It is named after the ancient "world" games, the olympics. That was named so because it was in honor of the gods who supposedly lived on Mount Olympia, in Greece.
The Ancient Greeks held the games at Olympus, Greece, thus giving the name 'The Olympic Games'. In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin wanted to continue the Olympics, and named these modern Olympics the 'Modern Olympic Games'.
A white tiger named Soohorang, for the Olympic Games.
over 20 games in the Olympics
The People's Republic of China first competed at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki when they sent one athlete, a swimmer named Wu Chuanyu, to the Games. They did not compete in another Olympics until the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. They have competed in every Winter Olympics since then and competed in every Summer Olympics since 1984.
London is the only city in the United Kingdom to have ever hosted the Olympics-1908 Olympics Games-1944 Olympics Games(Cancelled due to WWII)-1948 Olympics Games-2012 Olympics Games
There are 29 sports in the Summer Olympics (although only 26 sports will be at the 2012 Olympics). There are 15 sports in the Winter Olympics (all 15 were held at the 2010 Olympics).
Golf was introduced into the Olympics in 1900. The 1904 Games were the last time golf was contested.
Mt. Olympia
Singapore was first represented in the Olympics at the 1948 Games in London. One athlete participated, a high jumper named Lloyd Valberg who qualified for the finals and wound up finishing 14th.
what is the prize for 2nd in the acient Olympics games
They would be worshipped as the god hercules until the next games, if they won more than 4 games in a row, they would be named a god