Olympic History
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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THE FIRST OLYMPIC EVENT WAS
THE ONE-STADE RACE. APPOXIMATELY 630 FEET OR 192 METERS!
BEGINNING RULES OF THE GAME
Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France
MODERN GAMES WERE FIRST HELD IN 1896
IN 1900
PRESIDENT THEODOR ROOSEVELT
USED HIS INFLUENCE TO HAVE THE GAMES COINCIDE WITH THE WORLD'S FAIR IN 1904
WORLD WAR I CANCELED THE GAMES IN 1916
Photo by Dissonancefalling
WINTER GAMES
In 1924, the Winter Games became a new feature of the modern Olympics. Such cold-weather sports as pair and figure skating, ice hockey, bobsledding, and the biathlon (rifle shooting on a cross-country ski course)
Photo by Ken Lund
WOMEN COMPETED IN TRACK & FIELD EVENTS IN 1928
TELEVISION + OLYMPICS
Photo by Tricia Wang 王圣捷
LUGE BECAME AN OLYMPIC SPORT IN 1964!
LUGE IS SPEED RACING ON ICE.
1968
PEGGY FLEMING AGE 19, WON A GOLD MEDAL IN FIGURE SKATING FOR THE UNITED STATES
1980
USA MEN'S HOCKEY TEAM DOMINATED!
1980
ALEKSANDR DITYATIN, SOVIET GYMNAST BECAME THE FIRST PERSON TO WIN EIGHT MEDALS IN A SINGLE OLYMPICS.
IN THE 1984 SUMMER GAMES, GYMNAST MARY LOU RETTON WON FIVE MEDALS
1992
THE SUMMER GAMES, HELD IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, SAW BASEBALL AMONG THE EVENTS INTRODUCED.
