Besides the scheduling change for the Winter Olympics, only a few other exceptions to the standard four-year rule have come into play. It is ironic that these two years saw no Olympics, considering the fact that right before the war started, the Games were held in Berlin, where Adolf Hitler tried to exploit the event to justify his ideas about the alleged superiority of the Aryan race.
Further irony can be found in the fact that an African-American athlete, Jesse Owens, won four gold medals in that Olympics. Meanwhile, his German competitor, Luz Long, ended up befriending him in full view of the Nazis and the world. There are many sports which do not yet qualify for inclusion in the Olympics; nevertheless it is interesting to note that they are recognized by the International Olympic Committee so long as International Federations that administer them comply with established regulations including the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code.
Such sports include air sports, bandy, billiards, boules, bowling, bridge, chess, ballroom dancing, golf, karate, korfball, life saving, motorcycle racing, mountaineering and climbing, netball, orienteering, pelote basque, polo, powerboating, racquetball, roller sports, rugby, squash, surfing, sumo, tug of war, underwater sports, water skiing, and wushu. Follow Us. Search for:. A record countries and 10, athletes competed. Praised as one of the best games in Olympic history, the XXVII Olympiad played host to countries and was relatively unaffected by the controversy of any type.
Security and terrorism were at the center of preparation for the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens, Greece due to the rising international conflict in the wake of the terrorist attack on September 11, These Games saw the rise of Michael Phelps, who earned 6 gold medals in swimming events. Of those who competed in the Games, an impressive 86 countries medaled earned at least one medal at these Games. Becoming the hosts with the most, London's XXX Olympiad marked the most times a single city has hosted the Games , and Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time with additions from the year totaling 22 career Olympic medals.
The United States earned the most medals, with China and Great Britain taking second and third place. Rio is the first South American country to host the Olympic Games. Instability of the country's government, pollution of its bay, and a Russian doping scandal-marred preparation for the Games. Brazil finished 7th overall. Istanbul and Madrid were also up for candidacy. They are now scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8, Actively scan device characteristics for identification.
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