Return to top St Louis 1904 Just 12 countries competed in the 1904 Olympics, with US athletes accounting for 83 per cent of participants. Again, the Games were spread out over a long period - four ...

History-making moments are just a fraction of the Olympics' allure but they're arguably the most important aspect.

A coalition of over 100 organizations has reported that nearly 20,000 individuals were displaced from informal housing in ...

They left Stoke Mandeville for the first time in their history and the 1960 Games were held in Rome following the Rome 1960 Olympic Games. They were still known as the Stoke Mandeville Games.

Basketball debuted as a medal sport for men at the 1936 Olympics, and women's basketball was later added in 1976. During that time, one nation has dominated the sport, but many different players have ...

From the BBC Oral History Collection. As can be seen from this BBC film about the televising of the Olympics, the Games were a proving ground for new and more advanced equipment. It also rapidly ...

In the history of the modern Olympic Games, no other country is even close to Team USA’s total medal count. Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals ...

The Paris Olympics opening ceremony set a high bar ... Katie Ledecky became the most decorated American woman in Olympic history and Simone Biles won gold in the women's gymnastics all-around ...

After 2012’s parade of wonders we were with Prospero reassuring the audience: Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As ...

The 1972 Munich Olympics were viewed by their German hosts as a chance to leave the country’s history behind. Instead, the Games became notorious for terrorism after an attack on the Israeli ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has spoken out again in favour of bringing the Olympics back to Germany, naming 2040 as an ideal date.

Since then, the country has triumphed, winning 55 gold medals—more than any other nation in history. At the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, China won eight gold medals in diving, solidifying their ...