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To Decathlon Man Rafer Johnson ( Time cover, Aug. 29 ), whose gold medal in last summer's Olympic Games was won as much on gumption as talent, went the A.A.U.'s James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy as the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete of 1960.
The Winter Olympic Games have been hosted in the Swiss, French, Italian and Austrian Alps.
In the first half of the 20th century the Olympic Winter Games were held three times in Alpine venues: the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France ; the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland ; and the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
* 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1, 500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
* 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
* 2010 – The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.
* 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
* 1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
* 1906 – The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
In 1900 Spalding was appointed by President McKinley as the USA's Commissioner at that year's Summer Olympic Games.
Every four years, the Athenians held a festival called the Panathenaea that rivaled the Olympic Games in popularity.
Spanish and international movies such as Asterix at the Olympic Games by Frédéric Forestier and Thomas Langmann, Manolete by Menno Meyjes have been shot there.
Category: Host cities of the Summer Olympic Games
Amateur boxing may be found at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sanctioned by amateur boxing associations.
Bouts consist of three rounds of three minutes in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, and three rounds of three minutes in a national ABA ( Amateur Boxing Association ) bout, each with a one-minute interval between rounds.
Barcelona hosted the Olympic Games in 1992, which helped revitalize the city.
The idea of organizing a ' marathon race ' came from Michel Bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens.
Full, joint BWCHs have never been held in Olympic Winter Games seasons.
* Carin Cone ( born 1940 ), an American swimmer, Olympic medalist, world record holder, and gold medal winner from the Pan American Games
Charles was a contestant in the Celebrity Poker Club tournament ( 2004 ) on Challenge, where he reached the semi-finals, and in the Channel 4 reality game show, The Games ( 2005 ), which documented the contestants ' intensive training regime and each live Olympic Games-style sporting event, in which he came fourth overall in the men's competition.
Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Thus, the first Olympic medals in curling, which at the time was played outside, were awarded for the 1924 Winter Games, with the gold medal won by Great Britain and Ireland, two silver medals by Sweden, and the bronze by France.
A demonstration tournament was also held during the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four teams from the United States, with Canada winning 12 games to 4 .< ref >

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In 1913, inspired by the introduction of women into Olympic swimming, designer Carl Jantzen made the first functional two-piece swimwear, a close-fitting one-piece with shorts on the bottom and short sleeves on top .< ref name = heritage >
In the Olympic Games since 2012, the top teams progress into knock-out rounds, with the top two surviving into the Gold and Silver medal race and
The Championship acted as an Olympic qualifier, and hosts Croatia, who had won the 1996 Olympics, needed to finish in the top five to qualify.
In 1999, a number of top players from the Mind Sport Olympic signed an agreement to use a different starting position ( the Belgian daisy ) to revitalize the game.
He placed in the top four in all ten events, and his Olympic record of 8, 413 points would stand for nearly two decades.
The loss included only one of his 14 Grand Slam title trophies, from his first Australian Open victory, but also included two Davis Cups, an Olympic ring and six trophies for finishing top in the year-end rankings.
Widely considered to be America ’ s top medal contender for the 2004 Olympic Games, González stunned fans on June 12, 2003 when he decided to bypass the games and turn pro at the age of 18.
* Randy Matson, a former World Champion shot putter, an Olympic Gold ( Mexico City-1968 ) and Olympic Silver ( Tokyo-1964 ) medalist, and James E. Sullivan Award winner as the nation's top amateur athlete ( 1967 ), is a native of Pampa and graduate of Texas A & M University in College Station.
** Ho Yeow Sun 何耀珊 ( born in Singapore ; Hakka pronunciation: Ho Rheu San ), Singer ; First and only Asian singer to top the US Billboard Dance Chart and the UK MusicWeek Chart ; Performed the Olympic Hymn, which was sung in Mandarin for the first time, accompanied by a choir of Overseas Chinese from 16 different nationalities for 2008 Beijing Olympics
At the top of the image are the flags of the United States, the Olympic movement, and France, and the bottom of the poster reads, " Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid, Up where winter calls to play, Operated by New York State Conservation Dept.
This large pool of female athletes enabled the U. S. to consistently rank among the top nations in women's Olympic sports, and female Olympians from skater Peggy Fleming ( 1968 ) to Mary Lou Retton ( 1986 ) became household names.
At the Olympic basketball trials in April 1964, Bradley played guard instead of his usual forward position but was still a top performer.
In the top right section of the medal a space was left for the name of the Olympic host and the Games numeral.
It is a recommended UK Olympic pathway boat and many top sailors learned their trade in Mirrors.
This jump not only ensured him of a place in the American Olympic team, but also made him the top favourite for the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
He developed as a top hurdler, and in 1924 he first won the IC4A title in the high hurdles, followed by the Olympic gold medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.
From 1980 on, about 40 % of the top honors available to men in international athletics at these distances ( Olympic medals, World Championships medals, and World Cross Country Championships honors ) have been earned by Kalenjin.
On April 7, 2008, the day the torch came to Paris, Ménard climbed with the help of two other activists to the top of Notre Dame Cathedral to hoist a banner with the same Olympic symbol.
Fu Mingxia ( born August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei, China ) is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion.
The Olympic Park, the stadium's suspended roof and downtown Montreal can be viewed from the south-west facing Observatory at the top of the tower.

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