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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 ...
The Winter Olympic Games have been filmed and competition highlights released since 1924. An Olympic Film Collection of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) includes fifty feature-length films providing a chronicle of the modern Olympic Games.
The 1980 Winter Olympics saw one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history when the U.S. hockey team won the gold medal after defeating the Soviets who'd previously won the last four Olympic hockey ...
1976 - At the 1976 Summer Olympics, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting for the first time: Margaret Murdock received silver in the three positions event while competing against men. [173] 1976 – Women's rowing was added to the Olympic Games program at a distance of 1000 metres. [116] 1976 - Women's handball was added at the 1976 Summer ...
For the first time in Olympics history, the 2024 Paris Summer Games will be screened in movie theaters across the country. More than 150 IMAX theaters are live broadcasting the opening ceremony on ...
Sports movies have a way of inspiring viewers, whether they’re sports fans or not. ... Check out this list of the best sports movies to watch in the weeks leading up to the Olympics. Skip to ...
Olympic Games In London: 1908 British Pathé [12] [13] Film ID:1824.12 5 Stockholm 1912: The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912: 1912 Adrian Wood [14] 7 Antwerp 1920: Olympiade in Antwerpen: 1920 [15] 8 Paris 1924: The Olympic Games in Paris, 1924: 1924 Jean de Rovéra [14] 9 Amsterdam 1928: The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928: 1928 Wilhelm ...
Charlotte Cooper. The first modern Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. [3] Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.