Games
Olympic Summer Games
The 1928 Olympic Games marked the first appearance of the Olympic flame. The main stadium design included a tower topped…
The second Olympic Games to be held in Paris were much more successful than the first. The number of participating…
The 1920 Olympic Games were awarded to Antwerp to honour the suffering that had been inflicted on the Belgian people…
The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm were a model of efficiency, setting a standard for organization for decades to come.…
Originally awarded to Rome, the 1908 Olympic Games were reassigned to London in 1906 when it became apparent that the…
Chicago was initially named the host city of the 1904 Olympic Games, however St. Louis had already scheduled a World’s…
Olympic Winter Games
The small village of Lake Placid in upstate New York beat out several other American towns as well as Montreal…
St. Moritz was selected to host the second Olympic Winter Games after it was determined that the Netherlands, hosts of…
In June 1922, the French Olympic Committee (hosts of the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris), held a congress with representatives…