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List of countries ranked by the number of times they hosted the Olympic Games Rank First Year Last Year Country Region Summer Olympics Winter Olympics Total 1 1904: 2034 United States: North America 5 (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 2028) 5 (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, 2034) 10 2 1900: 2030 France: Europe 3 (1900, 1924, 2024) 4 (1924, 1968, 1992, 2030) 7 ...
The Pan American Games (known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held among athletes from nations of the Americas, every four years in the year before the Summer Olympic Games.
Bargain Hunters (1987) The Baron and the Bee (1953–1954) Battle Dome (1999–2001) Battle of the Ages (1952) Battle of the Ages (2019; unrelated to above) Battle of the Network Stars (1976–1985, 1988, 2003, 2017) Battle of the Sexes (1938–1943) Battlestars (1981–1982) and its revival, The New Battlestars (1983) Beach Clash (1994–1995)
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
Participating nations at the opening ceremony of the 1908 Games in London. Early Games were not clearly documented with respect to participating nations. Competitors from 11 to 16 nation participated in the inaugural 1896 Games, in Athens. Eleven nations ( Australia, Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Sweden ...
Pan-American countries by population, 2020. This is a list of countries and dependent territories in the Americas by population, which is sorted by the 2015 mid-year normalized demographic projections.
2021. 2024. 2028. The CONMEBOL Copa América (English: Americas Cup; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship[ 1] ), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial football tournament contested among national teams from South America. It is the oldest still-running continental football competition. [ 2]
This is a list of best-selling game consoles by region. This page consists of countries in Asia, North America, Europe, and other regions, which all used different analog television color systems; these being NTSC, PAL and SECAM. PAL broadcast at 576i, in Europe and Asia.