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Olympics Cancelled
1916, 1940 and 1944 were all cancelled. -
First Summer Olympic Games
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First Games Held
Athens, Greece. The U.S. won the most gold. -
First Olympics in the U.S.
Saint Louis, Missouri. -
Barcelona 1992
Baseball was in the games for the first time. -
Atlanta 1996
Athletes from a record breaking 79 countries won a medal. -
Sydney 2000
People from North and South Korea marched under the same flag. -
Athens 2004
Greece was the first and last groups at the opening ceremony. -
Beijing 2008
55 years separated the oldest and youngest athletes in the game, the oldest being 67 and the youngest being 12. -
London 2012
Approximately 14 million meals were served during the games. -
Rio 2016
The Zika virus kept many athletes from competing in the games.
