Summer Games

By jada.g3

  • First Summer Games April 1896

    The first games were held in Athens, Greece in April 1896.

  • The First Time the Games were in America

    The very first time the Games were held in the U.S.A. were in 1904 in St.Louis,Missouri.

  • First Time The Games were Cancelled

    The 1916 Berlin Games never happened because of the first World War.

  • The Flame Never Arrived 1940

    The Mother Flame never arrived to light the torch at the 1940 Tokyo Games.

  • The Second Time War ruined The Games

    In 1944 Germany invaded Poland causing the 1944 London Games to be shut down.

  • 1992 Barcelona

    Fu Mingxia age 13, won the women's platform diving gold.

  • 1996 Atlanta,GA

    197 nations attended The Games.

  • 2000 Sydney

    Steven Redgrave becomes first person to win 5 consecutive gold medals.

  • 2004 Athens,Greece

    Over 301 different events to participate in The Games.

  • 2008 Beijing

    China won 51 gold medals.

  • 2012 London

    Misty May Trannior and Kerri Walsh Jennings won their 3rd consecutive gold medal.

  • 2016 Rio

    Michael Phelps won his 23 gold medal but also his 28 medal overall .