Olympic History
It was in this country that the Olympics first originated.
Greece
Simone Biles, 11 time Olympic medalist, only stands at this height.
4’8”
This tropical country sent a 4-man bobsleigh team to make their historic debut in the Calgary, Alberta games in 1988.
Jamaica
This country has hosted the most Olympic Games.
The United States.
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.
These are what the Olympic Rings represent.
Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceana
This athlete broke Mark Spitz’ record for the most gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Olympics.
Michael Phelps.
The NBA "Dream Team" participated in the Olympics during this year.
1992
The Olympics were suspended for 36 hours after a terrorist attack in this city's Olympic Village in 1972.
Munich, Germany.
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.
This is the year the first known Olympic games were held.
776 BC
These are the two records Usain Bolt shattered at the 2008 Olympics.
100- and 200- meters
These new sports debuted at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Name 1 of 4).
Skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing and karate.
Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic Cauldron in this city.
Atlanta, USA.
It was in this year that snowboarding make its Winter Olympic debut in Nagano, Japan.
1998
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
This American Olympic athlete was later a prisoner of war during World War II.
Louis Zamperini
In 2016, this sport made the Olympic roster for the first time since 1924?
Rugby
The first opening ceremony for the Olympics was held in this city in 1908.
London
It was this host city that first to used artificial snow in the Winter Olympics in 1980.
Lake Placid, NY, USA.
This is the official motto of the Olympics.
“Citius, Altius, Forius”/”Faster, Higher, Stronger”
This Roman emperor declared himself the winner of an Olympic chariot race...even though he fell out of his chariot.
Nero.
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.
This many countries boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
66 Countries, led by the United States.
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.