Olympic timeline

By jakevd

  • First summer Olympics

    The first summer Olympics was held in Athens Greece. The USA had the most gold medals with 11.

  • First Olympics held in the usa

    The USA held an Olympics in St. Louis Missouri.

  • Olympics being canceled

    The 1916 Olympics were canceled due to WW1

  • 1940 and 1944 Olympics being canceled

    Both of these Olympics were canceled because of WW2.

  • 1992 Barcelona Olympics

    The Olympic flame cauldron was lit by a flaming arrow.

  • 1996 Atlanta Olympics

    A record 197 nations competed in this Olympics

  • 2000 Sydney Olympics.

    The United States won the most medals with 93.

  • 2004 Athens Olympics.

    The shot put event was held in ancient Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic Games.

  • 2008 Beijing Olympics

    The theme song of the 2008 Olympic Games was "you and me" composed by Chen Qigang

  • London 2012 Olympics

    During the closing ceremony, the Olympic flag was handed to the mayor of London by the mayor of Beijing.

  • 2016 Rio Olympics

    Micheal Phelps retired after this Olympics, as the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 gold medals.