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First summer Olympics
The first summer Olympics was held in Athens Greece. The USA had the most gold medals with 11. -
First Olympics held in the usa
The USA held an Olympics in St. Louis Missouri. -
Olympics being canceled
The 1916 Olympics were canceled due to WW1 -
1940 and 1944 Olympics being canceled
Both of these Olympics were canceled because of WW2. -
1992 Barcelona Olympics
The Olympic flame cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow. -
1996 Atlanta Olympics
A record 197 nations competed in this Olympics -
2000 Sydney Olympics.
The United States won the most medals with 93. -
2004 Athens Olympics.
The shot put event was held in ancient Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic Games. -
2008 Beijing Olympics
The theme song of the 2008 Olympic Games was "you and me" composed by Chen Qigang -
London 2012 Olympics
During the closing ceremony, the Olympic flag was handed to the mayor of London by the mayor of Beijing. -
2016 Rio Olympics
Micheal Phelps retired after this Olympics, as the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 gold medals.