1984 Los Angeles When Los Angeles got the bid for the 1984 Olympics back in 1977, the idea that there would be an American boycott of the 1980 Olympics wasn’t…

1980 Moscow The Kremlin clock in Moscow is one of the most famous clocks in the world. It’s up there with the Westminster Clock Towers in London and at 4.00pm…

1976 Montreal It is very rare for the Internet to come up blank, unfortunately the opening ceremony of the 1976 Olympics, held in Montreal in Canada, is one of those…

1972 Munich Being born in the middle of an Olympiad used to be rather galling as you had to wait at least another 18 months until the Winter Games, luckily…

Introduction The ancient Olympic Games were always hosted by the Elians at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia. The first ancient Olympic Games started sometime between 1100 – 780 BCE,…