1896 was the first time the United States participated in the Olympics, which was a Summer Olympics. The first Winter Olympics the U.S. participated in was in 1924.
1896 the first modern Olympics started
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
America first competed in the Modern Olympics at the 1896 Games in Athens.
around 1924
Russia first entered the Olympics in 1994
That was the 1920 Games in Antwerp when Australia and New Zealand first competed as separate nations.
Extreme sports never entered the Olympics that's why they invented the X games
1936
You are supposed to be 15 if you are turning 16 the year of the Olympics you are eligible
You must be 16 or turning 16 the year of Olympics to compete in them.
In first hit the headlines that tennis was in the Olympics was in the year of 1896.
1900 was the first year soccer was played in Olympics.
Bulgaria's first attempt for participation in the olympic games was in 1924, Paris Summer Games
Finland was first invited to join the Olympics year 1896, but it didn't join. First time Finland competed at the Olympics in the year 1906.
Nina and Lisa Daniels went to the 2008 Olympics which saw this bit of news:Their selection will see the pair follow in the footsteps of sisters Katie and Lynette Sadleir, who represented New Zealand in synchronised swimming at Los Angeles Olympics in 1984.The Sadliers are the first because 1984 was the first year that syncronized swimming was an official Olympic event.
The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which a Canadian athlete participated.