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When did the summer Olympics begin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-modern-olympic-games. The first summer Olympics was held in Athens,Greece -
First summer olympics in the USA
https://www.olympic.org/st-louis-1904
The first American summer olympics was held in St.Louis, Missouri in 1904. -
Years the Olympics were canceled...
The Olympics were cancelled due to the outbreak of World
War 1. http://thefw.com/olympic-facts/
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Barcelona was the host of the summer Olympics in 1992
Not a single country boycotted the games in 1992. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-hosts-idUSBRE9860HU20130907 https://www.olympic.org/barcelona-1992 -
Atlanta was the host for the 1996 summer Olympics
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Sydney, Australia hosts the 2000 summer Olympics
10,651 athletes participated in the games in 2000
https://www.olympic.org/sydney-2000
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Athens held the 2004 summer Olympics.
The Athens games were marred due to construction.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Summer_Olympics http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-hosts-idUSBRE9860HU20130907
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Beijing hosts the 2008 Summer Olympics.
To make everything perfect for the games, the transportation system and public facility's were reconstructed.
https://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-hosts-idUSBRE9860HU20130907
http://www.factmonster.com/sports/olympics/2004/athens-summer-games.html -
London hosts the 2012 summer Olympics
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Rio de Janeiro hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics
Rio 2016 was the first time a South American country has hosted the games.
https://www.olympic.org
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-hosts-idUSBRE9860HU20130907
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/rio-2016-16-fun-facts-about-year-s-olympics-n510311