-
Start of the Olympics
The modern Olympics started in Greece and continues today. -
Period: to
Olympic Time Span
-
Women Stand Strong in Paris
Women weren't always aloud in the Olympics and this is when they pushed it to reality. -
USA Wins the Gold in Antwerp
The USA wins 41 Gold medals during the 1920 Summer Olympics! -
First Away from USA and Europe
The Summer Olympics of 1956 was the first Olympics held outside of the USA and Europe. It was hosted in Melbourne. -
Jamaican Bobsleds Start Now
Jamaica finally gets a bobsled team into the Olympics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm4DjRcmoPY -
Barcelona 1992 Closest 100m Race
Gail Devers won the closest ever 100m sprint in the Olympics. -
Sailing in Toronto, Canada in 1998
-
Ethiopia Wins Gold in a 10,000m at Sidney, Australia in 2000
Closest gold at .09 seconds. -
Kelly Holmes from Great Brittan 2004
Kelly Holmes won a double gold that made history. -
World Record for Figure Skating Spin
Natalia Kanounnikova did 308 rotations in one minute!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQLtcEAG9v0 -
2006 Turin, Italy, Shaun White's first gold medal
near-perfect 46.8 points out of a possible 50 earned him a gold medal in the halfpipe competition -
Beijing 2008 Olympics Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt breaks world record in Beijing at 9.68 seconds on a 100m sprint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93dC0o2aHto -
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Michael Phelps Breaks It
Michael Phelps breaks the world record for the 200m freestyle in Beijing 2008.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Era0VAIUATw -
-
Russia 2014
-
-
-
Decathlon Olympic Record in Tokyo for Damian Warner
Damian Warner wins a gold medal for a men's Decathlon in the Olympics in 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7SceKfDC2c -
Quan Hongchan's Perfect Dive in Tokyo
A fourteen year old girl named Quan Hongchan was in the Olympics and receives seven tens on her dive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXg30_BgOEQ -
Sha'Carri Richardson America's Fastest Woman
Sha'Carri Richardson won the name "America's Fastest Woman" by putting her heart into racing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5jWmeCZzp4
