2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China
The Games of the XXIX Olympiad returned to Asia once again in 2008. Beijing was selected over Toronto, Paris, Istanbul, and Osaka. The choice of China being selected met with […]
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2000 Summer Games Sydney Australia
The 2000 Summer Games returned to Australia and the southern hemisphere for the first time since the Melbourne Games in 1956. Sydney received the Games in a close vote with […]
1996 summer games atlanta
The Games of the XXVI Olympiad were held in Atlanta, Georgia. From the beginning, Atlanta seemed to be a long shot to host the Games, as it was only 12 […]
1992 Summer games barcelona spain
The Summer Games returned to Europe in 1992, and saw 169 nations come together to compete. Since the fall of the Eastern Bloc nations, countries like Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania […]
1988 Seoul Games Boxer Roy Jones Jr
Roy Jones Jr represented the United States in the 1988 Games in the 71kg (156lb) weight division. Throughout the boxing tournament in Seoul, Jones was simply dominant. He did […]
1988 Summer games Seoul south korea
The Seoul Games marked the return of the games to Asia for the first time since 1964, and the fourth time the games would be held in autumn, instead of […]
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