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Olympics History
Significant events and changes through-out the history of the Olympics. -
Summer Olympics Began
This is the first day of when the summer Olympics began. -
First Location
The first Olympics were held in Athens, Greece. Along with U.S.A winning the most amount of gold medals. -
First Summer Olympics Ended
This is last last day of the first Summer Olympics. It carried through the 6th through the 15th of August. -
First U.S.A held Olympics.
In St. Louis, Missouri, the first ever Olympics were held in the U.S. -
Cancelled Olympics #1
Were the first ever Olympics cancelled, due to WW1. -
Cancelled Olympics #3
Cancelled due to the on-set of WW2. -
Cancelled Olympics #2
The second Olympics cancelled due to the outbreak of WW2. -
Cancelled Olympics #4
Cancelled again because of WW2. -
Most Recent Olympics 1/7
Was held in Barcelona, Spain. Gymnastic Artist Vitaly Scherbo won all 6 gold medals in his competitions. -
Most Recent Olympics #2
Was held in Atlanta, Georgia. And weightlifter break multiple records. -
Most Recent Olympics #3
Was held in Sydney, Australia and the first Sri Lankan woman to win a medal: Susanthika Jayasinghe, bronze medallist in the 200m. -
Most Recent Olympics 4/7
Was held in Athens, Greece and double trap shooter Ahmed Almaktoum won the first gold medal for the United Arab Emirates. -
Most Recent Olympics 5/7
Was held in Beijing, China and Dutchman Maarten Van Der Weijden won the men’s 10km marathon, while in the women’s race, the title went to Russia’s Larisa Ilchenko. -
Most Recent Olympics 6/7
Was held in London, UK and there were also 2,961 technical officials and 5,770 team officials -
Cancelled Olympics #5
Were cancelled once again because of World War 2, but were said to be cancelled in 1941. -
Most Recent Olympics 7/7
Was held in Rio, Brazil and the total amount of medals givin' were 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze.
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