BStanley6:
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ct690911:
Winter or Summer Olympics?
I'll go with Greece as the originators I don't believe they have missed one & I'm pretty sure from my vague recollections of a year 7 project I did (mind you it was 45 years ago) Australia have been to all of them but during WW1 we competed as Australasia as a combined team with New Zealand but I also think Great Britain have been to all as well..
You are right in Greece and Australia . I appreciate the other knowledge . It really helps make this thread more interesting .
I am sure they are referring to the original Summer games .
The Panathenaic Stadium. The stadium, originally built in 330 bce, had been excavated but not rebuilt for the 1870 Greek Olympics and lay in disrepair before the 1896 Olympics,
Paris, France, 1900
The second modern Olympic competition was relegated to a sideshow of the World Exhibition, which was being held in Paris in the summer of 1900.
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., 1904
Like
the 1900 Olympics in Paris, the 1904 Games took a secondary role. The
Games originally were scheduled for Chicago, but the location was
changed to St. Louis when Olympic organizing committee officials decided
to combine the Olympics with the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, a large fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the U.S. acquisition of the Louisiana Territory. As a result, the Games suffered.
Athens, Greece, 1906
When
Athens served as host of its second International Olympic Games, in
1906, more events were held and more countries participated than in the
first three modern Games.
London, England, 1908
The 1908 Olympic Games originally were scheduled for Rome, but, with Italy
beset by organizational and financial obstacles, it was decided that
the Games should be moved to London. The London Games were the first to
be organized by the various sporting bodies concerned and the first to
have an opening ceremony.
Stockholm, Sweden, 1912
Known
as the “Swedish Masterpiece,” the 1912 Olympics were the best organized
and most efficiently run Games to that date. Electronic timing devices
and a public address system were used for the first time.
The 1916 Games, scheduled for Berlin, were canceled because of the outbreak of World War I.
Antwerp, Belgium, 1920
The 1920 Olympics were awarded to Antwerp in hopes of bringing a spirit of renewal to Belgium, which had been devastated during the war.
Winter Olympics
There have been 25 Winter Games since they debuted in 1924,
and if you're wondering why the math seems off, you're not crazy. If we
have these Games every four years and they debuted in 1924, shouldn't
there be 27? There should. But the 1940 and 1944 Winter Olympics were
canceled because of World War II .