Some Cool Facts About The Olympics That You Might Not Know.

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1. The first Olympic Games took place in the 8th century B.C. in Olympia, Greece.

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2. The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens, Greece.

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3. Women have been allowed to compete in the Olympics since 1900.

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4. The official languages of the games are English and French.

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5. The five rings of the Olympic symbol is represent the five inhabited continents of the world.

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6. Olympic medals are not made of gold but are only finished with gold. They are mostly made of silver these days. The last time they were made entirely of gold was at the 1904 Olympic Games.

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7. Each Olympic games have a specific motto. This year’s motto is “Games Wide Open”.

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8. The host city designs the Olympic medals for their games.

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9. Michael Phelps (USA, swimming) is the person with the most Olympic medals of all time in history, with a total 28 medals (23 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze).

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10. Abhinav Bindra is India's first individual Olympic gold medallist.

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