Maps

= This page displays maps of locations where many inspirational Olympic events took place. =


 * This is where the first ever Olympic games are believed to have been held. The earliest known records of the Olympic Games are from 776 B.C.E. and are believed to have taken place in Olympia, once a Greek city-state. media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ancient+olympia,+greece&sll=37.640879,21.630471&sspn=0.007867,0.013175&ie=UTF8&ll=37.650529,21.633539&spn=0.014918,0.02635&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=37638631,21629146,9967779341504545483&output=embed&s=AARTsJryCgQWYYyet3ezeTinJOTNyWzQpQ" width="425" height="350"


 * **2008 Summer Olympics-** This is where Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. After the Olympics, Phelps had won a record high fourteen gold medals for his career. Usain Bolt (the Jamaican sprinter) also set records in the 100m, 200m, and the 4x 100m relay.

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 * **1936 Summer Olympics-**This is where Jesse Owens won four gold medals in the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympic Games ( he also crushed the belief of Aryan Supremacy).

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 * **1980 Winter Olympics-** Below is where the 1980 Olympic games took place. This is where the United States hockey team beat the USSR.

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 * **1972 Summer Olympics**- "Munich Massacre" (Israeli athletes were held hostage and killed during these Olympics) ; Also, the U.S. men's basketball team lost a controversial gold medal game to USSR and refused to accept the silver medal. Mark Spitz also won seven gold medals at this Olympics.
 * **1968 Summer Olympics-** This is where the "Black Power Salute" (Civil Rights protest) took place.

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 * **1988 Summer Olympics**- This is where Jackie Joyner-Kersee won a gold medal in both the heptathlon and the long jump.

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 * **1984 Summer Olympics-** This is where Mary Lou Retton became the first American to win the all around gold medal in gymnastics.