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Rome
In Rome 1960, there was over 83 nations who entered the Olympics. From these 83 nations, there was 5,000 athletes who had competed in the Olympics. -
Tokyo
In 1964, Tokyo. Japan held the Olympics. The Japanese government had invested $3 billion to prepare for the Olympics. The opening ceremonies of the Olympics was broadcasted via satallites to the U.S for the first time. -
Mexico City
In this year of the Olympics was held in Mexico City. An American Bob Beamon leaped his way into shattering the previous long jump record by almost two feet by getting 29-feet-21/2 inches. Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia was the first woman who won 4 individual golds. -
Munich
In Munich, the olympics had a Worldwide TV audience of 1 billion viewers. In this Olympics, Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in swimming and had set 7 world records. -
Montreal
In 1976, the Olympics was held in Montreal Canada. Here, the opening ceromony was opened by Elizabeth II, this was because she was head of state of Canada. There was also several members of the Royal Family who attended this ceremony. The Queens Daughter and The Princess Anne had competed in the games as part of the British Riding Team. -
Moscow
When the Olymic Games was held in Moscow, the games had to be 'Boycotted'. This was because the Soviet Union, at the time, was being invaded by Afghanistan. Some of the events of the games was almost mired by the death of an immensely popular singer Vladimir Vysotsky. -
Los Angeles
In the 1984 Olympics was held in Los Angeles, California, USA. There was a 10-week-long Olmypic Arts Festival, which had opened on the 2nd June. There was over 400 performances in 145 theaters. Dances and Music companies was representing every continent and 18 countries. -
Seoul
Seoul, Korea was where the Olympics was held in 1988. This year of Olympics, was a world record breaking in the 100m at the Olympic trials in Indianapolis. The record was broken by a US sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner who sets an Olympic record of 10.62. -
Barcelona
The olympics in 1992 was held in Barcelona Spain. This year was a great year for South Africa who was allowed to compete in the Olympics for the first time. -
Atlanta
Atlanta, where the Olympics was held in 1996 is considered a long-shot. They won the games over five competitors. One of the competitors was Athens, Greece, which they beat in the final round of voting. Preparations for the Olympics began immediately, and spent $5.14 billion. There was over two million visitors and approximately 3.5 billion people around the world watched the games on television. -
Sydnee
In Sydnee, Australia, The Triathlon made its Olympic debut. The Triathlon was done by the Sydney Opera House. Brigitte McMahon who represented Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athlete Michelie Jones who won silver. -
Athens
There have been mascots since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. In Athens, Greece, there was two mascots: Athiná and Phévos. They where brother and Sister named after Athena and Phoebus. -
Beijing
The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony started 8:00pm at the Beijing National Stadium. The ceremony was co-directed by a Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou. A Chinese choreographer Zhang Jigang and featured a cast of over 15,000 performers. The ceremony lasted over four hours. -
London
London Olympics, there is a total of around 4,700 medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The medal, designed by David Watkins, weighs 375–400g and is 7mm thick, with the sport and discipline engraved on the rim.
