| The first competition in the world's first Olympic games, 776 B.C., was a foot race. The participants were all males, and ran in the nude. |
| In Middle ages, a new game was invented in Scotland. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden" and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. |
| According to scientific tests on cricketers the batsmen who are most likely to hit a cricket ball for six are those who watch it for the shortest period of time. |
| The bow used by Olympic archers measures a max of 6ft for men, 5¼ ft for women. It is made of laminated wood, and is coated with graphite or fiberglass. |
| The oldest individual to win a medal in the Olympics was Oscar Swahn, 72. He won a silver in shooting for Sweden in 1920. |
| The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. They began as a religious festival, were held every four years and continued for a thousand years. |
| The Olympic motto is Citius—Altius—Fortius, which is Latin for faster, higher, stronger. |
| In the opening procession of the Olympics, the team representing the host nation always marches last. |
| The five interlocking rings of the Olympic flag symbolize the five continents of the world (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the America) "linked together in friendship." |
| Olympics founder Pierre de Coubertin claimed that at least one of the rings' colors (blue, yellow, black, green, and red, along with the white background) was present in each country's national flag. |