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The Games have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles. The upcoming Games will feature athletes from all over the world and help promote the Olympic spirit.
Past Olympic Games since 1896
ATHENS 2004
Games of the
XXVIII Olympiad
From 13 Aug. 2004
to 29 Aug. 2004
- Olympic Summer Games:
- Athens 1896
- Paris 1900
- St Louis 1904
- London 1908
- Stockholm 1912
- Antwerp 1920
- Paris 1924
- Amsterdam 1928
- Los Angeles 1932
- Berlin 1936
- London 1948
- Helsinki 1952
- Melbourne / Stockholm 1956
- Rome 1960
- Tokyo 1964
- Mexico 1968
- Munich 1972
- Montreal 1976
- Moscow 1980
- Los Angeles 1984
- Seoul 1988
- Barcelona 1992
- Atlanta 1996
- Sydney 2000
- Athens 2004
- Olympic Winter Games:
- Chamonix 1924
- St. Moritz 1928
- Lake Placid 1932
- Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
- St. Moritz 1948
- Oslo 1952
- Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
- Squaw Valley 1960
- Innsbruck 1964
- Grenoble 1968
- Sapporo 1972
- Innsbruck 1976
- Lake Placid 1980
- Sarajevo 1984
- Calgary 1988
- Albertville 1992
- Lillehammer 1994
- Nagano 1998
- Salt Lake City 2002
- Turin 2006
Future Olympic Games
- 133 days to go
- 686 days to go
- Olympic torch lit in Olympia
- (24 March 2008)
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- VANCOUVER 2010: IOC President discusses Games with local leaders
- (29 February 2008)
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- 1582 days to go
- 2142 days to go
- LONDON 2012: London Unveils Its Olympic Stadium
- (9 November 2007)
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- SOCHI 2014: Orientation Seminar Wraps-Up
- (21 November 2007)
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Youth Olympic Games
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are a 12-day (10-day for Winter YOG) multi-sport, cultural and educational event for young people and driven by young people. The YOG will add a new dimension to the Olympic ideal, complementing what is already being achieved through the Olympic Games and the numerous IOC projects to bring the Olympic values alive. The YOG will bring together talented athletes from around the world to participate in high-level competitions and lead them on their way to becoming true Olympians. This event will allow the Olympic Movement to extend its reach and stimulate worldwide sports activities.
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Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are elite sport events for athletes from different disability groups. They clearly emphasise, however, the participants' athletic achievements, not their disability. The movement has grown dramatically since its early days. The number of athletes participating in the Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes in Rome in 1960 to 3,806 athletes from 136 countries in Athens in 2004.
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The Ancient Olympic Games
The Olympic Games as we know them today have a long history that dates back to Antiquity. It all started in Greece, in the Peloponnese, some 3,000 years ago.
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NEWS
THE ORGANISING COMMITTEES OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES
The Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) organise the Olympic Games in collaboration with their National Olympic Committee and the host city.
Olympic Medal Winners
HIGHLIGHTS - Lake Placid 1980
In the giant slalom, Ingemar Stenmark (SWE-Alpine skiing) was third after...
DID YOU KNOW? - Sapporo 1972
The hockey tournament took place without the Canadian team, who had not...
OLYMPIC COLLECTIBLES
Memorabilia, coins, philatelic items
52 years ago
on 27 March 1956, Thomas WASSBERG (Sweden - Skiing) was born.