The Summer Olympic Games
The last Summer Olympics was held in Paris, 2024, the next will be in LA 2028. The next Winter Olympics will be the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games.
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- Olympic Venues for 2028 [Aug '24]
- 3 Strikes Tradition [Aug '24]
- Paris Olympics Trivia [Aug '24]
- Medal Trivia [Aug '24]
- Olympic Games Winners Lists [Jul '24]
- Olympic Sports Trivia [Jul '24]
- 2024 Sport Changes [Jul '24]
- Paris Sports Venues [Jul '24]
- Olympian Names: Funny and Apt and other name trivia [Jul '24]
- Olympic Prize Money [Jul '24]
This site contains interesting facts and fun things to do with the Summer Olympic Games throughout the ages.
- Olympic Games history and the list of mascots.
- There are famous and not so famous Quotes from Olympians or about Olympians.
- There is an extensive list of Olympic Trivia sorted by year, plus a list of firsts.
- Read profiles of Past Olympic Champions, the oldest and youngest and even some Royalty.
- Medal tables from every year, with analysis and other info about medals and medalists.
- And heaps of links to other Olympic information, posters, athlete highlights, media and books to purchase.
- Science and the Olympics — technology involvement at the Olympics, and analysis of athlete body size and shape.
Olympic Rings and reflectionRelated Pages
The Olympic Motto
In 1921, Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, borrowed a Latin phrase from his friend, Father Henri Didon, for the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius ("Faster, Higher, Stronger"). The moto was updated in 2021, it now reads "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together"
- Don't forget to check out this fascinating section on Discontinued Olympic Sports, Demonstration sports and other Olympics Sites.
- Olympic Traditions
- Try our Olympic Games Quiz Questions on the Quiz Section. There are also Olympic Games Polls.
- See the section on Australia at the Olympic Games
- Information about Olympic Pin Collecting.
- Nutrition at the Olympics.
- Collecting Olympic Memorabilia
- Some Olympic symbols and images in the clip-art section, and Olympic Games public domain images.
- Read the Olympics entries on the sporting blog.
- Art and the Olympic Games.
- Olympic Games videos.
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