No matter the geo-political or cultural background of an athelete, the Olympics gives everyone the feeling of belonging to one beautiful blue planet! Home Country. Olympics Parade of Nations. London Olympics Medals. Beijing Olympics Medal Table. In the first Olympics kicked off in Athens to great success. There were around athletes from 14 nations competing, though most of them were from Greece.
In , the Olympics moved to Paris, where about athletes from 24 countries competed. This Olympics was the first time women participated in the event, with 22 competing in select sports. In the Olympic was hosted in St. Louis, but the number of nations and athletes competing fell to 12 countries and about athletes. This decrease in participant numbers was due to the lengthy transatlantic boat ride needed to be made by the European competitors to attend the Games.
The and Olympics were integrated with the World Fairs, which stretched out the events over months. This fact caused the Olympics to be more homogeneous, which hurt participation and the Olympic brand. In the Intercalated Games were held in Athens. At the time of the event, it was seen as an official Olympic event. It is now not recognized by the IOC but is recognized as an Olympic event by most historians. This Game did attract great public interest and once again gave the game its own venue to be recognized.
The Intercalated game was a springboard for the rise of participation in the Olympics since the London games attracted about 2, athletes, more than the first three Olympics combined. Since the Olympics, every Olympics has had over 2, athletes compete, except the games. Since every Olympics has had over 5, athletes compete and since every Olympics has had over 10, athletes compete. The Olympic Games have since been held successfully twenty five times, with the last Olympic Games also happening in Athens in The Games were successfully held after a gap of four years but it was only on three occasions that the Olympic Games could not be held.
These were the warring periods in the history of modern world. In the year , and the Olympic Games could not take place due to the destruction and devastation caused by the 1st and 2nd World Wars. Given below is the chronology of the modern Olympic Games. Paris, - Women took part for the first time in the history of modern Olympics. St Louis, - These were the first modern Olympic Games, where gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded for first, second and third prize respectively.
London, - Athletes from 22 nations represented their respective countries at the Olympic Games. Stockholm, - At these games, for the first time competitors came from all five continents symbolized in the Olympic rings.
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