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The modern olympics
These first modern olympic games were held in Athens, Greece. It was an appropriate choice due to the fact that greece was where the olympic games originated. -
The first womens olympics
The first Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900. -
The start of the summer olympics
The 1904 summer olympics were held in St. Louis Missouri. We won the medal count with 239 medal well germany who came in second earned 13 -
Start of the 1908 summer olympics
These games were held in London England but were originally planned to be held in Rome but were relocated due to volcanic eruptions. During the opening ceremony of these games the american flag bearer refused to dip the flag to the king of england. -
Start of the 1912 summer olympics
These games were held in Stockholm Sweden. AT these game the U.S.A. won the most gold medals with twenty five. -
When 1916 summer olympics were supposed to start
These olympic games were originally planed to be held in Berlin Germany but were canceled due to world war I. To partially make up for it a winter sports week was planed and this eventually gave way to the winter olympics. -
Start of the 1920 olympics
These olympic games were held in Antwerp Belgium. These counties were banned from competing in the games because they started WWI ; Hungry, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and Turkey. The United States had the highest medal count with 95 overall while Sweden who came in second had 64. -
Start of the 1924 Olympics
These Olympic games were held in Paris France. This was the second time Paris had hosted the games. The United States had the most medals with 99 while Finland who came in second had 37. -
Start of the 1928 summer olympics.
These olympics were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The United States again won with the most medals with a final count of 56 while Germany who came in second had only 31. -
Start of the 1932 olympics.
These olympic games were held in Los Angeles U.S.A. In the end the host nation pulled ahead with the most medals at 103 while Italy who came in second had 36. -
Start of the 1936 summer olympics.
These olympics were held in Berlin Germany. Germany had the most medals with 89 while america had 56. -
Scheduled start of the 1940 olympics.
These games were canceled due to world war II. They were supposed to be held in Tokyo Japan. If the games had proceded a never before used method of carrying the olympic toarch from germany to japan was proposed to be made by air delivery.