History
Location of the first Olympics
What are Olympia, Greece for the ancient olympics and Athens, Greece for modern olympics.
This swimming discipline is the fastest of all strokes.
What is freestyle
The athlete with the most Olympic gold medals
Who is Michael Phelps with 28 medals and 23 gold
This country won the most gold medals in Tokyo
What is USA
USA had 39 Gold and China had 38 Gold
USA lead with 113 total
The 5 olympic ring colors
What are Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red
The olympics have been held in these 5 continents.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania
There are four sports that made their olympic debuts in Tokyo this year, name 1.
What are:
- Karate
- Rock Climbing (sport climbing)
- Surfing
- Skateboarding
Considered the greatest sprinter of all time, this (male) sprinter won gold in every race he ran in 3 olympics
Who is Usain Bolt!
2008, 2012, 2016: 100M and 200M champion
2012, 2016: 4x100 relay champion
This new olympic sport was dominated by young talent on the female side, with the oldest medalist being only 19 and the youngest 12.
Skateboarding!
Womens Park Winners were: 19 - 12 - 13
Women's Street winners were: 13 - 13 - 16
Due to the violation of anti-doping laws, Russian athletes will compete as neutrals in 2020 and 2022 and will not have an affiliation with the flag or go by the name Russia. What 3 letter acronym are they instead represented by.
What is ROC- Russian Olympic Committee
The first Winter Olympics were held here
What is France
After a 13 year hiatus, this sport returned to the olympics this year.
What is Baseball (men)/ Softball (women)
This city has hosted more than any other in modern olympic history
What is London
1908, 1948 and 2012
The 1908 games also had the first opening ceremony
This nations 14 year old diver received two perfect 10 dives on her way to a gold medal in the 10M platform
China
Hongchan Quan got perfect 10's on her second and fourth dive of the 5 rounds in the final.
The locations at which the following olympics will be held: 2022 winter, 2024 summer, 2026 winter, 2028 summer
What is Beijing, Paris, Milan/Cortina, LA
Modern Olympics have only been cancelled this many times
What is 3
Once during WWI and twice during WWII
28 people have participated in both the summer and winter Olympics, more than half of them participated in this winter sport.
What is bobsleigh/ bobsled
Sisters Sylvia and Claudia Poll have won all the Olympic medals of this country.
What is Costa Rica!
Both participating in swimming (200 and 400 freestyle) Sylvia medaled in 1988 (silver) and Claudia medaled in 1996 (gold) and in 2000 (bronze x2).
DAILY DOUBLE
This sport, on the mens side, had the exact same podium people and placement in 2016 and 2020.
Mens shotput
Gold: Ryan Crouser (USA)
Silver: Joe Kovacs (USA)
Bronze: Tomas Walsh (NZ)
5 nations have participated in all modern day games, what are 3 of them
What are Great Britain, Greece, France, Switzerland, and Australia
The Paralympics were first held in this European city in 1960
What is Rome
__# of events in the summer olympics involve a bike.
hint: more than you think!
6
- Track cycling
- Road cycling
- Mountain bike cycling
- BMX Racing
- BMX Freestyle
- Triathalon
Ian Millar of Canada holds the record for most Olympic appearances with this many.
10!!!
Ian competed in Equestrian and was 25 in his first olympics in 1972 and 65 in his final olympics in 2012. He earned one silver medal
A few countries earned their first gold medal this Olympic Games, name one.
What is:
- Bermuda (women's triathlon)
- Philippines (women's weightlifting)
- Qatar (men's high jump and m. weightlifting's)
The actor who played Tarzan won 5 gold medals in this sport
What is swimming