Olympic Games History

Summer Olympics Games Host Nations Table

Event Year	Host City	Country
1896	Athens	Greece
1900	Paris	France
1904	St. Louis, Missouri	United States
1906	Athens	Greece
1908	London,England	United Kingdom
1912	Stockholm	Sweden
1920	Antwerp	Belgium
1924	Paris	France
1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands
1932	Los Angeles,California	United States
1936	Berlin	Germany
1948	London,England	United Kingdom
1952	Helsinki	Finland
1956	Melbourne,Victoria	Australia
1960	Rome	Italy
1964	Tokyo	Japan
1968	Mexico City	Mexico
1972	Munich	West Germany
1976	Montreal,Quebec	Canada
1980	Moscow	Soviet Union
1984	Los Angeles,California	United States
1988	Seoul	South Korea
1992	Barcelona	Spain
1996	Atlanta,Georgia	United States
2000	Sydney,New South Wales	Australia
2004	Athens	Greece
2008	Beijing	China
2012	London	United Kingdom
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Winter Olympics Games Host Nations Table

Event Year	Host City	Country
Event Year	Host City	Country
1924	Chamonix	France
1928	St. Moritz	Switzerland
1932	Lake Placid,New York	United States
1936	Bavaria	Germany
1948	St. Moritz	Switzerland
1952	Oslo	Norway
1956	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy
1960	Squaw Valley,California	United States
1964	Innsbruck	Austria
1968	Grenoble	France
1972	Sapporo,Hokkaidō	Japan
1976	Innsbruck	Austria
1980	Lake Placid,New York	United States of America
1984	Sarajevo,Yugoslavia	Bosnia-Herzegovina
1988	Calgary,Alberta	Canada
1992	Albertville	France
1994	Lillehammer	Norway
1998	Nagano	Japan
2002	Salt Lake City,Utah	United States
2006	Turin	Italy
2010	Vancouver,British Columbia	Canada

The Greeks were the first to start the Summer Games in 776 BC (some 3000 years ago) in the plains of Olympia in Peloponnese. The ancient Summer Games grew and continued to be played every four years for nearly 1200 years. In 393 AD, the Christian Byzantine

Emperor Theodosius I abolished the Games because of their pagan connection. The successful campaign to revive the Summer Games was started in France by a young Frenchman Baron Pierre de Coubertin in the late 19th century. The first of the modern Summer Games opened on Sunday, March 24, 1896, in Athens, Greece.

The Summer Games originally included only one event, the stadion race, which was a short sprint measuring between 180 and 240 meters. Over the years, more events were added including boxing, wrestling, chariot racing, pentathlon, wrestling, long jump, javelin throw and discus throw among others.

The Olympic flag was adopted in 1914 and was first used in the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The flag depicts five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green, and red) against a white background. These rings represent the five inhabited continents: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe.

The official Olympic Motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius", a Latin phrase meaning "Swifter, Higher, Stronger". The concept of Olympic mascot was first introduced in the year 1968 which is usually an animal or human figure representing the cultural heritage of the host country.

The 19th Summer Games are scheduled to be held in Beijing, in 2008, while the 20th version of the Summer Games will be hosted by London in 2012.

History of Olympics Games

Rio Olympic Updates 2016

USA earns third straight gold in basketball

Team USA defeated team Serbia to win its third straight basketball gold medal in Men’s Basketball tournament. The winning team’s coach Mike Krzyzewski was utmost delighted with his team’s victory on the final day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. USA won by a 19-15 lead and this is their 25^th straight victory at the Olympic Games in addition to the 15^th straight victory in the basketball tournament.

Mo Farah wins 5000 m gold; Caster Semenya wins gold in women's 800m

Mo Farah of Great Britain has bagged the gold by winning the 5000 meters final and completed the double double. According to media reports, with this victory Farah has become the second man in the history of Olympics to be able to successfully defend his 5000 and 10000 Olympic championships. His victory is being hailed on Twitter with some calling him the greatest long distance runner of all time. Meanwhile, the silver medal has gone to Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo and Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia has bagged the bronze.

In the women's event, Caster Semenya of South Africa won the Olympic gold in the 800m. She won in one minute 55.28 seconds. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the silver medal and Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui bagged the bronze.

Chen Long Earns Gold in Men's Badminton in Olympics 2016

Chen Long of China has taken gold medal in the Rio Olympics 2016 after defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has won a silver in men’s badminton today. Lee was facing pressure not to lose the match. He beat Lin Dan of China in the semi-final. Lee and Lin, both are considered to be the best players of their time. With Lee’s defeat, Malaysia has missed out the chance of getting an Olympic gold medal.

Italy Reaches Rio 2016 Men's Volleyball Final

Italy came up with a win and is heading to men's volleyball final against Brazil, after defeating USA. The US men's volleyball team tried all their survival skills, but could not stand in front of Italy. The winning team's thriller was 30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22, 15-9. After it was over, US coach John Speraw said that the team was not skilled enough and they did not execute on some of the opportunities, which Italy flawlessly did

French boxer Mossely wins gold on her birthday

French boxer Estelle Mossely celebrated her 24^th birthday by winning a gold medal in Women’s lightweight boxing championship. She defeated China’s Yin Junhua after the end of four rounds that had the two defending champions leveled on the scorecards of three judges. The bronze medals were earned by Mira Potkonen of Finland and Anastasia Beliakova of Russia.