History of Olympic Games 1896-2016 Quiz

Answer: 1964

Japan was the first Asian country to host the Games in 1964. The Games were held from 10th to 24th October. They were supposed to host the 1940 Games which were cancelled due to WWII. The host did well to finish third on the medal tally with 16 golds, behind USA with 36 golds and USSR with 30 golds.

Answer: Germany

Unified Germany won 10 golds, 22 silvers and 18 bronzes to finish fourth on the medal tally.

Answer: China

For the first time in Olympic history, China finished first in the medal tally with 48 golds, ahead of USA with 36 golds and Russia with 24 golds.

Answer: Tajikistan

Dilshod Nazarov won the event for Tajikistan since the country gained independence in 1991. The other eight gold medal winners were:

Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) women's 3000-m steeplechase
Hoang Xuan Vinh (Vietnam) men's 10-m air pistol
Fehaid al-Deehani (Kuwait) men's double trap shooting
Joseph Schooling (Singapore) men's 100-m butterfly
Ahmad Abughaush (Jordan) men's 68-kg taekwondo
Majlenda Kelmindi (Kosovo) women's 52-kg judo
Monica Plug (Puerto Rico) women's singles in tennis
Fiji in rugby sevens.

Answer: 1984 Los Angeles

In 1952, PRC sent only one athlete, a swimmer to participate in the Games. They participated in the 1984 Los Angeles after a lapse of 32 years. They finished with 15 golds in fourth place behind USA, Romania and West Germany. The 1984 Games were boycotted by 14 Eastern Bloc nations including the Soviet Union. Twenty four years later they hosted the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Answer: 1924 Paris

The film featured two British athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell in the 1924 Games at Paris. Abrahams won the 100m gold medal and Liddell the 400m gold medal. Great Britain won 9 gold medals to finish fourth in the medal tally behind USA with 45 golds, Finland with 14 golds and France with 13 golds.

Answer: Russo-Japanese War

Due to the tensions caused in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, many athletes from other nations were not able to attend the Games. There were only 62 athletes out of 651 competed from outside North America.

Answer: Rugby sevens

Rugby sevens which is a men's event was included for the first time in 2016 Rio Olympics. Fiji won this event and their first gold medal in Olympic history. Karate, baseball/softball, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing were approved by IOC in Tokyo Olympics.

Answer: 1912

The 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the last Games to award pure gold medal. Gold medal was first awarded in 1904 at St. Louis. In the 1896 and 1900, only silvers and bronzes were awarded. The gold medal awarded at 2012 London Olympics had only 1.34% gold.

Answer: 1968

The three records were all set by American athletes: Jim Hines in 9.95 sec. for 100m, Tommie Smith in 19.83 sec for 200m and Bob Beamon leapt over 8.9-m (29 ft 2 1/2in) in the long jump.

At the same Games, the world witnessed American athlete Dick Fosbury revolutionize the high jump with a "back-first" technique to win the gold medal with a height of 2.24-m (7 ft 4 1/2in). His technique became known as the "Fosbury Flop".