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It was the first place to hold the Olympic games
No, London has already hosted three Olympic Games. It hosted the games in 1908, 1948, and 2012. So it is not the first city to achieve this feat.
The first ever Olympic winner, according to tradition, was Coerobus in 776BC. In 1896, the first modern Olympic games, the winners received a silver medal. The gold medal wasn't used until the 1904 summer olympics. There were 91 events, so 91 gold medalists - a list of the winners can be found in the related links.
1916 Berlin, Germany (Not held due to World War 1) 1936 Berlin, Germany 1972 Munich, Germany So two or three times, depending on if you mean actually happened or were set to be hosted by ---- The 1936 Winter Olympic Games were held in Garmisch-Partenkirhen.
there are 4 years in between the 'summer' Olympics, and then, 2 years later, the winter Olympics. e.g. the Olympics in 2008, the winter Olympics in 2010 and then the Olympics in 2012 and so-on.