America first competed in the Modern Olympics at the 1896 Games in Athens.
In the Ancient Olympics it is recorded as a spartan princess called Kynisca in 392BC. In the Modern Day Olympics (1896) there was an unofficial competitor in the marathon - Stamata Revithi The first acknowledged competed at the 1900 in Paris. Yachting, Equestrian, Croquet, Tennis, Golf and Ballooning. First Gold medal Helen de Pourtales, Switzerland, Yachting mixed event and Charlotte Cooper, Great Britain, Tennis individual womens event.
Ecuador first compete at the Summer Olympics in 1924 at the Paris Olympics, when they send three athletes; Alberto Jarrin Jaramillo (10000m), Alberto Jurado (100m and long jump) and Belisario Villacris (marathon).
2012 was her first year on the olympic gymnastics team in which she competed in 4 events
The People's Republic of China first competed at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki. They sent one athlete, a swimmer that did not medal. They would not go to another Summer Olympics until the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
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America first competed in the Modern Olympics at the 1896 Games in Athens.
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The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which a Canadian athlete participated.
Women first competed in the Olympic Games in 1900. Charlotte Cooper became the first female Olympic Champion. She won the tennis singles.
1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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.
Nigeria first competed in the Olympics at the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki.
No. Palestine first competed in 1996.
Men first played handball at the 1936 Games in Berlin. The event was then removed from the Olympics until the 1972 Games in Munich and has been competed in every Olympics since. Women first played handball at the 1976 Games in Montreal and the event has been competed in every Olympics since.