Dates and Distance Olympic Trivia Quiz - Closed

The distance from Barcelona, Spain to London, England is 707 miles.

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Oops, forgot the year. Barcelona hosted the Olympics in 1992. The distance from Barcelona, Spain to London, England is 707 miles.

"Way to Go", Gail!!!

The Olympic flame cauldron was lit by the Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo, who shot an arrow lit by the last torch runner into it. Rebollo deliberately overshot the cauldron; though some sources claim it was done for the safety of the spectators,[5] in fact Rebollo's arrow did not light the natural gas rising from the cauldron. This was done by a Reyes Abades technician via remote control in all rehearsals and the ceremony itself, as Abades explained in an interview with his local newspaper 'globalhenares.com', "...he created the mechanism for lighting the Olympic flame

Barbara Kendall won New Zealand's only gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona games in boardsailing. She would compete in a total of 5 Olympic games, winning a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. She finally retired from competitive boardsailing in 2010 at the age of 43.

A total of 64 nations win at least one medal in the Barcelona games, the highest number yet.

There were 9956 competitors from 169 countries that took part in this the 25th summer games in Barcelona, Spain.

Canada won 6 gold medals in Barcelona in 1992

The olympics were held in Berlin, Germany in 1936. Berlin is 579 miles from London, England.

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These Games were the first to be televised, being shown on large screens around Berlin.

Also, they were selected to host the Olympics in 1916 but the games were cancelled due to WWI.

To outdo the Los Angeles, USA games of 1932, the Nazis built a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium, six gymnasiums, and many other smaller arenas. They also installed a closed-circuit television system and radio network that reached 41 countries, with many other forms of expensive high-tech electronic equipment.

Debuting at these Olympics was the torch relay.

13-year-old Marjorie Gestring, became the youngest female gold medalist
during any Olympics by winning the springboard diving event at the
Berlin Games. A Danish swimmer, 12-year-old Inge Sorensen, took the
bronze in the 200 m breaststroke, bringing acclaim as the youngest to
ever win a medal in an individual event.

#5 Helsinki

Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals for the U.S.A.in Berlin 1936.He wore running shoes made by Dassler company later known as Adidas.Spiked shoes for athletes first appeared in England about 1860. Adi Dassler was the first to market them and developed a reputation for quality among the top worlds athletes.

Helsinki had the Olympics in 1952. It is 1133 miles from London.( according to my source. The nearest posted on the numbers is 1135 miles)

Super, Pat!!!!

Approximately 5,000 athletes participated in the Games, representing 69 countries

Hungary, a country of 9 million inhabitants, won 42 medals at these games, coming in third place behind the much more populous United States and Soviet Union.

In 1952, Emil Zatopek of Czechoslovakia became the only man to win gold medals in the 5000 meters, the 10,000 meters, and the marathon in the same Olympiad. He set Olympic records in all these events, and he had never run the marathon before.

The Soviet Union rejoined the Olympics at Helsinki after being absent from the Olympics since 1912.A cold war atmosphere dominated these games as the Soviets set up a rival Olympic village for Eastern bloc countries.(1952)

# 6 Los Angeles

Los Angeles hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1984. It's located 5445 miles from London.

Between 1900 and 1928, no Summer Games had been shorter than 79 days,
but in Los Angeles this was cut to just 16. It has remained between 15
and 18 days ever since. Other firsts included the male athletes being
housed in a single Olympic Village (the women stayed in a luxury hotel),
and medal winners standing on a podium with the flag of the winner
being raised.

When Los Angeles hosted the Olympic games in 1932,only 200 police officers were hired for security. In 1984,20,000 officers were hired for security when Los Angeles hosted the Olympic games again.