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The first ever Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece because it was where the Olympics first began.
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The first time women were allowed to compete was the Paris Games in 1900. The events they competed in were lawn tennis and golf.
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The first Winter Olympic Games were held in France 1924. They were originally known as International Winter sports week.
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A doctor introduced wheelchair games to the Olympics in 1948 for wounded war veterans. Wheelchair games eventually became the Paralympic Games.
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The first Olympic Games ever to be on television were the Rome games in 1960
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In 1996 the Olympic Games celebrated 100 years. Boxing champion Muhammad Ali lit Olympic flame at the opening ceremony.
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Winners were given new medals because the original ones had a picture of Roman Colosseum instead of the Greek venue. The new medals feature panathinaiko stadium in Athens, Greece.
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American swimmer Michael Phelps set a new world record in a relay event earning him his 8th gold medal. This is the most gold medals earned in a single Olympic games and the most Olympic medals ever.
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At the 2008 Beijing games, a new world record is set for the men's 100m sprint by Usain Bolt of Jamaica. That makes him the fastest man in history.
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Australia's woman's rowing team will be competing in the Rio Olympics. This makes it the first time ever that there will be more female competitors than male competitors on the Australian team.
