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the first games were held in Athens,Greece in april 1896. The US came out with the most gold with 11 medals
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The olympi said are held it the us for the first time in St. Louis
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the olympic's were cancelled because of war
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In 1840 the Olympics were canceled again because of war
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One moe time because of war
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China's Fu Mingxia, 13, won the women's platform diving gold, becoming the second-youngest person to win an individual gold medal
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us won gold in gymnastics when Strug sticking the landing on a vault while injured.
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North and South Korea enter the stadium under one flag
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Michael Phelps emerged as the face of the games. He tied the Olympic record by winning eight medals, six of them gold
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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, the U.S. women's beach volleyball team, won its second consecutive gold medal and 108th-straight match
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softball was not included in the olympics
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was the first year that the us women's soccer team didn't make it to the finale