ET women and Saturday, Feb. ET men. ET against Finland. They play Canada, whom they beat to win gold in , in their last of four groups games on Monday, Feb. And they, too, get Canada in the preliminary round — on Friday, Feb. Snowboard halfpipe medal rounds begin at p.
ET on Wednesday, Feb. Other skiing and snowboarding events are scattered across the two weeks of competition. A full schedule for every sport can be found on the Olympics website. There are also up-and-coming stars, such as year-old American figure skater Alysa Liu. NBC Olympics has a thorough, multi-part list of U.
Beijing is hosting these Games just 14 years after it hosted the Summer Olympics. Officials promised that those Games would transform the Chinese government into a responsible, law-abiding global citizen.
In part because no other qualified city wanted them. But then the European candidates pulled out, citing financial or political concerns, and leaving the IOC with a choice between Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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A storm is coming. That much we know. But when? London is the only city to host the Summer Games three times: , and In , Paris will host the summer Olympics for the third time, and in LA will host the Games for the third time too.
The Games will also be the fifth time the Games have been hosted in the USA, though in three different cities. See also the list of bidding cities for each Olympics. We also have a list of the time zones and latitude for each Games host city. Share: Facebook Twitter. The eventual winner, Thomas Hicks, is fed egg whites, strychnine and brandy and is carried across the finish line. Relocated to London with little notice after Rome is forced to cancel, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius , the Olympics marks the longest Games in history.
Twenty-two nations compete in events over a six-month period. For the first time, swimming and diving competitions are held in a pool. The Games also see the introduction of field hockey, indoor tennis, and motorboating. Although the Games are well-organized and feature a new emphasis on officiating, they are not without controversy. Several Irish athletes boycott the Games rather than participate as British crown subjects. Ralph Rose, an American shot-putter, refuses to dip the U.
And Finnish athletes protest Russian rule in their country. In the grueling marathon event, Italian runner Dorando Pietri collapses near the finish line but wins the hearts of spectators. The first Asian country to participate, Japan joins the Olympic Games in Stockholm , Sweden, which includes athletes from 28 nations representing all five continents and features the debut of women's swimming and diving and the modern pentathlon.
Finnish long-distance star Hannes Kolehmainen, one of the "Flying Finns," wins three golds in the 5,, 10, and 12,meter runs. And American Jim Thorpe , a future pro football and baseball star, becomes a household name after winning gold in the pentathlon and decathlon and taking fourth in the high jump and seventh in the long jump. The Games are noted as the first time electronic timing is used, a public address system, the only time boxing doesn't take place Swedish law banned it and the first time an athlete dies during the Games Francisco Lazzaro, of Portugal, during the marathon.
The newly-formed Soviet Union does not attend. With some 2, athletes about 60 of whom are women from 29 countries competing in events, the five-ring Olympic flag debuts during the Opening Ceremony.
American Ethelda Bleibtrey wins all three women's swimming events, Italian Nedo Nadi takes gold in five of six fencing competitions and Swede Oscar Swahn snags silver in the team double-shot running deer event at age 72, making him the oldest medalist in Olympic history. During the Paris Games , some 3, athletes women from 44 nations participate in events with 1,plus reporters on site. Olympic firsts include the first standard meter pool with marked lanes, the first formal closing ceremony and the first time athletes are housed in an Olympic village.
It also marks the last time tennis is played for 64 years. American swimmer and future "Tarzan" actor Johnny Weissmuller takes three gold medals and a bronze in water polo, "Flying Finn" Paavo Nurmi wins five golds in track and field and British runner Eric Liddell, later immortalized in the Academy Award-winning film "Chariots of Fire," wins gold in the meter dash and bronze in the , while his teammate, Harold Abrahams, also a focus of the the movie, wins the meter dash.
Mikio Oda of Japan becomes the first Asian gold medalist. The Amsterdam Olympics feature 2, athletes from 46 nations Panama, Malta and Rhodesia join competing in events.
It's the first time the Olympic Flame is lit in a cauldron and the start of the tradition of Greece leading the Parade of Nations during the Opening Ceremony, with the host team closing the procession. Henry Pearce, an Australian rower, earns gold despite stopping part-way through his quarter-final race to let a duck family pass by.
Weissmuller returns with two gold medals and Japan's Mikio Oda becomes the first Asian gold medalist when he wins the triple jump. In the midst of the Great Depression , the Los Angeles Games includes teams from 37 nations with just 1, athletes taking part in events.
Despite the timing, , spectators attend the Opening Ceremony at the Coliseum stadium, the size and quality of which would become the new standard in Olympic Games. The Games also begin the traditions of a shortened day schedule previous Games lasted a minimum of 79 days; they have lasted 15 to 18 days since and the recognition of medal winners on a podium. The Games do not feature soccer, but do include the first race-walk competition.
Among only women participating in a maximum of three events each, American Babe Didrikson wins two golds and a silver in track and field and Helene Madison wins three swimming gold medals.
Jesse Owens, in the lead, competing in track and field at the games. With the Nazi Party in power since , controversy swirls around the summer Games held in Berlin , with Adolf Hiltler providing the official opening. Although several countries, including the United States, threaten to boycott the Games, none officially do so, although many Jewish athletes choose to boycott as individuals. During the Games, anti-Jewish signs are temporarily removed as the Nazi regime wages a propaganda campaign to show a falsely tolerant Germany.
Nearly 4, athletes from 49 nations compete in events, with basketball, field handball and canoeing making debuts. The first Olympic torch relay takes place, with a lit torch carried from Olympia, Greece to Berlin.
Despite the racist Nazi agenda, Black American athlete Jesse Owens is the standout of the Games as he picks up four gold medals in track and field.
American Marjorie Gestring becomes the youngest female to win gold at age 13 in the springboard diving competition. Set to take place in Tokyo, a first for a non-Western country, Japan's award to host the Games is forfeited with its invasion of China and the Sino-Japanese War.
The Olympics return after a year hiatus, with London hosting teams from 59 countries. Most events are held at a converted Wembley Stadium, as the city, still in post-war recovery, has little time or funding to construct new facilities.
Japan and Germany are not invited because of their roles in the war, and the Soviet Union chooses not to attend. The Games mark the first time starting blocks are used in sprint competitions and see the first covered pool. American Bob Mathias wins in the decathlon at the age of 17, making him the youngest winner of a men's event a record that endures today. Dutch runner Fanny Blankers-Koen becomes the first woman to win four gold medals in a single Olympics.
Israel makes its Olympic debut at the Helsinki Games , as does the Soviet Union as a communist nation. A record 5, athletes representing 69 nations attend, and women are allowed to compete with men in mixed equestrian events. Held in Oceania for the first time, the Melbourne Olympics take place later in the year to coincide with summer in Australia. China also boycotts because Taiwan is participating as its own nation.
East and West Germany compete under one flag, and, for the first time, athletes from different teams enter the Closing Ceremony mingled together, rather than alphabetically, as a symbol of unity. The American men's basketball team dominates the competition, and the so-called " Blood in the Water " water polo match between the USSR and Hungary leads to a near riot.
Hungary goes on to win the gold in the event. Gold medalist Cassius Clay later known as Muhammad Ali , center-right, on the winner's podium at the games.
Held on the banks of the Tiber, Rome hosts its first modern Olympic Games with events taking place in historical locations, including the Caracalla Baths and Basilica of Maxentius. Televised in Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan, the first Olympic Anthem debuts and approximately 5, athletes women compete for 83 countries.
Ethiopia's Abebe Bikilaran becomes the first Black African gold medal winner when he wins the marathon—running it barefoot. American runner Wilma Rudolph scores three gold medals. With Emperor Hirohito providing the official opening, Tokyo's hosting of the Games signals the first time the event is held in Asia.
Awarded the canceled Games, Japan's Olympics are the first to broadcast around the globe and feature the debuts of men's judo and volleyball for both men and women, as well as the use of the hand-held stopwatch and a fiberglass pole vaulting pole. Hiroshima native Yoshinori Sakai, born on Aug. Also making headlines: Native American Billy Mills comes from behind to win the 10,meter run, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins a second gold in the marathon, the first athlete to win the race twice, and the Japanese top the Soviets in women's volleyball.
The Olympics mark the first time the Games are held in Latin America.
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