Random+Facts

** This page contains random facts about the Olympic Games. **
== ** The random facts were taken from __http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01022/new_page_2.htm __ and http://karen.blog-city.com/interesting_facts_about_the_olympics.htm ** ==

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 * 1) **Not one city in Africa, South America, or Antarctica have ever hosted the Olympic Games.**
 * 2) **The summer Olympic Games are held every leap year.**
 * 3) **At the 1896 Olympic Games, silver medals were given to the first place winners, whilst bronze was given to second place.**
 * 4) **There were more athletes in the 1900 Olympic Games than spectators.**
 * 5) **The idea of an Olympic flame that burned from the start to finish was established during the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.**
 * 6) **The Olympic Games were first televised in 1936 (Berlin Olympics).**
 * 7) **World War II caused a cancellation of the 1940 Olympics in Tokyo. Unfortunately, Tokyo already finished building the huge stadium to accommodate all of the spectators.**
 * 1) **The 5 rings on the olympic flags symbolize the 5 significant continents and are interconnected to show the friendship to be gained in these international competitions.**
 * 1) **The rings on the flag are blue, yellow, black, green, and red because at least one of these colors appear on the flag of every country in the world.**
 * 2) **Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger,) is the standardized olympic motto.**
 * 3) **The last olympic gold medals made entirely out of gold were awarded in 1912**
 * 4) **James B. Connolly, winner of the 1896 hop, step and jump gold medal, was the first olympic champion of the modern games.**
 * 5) **The IOC always appoints the olympic games at a specific city and not a country.**