The Olympics are a series of different sports and events classified into summer and winter sports. The first Olympic Games were in 1776 BC They were dedicated to the Olympians. Specialists believe that the Olympic Games owe their purity and importance to their religion. If I won the Olympic Games, the Herald would say aloud the name of the Olympic winner, the name of his father and his homeland. The Hellanodiki place the crown of the sacred olive tree on the head of the winner. The Olympic Games began in ancient Greece. We don't know exactly when the first Olympic Games were held. In the first 13 Olympic Games there was only one event, the one-look race. Later, other sports were added such as jumping, javelin, sprinting, discus and wrestling. The events were divided into two, the summer one and the winter one. In archery there will be an individual men's 70 meter competition. There is also a 70 meter team race. Same result also in the women's category. The metric system is used at the Olympic Games. Table tennis features the same events in the men's and women's categories. Both have individual and team events. It was added to the Olympics in 1971. The game was first played at the Olympic Games in 1981. Jumping on a trampoline became an Olympic game in Sydney in 2000. In the men's and women's category both have individual competitions. Football was the first team game to be added to the Olympic Games. It was added to the games in 1900, exactly one year before the trampoline events were added. In water polo women were not allowed to participate until the 2000 Olympic Games. These are two same events for men and women, 1 team event each. Fencing is a bit like sword fighting. Men's Eve...... middle of paper......mpic Games represents 202 countries participating in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.©Works Citedwww.olympic.org/footballwww.topendsports.com/events/summer/ sports /football.htmwww.olympic.org/fencingwww.ittf.com/musuem/Olympicgames.htmlwww.olympic.org/table-tenniswww.olympic.org/water-polowww.olympic.org/archerywww.olympic.org/trampolinewww. collegiatewaterpolo .org/fans/gameinfo/historywww.olympic.org/ancient-olympic-gameswww.olympic.org/speed-skatingwww.olympic.org/speed-skating-equipment-and-history?tab=historywww.factmonster.com/ commercial /winter-olympics-speed-skating.htmlwww.factmonster.com/spot/winter-olympics-cross-country-skiing.htmlwww.factmonster.com/spot/winter-olympics-alpine-skiing.htmlwww.factmonster. com/spot /winter-olympics-ski-jumping.htmlwww.infoplease.com/spot/winter-olympics-freestyle-ski.htmlwww.factmonster.com/ipka/A0771580