Olympic Games Timeline

Olympics History Timeline 2001 - 2010

Year	Venue and Date	Medal count	Records	Nations participating	Athletes participating	No. of Events	News	Main Events
2001								The Olympics Facts, Figures & Fun
2002
2003
2004	Athens, Greece August 13 - 29	The United States finished in first position in the final medal rankings, with 36 gold and 102 total medals. China won 63 total medals (ranked third), including 32 gold medals (ranked second).		202	11,099	301 in 28 sports	The International Olympic Committee announced the list of cities accepted as candidates to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The five candidate cities are Paris, New York, Moscow, London and Madrid.	The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: Athens 2004
2005							On July 8, 2005, the International Olympic Committee announced that Hong Kong will hold the equestrian events at the site of the Hong Kong Sports Institute in Fo Tan, Sha Tin.	Cross-Country Ski Tours--Washington's South Cascades and Olympics: Washington's South Cascades and Olympics
2006
2007
2008	Beijing, China August 8 - 24				10,500 (approx.)	302 in 28 sports	The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be held in Beijing, China.	The Olympics
2009
2010
Year	Venue and Date	Medal count	Records	Nations participating	Athletes participating	No. of Events	News	Main Events