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Olympic Games
History
 Olympics were held at Mt. Olympus in Greece in honor of Zeus from 776 BC and
continued till AD 394.
 The French nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympics after 1500
years since the last ancient Olympics held.
 The modern Olympic games started in 1896 in Athens and since then are held every
four years.

Emblem
The emblem consists of five intertwined rings, each of different color representing five
continents. It is placed at the center of the flag.

Logo of Olympic Games

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Colors of the rings and the continents:

 Blue: Europe

 Yellow: Asia

 Black: Africa

 Red: America

 Green: Oceania

Flag
The color of Olympic flag is white length and width is 3m × 2m. The emblem is placed in
the middle. It was first hosted at Antwerp Olympics in 1920.

Motto
In Latin, “Citius, Altius, Fortius” is the motto of the Olympics game which mean
“Swifter, Higher and Stronger”. It was composed by Father Didon in 1897 and
introduced for the first time in 1920 games.

Headquarters
The International Olympic committee organizes and controls the Olympics. It’s
headquartered is at Lausanne in Switzerland.

Participating Number Number of

No Year Place Country Countries of Female Sports Events
Players players
1 1896 Athens Greece 14 241 9 43
2 1900 Paris France 24 997 22 19 85
3 1904 St. Louis USA 12 651 6 16 94
4 1908 London UK 22 2008 37 22 110
5 1912 Stockholm Sweden 28 2407 48 14 102
6 1916 Games not held (Reason World war I)
7 1920 Antwerp Belgium 29 2626 65 22 156
8 1924 Paris France 44 3089 135 17 126

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Participating Number Number of

No Year Place Country Countries of Female Sports Events
Players players

9 1928 Amsterda Netherl 46 2883 277 14 109

m ands

10 1932 Los USA 37 1332 126 14 117

Angeles
11 1936 Berlin German 49 3963 331 19 129
y
12 1940 Games not held (Reason World war II)

13 1944 Games not held (Reason World war II)

14 1948 London UK 59 4104 390 17 136

15 1952 Helsinki Finland 69 4955 519 17 149

16 1956 Melbourn Australi 72 3314 376 17 151

e a
17 1960 Rome Italy 83 5338 611 17 150

18 1964 Tokyo Japan 93 5151 678 19 163

19 1968 Mexico Mexico 112 5516 781 18 172

City
W.
20 1972 Munich German 121 7134 1059 21 195
y
21 1976 Montreal Canada 92 6084 1260 21 198

22 1980 Moscow Russia 80 5179 1115 21 203

23 1984 Los USA 140 6829 1566 21 221

Angeles
24 1988 Seoul South 159 8391 2194 23 237
Korea
25 1992 Barcelona Spain 169 9356 2704 25 257

26 1996 Atlanta USA 197 10318 3512 26 271

27 2000 Sydney Australi 199 10651 4069 28 300

a
28 2004 Athens Greece 201 10625 4329 28 301

29 2008 Beijing China 204 10942 4637 28 300

30 2012 London UK 204 10568 4676 26 302

31 2016 Rio de Brazil 207 11238 ~4700 28 306

Janeiro
32 2020 Tokyo Japan 206 10,305 5400 33 339

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India’s Achievements in Olympics

Year Venue Player Sports Medal

1952 Helsinki K.D. Jadav Wrestling Bronze

1996 Atlanta Leander Paes Tennis Bronze

2000 Sydney Karnam Weightlifting Bronze

Malleshwasri

2004 Athens Rajya Vardhan Shooting Silver

Singh Rathore

Abhinav Bindra Shooting Gold

2008 Beijing Sushil Kumar Wrestling Bronze

Vijender Kumar Boxing Bronze

Sushil Kumar Wrestling Silver

Vijay Kumar Shooting Silver

Gagan Narang Shooting Bronze

2012 London
Saina Nehwal Badminton Bronze

Mary Kom Boxing Bronze

Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling Bronze

P. V Sindhu Badminton Silver

2016 Rio de janeiro
Sakshi Malik Wrestling Bronze

Neeraj Chopra Javelin throw Gold

Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting Silver

Ravi Dahiya Wrestling Silver

P V Sindhu Badminton Bronze

2020 (Held in Tokyo
2021)
Lovlina
Boxer Bronze
Borgohain

Bajrang Punia Wrestling Bronze

Men’s Hockey
Hockey Bronze
Team

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Commonwealth Games
 This sports event is conducted by all commonwealth countries once in four years.
 These games are held by Commonwealth Games Federation.
 The first Commonwealth games were held at Hamilton, Canada in 1930.
 Motto of the game is Humanity – Equality Destiny.

No. Year Venue Country

1 1930 Hamilton Canada

2 1934 London England
3 1938 Sydney Australia
1942 Not held (Reason: World War II)
1946 Not held (Reason: World War II)
4 1950 Auckland New Zealand
5 1954 Vancouver Canada
6 1958 Cardiff Wales
7 1962 Perth Australia
8 1966 Kingston Jamaica
9 1970 Edinburgh Scotland
10 1974 Christchurch New Zealand
11 1978 Edmonton Canada
12 1982 Brisbane Australia
13 1986 Edinburgh Scotland
14 1990 Auckland New Zealand
15 1994 Victoria Canada
16 1998 Kualalumpur Malaysia
17 2002 Manchester UK
18 2006 Melbourne Australia
19 2010 Delhi India
20 2014 Glasgow Scotland
21 2018 Gold coast Australia

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India’s Achievements in Commonwealth Games 2018

 India competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia from 4
to 15 April 2018. It was India's 18th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
 India won 26 Gold medals and a total of 66 medals; India finished 3rd for the
tournament.
 It was India's best position since the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which they
hosted.
 Only Australia with 198 medals and England with 136 were ahead.
 India's 26 Golds was also third, behind Australia (80) and England (45).
 India's combined 66 medals is its third best showing in the history of the Games.
 India's best remains 101 in New Delhi (2010), followed by 69 in Manchester (2002).
 In table tennis, Manika Batra picked up medals in all events she competed in,
namely:
 Singles Gold, Women's Doubles Gold,
 Women's Team Gold
 Mixed Doubles Bronze.

