1896 Under the direction of the French baron Pierre de Coubertin, the first modern Olympics were held in the city of Athens, Greece. His source of inspiration was the ancient Greek Olympia. In Athens there were 241 entries from 13 countries (America, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland).
1900 Despite a lack of funding, Paris, home of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, hosted the Summer Games.
1904 The Summer Games were held outside Europe for the first time when St. Louis (America) in the entertainment city.
1908 London established its first summer games. These were intended for Rome, but the games were moved to Britain after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 1906.
Jim Thorpe impressed the King of Sweden on his victory at Stockholm. Olympics In Scandinavia, Thorpe won the 1912 decathlon with a score of 8,413 points.
1916 The games were canceled because of the first war.
1920 During the 7th Olympics in Belgium, he won the United internationals. men’s medals in swimming thanks to two world-class swimmers from Hawaii: Captain P.Kahanamoku and Warren Kealoha. With the rise of Kahanamoku and Kealoha, America became a major leader in swimming.
1924 In Paris (France), the Scandinavian country of Finland was powerful in the race with runners Paavo Nurmi, Willie Ritola and Albin Stenroos.
1928 Haitian-born Sylvio Cator, who was also a soccer player, won a silver medal in track and field in Amsterdam (Netherlands), becoming one of the first black athletes on the planet. that distinction in Olympic history.
1932 In the Los Angeles Olympics, the Japanese team, Yasuji Miyazaki, in swimming he was powerful, taking five golds.
1936 Italy won the gold medal in Berlin, followed by Austria (silver), Poland (bronze), Norway, Great Britain, Germany, Peru, Japan, Sweden, USA, China, Egypt, Hungary; Turkey, Finland and Luxembourg.
1940-1944 The Summer Olympics were canceled because of the second war.
1948 London, the 2nd-century global capital, held the Summer Games for the second time.
1948 For the second time, the US men’s basketball team won the Olympic competition in Great Britain.
1948 SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP ended with the Swedish side taking the world-title with the Scandinavian nation. beat Yugoslavia 3-1. Both teams were followed by Denmark, Great Britain, France, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, India, Holland, Mexico, Egypt, Austria, Chinese Taipei, Luxembourg, USA, Ireland and Afghanistan.
1952 Amazingly, Emil Zapotek, then Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), won three gold medals in track and field in the Scandinavian city of Helsinki: 5,000m, 10,000m and marathon.
1956 The Australian city of Melbourne was the location for the Summer Olympics. This was the first Olympics held on the continent of Oceania.
1956 Al Oerte won the first gold in the race. Twelve years later, he won the men’s discus throw at the Olympics for the fourth time.
1960 American boxer Cassius Clay – later known as Muhammad Ali-burst on the boxing scene in sports In Rome, when he was a light heavyweight, he was the strongest boxer.
1964 Ethiopian marathoner Abebe Bikila made international headlines when he received his second consecutive Olympic medal. /a> in Japanese soil. His victory inspired several Africans, from Kenya and Burundi to South Africa, Morocco and Somalia, to win Olympic and world titles in the 20th century.
1964 Men’s Target Games from Hungary (gold), Czechoslovakia (silver), Germany (bronze), Egypt, Romania, Yugoslavia, Ghana, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Iran, Morocco and South Korea. Italy and North Korea did not participate.
1968 Incredibly Bob Beamon set a world record jump of 29’2, a nice gold medal for The United States at the 19th Olympic Games in Mexico City.
1972 California-born swimmer Mark Spitz, of Jewish origin, became one of the best athletes on the Olympic stage when he picked up a total of seven gold medals at the 20th Olympic Games in the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany (FRG).
1976 With a mark of 7.94m, American sportsman Arnie Robinson was the runner-up to Brazil’s top athlete Joao G. Oliveira (8.19m) in the men’s long jump at the seventh Pan American Games in October 1975, but in He became a gold medalist at the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal (Canada) in 1976. He won the Olympic title following a great victory over his countryman Randy Williams (8.11m) and Germany’s Fank Wartenberg. Republic (8.02m). Robinson made a mark of 8, 35*.
1976 In the past decade, athletes such as Juan Zabala, Delfo Cabrera, Alberto Zorrila, and Oscar Casanovas, Argentina’s national delegates, including Tito Steinier, Ricardo Ibarra, and Conrado Porta, were able to win medals at the Games in The Canadian city of Montreal.
1976 American players placed first in the Olympic tournament in Montreal (Canada), losing to the USSR in the gold medal game at the 1972 Munich Games. In the finals, America defeated Yugoslavia (now Serbia).
1980 athlete Sebastian Coe finished first in the Moscow Olympics (track and field). Western-Europe Coe was the most famous runner in the Soviet Union at the time.
1984 Swimming Mary T. Meagher, also known as “Madame Butterfly”, impressed athletes and experts to win three Olympic titles in gold medalist in the 1987 Pan American Games , who won the Olympic title again in men’s volleyball.
1992 In tears, Suriname star Antonius Nesty received a bronze medal in the third place in the men’s 100m butterfly at the Barcelona Olympics. He was the favorite to win the Olympic title after winning the Championships and the Pan American Games. Four years earlier, Nesty took gold at Seoul’88.
1996 Amazingly, Croatia, from the republic of Yugoslavia in the Cold War, was gold. medalist in the men’s handball game in the United States. The Croatian side was followed by Sweden, Spain, France, Russia, Egypt, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Algeria, Brazil and Kuwait.
1996 International women’s soccer made its debut at the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta (Southern United. The city was won by the host country.
2000 Sydney (Australia) hosted the Millennium Games.
2000 Sprinter Michael Johnson of America shocked the world when he captured the Olympic title in Sydney for the fifth time. One of his last wins was a gold medal in the men’s 4×400 meter race, alongside Anthony Pettigrew and twins Alvin and Calvin Harrison.
2004 Athens, which has been closed for many millennia, was chosen to hold the games.
2004 In the United States he took first place in the Olympic Soccer Games in Athens ( Greece). The North American side was followed by Brazil (silver), Germany (bronze), Sweden (fourth) and Australia (fifth).
2008 A global event gathers worldwide attention as American swimmer Michael Phelps amasses a total of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. After his international triumph in the People’s Republic of China, he became a sports-heroes”>sports hero in the United States of America.
2012 Maryland-born swimmer Michael Phelps made history when he became the most decorated Olympic athlete in history Olympic: 22 medals after winning four gold and two silver at the 2012 London Games. For most of his career, Phelps won almost every competition.
