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- According to the International Olympic Committee website, the Olympics are held every four years to respect the origins of the Ancient Olympics which were held every four years.
- An Olympiad is four years in length and this is the length of time chosen to be between the Olympics in both the modern and ancient eras. Although an IOC-sanctioned event was held in 1906 (but the IOC do not widely regarded this event as an Olympics) and the idea to hold events in the gap between olympics was dropped).
because there are 4 gods in Greece
they use to celebrate
that is how Olympics was made
they use to celebrate the gods on separate years
but now they celebrate the gods together
so Olympics is every 4 years
The summer Olympics are held every 4 years, same with the winter, but they alternate, so that the summer Olympics is in 2000 and the winter Olympics is in 2002. Then that means the next summer Olympics is in 2004 and the next winter is in 2006.
The Olympics are held every four years because the Ancient Games held at Olympia in Greece, were held every four years. The time in between the Ancient Games was called the Olympiad and was used for dating historical events.
Beginning in 1896 , the Summer Games are held in years divisible by 4, while the corresponding Winter Games (begun in 1924 and numbered eight Olympiads lower) were later moved to the intervening even years, i.e. 2 years later. (There were Winter Olympics in both 1992 and 1994.)
The 2016 Summer Olympics are the 31st modern Summer games.
The 2018 Winter Olympics are the 23rd modern Winter games.
The Olympics have always been held on a four year cycle. It goes back to the ancient games and their original purpose. Originally, the games were a tribute to the Greek Gods. There were four of the gods that athletic competitions where held for, and the most important was the one for Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, held in Olympia.
There was one set of games each year. Poseidon was one of the others. So in Ancient Greece, there was one major athletic celebration each year, and the ones in Olympia were held every fourth year.
The Olympics are celebrated every four years because this is the length of the Olympiad, and Olympiad is a method of keeping time in the Ancient Greece. The Olympiad was used like a calendar but it lasted four years long as apposed to only one. The first Olympiad was used in 776 B.C., the same year the Olympics started. From then on many people in Ancient Greece referred to the years and days of the Olympiad as there way of saying the date. "They would say; I was born in the second year of the twenty-fourth Olympiad" (Carr 1).
Yes. They are played every FOUR years .
The Summer Olympics are every four years in years divisble by four. The Winter Olympics are every for years in even-numbered years not divisible by four. So there is some type of Olympics every two years.
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How often were the the ancient Greek Olympics held?
the ancient Olympics games were held once in 4 years. the time period was called as Olympiads & was only held in Olympia in Greece
Where were the 2009 Olympics held?
The Olympics are held only every four years so there were no 2009 Olympics sorry to burst you bubble jk lol :)
Were the only Olympics the only games held in ancient Greece?
yes
Is the Olympics always at the same time of the year?
Around the same time. But hte Olympic only happen ever 4 years.
How many days did the ancient Olympics games last?
It was held every four years but, it only lasted for five days. and it is by min
Summer Olympics are ever 4 years?
Yes summer Olympics is held every four years only.
Was there a winter Olympics in 2000?
No it's only every four years.
How often were the the ancient Greek Olympics held?
the ancient Olympics games were held once in 4 years. the time period was called as Olympiads & was only held in Olympia in Greece
When were the Olympics held in Ancient Greece?
Every summer no! the answer above is wrong!!!! the Olympics are help every 4 years and i think are only held in 1 place in a lifetime!
Where will 2009 winter Olympics be held?
The year 2009 will not have Summer Olympics or Winter Olympics. The Olympics only occur once every 2 years, and alternates Summer, Winter, Summer, Winter...
Where were the 2009 Olympics held?
The Olympics are held only every four years so there were no 2009 Olympics sorry to burst you bubble jk lol :)
Where was the Olympics held in the summer of 2006?
There were no Olympics held in 2006. The summer games only occur every four years. The last one was 2004.
Why were there no Winter Olympics held in 2004?
Because it was an off year. Clarification: there are winter Olympics every 4 years. in this case the last one was in 2002. so the only Olympics going on were summer Olympics
How many events where held at the 2006 olymipcs?
there was no Olympics in 2006. they only happen every 4 years!!
Were the only Olympics the only games held in ancient Greece?
yes
Is the Olympics always at the same time of the year?
Around the same time. But hte Olympic only happen ever 4 years.
Who is hosting the 2009 winter Olympics?
There were no 2009 winter Olympics, they are only held every four years. The 2010 winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, CA and the 2014 winter Olympics are going to be held in Sochi, Russia.
