Men's High Jump See full results. Men's Javelin Throw See full results. Men's Long Jump See full results. Men's Marathon See full results. Men's Pole Vault See full results. Men's Shot Put See full results. Men's Triple Jump See full results.
Women's 10,m See full results. Women's m See full results. Antonio Jan 3, Jan 3, Tyson Phelps Apr 14, My dad is Michael Phelps he is a great swimmer he has brung home so many medals from the Olympics.
Apr 18, Uniwing Mar 14, I love both winter and summer Olympics! And I also loved this wonder of the day. Mar 15, Lincoln Mar 7, That is interesting that only 28 or 42 sports are held in these olympics. Mar 20, We're glad that you're learning more about the Olympics with us, Lincoln! Evan Mar 5, Mar 6, Tristan Mar 1, I love the olympics i once went to the para olympics.
Mar 5, That's awesome, Tristan! Which city did you go to for the Paralympics? You had awesome information in the text. When we read the part where it said"gymnastics was one of the first nine olympics spots. Feb 28, Hugo Feb 26, Feb 27, Noah Emmsley Feb 27, She's right because there are only the winter and summer olympics.
Hi, Noah! Thanks for adding to the conversation!! G Feb 26, Feb 26, Amaya Feb 20, Who was the first person to join the olympics?
Tyson Feb 17, This is so amazing I love Speed Skating. Feb 23, Of course we'll remember you, Tyson! Are you going to be an Olympic speed skater? I like to watch the Olympics. My favorite sport is skiing. Feb 22, That's awesome, irvaaaa! What is your favorite part about skiing? Hud Feb 21, Feb 14, It is a lot of fun to watch the Olympics! What is your favorite sport to watch? High Jump — Athletes attempt to jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it in a High Jump.
Pole Vault — In the Pole Vault, an athlete attempts to jump over a bar or a crossbar supported by two uprights with the aid of a long and flexible pole.
Shot Put — In Shot Put, the athletes try to throw a heavy and spherical ball called the 'shot' as far as possible. Discus Throw — Discus Throw, also known as Disc Throw, is an event where the athlete tries to throw a heavy disc as far as possible. Javelin Throw — In a Javelin Throw, athletes first run to gain momentum and then throw a light spear called javelin about 2.
Hammer Throw — The 'hammer' in the Hammer Throw actually refers to a metal ball attached to a grip by a steel wire. While the men's hammer weighs 7. The goal of the athletes is to throw the hammer the farthest. The men's Decathlon consists of ten track and field events held over the course of two days. Performance is assessed on a points system in each event. Until , they were both held in the same year.
Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Games held there in and Here is strange news indeed Participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide.
With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters. After the initial success, the Olympics struggled.
The celebrations in Paris and St. Louis were overshadowed by the World's Fair exhibitions in which they were included. The Intercalated Games so-called because of their off-year status, as is not divisible by four were held in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics. Although originally the IOC recognised and supported these games, they are currently not recognised by the IOC as Olympic Games, which has given rise to the explanation that they were intended to mark the 10th anniversary of the modern Olympics.
From the participants from 14 nations in , the Games grew to nearly 11, competitors from countries at the Summer Olympics in Athens. The number of competitors at the Winter Olympics is much smaller than at the Summer Games; at the Winter Olympics in Turin Italy, 2, athletes from 80 countries competed in 84 events. The Olympics are one of the largest media events. In Sydney in , there were over 16, broadcasters and journalists, and an estimated 3. The growth of the Olympics is one of the largest problems the Olympics face today.
Although allowing professional athletes and attracting sponsorships from major international companies solved financial problems in the s, the large number of athletes, media and spectators makes it difficult and expensive for host cities to organize the Olympics. Even if sponsorships do lighten the load in terms of the debt that these countries take on, one of the biggest problems faced is how their economies will cope with the extra financial burdens put on them.
Despite the Olympics usually being associated with one host city, most of the Olympics have had events held in other cities, especially the football and sailing events. There were two Olympics where some events were held in a different country: during the Antwerp Olympics two sailing races were held in the Netherlands; and during the Melbourne Olympics equestrian events were held in Sweden.
