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  2. Olympics on television - Wikipedia

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    The BBC provided television and radio coverage of the winter Olympics in the UK - the TV coverage was presented mainly by Grandstand regulars such as Hazel Irvine and Clare Balding. Most of the coverage was shown on BBC Two , with some on BBC One , and there was also BBC Red Button for Freeview , Satellite and Cable (digital TV) viewers.

  3. Olympics on United States television - Wikipedia

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    The network boasted of being "America's Olympic Network" as it made the longest and most expensive commitment ever since the Olympics were first presented on TV. [ citation needed ] For the 1996 Summer Games, and all Games from 2000 to 2008, NBC paid a total of $3.5 billion, mostly to the International Olympic Committee but also to the USOC and ...

  4. Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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    The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...

  5. How old are the Olympics? History, host cities of modern ...

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    The Olympics are one of the world's oldest sporting events. Here's when the Games started, and how old they are ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics:

  6. ABC Olympic broadcasts - Wikipedia

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    The 1968 Winter Olympics were the first to be televised in color (except for a couple of events French television fed in black-and-white). Highlighting the 1968 Winter Games was a dramatic sweep in men's alpine skiing by Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy , while the major highlight of the Summer Games was a world-record long jump by Bob Beamon of the ...

  7. NBC Olympic broadcasts - Wikipedia

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    NBC Olympics is the commercial name for the NBC Sports-produced broadcasts of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games as shown in the United States on NBCUniversal platforms. They include the NBC broadcast network and many of the company's cable networks; Spanish language network Telemundo; and streaming on the NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com, and Peacock.

  8. Football at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    With teams from new regions the quality of play increased, as did fan interest. [16] Uruguay dominated the tournament, winning their four games by a combined score of 15-1: the final was a 3–0 victory over Switzerland. [16] In 1928, football was the most popular event at the games [17] and the final was an

  9. Olympic results index - Wikipedia

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    This Olympic Games results index is a list of links to articles containing results of each Olympic sport at the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. Years not appearing are those when the event was not held. Years in italics mean it was a demonstration sport.