Olympics

Olympics, The Olympic Games or Games of the Olympiad are the prime international sports competition where athletes from all internationally recognized nations of the world, and some of their overseas territories, as well as independent athletes themselves participate to determine the best in each several events in many different sports branches. Held as a bi-yearly event rotating between Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, though each one is handled seperately and intervals of four years pass between the two of the same type of olympics.

History

First beginning in Ancient Greece, the Games of the Olympiad would see participation all around the Ancient Greek realms, held as a competition to appease the Gods of Mount Olympus, where the games get their name from. The first modern Olympics however, were held centuries later once again in Greece, as the 1896 Athens Olympics, also known as the Games of the I Olympiad organized by the International Olympics Committee or the IOC which was created just two years prior in 1894 by the French Aristocrat, Pierre de Coubertin. The Winter Olympics were introduced in 1920, and the first one was held in Antwerp, Belgium. The latest Summer Olympics were the XVII Olympiad in 1960, held in Rome, while the latest Winter Olympics were the VIII Olympic Winter Games held in the Squaw Valley Resort in the state of California in the United States.

Summer Olympic Games

Symbol	No.	Year	Host	Games Dates	Sports (Disciplines)
	1.	1896	Athens
	2.	1900	Paris
	3.	1904	St. Louis
	4.	1908	London
	5.	1912	Stockholm
	6.	1916	Awarded to Germany (Berlin). Cancelled due to World War I
	7.	1920	Antwerp
	8.	1924	Paris
	9.	1928	Amsterdam
	10.	1932	Los Angeles
	11.	1936	Berlin
	12.	1940	Originally awarded to Japan (Tokyo), then awarded to Finland (Helsinki). Cancelled due to World War II
	13.	1944	Awarded to United Kingdom (London). Cancelled due to World War II
	14.	1948	London
	15.	1952	Helsinki
	16.	1956	Melbourne
	17.	1960	Rome