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   The Olympic Games are a major international event of summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes compete in a wide variety of events. The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. In the late 19th century, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was inspired by Olympic festivals to revive the Games. For this purpose, he founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, and two years later, the modern Olympic Games were established in Athens. First olympic was held in Athens (Greece)in 1896.
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Vancouver 2010
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Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Opening ceremony of the 1896 Summer Olympics, at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens
    The Olympic Games program consists of 33 sports, 52 disciplines and nearly 400 events. For example, wrestling is a Summer Olympic sport, comprising two disciplines: Greco-Roman and Freestyle. It is further broken down into fourteen events for men and four events for women, each representing a different weight class.[91] The Summer Olympics program includes 26 sports, while the Winter Olympics program features 7 sports.[92] Athletics, swimming, fencing, and artistic gymnastics are the only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program. Cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating have been featured at every Winter Olympics program since its inception in 1924. Current Olympic sports, like badminton, basketball, and volleyball, first appeared on the program as demonstration sports, and were later promoted to full Olympic sports. Some sports that were featured in earlier Games were later dropped from the program.
Olympics Events
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Beijing, China (Summer Olympic, 2008)
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Athens, Greece (1896)
London, United Kingdom (Summer Olympic, 2012)
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Vancouver, Canada (Winter Olympics, 2010)
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Sochi, Russia (Winter Olympics, 2014)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Summer Olympic, 2016)
Event
Record
Name
Nation
Games
100 Metres
9.69
Usain Bolt
Jamaica
Beijing 2008
200 Metres
19.30
Usain Bolt
Jamaica
Beijing 2008
400 Metres
43.49
Michael Johnson
USA
Atlanta 1996
800 Metres
1:42.58
Vebjoran Rodal
Norway
Atlanta 1996
1500 Metres
3:32.07
Noah Ngeny
Kenya
Sydney 2000
5000 Metres
12:57.82
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia
Beijing 2008
10,000 Metres
27:01.17
Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia
Beijing 2008
Marathan
2:06:32
Samuel  Vanjiru
Kenya
Beijing 2008
110 Metre Hurdles
12.19
Liu Xiang
China
Athens 2004
400 metre Hurdles
46.78
Kevin Young
USA
Barcelona 1992
3,000 Metres Steplechase
8:05.51
Julius Kariuki
Kenya
Seoul 1988
4*100 M Relay
37.10
Asafa Powell
Michael Frater
Nesta Charter
Usian Bolt
Jamaica
Beijing 2008
4*400 M Relay
2:55.39
Angelo Taylor
David Neville
Jeremy Wariner
LaShawn Merritt
USA
Beijing 2008
2 KM Walk
1:18:59
Robert Korzeniowski
Poland
Sydney 2000
50 kM Walk
3:37:09
Alex Schwazer
Italy
Beijing 2008
High Jump
2.39 M
Charles Austin
USA
Atlanta 1996
Long Jump
8.90 M
Bob Beamon
USA
Mexico City 1968
Pole Vault
5.96 M
Steven Hooker
Australia
Beijing 2008
Triple Jump
18.09 M
Kenny Harrison
USA
Atlanta 1996
Shot Put
22.47 M
Ulf Timmermann
East Geremany
Seoul 1988
Discus Throw
69.89 M
Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania
Athens 2004
Hammer Throw
84.80 M
Sergey Litvinov
Soviet Union
Seoul 1988
Javelin Throw
90.57 M
Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway
Beijing 2008
Decathlon
8893 Pts
Roman Sebrle
Czech Republic
Athens 2004
Records in Olympics
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