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No Location Dates Nations Most medals USA medals

1896 I Athens, GRE Apr. 6-15 14 Greece (10-19-18—47) 11- 6- 2— 19 (2nd)

1900 II , FRA May 20-Oct. 28 26 (26-37-32—95) 18-14-15— 47 (2nd)

1904 III St. Louis, USA. July 1-Nov. 23 13 USA (78-84-82—244) 78-84-82—244 (1st)

1906-a — Athens, GRE Apr. 22-May 2 20 France (15-9-16—40) 12- 6- 6— 24 (3rd)

1908 IV London, GBR Apr. 27-Oct. 31 22 Britain (54-46-38—138) 23-12-12— 47 (2nd)

1912 V Stockholm, SWE May 5-July 22 28 Sweden (23-24-17—64) 25-18-20— 63 (2nd)

1916 VI Berlin, GER Cancelled (WWI)

1920 VII Antwerp, BEL Apr. 20-Sept. 12 29 USA (41-27-27—95) 41-27-27— 95 (1st)

1924 VIII Paris, FRA May 4-July 27 44 USA (45-27-27—99) 45-27-27— 99 (1st)

1928 IX Amsterdam, NED May 17-Aug. 12 46 USA (22-18-16—56) 22-18-16— 56 (1st)

1932 X Los Angeles, USA. July 30-Aug. 14 37 USA (41-32-30—103) 41-32-30—103 (1st)

1936 XI Berlin, GER Aug. 1-16 49 Germany (33-26-30—89) 24-20-12— 56 (2nd)

1940-b XII Tokyo, JPN Cancelled (WWII)

1944 XIII London, GBR Cancelled (WWII)

1948 XIV London, GBR July 29-Aug. 14 59 USA (38-27-19—84) 38-27-19— 84 (1st)

1952-cd XV Helsinki, FIN July 19-Aug. 3 69 USA (40-19-17—76) 40-19-17— 76 (1st)

1956-e XVI Melbourne, AUS Nov. 22-Dec. 8 72 USSR (37-29-32—98) 32-25-17— 74 (2nd)

1960 XVII Rome, ITA Aug. 25-Sept. 11 83 USSR (43-29-31—103) 34-21-16— 71 (2nd)

1964 XVIII Tokyo, JPN Oct. 10-24 93 USSR (30-31-35—96) 36-26-28— 90 (2nd)

1968-f XIX Mexico City, MEX Oct. 12-27 112 USA (45-28-34—107) 45-28-34—107 (1st)

1972 XX Munich, W. GER Aug. 26-Sept. 10 121 USSR (50-27-22—99) 33-31-30— 94 (2nd)

1976-g XXI Montreal, CAN July 17-Aug. 1 92 USSR (49-41-35—125) 34-35-25— 94 (3rd)

1980-h XXII Moscow, USSR July 19-Aug. 3 80 USSR (80-69-46—195) Boycotted

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1984-i XXIII Los Angeles, USA. July 28-Aug. 12 140 USA (83-61-30—174) 83-61-30—174 (1st)

1988 XXIV Seoul, S. KOR Sept. 17-Oct. 2 159 USSR (55-31-46—132) 36-31-27— 94 (3rd)

1992-j XXV Barcelona, SPA July 25-Aug. 9 169 UT (45-38-29—112) 37-34-37—108 (2nd)

1996 XXVI Atlanta, USA July 20-Aug. 4 197 USA (44-32-25—101) 44-32-25—101 (1st)

2000 XXVI Sydney, AUS Sept. 15-Oct. 1 199 USA (40-24-33—97) 40-24-33—97 (1st) I

2004 XXVI Athens, GRE Aug. 13-29 202 USA (35-39-29—103) 35-39-29—103 (1st) II

2008 XXIX Beijing, CHN Aug. 8-24 204 USA (36-38-36—110) 36-38-36—110 (1st)

2012 XXX London, UK July 27 - Aug. 12 205 USA (46-29-29—104) 46-29-29—104 (1st Olympic Trivia & Fun Facts 1.American Myer Prinstein finished runner-up in the 1900 in Paris, despite not even showing up for the finals. Prinstein sat out the finals because it was against his beliefs to participate on Sunday. Qualifying jumps counted back then so he took second on the basis of those. As legend has it, he was so angry at eventual gold- medal winning jumper for competing in the finals that he punched him in the face. 2. 3. 4.The 1912 Greco-Roman wrestling match in Stockholm between Finn Alfred Asikainen and Russian Martin Klein lasted more than 11 hours. Klein eventually won but was too exhausted to participate in the championship match so he settled for the silver. 5. 6. 7.Did you ever wonder why the official distance of a marathon was exactly 26 miles, 385 yards? In 1908, the mara- thon standard had been set at exactly 26 miles. However, at the Olympic marathon in London, it was decided that the royal family needed a better view of the finish line so organizers added an extra 385 yards to the race so the finish line would be in front of the royal box. And it's been that way ever since. 8. 9. 10.The five interlocking rings of the Olympic flag symbolize the five continents of the world (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas) "linked together in friendship." Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin claimed that at least one of the rings' colors (blue, yellow, black, green, and red, along with the white background) was present in each country's national flag. 11. 12. 13.World record, but no gold medal: In 1924, American Robert LeGendre shattered the world long jump record with a leap of 25 feet, four inches. However, the jump was part of the pentathlon competition and LeGendre could mus- ter only a third-place finish overall. The actual long jump competition was won with a jump of 24 feet, five inches. 14. 15. 16.Stella the Fella—'s Stella Walsh (Stanislawa Walasiewicz)—won the women's 100-meter race at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming the first woman to break the 12-second barrier. When she was killed in 1980 as an innocent victim in a robbery attempt, an autopsy declared her to be a male. 17. 18. 19.Danish rider Lis Hartel won the silver medal in the 1952 equestrian dressage event in Helsinki. Hartel suffered from an inflammation of the spinal cord known as poliomyelitis, which required her to be lifted on and off her horse each time. 20. 21. 22.Before there was Kerri Strug, there was Japan's Shun Fujimoto. In the men's team gymnastics competition in 1976, he actually broke his kneecap while performing in the floor exercise. The following day, however, he needed a top-notch performance in the rings for Japan to secure the gold. With no pain killers, he performed a near flaw- less routine and stuck the landing, putting a tremendous amount of pressure on his injured knee. He grimaced in pain as he held his position for the judges, then finally collapsed in agony. Japan won the team gold by just four tenths of a point over the Soviet Union. 23. 24. 25.And you thought they just used a match. Did you know that traditionally the Olympic flame in Olympia, Greece is rekindled every two years using the sun's rays and a concave reflective mirror? (Note: This year, cloudy skies pre- vented the "traditional" lighting.)

1. In 1928, reportedly six of the eight entrants in the women's 800-meter race collapsed at the finish line in an "exhausted state." Poor training methods and the brutal Amsterdam sun were the two major causes of distress. That event was subsequently cancelled until 1960.