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Five. The 1916 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War I. The 1940 Winter Olympics, 1940 Summer Olympics, 1944 Winter Olympics, and 1944 Summer Olympics were cancelled due to World War II.

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Why was there no Olympics in the 1916?

because World War One was being fought from 1914 to 1918There were no Olympic Games in 1916 due to World War I.The 1916 Games were cancelled due to World War I.The erm "cancelled" is incorrect. Olympic Games are never cancelled, since an Olympiad is a period. The Olympic Games of the VI Olympiad in 1916 were not "celebrated". The term to use is "not celebrated".The answer shozld be: "The 1916 Berlin Olympic Games were not celebrated because of WW I."


How many times have the summer Olympics been canceled?

4 or 5 4 or 5 Only 3; 1916 due to World War 1 and 1940 and 1944 due to World War 2.


How many people watched the Olympic games?

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If the Olympics were never cancelled how may ancient Olympic Games would be held?

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How many different olympic games are there?

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How many world records were broken during the 2012 Olympic Games?

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How many modern era olympic games have there been?

Although the most recent (2008) games was the 29th Olympiad, only 26 Olympic games have taken place. The Olympic games did not take place in 1916, 1940, or 1944 as scheduled due to the world wars.


How many modern Olympics have there been?

This year (Beijing 2008) will be the 30th scheduled modern SUMMER Olympics - the first one was held in 1896 in Athens. HOWEVER the 1916 Berlin games were not held because of World War 1, the 1940 Tokyo games and the 1944 London games were not held because of World War 2. That makes Beijing the 27th games to actually take place. Addition: There have also been 22 Winter Olympics, although the ones in 1940 and 1944 were canceled.So in total there have been 52 scheduled and 47 that have actually taken place.


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