The Beijing Olympics marked the third time that Olympic events have been held in the territories of two different NOC 's: at the Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong which competes separately from mainland China. This is a noticeably higher number than the number of countries belonging to the United Nations, which is only The International Olympic Committee allows nations to compete which do not meet the strict requirements for political sovereignty that many other international organizations demand.
As a result, many colonies and dependencies are permitted to host their own Olympic teams and athletes even if such competitors hold the same citizenship as another member nation. Examples of this include territories such as Puerto Rico , Bermuda , and Hong Kong , all of which compete as separate nations despite being legally a part of another country. Also, since , Taiwan has competed under the name " Chinese Taipei ", and under a flag specially prepared by the IOC.
Prior to that year the People's Republic of China refused to participate in the Games because Taiwan had been competing under the name "Republic of China". The Youth Olympic Games YOG [10] are planned to be a "junior" version of the Games, complementing the current "senior" Games, [11] and will feature athletes between the ages of 14 and The Youth Games versions will be shorter: the summer version will last at most twelve days; the winter version will last a maximum of nine days.
The sports contested at these games will be the same as those scheduled for the traditional Games, [13] but with a limited number of disciplines and events, and including some with special appeal to youth.
Education and culture are also key components for this Youth edition. The Melbourne Olympics were the first Olympics to be boycotted. The IOC conceded in the first two cases, but refused in because the boycott was prompted by a New Zealand rugby union tour of South Africa, and rugby was not an Olympic sport. The countries withdrew their teams after the games had started; some African athletes had already competed.
A lot of sympathy was felt for the athletes forced by their governments to leave the Olympic Village; there was little sympathy outside Africa for the governments' attitude. Twenty-two countries Guyana was the only non-African nation boycotted the Montreal Olympics because New Zealand was not banned.
The Republic of China refused and as a result did not participate again until , when it returned under the name " Chinese Taipei " and used a special flag. In and , the Cold War opponents boycotted each other's games. Sixty-five nations refused to compete at the Moscow Olympics in because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but 16 nations from Western Europe did compete at the Moscow Olympics. The boycott reduced the number of nations participating to only 81, the lowest number of nations to compete since The Soviet Union and 14 of its Eastern Bloc partners except Romania countered by skipping the Los Angeles Olympics in , arguing the safety of their athletes could not be guaranteed there and "chauvinistic sentiments and an anti-Soviet hysteria are being whipped up in the United States".
There have been growing calls for boycotts of the Olympics in Beijing in protest of China's poor human rights record and response to the recent disturbances in Tibet, Darfur, and Taiwan.
There are also campaigns calling for Chinese goods to be boycotted. One of the main problems facing the Olympics and international sports in general is doping, or performance enhancing drugs. In the early 20th century, many Olympic athletes began using drugs to enhance their performance. For example, the winner of the marathon at the Games , Thomas J.
Hicks , was given strychnine and brandy by his coach, even during the race. As these methods became more extreme, gradually the awareness grew that this was no longer a matter of health through sports. In the mids, sports federations put a ban on doping, and the IOC followed suit in The first and so far only Olympic death caused by doping occurred in At the cycling road race in Rome the Danish rider Knud Enemark Jensen fell from his bicycle and later died.
A coroner's inquiry found that he was under the influence of amphetamines. The first Olympic athlete to test positive for doping use was Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall , a Swedish pentathlete at the Summer Olympics , who lost his bronze medal for alcohol use. Seventy-three athletes followed him over the next 38 years, several medal winners among them. The most publicised doping-related disqualification was that of Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson , who won the m at the Seoul Olympics , but tested positive for stanozolol.
Despite the testing, many athletes continued to use doping without getting caught. In , documents were revealed that showed many East German female athletes had been unknowingly administered anabolic steroids and other drugs by their coaches and trainers as a government policy. The recent Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics have shown that this battle is not nearly over, as several medalists in weightlifting and cross-country skiing were disqualified due to doping offences.
Test results indicated the presence of the banned-stimulant pseudophedrine which had been prescribed to her by an Olympic doctor.
Raducan had been unaware of the presence of the illegal substance in the medicine that had been prescribed to her for a cold she had during the games. During the Winter Olympics , only one athlete failed a drug test and had a medal revoked. The only other case involved 12 members with high levels of haemoglobin and their punishment was a five day suspension for health reasons.
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