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First Modern Olympics
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad.The Games had the largest international participation of any sporting event to that date. There was only 9 events and they were Athletics, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Swimming, Tennis, Shooting, Cycling and Fencing.
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The Olympics were first held at England.
It was in 1908 when Olympic Games first held in London, England only 22 countries competed in this Olympics and the host nation won the most number of golds and total medals.
Source: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071223124555AAUt5tX -
Usaine Bolt beats 100m World Record
Usaine Bolt beats the 100m mens world record. He got the time of '9.58' seconds in 2009.
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Sites of Summer Olympic Games 1869-1968
1896 - Athens, Greece
1900 - Paris, France
1904 - St. Louis, Missouri USA
1906 - Athens, Greece*
1908 - London, England
1912 - Stockholm, Sweden
1916 - Not held
1920 - Antwerp, Belgium
1924 - Paris, France
1928 - Amsterdam, Holland
1932 - Los Angeles, California USA
1936 - Berlin, Germany
1940 - Not held***
1944 - Not held***
1948 - London, England
1952 - Helsinki, Finland
1956 - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - Rome, Italy
1964 - Tokyo, Japan
1968 - Mexico City, Mexico -
Sites of Summer Olympic Games 1977-2012
1972 - Munich, Germany
1976 - Montreal, Canada
1980 - Moscow, Russia
1984 - Los Angeles, California USA
1988 - Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Barcelona, Spain
1996 - Atlanta, Georgia USA
2000 - Sydney, Australia
2004 - Athens, Greece
2008 - Beijing, China
2012 - London, England
source: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/olympic.htm