Summer Olypmics

By Teddie Coe

  • When did the summer Olympic begin?

    The first summer Olympics began in April 6, 1896 in Athens, Greece.

  • What month And where Were Olympic games held? What country won the most medals?

    The Month the Olympics took place was in April and it was held in Athens, Greece.
    The country that won the most medals was USA, they won 20 medals. They won 11 gold medals.

  • What year and what state were the Olympics held in the USA?

    In 1904 the Olympics were held in St. Louis, Misouri.

  • When were the Olympic Games cancelled?

    The 3 years the Olympics were cancelled were 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of World War l and Workd War ll.

  • when were the 7 most recent summer Olympics?

    1. Rio 2016- 10,500 athletes from 205 different countries are competing 2. London 2012- The gold medals are only 1.3% gold 3. Beijing 2008 40 world records and over 130 Olympic records broken 4. Athens 2004 Michael Phelps won 6 gold medals but 8 total 5. Sydney 2000 17 year old Ian Thorpe won gold by beating his own world record 6. Atlanta 1996 Naim Suleymanoglu first to win 3 consecutive Olympic titles 7. Barcelona 1992 for the first time since 1972 the Olympics were boycott free