101 Greatest Olympic Moments

When the modern Olympic Games were revived in Athens in 1896 the host nation's competitors were all male and were also singularly succes...

As noted in another entry in this compilation of the 101 Greatest Olympic Moments, the 1968 Mexico City Olympics saw a leap or two into the ...

New Zealand has a long and very successful Olympic history, starting way back in 1894 when Leonard Cuff was voted one of the thirteen origin...

Many of the greatest moments in modern Olympic history have been where two champions have met and not just competed against each other to wi...

As recorded elsewhere in this blog the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics were marred by a Soviet-led boycott, reducing the original number of invite...

Up until 1984 and the games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad the iconic event of the marathon had been limited to male participation only. There had ...

When one compares the Winter and Summer Olympics, the former appears to have the more potential for death and dismemberment when it comes to...

Without a doubt the 1936 Berlin Summer Games were the largest, most controversial and most nationalistic games of the modern era before the ...

The modern Olympic Games and Jewish athletes have not had the best of relationships. Unfrtunately, due to some very un-Olympic attitudes tow...

At every Olympic Games during the modern era there have been athletes who stamp their mark on their events imperiously, silencing critics an...

In the modern Olympic athletics program there are several events which will always be considered marquee, setting the identity more often th...