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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Once every four years, the world gathers together to watch the summer Olympic games. This year, we turn our eyes to the 2024 Paris Olympics, after the last games came with twists no one saw coming.
The Paris Games will run through Aug. 11.
The First Olympics: Athens 1896 is a 1984 American television miniseries produced by Columbia Pictures Television for broadcast by the NBC network. This television miniseries tells the story of the founding of the modern Olympics by focusing on individuals in several countries and their preparations and eventual competition in Athens in 1896 .
Olympic Solidarity, a development program launched by the IOC, covers travel expenses for the Refugee Olympic Team and continues to support the team’s athletes following the Games.