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Olympic or Olympics can be spelled with or without adding an S.It is an adjective that refers to the Olympic Games or the ancient city of Olympia.
Very few places can turn down the prestige of hosting the Olympics. Colorado is a notable exception. New Zealand is a perfect venue for the Olympics, but perhaps like Colorado it doesn't require or desire such exploitation. New Zealand is perfect with or without the Olympic Games.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that would be Hungary with 465 Olympic medals (459 Summer and 6 Winter). Finland is second with 450 Olympic medals (299 Summer and 151 Winter).
The original Olympic oath was first introduced in the 1920 Summer Olympics by Victor Boin. It goes like this: "We swear we will take part in the Olympic Games in a spirit of chivalry, for the honour of our country and for the glory of sport." In 1961 "oath" was replaced by "promise" and "the honour of our countries" became "the honour of our teams". "Committing ourselves to a sport without doping and without drugs" came in in the 2000 summer Olympics. (See I'm smart ;-)
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The 1992 Barcelona Olympics were the first in three decades to be held without a boycott.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that would be Philippines with 9 medals (2 silver, 7 bronze) won in Olympic competition.
No. Brazil has been represented at the Winter Olympics since 1992 by athletes participating in alpine skiing, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, luge, and snowboarding without winning any medals.
A number of coins were issued for the 76 Olympics. Without knowing which one, and condition, it's impossible to give a value.
Countries don't win the Olympics. The purpose is to promote the competition between skilled athletes of all nations without boundries. While there is always a nationalistic pride and the 'medal count' is often featured, there is no 'winning country' in the Olympics.
There are many medical people, including doctors at the Olympics. Arrangements have been made with various local hospitals to treat the athletes without money issues causing problems.