How have the Olympic awards changed over the years?
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Well, a little and a lot.  The awards are medals.....the design changes as each country sees fit.   Also the ancient olympic games awarded an olive wreath, which Athens used in 2004.
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Men's gold was Canada, silver was Finland, bronze was USA, Great Britain came in 4th.  Women's gold was Sweden, silver was Switzerland and bronze was Canada.  Norway came in 4th.  Hope that helps!
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In 1896, winners' medals were in fact silver. The custom of gold-silver-bronze for the first three places dates from the 1904 games and has been copied for many other sporting events\n\nHowever, the 1904 Olympics also awarded silver trophies for first place, which makes Athens 1906 the first games that awarded the three medals only
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ya the rules of fifa have changed now\nas the hosting nation opens the world cup \nand first the rule was that the previous cup winner also gets a place in the world cup without playing qualifiers , now only the hosting nation gets the place without playing the qualifiers.
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Short Answer every Two years - Summer every four, Winter every four. \n\nLong Answer - The Summer Olympics have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, with the exception of the years during the World Wars. A special edition for winter sports, the Olympic Winter Games, were established in 1924. Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but from 1994 the Winter Games and the Summer Games are held two years apart.
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In my opinion the coverage for the olympics this year is a lot better than four years ago.\n\nFour years ago it was 95% figure skating and ice dancing\nFour years ago when they weren't showing figure skating they were showing weepy fluff pieces on the athletes' lives.\nFour years ago you wouldn't see an event unless an American was a medal contender.\n\nThis year they seem to be balancing out the coverage a lot better.  They're showing a wider variety of sports, and hardly any of the fluff pieces.  They're even showing sports where America isn't in contention.\n\nWhy are the ratings down?\n\nProbably because they're showing a wider variety of sports, and hardly any of the fluff pieces, and because they're showing sports where America isn't in contention.
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http://www.athens2004.com/en/OlympicMedals/medals?lang=en&channel=OlympicMedals&discipline_code=BD\n\nScroll to the bottom of the page and all the winners of each event is posted. You can click on the athletes and it will have a bio each one.
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The Olympic Games, or Olympics, are an international multi-sport event taking place every four years and comprising summer and winter games. Originally held in ancient Greece, they were revived by a French nobleman, Pierre Frèdy, Baron de Coubertin in the late 19th century.\n\n\nThe Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1978 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
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The total gold medal count for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2004 (excluding the 1906 games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee as official.)\n\n\nSummer- 896 \nWinter - 78
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A decision was made by the IOC in 1986 to hold the Winter Olympics four years apart, but two years seperated from the Summer Games.  The decision was applied in 1994, when the Games in Lillehammer were the first to be held apart from the Summer Games.
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Mark Spitz won 9 Golds, A Silver & A Bronze for a total of 11 Medals:\n\nGolds:\n1968 - 4x100m FREE & 4x200m FREE\n1972 - 100m FREE, 200m FREE, 100m FLY, 200m FLY, 4x100m FREE, 4x100m MEDLEY & 4x200m FREE\n\nSilver:\n1968 - 100m FLY\n\nBronze:\n1968 - 100m FREE\n\nCarl Lewis won 9 Golds & 1 Silver for a total of 10 Medals\n\nGolds:\n1984 - 100m, 200m, Long Jump & 4x100m \n1988 - 100m & Long Jump\n1992 - Long Jump & 4x100m\n1996 - Long Jump \n\nSilver:\n1988 - 200m\n\n\nSpitz won a single medal more than Lewis did in their respective Olympic careers
