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FORGOTTEN OLYMPIC FACTS Olympiad I 1896 Olympiad XXX 2012 April 6- 15 Athens, Greece Jul 27 - Aug 12 London, England First American Woman to Win an Olympic1902 Last Gold Medal Made of Gold Event While visiting Paris in 1902, Margaret Abbott sawa sign advertising agolftournament, she Up until 1912, Gold medals awarded at the ceremonies, were actually made of solid gold. After 1912, gold medals were made primarily of silver. 1912 entered the toumament and won firstplacewith a score of 47 (9 holes). She did not realize she was competing in a olympicevent when she won. Sheaccidently becamethe first American woman to win an olympic event. 1920 Ice Hockey & Figure Skating Were Summer Sports USA Canada The winter olympics didnt start until 1924. However Ice Hockey started as an o 1920 summer olympics. Figure Skating was also in the summer olympics in 1908 and 1920: SERVING > LES SHOT sport in the Lowest Scoring Basketball Game (USA 19-8 Canada) 1936 In 1936 basketball was played on the tennis courts made of clay and sand. During the 1936 gold medal round between USA and Canada, USA won gold with an impressively low score of 19-8. Last time that artists could compete for medals First failed Olympic drug test 1948 From 1912 - 1948 artists could compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in olympics events for painting. scupture, architechture, literature and music. Drug testing in the Olympics first started in 1968. That year, Swedish pentathelete Hans-Gunnar Lilijenwall became the first - olympian to fail a drug test. His "drug"was 2 beers the night before his competition. 1968 Top Gold Medals USA, The Soveit Union, and England are the top gold medal holding countries in the world, here's how they stack up. Italy 190 Gold Medals France 191 Gold Medals United States of America Soviet Union United Kingdom 930 Gold Medals 395 Gold Medals 204 Gold Medals since 2000 NBC has been the official broadcaster of the Olympics to America Audiences London 2012 Today's Medals Are NOT made of Gold "1896 in Silver medals were awarded for 1st place. There was no prize for 2nd or 3rd place Gold Medal 92.5% Silver 1.34% Gold 6.16% Copper - Silver Medal Bronze Medal 97% Copper 2.5% Zinc 0.5% Tin 92.5% Silver 7.5% Copper Gold Silver Bronze 3x £400 6 Surface to Air Missle Sites londom Protecting thousand Olympic Park London has hosted the Olympics twice before, making this year their third time hosting The cost to design the London 2012 Logo Sources: International Olympic Committee (1OC) NBColympics.com History.com RebelFish InfoPix Custom Infographics visit us: www.rebelfishinfopix.com OOPS! HOCKEY
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