| Amazing,
Interesting & Fun Olympic Facts |
| Until
1992, the summer and winter olymppics games were
held in the same year. Since then, they have been
celebrated two years apart.. |
| The
International Olympic Committee was founded with
the initiative of a French nobleman in 1894, Pierre
Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. |
| In
1896 there were 241 participants from 14 nations,
at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens there were
nearly 11,100 competitors from 202 countries. |
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