Olympic History
Olympians and Record Breakers
Olympic Sports
Host Cities
Summer and Winter Olympic Games
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It was in this country that the Olympics first originated. 

Greece

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Simone Biles, 11 time Olympic medalist, only stands at this height. 

4’8”

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This tropical country sent a 4-man bobsleigh team to make their historic debut in the Calgary, Alberta games in 1988.

Jamaica

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This country has hosted the most Olympic Games.

The United States.

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It was in this year that the Summer and Winter Olympics were first staggered by 2 years and not held the same year since 1924. 

1992.

400

These are what the Olympic Rings represent. 

Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana

400

This athlete broke Mark Spitz’ record for the most gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics.

Michael Phelps.

400

The NBA "Dream Team" participated in the Olympics during this year.

1992

400

The Olympics were suspended for 36 hours after a terrorist attack in this city's Olympic Village in 1972.

Munich, Germany.

400

These two Winter Olympic sports were originally part of the Summer Olympics, prior to the Winter games being established in 1924.

Ice hockey and figure skating.

600

This is the year the first known Olympic games were held.

776 BC

600

These are the two records Usain Bolt shattered at the 2008 Olympics.

100- and 200- meters

600

These new sports debuted at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Name 1 of 4).

Skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing and karate.

600

Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic Cauldron in this city.

Atlanta, USA.

600

It was in this year that snowboarding make its Winter Olympic debut in Nagano, Japan. 

1998

800

The Olympic Torch is a tribute to the fire that burned throughout the ancient Greek Olympic games honoring this goddess of home, hearth, and fire. 

Hestia

800

This American Olympic athlete was later a prisoner of war during World War II. 

Louis Zamperini

800

In 2016, this sport made the Olympic roster for the first time since 1924?

Rugby

800

The first opening ceremony for the Olympics was held in this city in 1908.

London

800

It was this host city that first to used artificial snow in the Winter Olympics in 1980.

Lake Placid, NY, USA.

1000

This is the official motto of the Olympics.

“Citius, Altius, Forius”/”Faster, Higher, Stronger”

1000

This Roman emperor declared himself the winner of an Olympic chariot race...even though he fell out of his chariot.

Nero.

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This surprising Olympic “Sport” category was last represented at the London 1948 games.

Art, the categories included architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture and had to be inspired by a sport.

1000

This many countries boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

66 Countries, led by the United States.

1000

This is the only athlete in history to win medals at the Winter and Summer Olympics in the same year?

Christa Luding-Rothenburger, in 1988, which is a feat no longer possible due to the staggering of the Summer/Winter Olympics now.

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