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The olympics are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece a very long time ago, and were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world's hardest sports competition and include athletes from all over the world. -
Baron Pierre de Coubertin created the IOC (International Olympic Community) which founded the olympics -
The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 -
In 1904, USA won 246 medals (the most ever), and second place only got 14. This holds the record for most medals received in one olympics by a single team. -
Coca-Cola was the first sponsorship for the olympics.
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Germany's olympic team has 892 medals, and 293 of them being gold which is very impressive for a country to have that many medals. This makes Germany have the 3rd most medals in the olympics. -
Carl Lewis was a gold medalist in track and field during the olympics. Carl Lewis in 1984 won a gold medal in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and 400 meter relay making him one of the greatest olympians.
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Visa is one of the most highest paying sponsors of the olympics -
Samsung started sponsoring the olympics in 1988 and still sponsors them to this day. -
Michael Phelps got his first gold medal in 2004 in athens. Micheal Phelps has also won the most medals in Olympics history, and this consist of 23 gold medals, 3 silver, and 2 bronze.
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Nike started sponsoring the olympics in 2005
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Usain Bolt ran the 100 meter dash and held the world record for the fastest time at 9.69 seconds. -
the most viewed olympic games was the Beijing games in 2008, and the United States contributes the most viewers every year. -
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Serena williams got her first gold medal in 2012 by winning her tennis tournament. -
simone biles got her first gold medal in gymnstics
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Airbnb sponsored the olympics from 2020 and will stop in 2028. -
Any age of people can watch the olympics, but the most common are 18-29 years old. However 56% of the olympics viewers are women and 44% are males. -
The Olympics have an increase in jobs supporting the events, increase in tourism, and increase in trade. -
United States has 224 athletes making it the largest team in the olympics. -
One of the smallest olympic teams is Sweden with only 116 athletes.
