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The First Olympics
The very first olympics ever. Wow, we've come a long way.
Link: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896 -
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The 1900
These were held as a part of the World Fair and this was the first year to ever use live animals as a target.
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St. Louis
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Divercity
In 1908, this young man was the first African- American to win gold in an Olympic event.
Link: https://www.history.com/news/african-americans-olympic-games#:~:text=Taylor%20was%20the%20first%20African,25%2Dyear%2Dold's%20body. -
1908
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Cancelled
This years Olympics were cancelled due to war.
Link: https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/summer-2021/the-phantom-olympics-why-japan-forfeited-hosting-the-1940-olympics -
Nazis?
In the 1936 Olympics, it was held in Berlin, Germany, with the opener being Adolf Hitler
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War
Although, the 1940 Olympics are described as cancelled that is not technically true.
Link: https://www.history.com/news/olympics-postponed-cancelled -
Yet Again
This is the last year, recorded, to be cancelled due to war.
Link: https://www.europeana.eu/en/blog/the-olympic-games-that-didnt-happen -
1968
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The Munich Massacre
This was an attack on the 1972 Olympic Games where,8 members of the Black September terrorist group, took 9 Israeli competitors hostage, and killed two more. -
Moscow
This year, the US boycotted the Moscow Olympics, due to protesting the late 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. -
1984
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Split Years
This year was the first year that the summer and winter Olympics were not held in the same year. -
1996
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Beijing
In 2008 Beijing hosted the summer olympics.
Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/04/2022-winter-olympics-chinas-differences-from-2008-games-on-display/6660648001/?gnt-cfr=1 -
2012
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Russia
Russia has been banned from participated in the games because of a state- sponsored doping program, that forced the athletes to take performance inhancing drugs.
Link: https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/beijing-olympics-2022-russian-olympic-committee-athletes-ignore-rule-display-russian-flag-on-jackets/#:~:text=Athletes%20from%20the%20country%20have,athletes%20with%20performance%2Denhancing%20drugs. -
Boycotting
Biden is not allowing any US representatives to go to the 2022 Olympics because he is boycotting their Human Resources department.
Link: https://www.csis.org/analysis/biden-boycott-2022-beijing-winter-olympics#:~:text=Last%20December%2C%20the%20Biden%20administration,Winter%20Olympic%20and%20Paralympic%20Games. -
Beijing 2022
Beijing is the first ever country/state to host the Olympics two times. Both the winter and Summer Olympics
Link: https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/
