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No
Location
Dates
Nations
Most medals
USA medals
1896
I
Athens, GRE
Apr. 6-15
14
Greece (10-19-18—47)
11- 6- 2— 19
(2nd)
1900
II
Paris, FRA
May 20-Oct. 28
26
France (26-37-32—95)
18-14-15— 47
(2nd)
1904
III
St. Louis, USA.
July 1-Nov. 23
13
USA (78-84-82—244)
78-84-82—244
(1st)
1906-a
—
Athens, GRE
Apr. 22-May 2
20
France (15-9-16—40)
12- 6- 6— 24
(3rd)
1908
IV
London, GBR
Apr. 27-Oct. 31
22
Britain (54-46-38—138)
23-12-12— 47
(2nd)
1912
V
Stockholm, SWE
May 5-July 22
28
Sweden (23-24-17—64)
25-18-20— 63
(2nd)
1916
VI
Berlin, GER
Cancelled (WWI)
1920
VII
Antwerp, BEL
Apr. 20-Sept. 12
29
USA (41-27-27—95)
41-27-27— 95
(1st)
1924
VIII
Paris, FRA
May 4-July 27
44
USA (45-27-27—99)
45-27-27— 99
(1st)
1928
IX
Amsterdam, NED
May 17-Aug. 12
46
USA (22-18-16—56)
22-18-16— 56
(1st)
1932
X
Los Angeles, USA.
July 30-Aug. 14
37
USA (41-32-30—103)
41-32-30—103
(1st)
1936
XI
Berlin, GER
Aug. 1-16
49
Germany (33-26-30—89)
24-20-12— 56
(2nd)
1940-b
XII
Tokyo, JPN
Cancelled (WWII)
1944
XIII
London, GBR
Cancelled (WWII)
1948
XIV
London, GBR
July 29-Aug. 14
59
USA (38-27-19—84)
38-27-19— 84
(1st)
1952-cd
XV
Helsinki, FIN
July 19-Aug. 3
69
USA (40-19-17—76)
40-19-17— 76
(1st)
1956-e
XVI
Melbourne, AUS
Nov. 22-Dec. 8
72
USSR (37-29-32—98)
32-25-17— 74
(2nd)
1960
XVII
Rome, ITA
Aug. 25-Sept. 11
83
USSR (43-29-31—103)
34-21-16— 71
(2nd)
1964
XVIII
Tokyo, JPN
Oct. 10-24
93
USSR (30-31-35—96)
36-26-28— 90
(2nd)
1968-f
XIX
Mexico City, MEX
Oct. 12-27
112
USA (45-28-34—107)
45-28-34—107
(1st)
1972
XX
Munich, W. GER
Aug. 26-Sept. 10
121
USSR (50-27-22—99)
33-31-30— 94
(2nd)
1976-g
XXI
Montreal, CAN
July 17-Aug. 1
92
USSR (49-41-35—125)
34-35-25— 94
(3rd)
1980-h
XXII
Moscow, USSR
July 19-Aug. 3
80
USSR (80-69-46—195)
Boycotted
games
1984-i
XXIII
Los Angeles, USA.
July 28-Aug. 12
140
USA (83-61-30—174)
83-61-30—174
(1st)
1988
XXIV
Seoul, S. KOR
Sept. 17-Oct. 2
159
USSR (55-31-46—132)
36-31-27— 94
(3rd)
1992-j
XXV
Barcelona, SPA
July 25-Aug. 9
169
UT (45-38-29—112)
37-34-37—108
(2nd)
1996
XXVI
Atlanta, USA
July 20-Aug. 4
197
USA (44-32-25—101)
44-32-25—101
(1st)
2000
XXVI
I
Sydney, AUS
Sept. 15-Oct. 1
199
USA (40-24-33—97)
40-24-33—97
(1st)
2004
XXVI
II
Athens, GRE
Aug. 13-29
202
USA (35-39-29—103)
35-39-29—103
(1st)
2008
XXIX
Beijing, CHN
Aug. 8-24
204
USA (36-38-36—110)
36-38-36—110
(1st)
2012
XXX
London, UK
July 27 - Aug. 12
205
USA (46-29-29—104)
46-29-29—104
(1st
Olympic Trivia & Fun Facts
3.
1.American Myer Prinstein finished runner-up in the 1900 long jump in Paris, despite not even showing up for the
finals. Prinstein sat out the finals because it was against his beliefs to participate on Sunday. Qualifying jumps
counted back then so he took second on the basis of those. As legend has it, he was so angry at eventual goldmedal winning jumper Alvin Kraenzlein for competing in the finals that he punched him in the face.
2.
4.The 1912 Greco-Roman wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein
lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won but was too exhausted to participate in the championship match so
he settled for the silver.
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7.Did you ever wonder why the official distance of a marathon was exactly 26 miles, 385 yards? In 1908, the marathon standard had been set at exactly 26 miles. However, at the Olympic marathon in London, it was decided that
the royal family needed a better view of the finish line so organizers added an extra 385 yards to the race so the
finish line would be in front of the royal box. And it's been that way ever since.
8.
10.The five interlocking rings of the Olympic flag symbolize the five continents of the world (Africa, Asia, Australia,
Europe, and the Americas) "linked together in friendship." Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin claimed that at
least one of the rings' colors (blue, yellow, black, green, and red, along with the white background) was present in
each country's national flag.
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13.World record, but no gold medal: In 1924, American Robert LeGendre shattered the world long jump record with
a leap of 25 feet, four inches. However, the jump was part of the pentathlon competition and LeGendre could muster only a third-place finish overall. The actual long jump competition was won with a jump of 24 feet, five inches.
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16.Stella the Fella—Poland's Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewicz)—won the women's 100-meter race at the 1932
Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the first woman to break the 12-second barrier. When she was killed in 1980 as
an innocent victim in a robbery attempt, an autopsy declared her to be a male.
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19.Danish rider Lis Hartel won the silver medal in the 1952 equestrian dressage event in Helsinki. Hartel suffered
from an inflammation of the spinal cord known as poliomyelitis, which required her to be lifted on and off her horse
each time.
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22.Before there was Kerri Strug, there was Japan's Shun Fujimoto. In the men's team gymnastics competition in
1976, he actually broke his kneecap while performing in the floor exercise. The following day, however, he needed
a top-notch performance in the rings for Japan to secure the gold. With no pain killers, he performed a near flawless routine and stuck the landing, putting a tremendous amount of pressure on his injured knee. He grimaced in
pain as he held his position for the judges, then finally collapsed in agony. Japan won the team gold by just four
tenths of a point over the Soviet Union.
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25.And you thought they just used a match. Did you know that traditionally the Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece is
rekindled every two years using the sun's rays and a concave reflective mirror? (Note: This year, cloudy skies prevented the "traditional" lighting.)
1. In 1928, reportedly six of the eight entrants in the women's 800-meter race collapsed at the finish line in an
"exhausted state." Poor training methods and the brutal Amsterdam sun were the two major causes of distress.
That event was subsequently cancelled until 1960.