Olympics

There were 202 countries competing in Athens: Afghanistan (suspended in 2000) Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola...

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Despite popular misconceptions there is no link between the ring colors and a continent, the colors simply came from those colors...

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The games in Athens will have three more NOC's competing than Sydney: Afghanistan, Kiribati, and Timor-Leste

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The five interlocking rings represent five continents or major geographical areas of the world. The five main regions: Africa,...

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There have been two winter Olympic games held in Japan. In the winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998, US women won four (4) gold...

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AnswerAccording to the CIA Worldbook there are 192 independent states and 70 dependencies, areas of special sovereignty, and...

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Track & Field events have the most participants. Track and field has the largest venue and the most viewers. The 100 meter...

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Olympic sportsIn order to be considered as an Olympic sport, a sport must first be practiced by men in at least 75 countries and...

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In addition to Tuvalu, I found another one: Kiribati (also a Pacific island nation). Also, I couldn't find any entry for the...

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In 2004 there was bobsled, snowboarding, hockey, skiing and speed skating

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The Olympics Summer Games and the Olympics Winter Games are held two years apart, so there are Olympic contests held every other...

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There are 202 countries in the world and in Athens 2004, all 202 countries entered teams for the first time ever.Men and wemen...

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The International Olympic Committee does not award cash prizes to the winners. Many countries, however, do offer cash prizes and...

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AnswerThe sport must be practiced by men in at least 75 countries and four continents, and by women in at least 40 countries and...

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I found a website that has a lot of helpful info http://www.olympic.org/uk/utilities/faq_selection_uk.asp

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The 5 rings represent the 5 continents. They are interlaced to show the universality of Olympism and the meeting of the athletes...

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I believe that it was in Olympia.  Answer The Ancient Olympics were held in a valley of Ancient Greece called...

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AnswerNot certain on the exact answer, but back in the 1952 Oslo Olympics a flame was lit in the town of Morgedal, Norway (the...

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From the IOC: The IOC establishes the programme of the Olympic Games, which only includes Olympic Sports. 1 Olympic Sports...

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Yes. She competes for Auburn University, and has won a Silver and Bronze medal for swimming, in the 2004 Olympics. These are...

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The answer to the question is two fold: International level - in order to participate in the Olympics an individual...

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I believe that you can find the answers at the website I have listed below. Most of the answers correspond to the answers that I...

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Switzerland, France & Great Britain. ! : ) The correct answer is actually Greece , Great Britain and Australia

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I'm not sure which of these countries are actually participating in the olympics. I know the Vatican is not, but Barbados and...

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Use the link in the "More Information" box to the right entitled "List of 2006 Winter Olympic athletes by country"

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sorry i can't help type it in in google

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AnswerI believe we had 512 Athletes.

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COuntries enter in alphabetical order of the name of the countries, accordiing to the name as spelled by the host country. The...

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Famous in terms of historical event will be the Panathinaiko Stadium which hosts the archery and the finish for the marathon. ...

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a wreath of garland

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For people competing in and watching these sports they must be very popular. If a nation excels in one sport it is very popular...

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Every four years. This applies for both the summer and winter Olympic games. The summer and winter Olympics are held two years...

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AnswerIn terms of numbers watching - the athletics is by far the largest - however this is due to the size of the stadium and...

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2004 Olympics Slogan The slogan is =olympica na greaco ,which means the great challenge  New Answer The slogan for the 2004...

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They expect approximately 9-10000 atheletes.

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AnswerThe Olympians as they were known were the twelve Gods and Goddesses associated with the Olympics.They were:Aphrodite the...

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AnswerDepends on the individual or the sport in question:Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards came last in his event at the Ski jumping in...

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Take a train from St Moritz to Chur. At Chur change for a train to Zurich. At Zurich Hauptbahnhof take a train to the Paris...

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in tuesday 1887

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Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, born Philip John Baker (1 November 1889 - 8 October 1982) was a politician, diplomat,...

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AnswerI think they were encouraged to go into the Olympics so there strong for war because in those days they had to go in arnour...

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AnswerA new stadium was built for the 2004 Olympics

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curling

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SUMMER :archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, boxing, canoeing (and Kyaking), cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, field...

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Everywhere. Always!

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Anywhere from a few thousand, to nothing. Some are for fun, other are for cash prizes.

