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1 day ago · v. t. e. The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with ...
- Winter Olympic Games
History Early years Ulrich Salchow at the 1908 Olympics. A...
- Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the...
- Ancient Olympic Games
The ancient Olympic Games (Ancient Greek: τὰ Ὀλύμπια, ta...
- Talk
Olympic Games portal; Olympic Games is within the scope of...
- Pacific Games
The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a...
- Special Olympics
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization...
- List of Olympic Games Boycotts
The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport...
- International Federations
This is a list of international sports federations, each of...
- All-time Olympic Games Medal Table
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to...
- Winter Olympic Games
1 day ago · Host city selection 1972 Summer Olympics bidding results City Country Round 1 Round 2 Munich West Germany 29 31 Madrid Spain 16 16 Montréal Canada 6 13 Detroit United States 6 Munich won its Olympic bid on 26 April 1966, at the 64th IOC Session in Rome, Italy, over bids presented by Detroit, Madrid, and Montréal. Montréal would eventually host the following Olympic games in 1976. Munich ...
- Munich, West Germany
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May 6, 2024 · Olympic Games. While many associate the modern Olympics with tradition, the quadrennial sporting event is continually changing. There’s the size of the Games: at the Athens Olympics in 1896, 241 athletes competed in 43 events, while the 2020 Tokyo Games (delayed until 2021 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic) featured 11,420 competitors and 339 ...
1 day ago · The 1992 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, Catalan: Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, Catalan: Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as Barcelona '92, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
- 257 in 25 sports (34 disciplines)
- Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
- Barcelona, Spain
5 days ago · Allyson Felix, Ryan Lochte, Jessica Ennis-Hill, and Kobe Bryant. Rio de Janeiro 2016. The event marked the first time that the Olympic Games—either Summer or Winter—were held in South America. The Games featured a record 205 participating NOCs, with more than 11,000 athletes competing in 42 sports.
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May 8, 2024 · ancient Olympic Games, quadrennial athletic event that was held in Olympia, Greece, from 776 bce to about 393 ce. It was part of a religious festival that honored Zeus, and the name Olympics was derived from Mount Olympus, home of the Greek gods. The Games were a central part of Greek life, and major affairs, including wars, were often ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Here, against a backdrop of myth and ritual, the inaugural Olympic Games took root — a convergence of mythology, religion, and athletic prowess destined to leave an indelible mark on the course of human history. Traditionally traced back to the summer of 776 BC, the date given in the Olympic victor list of Hippias of Elis, composed in the ...
