Past Olympics
Record Breakers
The Sports
Paris
The Business
100
Which cities in Japan have hosted the Olympics?
Tokyo, Sapporo and Nagano
100
This Jamaican sprinter holds three world records (100m / 200m / 4x100 relay)
Usain Bolt
100
One of the new sports at the Paris Olympics involves moving rhythmically to music, spinning on the ground and freezing.
What is this sport?
Breaking
100
2024 will be .....
a. The first time Paris has hosted the Olympics
b. The second time
c. The third time
c. The third time
Previously, it was held there in 1900 and 1924
100
What year was the most profitable Olympics held?
a. 1984 Los Angeles
b. 1988 Seoul
c. 2012 London
b. 1988 Seoul, South Korea
200
Which city hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896?
Athens, Greece
200
Kenenisa Bekele holds the world record for 5,000m and 10,000m long-distance running.
What country is he from?
Ethiopia
200
The oldest gold medal winner was Oscar Swahn who won a gold medal for shooting at the 1912 Olympics.
How old was he?
64 years, 280 days old
200
One of the new sports for 2024 will be surfing.
Where will the surfing competitions take place?
Tahiti
200
The cost of delaying the Tokyo Olympics from 2020 to 2021 was estimated to be:
a. 240 billion yen b. 640 billion yen c. 800 billion yen
b. 640 billion yen
300
2016 marked the only time the Olympics were held in South America.
Which city hosted them?
Rio de Janeiro
300
Yelena Isinbayeva holds the woman's world record in this sport at 5.05m. (Beijing 2008)
What is the sport?
Pole Vaulting
300
What is an Olympic sport that allows men and women to compete equally. Horses are involved too.
Equestrian riding
300
How many people are expected to attend the opening ceremonies along the Seine River?
a. 100,000 b. 500,000 c. one million
b. 500,000
300
Tokyo beat out two other cities to host the 2020 Olympics.
One was Istanbul, Turkey. What was the other city?
Madrid, Spain
400
What three Canadian cities have hosted the Olympics?
Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver
400
Samuel Wanjiru holds the world record for the men's marathon at 2:06:32
What country is he from?
Kenya
400
Triathalon requires competitors to race in three different ways.
What are they?
A 1.5 kilometer swim, 40 kilometer cycle, and a 10 kilometer run.
400
Maximum ticket prices for some events are:
a. 590 euros b. 720 euros c. 980 euros
c. 980 euros = 170,000 yen
400
The 1976 Olympics left the host city with a $1.5 billion debt that took 30 years to pay off.
What city was it?
Montreal, Canada
500
How many times has the US hosted the Olympics?
Eight times
St. Louis / Lake Placid (2)/ Los Angeles (2) / Squaw Valley / Atlanta / Salt Lake City
500
Martina Hellmann from East Germany holds the Olympic record for this sport at 72.3m at the Seoul Olympics.
What is the sport?
Discus Throw
(The men's record is 69.9m)
500
Three types of weapons are used in this sport today: the Foil, Épée and Sabre
What is the sport?
Fencing
500
Which city will host the next summer Olympics?
Los Angeles
500
More than half of television revenue from broadcasting the Olympics goes to:
a. the athletes b. the host nation c. the IOC
c. the IOC