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the first summer Olympics were held at Athens, Greece. Athletes from 14 different countries participated.The Us took home the most gold medals (11), then followed Greece with 10 gold medals, and third place was Germany (6)
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The United States holds the Olympics in 1904 in St. Louis.
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The 1916 summer Olympics was supposed to take place at Berlin Germany were canceled due to WW I
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1940 Summer Olympics were supposed to be held in Helsinki but was canceled due to WWII.
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The 1944 Summer Olympics were supposed to be held in London but was also canceled due to WWII
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Russia Boycotts the Olympics in 1980.
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The 1992 Summer Olympics were the last competition to be staged in the same year as the Winter Olympics.
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Atlanta became the fifth American city to hold Olympics and as well the third to hold a summer Olympics.
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Sydney was selected to hold the games in 1993
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Marks of the return of the games to the city where they began.
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There were 43 world records and 132 Olympic records made during the games.
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London is the first and only to host the modern Olympics three times having previously done in 1908 and 1948
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Rio became the first South American city to host the Summer Olympics.