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AnswerSince the Athens games have more participating teams than the UN has members, it is a truly global event. To be sure, many...

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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, 2. Lauren Burns won gold in women's flyweight class at the 2000 Games in Sydney and Daniel...

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London, UK in the 1948 Summer Games.

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It is video overlapping. It was used for the Sydney games as well. Im Pretty sure that it is projected because if you sort of...

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There were about 300 events.

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1996 - Atlanta, United States 2000 - Sydney, Australia2004 - Athens, Greece2008 - Beijing, China

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To celebrate the running of a slave to the city Marathon.

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Hamish carter, john walker 2004 - Hamish Carter(Triathlon), Sarah Ulmer(Individual Pursuit - Cylcling), The Evers-Swindell...

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HOV : which stand for high occupancy vehicle(s)

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The longest endurance race is the Sri Chinmoy 1300-Miler. In this race the participants have 51 days to cover the distance....

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Carl Lewis won 10 Olympic medals ... 9 gold and 1 silver. The gold medals were in long jump (4 - 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996), 100...

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He did not. He was protesting but not to that extent.

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In relation to sport, WADA stands for the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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Yea there are, but I wouldn't know of them cuz I don't pay attention to the Olympics that much, but there's people of all races...

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In the original Olympics, the Marathon was the most prestigious competition. In the Modern Olympics, the 100m track and...

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The Olympic ring colors (including the White Background) symbolizes the colors of the flags of the countries that participate in...

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The five rings represent the 5 continents of the world: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania(including Australia) Blue:...

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The Olympic Flag has rings of Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red in order from left to right, on a white background.

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Greece

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The Olympics are held every four years in honor of Zeus.~Mocat11

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In the fall of 2000 after the Summer Olympics in Sydney.

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A tight jumpsuit with your country's colors and number on it.

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quadathlon

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The origin of the ancient Olympic Games has been lost, although there are many legends surrounding its origins. One of these...

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The olympic motto in Latin is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" - which translates in English as "Swifter, Higher, Stronger"

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50m for full Olympic pool. 25m for half of a Olympic pool

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The average draw weight for men in olympic recurve archery is 50 pounds, for women it is 35 pounds.

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The Olympic flame is a practice continued from the ancient Olympic Games. In Olympia (Greece), a flame was ignited by the sun and...

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I worked with the Olympic Swim Team in 2000. May I say it was an exciting experience as they won 16 Medals in Australia that...

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A common misconception is for people refer to a 20 x 40' residential pool as an Olympic pool. It is not an Olympic pool size pool...

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Ecuador first went to the Summer Olympics in 1924 and has participated in every Summer Olympics since 1968. At the 2008 Games,...

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Iceland has won 4 total Olympic medals with the most being 1 in any Games ... 1) Vilhjálmur Einarsson - silver in men's triple...

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It's so annoying that it isn't. I think it's the best sport to play and watch. I play at a national level and i hope that it will...

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Since she was in the spotlight at an early age, any unwanted hair is probably long gone & not necessary.

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Water is sprayed onto the pool surface, creating a ripple effect, so the diver can see the surface. Without it, the water takes...

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the colors are

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According to the website of the dutch olympic committee (http://www.nocnsf.nl/) a total of 188 athletes participated. They...

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Swimming

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Dressage: Hilda Gurney, Edith Master, Dorothy Morkis. Jumping: Buddy Brown, Frank Chapot, Michael Matz, Dennis Murphy, Robert...

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27th July 2012

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They use modern-day electronics and special computers.

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Male gymnasts wear a singlet (similar to a girl's one piece bathing suit) and either shorts or long stirrup pants depending on...

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Apart from the competitors, there are a whole host of people that accompanies olympic teams; including judges, medic staff,...

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An Olympic-sized pool is 50 meters long, so divide that in half and you have 25 meters, a distance that is frequently used by...

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weightlifting

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At the closing of each Olympics, the host city passes the responsibility to the next host city (i.e. Athens will pass the Olympic...

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It would depend on what country you're from. If you're an American, check out the Web site of the US gymnastics team:...

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Synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics are for women only. Softball was another - it has been dropped but a campaign is...

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I think the original question related to to original Olympic games, while question 1 address the pentathlon of the Moderen Era. I...

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the torch is lit 3-4 months before the date of the olympics. the relay then takes place and is taken to the new venue of the...

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