The IOC organises the modern Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games, held in summer and winter, every four years.

1928 Amsterdam Summer Olympic Games He played France's only match at the 1928 Olympic Games, a 3 4 loss to Italy.

The Flame will travel to London for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Syria competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

It was in Seoul that the Paralympic Summer Games were held directly after the Olympic Summer Games, in the same host city, and using the same facilities.

Cambodia first participated in the Olympics during the 1956 Summer Olympic Games sending equestrian riders.

There has been a football tournament at every Summer Olympic Games since 1900, except at the 1932 games in Los Angeles.

Palestine competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

Somalia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

In the summer of 2008, in anticipation of the Summer Olympic Games, three new lines Line 10, the Olympic Branch Line and the Airport Express opened on July 19 for trial operation.

Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events.

Kuwait competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Mauritania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

In 2003, the International Olympic Committee made BMX a full medal Olympic sport for 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and Māris Štrombergs (male, for Latvia) and Anne Caroline Chausson (female, for France) became the first Olympic champions.

The Middle Eastern nation of Iraq competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

The Asian nation of Bhutan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom from 27 July 12 August 2012.

Taher Pasha convinced the National Olympic Committees of the Mediterranean countries 1948 Summer Olympics held in London to create the Mediterranean Games.

Then came the news that Brazil will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games this coming on top of hosting the 2014 World Cup.

The Asian nation of Bangladesh competed at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012.

He took part in the Olympic Games.

Conversely, Australia appears to be the only country with less than 50 million inhabitants gaining more than 3 of the medals at a Summer Olympic Games.

This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1956.

Out of the welter of dust, noise, welders sparks, flotillas of cement mixers and construction cranes, the setting for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games is taking shape.

My main goal, though, is the 2020 Olympic Games.

Since 1960, the Paralympic Games have taken place in the same year as the Olympic Games.

I am determined to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

He also played in 1996 Olympic Games and Euro 2004.

9. Acknowledges that the Olympic Games contribute to understanding between peoples and civilizations, and welcomes in this regard the contribution of the 2004 Olympic Games organized in Athens

When the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Games in July 2001, the announcement ignited wild celebrations across the country. The Chinese Communist Party hoped to use the Games to showcase the country s emergence as a dynamic, modern nation.

He also competed at the 1992 Olympic Games, the 1993 World Championships, the 1995 World Championships, the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.

However, in the Olympic Council of Asia's general assembly in Singapore on July 3, 2009, the committee decided to move the Games one year before the Winter Olympic Games.

The sports venues were built to serve the 1940 Helsinki Olympic Games the games were initially cancelled due to the Second World War, but the venues eventually got to fulfill their purpose in the 1952 Olympic Games.

Recalling its resolution 56 75 of 11 December 2001, in which it decided to consider the item entitled Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal every two years in advance of each Summer and Winter Olympic Games,

The Olympic Games are being designed to promote this alternative model.

Chart 5 Athletes in the Olympic Games, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004

Its aim is to gain as much prestige as possible from the Olympic games in 2008 and the six month World Expo in Shanghai during the spring and summer of 2010.

In 1980, it hosted the Summer Olympic Games, which were boycotted by the United States and several other Western countries due to the Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan in late 1979.

Madagascar sent its first competitors to the Olympic Games in 1964 and has also competed in the African Games.

Recalling its decision to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty sixth session the item entitled Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal and to consider this item every two years in advance of each Summer and Winter Olympic Games,

The building was originally constructed for the 1976 Olympic Games as a velodrome.

UNV has also explored with cities planning to host the Olympic Games the possibility of maximizing volunteer support for the games.

We call on all participants of the summer Olympic Games in Beijing to use this liberty to support those whose freedoms, even at the time of the Olympics, are denied by the Chinese government.

She was one of the first Muslim women representing an Arabian Peninsula country to swim in the Olympic Games, when she swam for Bahrain in the 50 metre freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

For example, the Brazilian delegation to the Olympic games boasted the biggest female contingent in Brazil's history of participation in the Games.

The Games were initially open only to athletes in wheelchairs at the 1976 Summer Games, athletes with different disabilities were included for the first time at a Summer Paralympics.