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First modern Olympics held in Athens, Greece
Ancient Games were held in Olympia, Greece from 776 BC-393 AD. The United States won 11 gold medals thus winning the most gold medals but overall host nation Greece won the most medals overall. -
First olympics held in the USA
Held in St. Louis, Missouri -
Summer Olympics in Berlin cancelled
Summer olympics in Berlin were cancelled due to WWI -
Summer olympics in Helsinki cancelled
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Summer olympics in London cancelled
Summer olympics in London cancelled due to WWII -
Summer olympics in Barcelona, Spain
Fun Fact: Former Soviet Union members competed as a Unified Team and Germany competed as one nation following the collapse of the Soviet Union. -
Summer olympics in Atlanta, USA
Fun Fact: Television rights were sold for a record sum and Coca-Cola was a major sponsor of these games. -
Summer olympics in Sydney, Australia
Fun Fact: Steve Redgrave won a fifth consecutive gold medal in rowing. -
Summer olympics in Athens, Greece
Fun Fact: The games returned to Athens. The cost involved in staging the Olympics, especially with regard to increased security provision following the 9/11 terror attacks led to delays and venues were completed only just in time. -
Summer olympics in Beijing, China
Fun Fact: 43 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 -
Summer olympics in London, UK
Fun Fact: The games return to London for the third time -
Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fun Fact: The United States won 46 gold medals and 121 medals overall, this is the most for any country since the Soviet Union in 1988.