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First Summer Olympics
The first summer Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, and the U.S. had 11 gold medals. -
First Olympics in the U.S
The first U.S Olympics were celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri -
Olympics Cancelled #1
The first modern Olympics to be cancelled due to war were the 1916 Berlin Games -
Olympics Cancelled #2
The outbreak of World War II meant a cancellation for the Helsinki Games -
Olympics Cancelled #3
The 1944 Olympics in London were also cancelled because Germany invaded Poland -
Barcelona Olympics
Men's basketball became open to all professionals and the US sent the Dream Team of superstars including Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan and Larry Bird -
Atlanta Olympics
Tragedy struck when a terrorist bomb exploded in the Centennial Olympic Park, where two people died and a further 110 people were injured -
Sydney Olympics
Triathlon and taekwondo were two new additions to the Olympics in the Sydney Games -
Athens Olympics
Swimmer Michael Phelps won six gold medals and set a single-Games record with eight total medals -
Beijing Olympics
More than 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records were broken -
London Olympics
Up to 180,000 spectators a day entered the Olympic Park to enjoy the Games -
Rio Olympics
The United States had 121 medals total