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The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The games are separated into the original Summer Olympics and the more recent Winter Olympics.
The Summer Olympics are largely Track and Field events. Things like running, shot put, pole vaulting, broad jumping, swimming, gymnastics, weight lifting, etc. The Summer Olympics also includes team sports like soccer and volleyball. There are many more sports included today.
The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. Things like ice skating, slalom skiing, ski jumping, cross country skiing and Ice Hockey.
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Where are the 2012 oylmpics?
London
Where was the 2008 oylmpics held?
floder
What are the events in the oylmpics?
31 sport
What ancient oylmpics sports are not held in the modern oylmpics?
chariot racing,javelin,discus and pankration
Why is pippa funnel not at 2008 Olympics?
Pippa was not at the 2008 oylmpics because she broke her ankle. Pippa was not at the 2008 oylmpics because she broke her ankle.
When does the Beijing oylmpics end?
4th October =]
When was skateboarding added to the oylmpics?
it isn't in the Olympics
How many countries are in the 2012 oylmpics?
205
How many people antend in the athletics and the oylmpics?
how many people attend in the athletics and the oylmpics this year 2008? what kind of experience have? where was the first athletics held?
When was the last time the oylmpics was held in Australia?
2000
How many times has Audley Harrison entered the oylmpics?
8
What years has London held the oylmpics?
1908, 1948 and 2012.
