Clara Hughes was the first person to win the olympic games
No country can "win" the Olympics.
There were no Olympics held in 2009.
The first country to win a gold medal in the modern olympics 1896 was the U.S.A. It was won by James B. Connolly in the hop,skip,jump event.
USA (1896 James Connelly - Men's Triple Jump)
abhinav bindra is the first Punjabi to win a medal in Olympics
Greece was the country that started the olympics so they won in the first olympics.
If you're asking if Portugal was ever granted the honor of hosting the Olympics, no. The first Olympics in a Portuguese-speaking country will the the 2016 Rio de Janeiro "Summer" Olympics.
== == In the SUMMER Olympics, I think it was Stephanie Rice. Steven Bradbury was the first Australian athelete to win gold in the Winter Olympics. It was for the 1,000 metre short track speed skating in the 2002 games. Australia is the only country in the southern hemisphere to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics.
There are 97 events in which a country can win a gold medal in the 2014 Winter Olympics. It is possible, though highly unlikely, for one country to win them all.
A country doesn't technically "win" the Olympics as the point behind it is to bring the countries together.
None there are no Olympics in 2011 in 2012 there will be the summer Olympics and in 2010 there was the winter Olympics.
The USA was expected to win the most medals and did