What year were the first Olympic Games on television?

Answer 1

The 1936 Summer Olympics were the first to have live television coverage. Since there were very few privately owned television sets at the time, special viewing rooms were set up in Berlin and Potsdam.

Answer 2

Olympics first televised 1936 Berlin Olympics was the first Olympic to have a live telecast but only throughout Berlin and Potsdam, Germnay.

the first Olympic Games to be viewed worldwide in the 1960 Rome Olympics when CBS acquired the broadcast right to cover the Games. in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, it became the first televesion program to televise across the Pacific Ocean using a communication satellite.

Answer 3

The Berlin Olympics were the first to be televised in 1936. However, the games weren't televised in the US until 1960 (CBS).

Answer 4

1936 Berlin Olympics

Answer 5

1956