| The tip of a fencing weapon is the second fastest moving object in the Olympics. The fastest is a bullet. |
| In 1908, the Russian team turned up 12 days late to the Olympics because they had yet to start using the Gregorian calendar. |
| Henry Robert "Bobby" Pearce was an Australian-Canadian sculler who won the gold medal in the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the 1928 race, even after stopping to let some ducks pass along the way. |
| In 1936 Olympics, Shuhei Nishida and Sueo Oe, both of Japan were tied for 2nd place in Pole Vaults. After coin toss, Nishida was placed 2nd and Oe 3rd. Japanese officials thought it to be a little unfair to Oe. Both were also unhappy. So they decided to take their medals and split them in half. They then combined the halves to make two half bronze-half silver medals. |
| Modern Olympic gold medals actually contain only 1.34% gold. |
| Athletes can compete as independent Olympians (not under a country's flag) at the Olympic Games. Typically, this happens when there are political issues with the National Olympic Committee or other internal political problems. |
| In 1998, Tara Lipinski became the youngest individual gold medalist in Winter Olympic history. She was 15y 18mo old! |
| Sushil Kumar became the first Indian to win back to back medals (Wrestling 66 KG) in individual Olympics event in Beijing 2008 and London 2012. |
| Usian Bolt became the first man to win consecutive Golds in 100m and 200m sprints at Beijing and London Olympics, 2008 and 2012 respectively. |
| The 1908 Olympics Men's 400m final was run by one man. The only walkover final in Olympic history! |