OLYMPICS

Olympic rings
The five Olympic rings represent the five continents involved in the Olympics and were designed in 1912, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. This was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Upon its initial introduction, de Coubertin stated the following in the August, 1912 edition of Olympique:
The five Olympic rings represent the five continents involved in the Olympics and were designed in 1912, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

-------there are only seven individual olympic medalist, out of which only one gold medal,one silver and five bronze medalists.Rest all medals are from group sport and that also from hockey only. 1928,1932,1936,1948,1956,1980 olympics gold medalists.1960 silver medalist and 1968,1972 bronze medalists in hockey

The Olympic Games (French: les Jeux olympiques) (JO), is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions

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• The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate.
•  The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games.
•  Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
•  Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter.
• World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games.
•  Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games

The Winter Olympics (first held in Chamonix, France, in 1924) were created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games.

Paralympics

In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, determined to promote the rehabilitation of soldiers after World War II, organized a multi-sport event between several hospitals to coincide with the 1948 London Olympics. Guttmann's event, known then as the Stoke Mandeville Games, became an annual sports festival. Over the next twelve years, Guttmann and others continued their efforts to use sports as an avenue to healing. For the 1960 Olympic Games, in Rome, Guttmann brought 400 athletes to compete in the "Parallel Olympics", which became known as the first Paralympics.

• Since then, the Paralympics have been held in every Olympic year

Youth Games

In 2010, the Olympic Games were complemented by the Youth Games, which gives athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 the chance to compete.

• The Youth Olympic Games were conceived by IOC president Jacques Rogge in 2001 and approved during the 119th Congress of the IOC.
•  The first Summer Youth Games were held in Singapore from 14–26 August 2010, while the inaugural Winter Games will be hosted in Innsbruck, Austria, in 2012

this is the list of olympic medalists from india... Gold National team 1928 Amsterdam Field hockey Men's competition Gold National team 1932 Los Angeles Field hockey Men's competition Gold National team 1936 Berlin Field hockey Men's competition Gold National team 1948 London Field hockey Men's competition Gold National team 1952 Helsinki Field hockey Men's competition Bronze Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight Gold National team 1956 Melbourne Field hockey Men's competition Silver National team 1960 Rome Field hockey Men's competition Gold National team 1964 Tokyo Field hockey Men's competition Bronze National team 1968 Mexico Field hockey Men's competition Bronze National team 1972 Munich Field hockey Men's competition Gold National team 1980 Moscow Field hockey Men's competition Bronze Leander Paes 1996 Atlanta Tennis Men's singles Bronze Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Silver Rajyavardhan Singh

year           summer olympic                   winter                                youth olympic

2008	XXIX	Beijing, China[nb 4][170]
2010			XXI	Vancouver, Canada	I (Summer)	Singapore
2012	XXX	London, Great Britain			I (Winter)	Innsbruck, Austria
2014			XXII	Sochi, Russia	II (Summer)	Nanjing, China
2016	XXXI	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil			II (Winter)	Lillehammer, Norway
2018			XXIII	Pyeongchang, South Korea	III (Summer)	To be determined