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Ancient Olympics- Held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece.
Modern Olympics-
The first Games held under the auspices of the IOC was hosted in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 1896.
The Games brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 Events
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First  Mascot-
1968 Mexico
El
Jaguar Rojo de Chichen-Itza (Red Jaguar) & Paloma de la Paz (dove)
UPCOMING OLYMPICS-
Tokyo Japan, Edition-32th July 24-Agust 9-2020
ALL ABOUT RIO OLYMPICS-2016
Edition: 31st
Opening Ceremony:  5th August, 2016
Closing Ceremony: 22nd August, 2016
Theme: World Peace and Environment
Motto: A New World
Mascot: Vinicius
Total Participating Nations: 207
Total Events: 306
Total Sports Category: 28
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1st Time Participating Country: Kosovo, South Sudan
New Sports Event: Golf, Rugby
Headquarter of International Olympic
Committee (IOC):
Lausanne, Switzerland
President of International Olympic
Committee (IOC):
Thomas Bach
1st Indian Women Member: Nita Ambani
India’s Flag-bearer at Opening
Ceremony:
Abhinav Bindra
India’s Flag-bearer at Closing
Ceremony:
Sakshi Malik
Number of Indian Athletes: 117
Largest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio
Olympics:
USA (554 athletes)
Smallest Olympic Team of 2016 Rio
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Olympics:
South Pacific Nation of Tuvalu (1 athletes)
1st Gold Medal at Rio Olympic: Virginia Thrasher (Women’s 10 meter air rifle, USA)
1st Indian Medalist at Rio: Sakshi Malik (Bronze, 58 Kg Freestyle Wrestling)
2nd Indian Medalist at Rio: P. V. Sindhu (Silver, Women’s Single Badminton)
Highest Individual Medal: Michael Phelps (6 Medals: Gold- 5, Silver-1, USA)
Youngest Gold Medal: Ren Qian (15-Year Old, Women’s 10m Platform Diving Event)
Youngest athlete of 2016 Rio
Olympics:
Meet Gaurika Singh (13-Year Old, Swimmer, Nepal)
Next Olympic Venue: Tokyo, 2020
Headquarter of Indian Olympic
Association (IOA):
New Delhi
President of Indian Olympic
Association (IOA):
Narayana Ramachandran
General Secretary of Indian Olympic
Association (IOA):
Rajeev Mehta
Opening & Closing Ceremony: Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Medal Standings of Rio Olympic 2016
Ranking
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
USA
46
37
38
121
2
Great
Britain
27
23
17
67
3
China
26
18
26
70
4
Russia
19
18
19
56
5
Germany
17
10
15
42
6
Japan
12
8
21
41
7
France
10
18
14
42
8
South
Korea
9
3
9
21
9
Italy
8
12
9
28
10
Australia
8
11
10
29
67
India
0
1
1
2

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India at the Olympics-

India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900. India has won 9 Gold
Medals, 7 Silver and 12 Bronze medals
, a total of 28 medals In the history of 31 Olympic Games.
Individual Gold
medalist: 1
1.      Abhinav Bindra
Multiple Medal Winners : 2
1.      Norman Pritchard(FIRST MAN)
2.      Sushil Kumar
Women Medal Winners: 5
1.      Karnam Malleswari(FIRST WOMAN)
2.      Mary Kom
3.      Saina Nehwal
4.      Sakshi Malik
5.      Sindhu P V
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List of medalists-

Individual/Team
Medal
Years Games
Sport
Event
1.Norman
Pritchard
 Silver
 1900
Paris
Athletics
Men’s
200 metres
2.Norman
Pritchard
 Silver
 1900
Paris
Athletics
Men’s
200 metre
hurdles
3.National
team
 Gold
 1928
Amsterdam
Hockey
Men’s
competition
4.National
team
 Gold
 1932
Los Angeles
Hockey
Men’s
competition
5.National
team
 Gold
 1936
Berlin
Hockey
Men’s
competition
6.National
team
 Gold
 1948
London
Hockey
Men’s
competition
7.National
team
 Gold
 1952
Helsinki
Hockey
Men’s
competition
8.Khashaba
Dadasaheb Jadhav
 Bronze
 1952
Helsinki
Wrestling
Men’s
freestyle Bantam
weight
9.National
team
 Gold
 1956
Melbourne
Hockey
Men’s
competition
10.National
team
 Silver
 1960
Rome
Hockey
Men’s
competition
11.National
team
 Gold
 1964
Tokyo
Hockey
Men’s
competition
12.National
team
 Bronze
 1968
Mexico
Hockey
Men’s
competition
13.National
team
 Bronze
 1972
Munich
Hockey
Men’s
competition
14.National
team
 Gold
 1980
Moscow
Hockey
Men’s
competition
15.Leander
Paes
 Bronze
 1996
Atlanta
Tennis
Men’s
singles
16.Karnam
Malleswari
 Bronze
 2000
Sydney
Weightlifting
Women’s
69 kg
17.Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore
 Silver
 2004
Athens
Shooting
Men’s
double trap
18.Abhinav
Bindra
 Gold
 2008
Beijing
Shooting
Men’s
10 m Air Rifle
19.Vijender
Singh
 Bronze
 2008
Beijing
Boxing
Men’s
75 kg
20.Sushil
Kumar
 Bronze
 2008
Beijing
Wrestling
Men’s
66 kg Freestyle
21.Gagan
Narang
 Bronze
 2012
London
Shooting
Men’s
10m Air Rifle
22.Vijay
Kumar
 Silver
 2012
London
Shooting
Men’s
25 Rapid Fire Pistol
23.Saina
Nehwal
 Bronze
 2012
London
Badminton
Women’s
Singles
24.Mary
Kom
 Bronze
 2012
London
Boxing
Women’s
Flyweight
25.Yogeshwar
Dutt
 Bronze
 2012
London
Wrestling
Men’s
60 kg Freestyle
26.Sushil
Kumar
 Silver
 2012
London
Wrestling
Men’s
66 kg Freestyle
27.Sakshi
Malik
 Bronze
 2016
Rio
Wrestling
Women’s
58 kg Freestyle
28.Sindhu
P V
 Silver
 2016
Rio
Badminton
Women’s
Singles
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