| rdfs:comment | - The Games are heavily controlled by Abstergo influence. In attempts to undermine Russian credibility, multiple Russian athletes have been falsely accused of doping, including tennis player Maria Sharapova, and swimmer Yulia Efimova. While the steroid usage of many American athletes have been covered up, including swimmers Michael Phelps and Lilly King, and tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.
- The Olympics are a sporting and athletic event, originating in Greece on ancient Earth. After a lull on Earth following World War III, the event was reborn in the late 21st century. By the 22nd century, the Olympic location would alternate every two years between a Terran city and a major colony. It became a Federation-wide event in the early 2160s.
- Animal was the mascot of the U.S. Snowboarding Team for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. This was the first year that snowboarding was recognized by the Olympics, and the team adopted Animal as their mascot. The drummer also made a television appearance in Nagano with CBS reporter Kennedy, who stapled his feet to a snowboard.
- The Tenth Doctor claimed to have visited the very first Olympics and watched naked men throwing a discus before a giant crowd. (TV: Fear Her) The First Doctor and his companions Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright visited Babylon and met Alexander the Great in the Year of the 114th Olympiad, which equated to 323 BC in the Anno Domini Gregorian calendar. (AUDIO: Farewell, Great Macedon) The 1948 Olympics were held in London. The Doctor enjoyed it so much, he attended them twice. John Mark lit the torch. (TV: Fear Her) Read more: 2012 Olympics
- The Olympic Games were a quadrennial interplanetary athletics competition founded by the Human civilization. The games originated in ancient Greece on the planet Earth, and were revived in the 19th century as an international competition, eventually expanding to include other worlds throughout the Federation. The 2224 Olympic Games were held on Aldebaran colony. (DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Old Souls") Emony Dax was an Olympic gymnast. (DS9 episode: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite", DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Old Souls")
- Even though most people are too busy playing Video Shames, there is the occasional person who actually tries a sport. These people become "Olympic Athletes", people who can actually lift their own body weight and don't reside in their parent's basement. These Olympic Athletes are famous for their ability to move when fat people and nerds can not.
- The modern Olympic Games (French: ="fr" xml:lang="fr" >les Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating, meaning they each occur every four years but two years apart. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which 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 is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, wit
- The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap. {{main|Ancient Olymp
- In the men's tournament, Canada was the most successful team of the first three decades, winning six of seven gold medals. Czechoslovakia, Sweden and the United States were also competitive during this period and won multiple medals. Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also counted as the Ice Hockey World Championship for that year. The Soviet Union first participated in 1956 and overtook Canada as the dominant international team, winning seven of the nine tournaments in which they participated. The United States won gold medals in 1960 and in 1980, which included their "Miracle on Ice" upset of the Soviet Union. Canada went 50 years without a gold medal, before winning one in 2002, and following it with back-to-back wins in 2010 and 2014. Other nations to win gold inc
- The Olympics is a major multi sport event which is held every four years in a different city. It's split into summer and winter varieties which are held two years apart. The original Olympics games were held on a regular basis for around 1000 years in ancient Greece; the original Games were held in Olympia (a valley in Greece). In these ancient games only the winners were heroes, anybody who did not win would be shamed, which means most people who took part would end up shamed, no matter how close they were to winning.
- The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap.
- Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games programme in 1924. The women's tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes until 1988, and the National Hockey League (NHL) did not allow its players to compete until 1998. From 1924 to 1988, the tournament started with a round-robin series of games and ended with the medal round. Medals were awarded based on points accumulated during that round. The games of the tournament follow the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which differ slightly from the rules used in the NHL. The tournament follows the Wo
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| abstract | - Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games programme in 1924. The women's tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes until 1988, and the National Hockey League (NHL) did not allow its players to compete until 1998. From 1924 to 1988, the tournament started with a round-robin series of games and ended with the medal round. Medals were awarded based on points accumulated during that round. The games of the tournament follow the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which differ slightly from the rules used in the NHL. The tournament follows the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) rules on Use of performance enhancing drugs and the IIHF maintains a Registered Testing Pool, a list of top players who are subjected to random in-competition and out-of-competition drug tests. Several players have tested positive for banned substances since the 1972 Winter Olympics. In the men's tournament, Canada was the most successful team of the first three decades, winning six of seven gold medals. Czechoslovakia , Sweden and the United States were also competitive during this period and won multiple medals. Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also counted as the Ice Hockey World Championship for that year. The Soviet Union first participated in 1956 and overtook Canada as the dominant international team, winning seven of the nine tournaments in which they participated. The United States won gold medals in 1960 and in 1980, which included their "Miracle on Ice" upset of the Soviet Union. Canada went 50 years without a gold medal, before winning one in 2002, and following it up with another in 2010. Other nations to win gold include Great Britain in 1936, the Unified Team in 1992, Sweden in 1994 and 2006 and the Czech Republic]] in 1998. Other medal-winning nations include Switzerland,Germany,Finland and Russia]]. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to compete in Olympic Games held after 1988. The NHL was initially reluctant to allow its players to compete because the Olympics are held in the middle of the NHL season, and the league would have to halt play if many of its players participated. However, NHL players were allowed to compete starting in 1998. The format of the tournament was adjusted to accommodate the NHL schedule; a preliminary round was played without NHL players or the top six teams—Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States—followed by a final round which included them. The tournament format was changed again in 2006; every team played five preliminary games with the full use of NHL players. In July 1992, the IOC voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event; it was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The Nagano Organizing Committee was hesitant to include the event because of the additional costs of staging the tournament, but an agreement was reached that limited the field to six teams, and ensured that no additional facilities would be built. The Canadian and American teams have dominated the event, typically losing only to each other. The United States won the first tournament in 1998, while Canada won in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
- The Games are heavily controlled by Abstergo influence. In attempts to undermine Russian credibility, multiple Russian athletes have been falsely accused of doping, including tennis player Maria Sharapova, and swimmer Yulia Efimova. While the steroid usage of many American athletes have been covered up, including swimmers Michael Phelps and Lilly King, and tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.
- The Olympics are a sporting and athletic event, originating in Greece on ancient Earth. After a lull on Earth following World War III, the event was reborn in the late 21st century. By the 22nd century, the Olympic location would alternate every two years between a Terran city and a major colony. It became a Federation-wide event in the early 2160s.
- The Olympics is a major multi sport event which is held every four years in a different city. It's split into summer and winter varieties which are held two years apart. The original Olympics games were held on a regular basis for around 1000 years in ancient Greece; the original Games were held in Olympia (a valley in Greece). In these ancient games only the winners were heroes, anybody who did not win would be shamed, which means most people who took part would end up shamed, no matter how close they were to winning. The first modern Olympics was held in 1896 in Athens. The event has since grown in to a major event, for any major city winning the Olympics is now considered a great prize, and the selection process is dogged by rumors of bribery and corruption.
- Even though most people are too busy playing Video Shames, there is the occasional person who actually tries a sport. These people become "Olympic Athletes", people who can actually lift their own body weight and don't reside in their parent's basement. These Olympic Athletes are famous for their ability to move when fat people and nerds can not. The Olympic Games are held every once in a while (the UnUnited Nations are not very consistent) in a randomly chosen city. Even though every country competes, it seems only the countries with the big armies win. The Olympic Games are said to be older than time itself, but that's silly. Father Time has competed in every Olympic Game ever.
