The document provides a timeline of the Olympic Games from 776 BC to 2016. It summarizes key events like locations and notable achievements for each ancient and modern Games. The timeline shows the evolution of the Games from their origins in Ancient Greece to the modern international multi-sport event they are today.

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2016
Firsttimeinhistory,whenthisfamousEvent
willbecelebratedinaSouthAmericancountry. RIODEJANEIROGAMES
2012 PhelpsendedhisOlympicswimmingcareerwith
anothergoldmedal.Heamassed22
medalsinhisOlympiccareer:18gold,
twosilver,andtwobronze.
LONDONSUMMERGAMES
2008The2008SummerGamesendedon
Aug.24withtheUnitedStates,China,
andRussiatakinghomethemostmedals. BEIJINGSUMMERGAMES
2004
ATHENSGAMES
200017-year-oldIanThorpeofAustraliawinsfourmedals
(threegold)inswimming,breaking
hisownworldrecordinthe400mfreestyle.
SYDNEYGAMES
1996 MuhammadAlilightsthecauldronatthestart
oftheCentennialGames.Apipebomb
inCentennialOlympicParkkillsonepersonand
injures111,buttheGamesgoon.
ATLANTAGAMES
1992
Forthefirsttimeindecades,everysinglenation
withanOlympicCommitteeshowsup,
evenCuba,NorthKorea,andSouthAfrica.
BARCELONAGAMES
1988 NorthKorearefusestoparticipate,andCuba
andEthopiafollowsuitinsolidarity,butthereareno
widespreadboycottsforthefirsttimesince1972.
SEOULSUMMERGAMES
1984Thefirstprivately-financedOlympicwithaprofit
ofmorethan$215million.
LOSANGELESSUMMERGAMES
1980
MOSCOW SUMMERGAMES
197614-year-oldRomaniangymnastNadiaComaneciscores
sevenperfect10sonthewaytothreegoldmedals,plus
asilverandabronze.Nobodyhadachievedevenone10before.
MONTREALSUMMERGAMES
1972 TheGamesareovershadowedwhenmembers
oftheBlackSeptemberterroristgroupkidnapeleven
IsraeliathletesfromtheOlympicVillage,
killingtwoandtakingtheotherninehostage.
MUNICHSUMMERGAMES
1968
TheseGamesarecontroversiallyheld
atthehighestaltitudeever:7,349feet. MEXICOCITYSUMMERGAMES
1964 Japanspendsabout$3billiontorebuildTokyo
fortheOlympics,revitalizingacitythathadbeen
devastatedbyearthquakesandWorldWarIIbombings.
TOKYOSUMMERGAMES
1960ThefirstSummerGamescovered
bytelevisionworldwide.
ROMESUMMERGAMES
1956
MELBOURNESUMMERGAMES
1952Russianathletesparticipatefor
thefirsttimeinfortyyears.
HELSINKISUMMERGAMES
1948 ThefirstGamestobeshownonhometelevision.
LONDONGAMES
1940
GamescalledoffduetoWorldWarII.
WORLDWARII
1936 TheGamesarethefirsttobetelevised,
beingshownonlargescreensaroundBerlin.BERLINGAMES
1932PaavoNurmiisbarredfromtheLosAngeles
Games,ongroundsthat,onatriptoaGermanmeet,
hehadclaimedtoomuchmoneyintravelexpenses. LOSANGELESGAMES
1928
AMSTERDAMGAMES
1924OriginallyplannedtotakeplaceinAmsterdam,
theGamesaremovedtoParisatthe
urgingofBarondeCoubertin.
PARISGAMES
1920 Germany,Austria,Bulgaria,Hungary,
andTurkeyarenotinvited,havingbeenonthe
wrongsideoftheGreatWar.
ANTWERPGAMES
1916
GamescancelledduetoWorldWarI.
WORLDWARI
1912 Finlandbeginsitsdominationoflong-distance
runningevents,asHannesKolehmainenpicksup
threegoldmedalsandasilver.
STOCKHOLMGAMES
1908The1906eruptionofMt.Vesuviusrequires
theGamestomovefromRometoLondon.
LONDONGAMES
1906
INTERCALATEDGAMES
1904
Only13countriesshowup.
ST.LOUISGAMES
1900 ThesecondmodernGamesareovershadowedby,and
incorporatedinto,theParisExposition.
1,319menfrom26countriescompetein75events.
PARISGAMES
1896ThefirstmodernOlympicGames.14countriesare
representedbyabout245men,competingin43events. ATHENSGAMES
1894 AttheurgingofBaronPierredeCoubertin,the
InternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)isfounded.
FIRSTMODERN
OLYMPICGAMES
394A.D.RomanEmperorTheodosiusIabolishestheGames,
aspartofaseriesofreformsagainstpaganpractices.
THEGAMESAREABOLISHED
776B.C.
ANCIENTGREECE
AthleticcontestsareheldatOlympiaeveryfouryears,
betweenAugust6andSeptember19.
OLYMPICGAMESTIMELINE