at a single Olympics (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long jump), a record that stood unbroken for 48 years. -
Black September
Olympics 1972During the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early morning of September 5, a group of Palestinian terrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. -
USA Miracle on Ice
Last Minute VideoMiracle on IceAl Michaels shouted "Do you believe in miracles? ... Yes!" And with that the Americans had made it into the gold medal game. -
Dream Team
Dream TeamThe 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the "Dream Team", was the first American Olympic team to feature active NBA players. -
Kerri Strug
Kerri Stug Strug, a 4-foot-9 gymnast from Tucson, Ariz., does not possess the fearlessness, the toughness, the aggressiveness, the heart, and the threshold of pain, of her teammates. At least that's what some people had believed. But as the spotlight in the Georgia Dome focuses on Strug, that perception completely changes. -
Michael Phelps
Quest for 843 world records and 132 Olympic records were broken during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in swimming the most ever at a single Olympics -
Usain Bolt
Olympic 100m GoldJamaican Usain Bolt sets a new Olympic record as he retains his 100m Gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics on the 5 August 2012. -