- The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap. The original Olympic Games were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens". The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. The first of the IOC's Olympic Games were the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide. With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters. The most recent Summer Olympics were the 2012 games in London and the most recent Winter Olympics were the 2014 games in sochi. Rio de Janeiro is planned to be the next host of the summer olympics. As of 2008 the summer olympics comprised of 302 events in 28 sports. As of 2006, the Winter Olympics were competed in 84 events in 7 sports. The 2016 Olympics will be hosted in the land of unicorns located in the sky. {{main|Ancient Olymp
- In the men's tournament, Canada was the most successful team of the first three decades, winning six of seven gold medals. Czechoslovakia, Sweden and the United States were also competitive during this period and won multiple medals. Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also counted as the Ice Hockey World Championship for that year. The Soviet Union first participated in 1956 and overtook Canada as the dominant international team, winning seven of the nine tournaments in which they participated. The United States won gold medals in 1960 and in 1980, which included their "Miracle on Ice" upset of the Soviet Union. Canada went 50 years without a gold medal, before winning one in 2002, and following it with back-to-back wins in 2010 and 2014. Other nations to win gold include Great Britain in 1936, the Unified Team in 1992, Sweden in 1994 and 2006 and the Czech Republic in 1998. Other medal-winning nations include Switzerland, Germany, Finland and Russia. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to compete in Olympic Games starting in 1988. The NHL was initially reluctant to allow its players to compete because the Olympics are held in the middle of the NHL season, and the league would have to halt play if many of its players participated. However, NHL players were allowed to compete starting in 1998. The format of the tournament was adjusted to accommodate the NHL schedule; a preliminary round was played without NHL players or the top six teams—Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States—followed by a final round which included them. The tournament format was changed again in 2006; every team played five preliminary games with the full use of NHL players. In July 1992, the IOC voted to approve women's hockey as an Olympic event; it was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The Nagano Organizing Committee was hesitant to include the event because of the additional costs of staging the tournament, but an agreement was reached that limited the field to six teams, and ensured that no additional facilities would be built. The Canadian and American teams have dominated the event, typically losing only to each other. The United States won the first tournament in 1998, while Canada won in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014.
- The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at 1920 Olympics in Antwerp. The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years (an Olympiad). Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated by a two year gap. The original Olympic Games (; Olympiakoi Agones) were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens". The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. The first of the IOC's Olympic Games were the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide. With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters. The most recent Summer Olympics were the 2004 Games in Athens and the most recent Winter Olympics were the 2006 Games in Turin. The upcoming games in Beijing are planned to comprise 302 events in 28 sports. As of 2006, the Winter Olympics were competed in 84 events in 7 sports.
- Animal was the mascot of the U.S. Snowboarding Team for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. This was the first year that snowboarding was recognized by the Olympics, and the team adopted Animal as their mascot. The drummer also made a television appearance in Nagano with CBS reporter Kennedy, who stapled his feet to a snowboard.
- The Olympic Games were a quadrennial interplanetary athletics competition founded by the Human civilization. The games originated in ancient Greece on the planet Earth, and were revived in the 19th century as an international competition, eventually expanding to include other worlds throughout the Federation. In 1986, Anastasia Komananov thought to herself that the Russian Olympic coaches and trainers would like to know what diet and regimen Khan Noonien Singh was on that gave him the abilities he displayed to her. Colonel Komananov was unaware of Khan's genetically engineered nature. (ST novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1) The 2224 Olympic Games were held on Aldebaran colony. (DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Old Souls") Emony Dax was an Olympic gymnast. (DS9 episode: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite", DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Old Souls") In the 2280s decade, Federation starship USS Enterprise held a shipboard Olympics for crewmembers, with Captain Kirk's senior staff serving as the qualifying committee. In the year 2286, Commander Chekov disqualified William Bearclaw from the Olympics for unsportsmanlike behavior during a wrestling match, when he offered a defeated Konom a hand up, and then kicked him down to the mat. Before the captain intervened, Chekov and Bearclaw almost came to blows over the issue. (TOS comic: "What Goes Around...") Prior to joining Starfleet, Elizabeth Laird represented Earth on the martial arts team at the Federation Olympics. (VOY video game: Elite Force)