 Batra made history by becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual table
tennis Gold at the Games.
 India's maximum medals came from shooting (16), followed by wrestling (12) and
weightlifting (9).
 The 10-member Indian table tennis team secured 8 medals (3 Gold, 2 Silver and 3
Bronze), which turned out to be their best-ever medal haul in the history of the
Games.
 In the women's table tennis event, the Indian team won its first ever Commonwealth
Gold.
 Teenager Deepak Lather from Haryana became the youngest Indian weightlifter to
claim a Commonwealth Games medal, clinching a Bronze in the men’s 69kg
category.
 Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala, aged 15, created history by becoming the country’s
youngest ever Gold medal winner in the Commonwealth Games, in the men's 25m
rapid fire pistol.
 Neeraj Chopra from Haryana became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a Gold
medal at the Games.

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 His medal is only the fifth track-and-field Gold for India at the Commonwealth
Games
 The other four being:
 Milkha Singh (1958),
 Discus Thrower Krishna Poonia (2010),
 The Women’s 4x400m relay quartet of Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini
Akkunji and Mandeep Kaur (2010)
 Shot-putter Vikas Gowda (2014).
 The Gold medal won by India's mixed badminton team is the country's first in that
category at the Games.
 Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to win two singles Golds at the Games after
defeating PV Sindhu. Saina had also won the title in 2010 in New Delhi.
 The Indian badminton contingent's total of seven medals (2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2
Bronze) turned out to be the best performance by any Indian badminton team at the
Games.
 Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who claimed India's first Gold, in the Women's 48 kg,
broke three Games records in the ‘snatch’ section, the ‘clean and jerk’ and the
overall Games record.

Asian Games
 Asian Games Is a Pan-Asian Multi-event sports.
 It was organized in 1951 by the late Prime minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru and
have been held once in four year since.
 The Asian games is regulated by The Asian Games Federation (AGF).
 Maharaja Yadvendra Singh of Patiala was the first president of AGF and prof. G.D
Sondhi was the first secretary of the AGF.
 “Ever onward” is the motto of the Asian games.
 A bright full rising sun with interlocking rings is the emblem of this games.
 In New Delhi the first ever Asian games was held which was inaugurated by Dr.
Rajendra Prasad.

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No Year Venue Country Sports Events Athletes India’s First

Rank Rank

1 1951 New Delhi India 6 57 489 2 Japan

2 1954 Manila Philippines 8 76 970 5 Japan

3 1958 Tokyo Japan 13 97 1820 7 Japan

4 1962 Jakarta Indonesia 13 120 1460 3 Japan

5 1966 Bangkok Thailand 14 143 1945 5 Japan

6 1970 Bangkok Thailand 13 135 2400 5 Japan

7 1974 Tehran Iran 16 202 3010 7 Japan

8 1978 Bangkok Thailand 19 201 3842 6 Japan

9 1982 New Delhi India 21 199 3411 5 China

10 1986 Seoul South 25 270 4839 5 China

Korea

11 1990 Beijing China 29 310 6122 11 China

12 1994 Hiroshima Japan 34 337 6828 8 China

13 1998 Bangkok Thailand 36 376 6554 9 China

14 2002 Busan South 38 419 7711 8 China

Korea

15 2006 Doha Qatar 39 424 9520 8 China

16 2010 Guangzho China 42 476 9704 6 China

u

17 2014 Incheon South 36 439 9501 8 China

Korea

18 2018 Jakarta Indonesia 40 465 11,720 8 China

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India’s Achievements in Asian Games 2018

 18th Asian Games concluded in Indonesia. It was held from August 18 to September
2, 2018 in two cities – Jakarta (capital of Indonesia) and Palembang (capital of
Indonesia’s province of South Sumatra).
 This was second time in Asian Games history that Indonesia had hosted it after first
time in 1962 in Jakarta.
 Indian women hockey captain Rani Rampal was India’s flag-bearer at closing
ceremony.
 India’s final tally at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia was
a total of 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze.
 Trio of Bhin Bhin (bird of paradise), Kaka (one horned rhino) and Atung (deer) are
mascots of 2018 Asian Games.
 It was India’s best performance in the Asian Games till now. India finished at eight
position both in terms of gold medals and total tally.
 India’s medal tally is its highest ever, as it won four more medals than in 2010
Guangzhou Asian Games.
 In terms of gold medal tally, India matched its best performance at the inaugural
1951 Games in New Delhi.
 In 2018 Asia Games, track and field events remained most productive discipline for
India as it won in seven events.
 Indian athletes had claimed two gold medals in shooting and wrestling and one each
in boxing, bridge, rowing and tennis.
 India won its 1st medal in Sepak Takraw.
 Rahi Sarnobat became 1st Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in
shooting.
 Vinesh Phogat became 1st Indian woman to win gold in wrestling.
 It was the 1st time that Indian Kabaddi Team could not win Gold.
 Swapna Barman became 1st Indian to win an Asiad gold in the women's
heptathlon event.
 Neeraj Chopra became 1st Indian javelin thrower to win an Asiad gold.
 Dutee Chand Won India’s first medal in 20 years in a women's 100 event.
 Bajrang Punia (Wrestling) won 1st Gold Medal for India in Asian Games
2018.

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