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OLYMPIC GAMES
Summer Games were numbered,
Winter Games were not numbered
1940 Tokyo and then Helsinki XII
1944 London XIII
SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
1896 First Modern Games in Athens
- started by Baron de Coubertin
- First US Gold Medal Winner was James Connolly
1900 Paris II
1904 St. Louis III Meet Me in St. Louis
1906 Intercalated Games in Athens
- not numbered, but records count
1908 London IV
1912 Stockholm V
- Jim Thorpe won pentathalon, decathalon records reinstated in 1973
- General Patton placed fifth in pentathalon
1916 not held see above
1920 Antwerp VII
1924 Paris VIII
- Paavo Nurmi Flying Finn won a total of 9 gold, 3 silver
- Chariots of Fire set here
1928 Amsterdam IX
1932 Los Angelas X
1936 Berlin XI
1940 not held
1944 not held
1948 London XIV
1952 Helsinki XV
- Bob Mathias decathalon
- Zatopeks- Emil Dana
1956 Melbourne XVI and Stockholm (equestrian)
1960 Rome XVII
1964 Tokyo XVIII
1968 Mexico City XIX
1972 Munich XX
- Palestinian devils assassinate Israeli athletes
- Mark Spitz wins medals
1976 Montreal XXI
- African nations boycott
- Bruce Jenner
1980 Moscow XXII
1984 Los Angelas XXIII
1988 Seoul XXIV
1992 Barcelona XXV
1996 Atlanta XXVI
2000 Sydney
2004
2008
WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
1924 Chamonix I
1928 St. Moritz II
1932 Lake Placid III
1936 Garminsch- Partenkirchen IV
1948 St. Moritz V
1952 Oslo VI
1956 Cotina VII
1960 Squaw Valley VIII
1964 Innsbruck IX
1968 Grenoble X
1972 Sapporo XI
1976 Innsbruck XII
1980 Lake Placid XIII
1984 Sarajevo XIV
1988 Calgary XV
1992 Albertville XVI
1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
2006
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