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Head over to the IOC Olympic Games website... and you would have the following list... You can even jump around the years and find out some interesting facts and figures. As well as results from all of the games. \n\nSUMMER: Athens 1896; Paris 1900; St. Louis 1904; London 1908; Stockholm 1912; Antwerp 1920; Paris 1924; Amsterdam 1928; Los Angeles 1932; Berlin 1936; London 1948; Helsinki 1952; Melbourne 1956; Rome 1960; Tokyo 1964; Mexico City 1968; Munich 1972; Montreal 1976; Moscow 1980; Los Angeles 1984; Seoul 1988; Barcelona 1992; Atlanta 1996; Sydney 2000; Athens 2004; Beijing 2008; London 2012\n\nWINTER: Chamonix 1924; St. Moritz 1928; Lake Placid 1932; Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936; St. Moritz 1948; Oslo 1952; Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956; Squaw Valley 1960; Innsbruck 1964; Grenoble 1968; Sapporo 1972; Innsbruck 1976; Lake Placid 1980; Sarajevo 1984; Calgary 1988; Albertville 1992; Lillehammer 1994; Nagano 1998; Salt Lake City 2002; Torinio 2006; Vancouver 2010
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Sports currently included at the Games\nAquatics (1930–) \nSwimming \nSynchronised swimming \nDiving \nAthletics (Men: 1930–, Women: 1934–) \nBadminton (1966–) \nBasketball (2006–) \nBoxing (1930–) \nCycling (1934–) \nGymnastics (1978, 1990–) \nRhythmic Gymnastics 1994-1998,not in 2002,2006-) \nHockey (1998–) \nLawn bowls (1930–, but not 1966) \nNetball (1998–) \nRugby sevens (1998–) \nShooting (1966, 1974–) \nSquash (1998–) \nTable tennis (2002–) \nTriathlon (2002–) \nWeightlifting (1950–) \nEvents for Athletes with a Disability — EAD (2002–) \nAthletics \nSwimming \nTable tennis \nPowerlifting \n[edit]\nEvents on hiatus\nArchery (1982) \nCricket (1998) \nFencing (1950–1970) \nFreestyle wrestling (1930–2002, except 1990,1998) \nJudo (1990, 2002) \nRowing (1930, 1938–1962, 1986) \nTen-pin bowling (1998)
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There have been 10 Ethiopian long distance gold medals since the start of the modern Olympics in 1896.\n\nOlympic Games Discipline Events Med. Nation Name / Team \nRome  1960  Athletics marathon Men    BIKILA, Abebe  \nTokyo  1964  Athletics marathon Men    BIKILA, Abebe  \nMexico  1968  Athletics marathon Men    WOLDE, Mamo  \nMoscow  1980  Athletics 10000m Men    YIFTER, Miruts  \nMoscow  1980  Athletics 5000m Men    YIFTER, Miruts  \nAtlanta  1996  Athletics 10000m Men    GEBRSELASSIE, Haile  \nSydney  2000  Athletics 10000m Men    GEBRSELASSIE, Haile  \nSydney  2000  Athletics 5000m Men    WOLDE, Millon  \nSydney  2000  Athletics marathon Men    ABERA, Gezahgne  \nAthens  2004  Athletics 10000m Men    BEKELE, Kenenisa
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I'm sorry to give you the bad news - I do not believe that these are accessible online.\n\nWebsites such as:\n\nhttp://www.databaseolympics.com/\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1948\n\ngive you the medal winners.\n\nI think that you have 2 options: Try to contact someone who has the (paper) results or find a library copy of a UK paper from 1948.\n\nFor the former, I suggest that you try the British Olympic Association (http://www.olympics.org.uk/index.asp) or the National Union of Track Statisticians (http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~rsparks/nuts.htm)\n\nFor the latter, you will probably find the full results in The Times.\n\nBest of luck!\n\nHugh.
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The major changes has been the use of hands, let serves, rally scoring, and the libreo.\n\nServe Receive -- During the fifties and sixties, you could receive serve with your hands. From the sixties to the eighties, this was banned.  Since the nineties, it became legal, once again.\n\nBlocking -- A half a century ago, you could not penetrate the net on the block. Now you can. Two decades ago, you could block the serve. Now, you can't.\n\nTwo decades ago, the antennea was a ball's length outside the court. Now they have moved in, and align with the court.\n\nLibero - a non-rotating, non-serving backrow player.\n\nLet serve - serves may touch the net. Previously, if a serve touched the net, it was a foul, and loss of serve.\n\nRally scoring -- every volley results in a point. Previously, one could only score a point if one had the serve. Otherwise, if one won a volley (say that five times fast) one did not score a point, but instead "won" back the serve from his opponent (a "side-out"), and with it, an opportunity to score a point in the next volley.
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It is every four years same with the summer olympics