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2. How old are the Olympics? History, host cities of modern ...

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   The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics:

3. Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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   The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature 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 ...

4. List of Olympic Games host cities - Wikipedia

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   * Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...

5. All-time Olympic Games medal table - Wikipedia

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   Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account. As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics , 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games.

6. 135 Interesting Facts for Kids and Adults to Blow Your Mind - AOL

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   Remarkable pieces of info about history, science, pop culture and more. ... 135 Interesting Facts for Kids and Adults to Blow Your Mind. Morgan McMurrin. May 27, 2024 at 6:10 AM.

7. 28 Olympics Facts That Are Everything From Shocking To ...

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   Organizers of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games ordered 450,000 condoms for the Olympic Village.View Entire Post ›

8. List of Olympic records in athletics - Wikipedia

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   Athletics records in the Summer Olympic Games have been recorded since 1896. The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War, and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.

9. What is the Parade of Nations? Order, history of Olympics ...

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   Here's what you need to know about the Parade of Nations, one of the signature events of the Olympics opening ceremony, including history and order: