The original Olympic games consisted of only stadion, a short sprint between 180 and 240 metres, or the length of the stadium. Runners had to pass five stakes that divided the lanes, one marked the start, one the finish and three in the middle.
Not only in 2012 Olympics, cricket is not featured in Olympics
The first sport that will be featured in the 2012 Olympics is Women's football.
Basketball, Racing, tennis.
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The opening ceremonies of the Olympics featured the juxtaposition of the huge weightlifters with the tiny gymnasts.
Dressage made its debut in the 1900 summer Olympics in Paris, France. It then disappeared until 1912 but has featured in the Olympics ever since, although up until the 1952 games only military officers were aloud to compete.
Nike ran 3 commercials with songs this Olympics: One featured "All These Things That I've Done" by The Killers. Another featured the National anthem sung by Marvin Gaye. The third featured Donna Fargo singing "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA."
The Olymics started in Ancient Greece, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariot racing events. From 1896, to the Olympics in 2012, they have been hosted from all over the globe, including: Paris Germany St. Louis, United States Sweden Belgium Finland Australia Japan Canada China Brazil and even Italy
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1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Tennis returned as a medal sport at the Olympics in 1988, 68 years after it had last been featured as such. The previous Olympics in 1984, and also in 1968, featured it as a demonstration sport only.