- The Tenth Doctor claimed to have visited the very first Olympics and watched naked men throwing a discus before a giant crowd. (TV: Fear Her) The First Doctor and his companions Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright visited Babylon and met Alexander the Great in the Year of the 114th Olympiad, which equated to 323 BC in the Anno Domini Gregorian calendar. (AUDIO: Farewell, Great Macedon) The 1948 Olympics were held in London. The Doctor enjoyed it so much, he attended them twice. John Mark lit the torch. (TV: Fear Her) The 1968 Olympics were held in Mexico. While in Atlantis, Polly Wright discovered a souvenir bracelet from the games and Ben Jackson guessed from it that the year was approximately 1970. (TV: The Underwater Menace) Some time in the 1970s, John Crichton jumped 2.6362 metres in one of the Olympics. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs) The 1984 Olympics were held in Los Angeles and were boycotted by the Soviet Union, which announced its intention to do so on 8 May of that year. (AUDIO: The Reaping) The 2012 Olympics were held in London. The Isolus temporarily brought them all into a drawing to stop being lonely, but it wasn't enough. Rose Tyler, using the heat and its status as a beacon of love, heated the Isolus pod, and the spectators and athletes were brought back. Due to a mishap along the Olympic Torch relay route, the Olympic Flame was lit at the opening ceremonies by the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Fear Her) The United Kingdom issued a commemorative pound coin celebrating the London Olympics, one of which ended up in a coin-operated vending machine in Manchester in 2008. (AUDIO: The Raincloud Man) Read more: 2012 Olympics The 2044 Olympics were held in Havana, Cuba. Tarak Ital represented Pakistan in athletics and won a gold medal. (TV: The Waters of Mars) The 2048 Olympics were held in Paris. (TV: The Waters of Mars) The 2060 Olympics were held in Barcelona. The Fifth Doctor wanted to go there to watch the cricket match, having persuaded the committee to include the sport. (AUDIO: Nekromanteia) The Tenth Doctor once said to Rose Tyler he could take her to the first Anti-Gravity Olympics. (TV: Tooth and Claw) In 2074, the Eleventh Doctor rode a anti-gravity motorbike in the 2074 Anti-Grav Olympics, and finished last. (TV: The Bells of Saint John) In the early 22nd century, robots began competing in their own version of the Olympics. (AUDIO: Technophobia) The Intergalactic Olympic Games were active in the 40th century. The 3999 Intergalactic Olympics were held on Micawber's World. The Eighth Doctor took Samantha Jones there. (PROSE: Placebo Effect) When Davros revived and demanded to know what had happened while he was in suspended animation, the Fourth Doctor told him that Arcturus had won the Galactic Olympic Games with Betelgeuse coming in second. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks) After Earth was recolonised by the inhabitants of the Nerva Beacon in 16087, the Olympic Games were resumed. However, the fragmentary historical records stated that the Games were held every fourth of a year instead of once every four years. They were being held in Nerva City, the former site of New York City, at the time of the Sixth Doctor and Flip Jackson's arrival in the city in 16127. (AUDIO: Wirrn Isle)
- The modern Olympic Games (French: ="fr" xml:lang="fr" >les Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating, meaning they each occur every four years but two years apart. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which 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 is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to a variety of economic, political, and technological advancements. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure amateurism, as envisioned by Coubertin, to allow participation of professional athletes. The growing importance of mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialization of the Games. 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 Olympic Movement consists of international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each celebration of the Games. The host city is responsible for organizing and funding the Games consistent with the Olympic Charter. The Olympic program, consisting of the sports to be contested at the Games, is also determined by the IOC. There are several Olympic rituals and symbols, such as the Olympic flag and torch, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Games in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals: gold, silver, and bronze, respectively. The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented. Such growth has created numerous challenges, including boycotts, doping, bribery, and acts of terrorism. Every two years, the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national, and sometimes international fame. The Games also constitute an opportunity for the host city and country to showcase themselves to the world.
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