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The firs summer Olympics were held on April 6, 1896, in Athens, Greece. The USA won the most gold medals during this time.
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The first time the Olympics were held in the U.S was in 1904, in St. Louis, Missouri.
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The first summer Olympics were cancelled in 1916 because of World War 1. The second and third time the games were cancelled, was in 1940 and 1944 because of World War 2.
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The 1992 Summer Olympics were held in Barcelona, Spain. There was 169 countries competing in 257 events.
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In 1996 the Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta, Georgia. The Olympic games in Atlanta is the largest games held so far.
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In 2000 the Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia. In the Rowing portion of these Olympics, Steven Redgrave became the first athlete to win gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics.
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In 2004 the Summer Olympics were held in Athens, Greece. In these Olympics over 10,500 athletes played in the games.
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The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in Beijing, China. This was the last summer Baseball and Softball were played in the Olympics.
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The last summer Olympics were held in 2012, in London,England. In the gymnastics portion of these Olympics, the U.S. had 3 girls in the top 5 winners.
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The 2016 the Summer Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the first time in Olympic history that South America will be holding the games.