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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 celebrated a four-year period known as an Olympiad. From the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 until 1992, winter and summer Games were held in the same year.
4:48.10 Becky Smith Canada: 4:50.48 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details United States (USA) Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli: 3:44.82 (WR) East Germany (GDR) Petra Priemer Kornelia Ender Claudia Hempel Andrea Pollack: 3:45.50 Canada (CAN) Becky Smith Gail Amundrud Barbara Clark Anne Jardin: 3:48.81 4 × 100 m medley relay ...
Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, also the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic games held in North America, followed by the 1980 Winter Olympics in ...
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 17 to August 1, 1976. [1] A total of 6,084 athletes from 92 countries represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games, competing in 198 events in 23 sports.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.
The following are lists of all Olympic venues, starting with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, organized alphabetically, by sport, and by year.. As a multi-sport event, competitions held during a given Olympics usually take place in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area.
The 1976 Winter Olympics, which were originally to be held in Denver, United States, but relocated to Innsbruck, Austria The 1976 Summer Olympics , which were held in Montreal, Canada List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris, France.