These include the Winter Olympic Games, the World Championships, the World Junior Championships, the European Championships, the Four Continents Championships, and the Grand Prix series ( senior and junior ).

These include endurance races, time trials, stake racing, bumps racing, and the side-by-side format used in the Olympic games.

These torches and relay tradition were introduced in 1936 Summer Olympics by Carl Diem, the chairman of the event because during the duration of the Ancient Olympic Games in Olympia, a sacred flame burns inside of the temple of Hera, kept in custody by her priestess.

These were the first games to be held following the death of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic Committee, in 1937.

These were usually directed for a selected group of athletes, rather than everybody, which was — basically — the case with the Olympic Games.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and runners-up bronze medals.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.

These medals were retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

These were the first Olympic Games held in Canada, preceding the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

These were the last Olympic Games for two of the world's " dominating " sport powers, the Soviet Union and East Germany, as both ceased to exist before the next Olympic Games.

These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America, the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country, and the first to be staged in a developing country.

* These games were the first to bear the name " Summer Olympic Games ".

* These were the first Games to feature an Olympic Village.

* These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was voiced, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and the first in which the Olympic Flag was flown.

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee ; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.

These included a torch race from the Piraeus to the Acropolis ( the supposed ancestor of the modern Olympic torch relay that takes place prior to the Games, though in reality the modern torch race was invented as propaganda for Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympic Games ), mock infantry and cavalry battles, a javelin throw on horseback, the apobatai ( a chariot race in which the driver had to jump out of the chariot, run alongside, and jump back in ), the pyrriche ( apparently military exercises accompanied by music ), and the euandrion ( essentially a beauty contest among the athletes ).

These became the 1936 Olympic team rifles for the Germans.

These include games in in 1959 and 1966, East Africa ( then mostly Kenya, and held in Nairobi ), and an unofficial game against Ceylon ( future Sri Lanka ) in 1950.

These games revolve around wagers of money.

These games usually require no materials, and are played with spoken words or hand gestures.

These stunts are performed at games and pep rallies, as well as competitions.

These Pythian Games rank second among the four stephanitic games chronologically and based on importance.

These games, though, were different from the games at Olympia in that they were not of such vast importance to the city of Delphi as the games at Olympia were to the area surrounding Olympia.

These games vary widely in scope and complexity, although the purpose of most is to become intoxicated as quickly as possible.

These referees were used mainly for maintaining order ( as drinking games often became rowdy ) and for reviewing faults that could be punished with a player drinking a penalty cup.

These games, however, do not allow the participants to choose how much they drink, as this is dependent on the act of skill.

These acquisitions helped to keep the team in contention, and although they finished ten games behind the Braves, the Marlins captured the NL wild card.

These games are designed for international audiences, so they are not word games and usually do not contain much text outside of the rules.

These were employed in games by the 1913 Notre Dame squad and subsequent Harper-and Rockne-coached teams and included many features common in modern passing, including having the passer throw the ball overhand and having the receiver run under a football and catch the ball in stride.

These groups shared an experience with genre fiction or tabletop role-playing games, and a desire to physically experience such settings.

These games are discussed in the final section of the book at both an astronomical and astrological level.

These were the first two World Series in professional baseball history in which a team won the championship by winning all four home games.

These issues are of considerable commercial importance in online gambling, where the randomness of the shuffling of packs of simulated cards for online card games is crucial.

These black jerseys have been worn for two selected home games each season ( usually the first home game after bye week and season finale ).

These are all different uses of the word " games ".

These games often share settings and rules with tabletop RPGs, but emphasize character advancement more than collaborative storytelling.

These types of games tend to minimize or altogether eliminate the use of dice or other randomizing elements.

These purposes include interactive 3D graphics applications such as demoscene productions, computer and video games, and image rendering.