Great moments in Olympic history
1900- Women's participation starts in Olympic Games
1936- US athlete Jesse Owens wins four gold medals in Berlin games
1948- Concept of paralympics introduced
1960- 1st time television entered into Olympics
1960- 1st Black African Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia wins gold medal
1976- Nadia Comaneci is awarded the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history, in the uneven parallel bars.
2000- North and South Korea marched together for the first time in Sydney's Olympic opening ceremony
2008- Michael Phelps, a US swimmer, wins eight gold medals, the most by an individual in a single Olympic Games
2016- Usain Bolt becomes the only men in the history to clinch Gold in men's 100 meter and 200 meter at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 & 2016)
(compiled by Olympictalks)
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