Summer Olympics

By emilymovshin

  • First Summer Olympics Began

    Its was held in Athens, Greece. The USA won the most gold metals.

  • The first time the summer Olympics were held in the USA

    St. Louis Missouri was where the first time the summer Olympics where held in the USA.

  • When the first Olympics were cancelled

    in 1916 the Olympics were cancelled in Berlin because of WW1

  • When the second Olympics were cancelled

    The second Olympics was cancelled in Helsinki due to WWll

  • The Olympics of 1992

    The Olympics of 1992 where held in Barcelona, Spain on July 25- August 9, 1992. Vitaly Scherbo from Belarus who is a gymnastics artistic who won 6 gold medals during the 1992 Olympics.

  • The Olympics of 1996

    The Olympics of 1996 were held in Atlanta, Georgia on July 19- August 4, 1996. Athletes from a record breaking 79 countries won medals and 53 countries won gold medals.

  • The Olympics of 2004

    The Olympics of 2004 where held in Athens, Greece and was held August 13- August 29, 2004. There was 301 events held in the Olympics in Athens, Greece

  • The Olympics of 2008

    The Olympics of 2008 were held in Beijing, China through August 8- August 24, 2008. 10,942 athletes competed in the 2008 Olympics in China.

  • The Olympics of 2012

    The Olympics of 2012 were held in the United Kingdom and was from July 27- August 12, 2012. Misty May and Kerri Walsh both won 3 gold medals in beach volleyball.

  • The Olympics of 2016

    The 2016 Olympics where held in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. It was held August 5-21 2016. Katie Ledecky beat her personal record for the women's 800m freestyle.

  • The Olympics of 2000

    The Olympics of 2000 were held in Sydney, Australia on September 15- October 1, 2000. Micheal Phelps won 18 gold medals in the 2000 Olympics.