Summer Olympic Timeline

By kayleejackson

  • Barcelona, Spain Olympics

    South Africa was now aloud to compete in the Olympics for the first time since 1960 after a long suspension from apartheid policy.

  • Atlanta, Georgia Olympics

    Fifth American city to hold the Olympics and third to hold summer Olympics.

  • Sydney, Australia Olympics

    199 nations competing with 10,651 athletes.

  • Athens, Greece Olympics

    Women's basketball, United States took home gold and men's basketball, Argentina took home gold.

  • Beijing, China Olympics

    Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter won 3 gold medals and broke 3 world records.

  • London, England Olympics

    There were 14 million medals served at the games, with 45,000 per day.

  • Rio, Brazil Olympics

    The United states had the highest medal count with 121 medals.