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  2. United States at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 (PDF). Athens: Charles Beck. Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at ) Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern ...

  3. List of Olympic Games host cities - Wikipedia

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    List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted or will host the Olympic Games Total Country Region First Year Last Year Summer Olympics Winter Olympics 10 United States: North America 1904: 2034: 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 7 France: Europe 1900: 2030: 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992 ...

  4. United States at the Olympics - Wikipedia

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    American athletes have won a total of 2,765 medals (1,105 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 330 (114 of them gold) at the Winter Olympic Games, making the United States the most prolific medal-winning nation in the history of the Olympics. The U.S. has placed first in the Summer Olympic medal table 19 times out of 30 Summer ...

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

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    The modern Olympics, however, were created in 1896, with the first edition of the Games being held in Athens. According to the Olympics , the ancient games were held for 250-plus years in Olympia ...

  6. 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    On April 6, 1896, American James Connolly became the first Olympic medalist in more than 1,500 years, competing in the triple jump. [2] The United States won the most gold medals, 11, while host nation Greece won the most medals overall, 47.

  7. Why Are the Olympics Held Every Four Years?

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    From 1924 to 1992, the summer and winter games were held in the same year, until the International Olympics Committee instituted a change, deciding to hold the summer games during the first year ...

  8. United States at the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 London Summer Olympics marked the first time that the Olympic Games were broadcast on television with a more widespread coverage. However, television sets were still not widely available to the public at this time. Gold medal game in basketball at the 1952 Olympics between the US and the USSR. The Americans won, 36–25.

  9. The Cost of the Olympics in the Year You Were Born

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    1948 -- London. $32,630,000. Due to World War II, the Olympic Games were not held in either 1940 or 1944. Although London had short notice that it would be hosting the 1948 Games, the city rose to ...