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The modern Olympics were first held in 1896. The Games are held every 4 years (this period is known as an Olympiad) although an additional "intercalated" event, not officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee, was introduced in 1906. The 1910 "intercalated" Games were cancelled and the idea dropped. The 1916, 1940 and 1944 events were also not held due to the First and Second World Wars.
This compilation includes a complete list of medallists in all sports (those no longer on the programme are in italics). In 1896 and 1900 winners were awarded Silver medals and runners-up Copper or Bronze medals (with no awards for third), however are still shown as Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists for consistency with later years. The status of many events held in 1900 and 1904 is questionable. For instance several professional, domestic and/or handicap events were held in conjunction with the Paris & Louisiana Purchase Expositions, which co-incided with the two games in question, and were initially given Olympic status. In addition in 1904 the majority of team events were limited to clubs only with national teams denied entry. Nevertheless all those competitions reported, at one time or another, as Olympic medal events have been included here for the record, with those no longer regarded as official footnoted.
Nationalities given are those of the countries the medallists were representing at the time of the event. In individual events the nationality under today's political boundaries is given in brackets where otherwise unclear. Note Germany, although officially two discrete republics at the time, entered a combined team from 1952 to 1964 whilst the Soviet Union did not compete until 1952. For more detailed information (including team compositions & top 8 finishers in all events at all games) David Wallechinsky's "The Complete Book of the Olympics" is recommended.
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Venues: 1896 Athens (GRE), 1900 Paris (FRA), 1904 St. Louis (USA), 1906 Athens (GRE), 1908 London (GBR), 1912 Stockholm (SWE), 1916 Berlin (GER), 1920 Antwerp (BEL), 1924 Paris (FRA), 1928 Amsterdam (NED), 1932 Los Angeles (USA), 1936 Berlin (GER), 1940 Tokyo (JPN) & Helsinki (FIN), 1944 London (GBR), 1948 London (GBR), 1952 Helsinki (FIN), 1956 Melbourne (AUS) {Equestrian: Stockholm (SWE)}, 1960 Rome (ITA), 1964 Tokyo (JPN), 1968 Mexico City (MEX), 1972 Munich (FRG), 1976 Montréal (CAN), 1980 Moscow (URS), 1984 Los Angeles (USA), 1988 Seoul (KOR), 1992 Barcelona (ESP), 1996 Atlanta (USA), 2000 Sydney (AUS), 2004 Athens (GRE), 2008 Beijing (CHN), 2012 London (GBR)
The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924. Since 1994 they have been held in the middle year of the Olympiad. The 1940 and 1944 events were cancelled due to the Second World War. The Soviet Union first competed in 1956.
Venues - Winter: 1924 Chamonix (FRA), 1928 St. Moritz (SUI), 1932 Lake Placid (USA), 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER), 1940 Sapporo (JPN), St. Moritz (SUI) & Garmisch-Partenkirchen (GER), 1944 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), 1948 St. Moritz (SUI), 1952 Oslo (NOR), 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA), 1960 Squaw Valley (USA), 1964 Innsbruck (AUT), 1968 Grenoble (FRA), 1972 Sapporo (JPN), 1976 Innsbruck (AUT), 1980 Lake Placid (USA), 1984 Sarajevo (YUG), 1988 Calgary (CAN), 1992 Albertville (FRA), 1994 Lillehammer (NOR), 1998 Nagano (JPN), 2002 Salt Lake City (USA), 2006 Turin (ITA), 2010 Vancouver (CAN)
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