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 ...

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.

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 ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

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

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 ...

Swimming has long been a sport defined by legacies, with athletes consistently motivating the next generation of stars.

Former Team GB swimmer and silver medallist Sharron Davies has backed the report, branding the International Olympics Committee 'shameful' for 'their terrible history of not protecting women in ...

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 ...

Back in 2018, Iowa's Spencer Lee, Northwestern's Sebastian Rivera and Lehigh's Darian Cruz all competed together in the 125 pound bracket at the NCAA championships — Lee would go on to win that ...