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  2. List of Olympic Games host cities - Wikipedia

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    * Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the SVG file, tap or hover over a city to show its name (only on the desktop). The following is a list of host cities of the Olympic Games, both summer and winter, since the modern Olympics began in 1896. Since then, summer and winter games have usually ...

  3. List of bids for the Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The Summer Olympics are the world's largest multi-sport event, and are organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) every four years. Selection of the host city is done at an IOC Session four to seven years prior to the tournament, in which the IOC members vote between candidate cities which have submitted bids.

  4. All-time Olympic Games medal table - Wikipedia

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    The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.

  5. Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade - Wikipedia

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    Romanian Doina Melinte won the women's 800 metres gold and 1500 m silver and later went on to win medals of those colours at the 1984 Summer Olympics. An unusual mistake occurred in the men's 10,000 metres competition, as the athletes ran a further lap of the circuit than intended – resulting in a total distance of 10,400 m.

  6. List of Olympic venues - Wikipedia

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    However, some Olympic competitions may be held outside the host metropolitan area, and instead in other regions of the host country (as it is usually the case with Football at the Summer Olympics and its requirements for large stadia). One venue is designated as the "Olympic Stadium", the big centrepiece stadium of the games. Traditionally at ...

  7. 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.

  8. Olympic Games - Wikipedia

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    For example, wrestling is a Summer Olympic sport, comprising two disciplines: Greco-Roman and Freestyle. It is further broken down into fourteen events for men and four events for women, each representing a different weight class. [166] The Summer Olympics programme includes 26 sports, while the Winter Olympics programme features 15 sports. [167]

  9. Lists of Olympic medalists - Wikipedia

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    At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk. [9] Oldest male athletics gold medalist 42 Pat McDonald: At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss. [9] Oldest female athletics medalist 40 Merlene Ottey: At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash. [9] Oldest female athletics gold ...