Olympic History
This organization, co-founded by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894, oversees the Olympic Games.
What is the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
This symbolic journey starts in Olympia, Greece, and ends in the host city of the Games.
What is the Olympic Torch Relay?
This U.S. city served as host in 1932 and 1984, and will be up again in 2028.
What is Los Angeles?
This event, which involves athletes running a distance of 42.195 kilometers, is named after a famous ancient Greek battle.
What is the Marathon?
This American swimmer, known for his 23 gold medals, is the most decorated Olympian of all time.
Who is Michael Phelps?
The 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics were boycotted by the United States and several other nations to protest the invasion of this country.
What is Afghanistan?
The Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter," (ou, "Plus vite, Plus haut, Plus fort – Ensemble," en français) translates to these four English words.
What are "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together"?
Playing host to the Olympic Games for the first time, Canada won more medals than at the previous two Olympic Games combined in this city in 1976.
What is Montreal?
This event, making its Olympic debut in 2024, involves dancers performing moves, spins, and freezes, judged on creativity, technique, and style.
What is Breaking?
This Jamaican sprinter won 8 gold medals, dominating the 100m and 200m events across three consecutive Olympics.
Who is Usain Bolt?
The first Winter Olympics were held in this year.
What is 1924?
The Olympics Charter lists three official languages, that of the host city and these two.
What are French and English?
This city was the first in South America to host the Summer Olympics in 2016.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
This event requires athletes to throw a spear as far as possible, in one of the oldest Olympic disciplines.
What is Javelin Throw?
This footballer scored in the 27th minute and then converted the fifth penalty to seal Olympic gold for Brazil in football for the first time.
Who is Neymar?
The first modern Olympic Games were held in this year in Athens.
What is 1896?
This tradition involves the passing of the official Olympic flag to the mayor of the next host city during the Closing Ceremony.
What is the Antwerp Ceremony?
The 1964 Summer Olympics in this city marked the first time the Games were held in Asia.
What is Tokyo?
This event debuted at the 2020 Olympics in two main disciplines: Street and Park.
What is Skateboarding?
This Soviet gymnast, who won nine gold medals from 1956 to 1964, is considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.
Who is Larisa Latynina?
These Games were the first to be broadcast on television in North America, with CBS paying $394,000 for the television rights.
What are the 1960 Rome Olympics?
The tradition of awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals to the top three finishers began in these Games.
What are the 1904 St. Louis Olympics?
In 1900, this city served as host to the first modern Olympic Games to feature female athletes.
What is Paris?
This event requires athletes to maintain contact with the ground at all times across a distance of 20 kilometers.
What is Race Walking?
This British rower won gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000.
Who is Sir Steve Redgrave?