Summer Olympics Puzzle (July 2024)

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  1. 2. Medal given to those athletes who place second in an Olympic competition.
  2. 5. Medal given to those athletes who place third in an Olympic competition.
  3. 6. Modern version of this five-event competition requires athletes to compete in fencing, swimming, shooting, horse riding, and running
  4. 7. Group of Olympic events involving a bicycle; specific competitions include sprint, track, road, or mountain.
  5. 12. An official Olympic sport since 1936, this team sport has seen the Americans win the Men's competition 16 of 20 times.
  6. 14. Series of games following the Olympics (always using the same host city's facilities)for competitions between men and women with various disabilities.
  7. 16. The first of three words within the original Olympic creed; the Latin term is Citius.
  8. 20. Group of Olympic events where competitors attempt to lift the greatest amount of weight, either over their heads or to
  9. 22. The Olympic flag is a white background with five of these interlocking; colored Blue, Black, Red, Gold, and Green.
  10. 23. One of two official Olympic languages; it is the official language of this year's host country.
  11. 24. Group of Olympic events where athletes will attempt to strike an opponent with the point of a sword; variations include foil, epee or sabre.
  12. 26. Group of Olympic events where teams of two, four or eight people will propel a boat using oars fixed to the vessel at a distance of 2,000 meters (1.2 land miles)
  13. 27. Not to be confused with the NFL, the Olympics used this term to describe the sport rather than soccer.
  14. 28. While sometimes mistaken for dance, these groups of Olympic events on basis of some combination of apparatuses; both men's and women's competitions share the floor exercise and vault.
  15. 29. Group of Olympic events where athletes will attempt to use a bow to hit targets at different distances with arrows.
  16. 31. Olympic sport, played either on a court on a beach, where each team tries to land the ball within the boundaries of the opposing team's side by striking a ball over a net.
  17. 32. In recognition of its origins, the first modern Olympics were held in this Greek city in 1896.
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  1. 1. Host city for the 2024 Summer Games, it has previously hosted the Games in 1900 and 1924.
  2. 2. Group of Olympic events where individual and relay teams compete in a pool in races of different distances and using different stokes in the water.
  3. 3. Modern version of this ten-event competition requires athletes to run 100 meters, run 110 meter hurdles, run 400 meters, run 1500 meters, pole vault, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and discus throw over the course of two days.
  4. 4. The second of three words within the original Olympic creed; the Latin term is Altius.
  5. 8. Medal given to those athletes who place first in an Olympic competition.
  6. 9. Group of Olympic events where two competitors attempt to pin one another's two shoulders to the floor.
  7. 10. At the Opening Ceremonies, this public declaration is made a member of the host country's team obligating all athletes, officials and judges to adhere to the games' rules.
  8. 11. The third of three words within the original Olympic creed; the Latin term is Fortius.
  9. 13. Arguably the single greatest symbol of the Olympics, it is used to carry the Olympic flame to light the Olympic Cauldron at the Opening Ceremonies.
  10. 15. An activity thought of as being associated with Hawaii or California, this sport will be an Olympic sport for the first time this year with competition taking place in Tahiti, many thousands of miles from France.
  11. 17. Group of Olympic events where athletes will jump into a pool; variations include springboard or fixed platform; individual or synchronized.
  12. 18. The largest number of Olympic athletes fall into this sport category; which composes running at a variety of distances, jumping, throwing, and race walking, competing individually or through relay teams. In this country, it is collectively referred to as Track. It is also the name of the Major League Baseball team in Oakland.
  13. 19. Group of Olympic events involving punching an weight-classified opponent within a canvas-floored ring; Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sugar Ray Leonard all won Olympic medals in this sport.
  14. 21. A 26.2 mile running event, it is traditionally the final competition at any Summer Olympics.
  15. 25. Host city for the 2028 Summer Games, it has previously hosted the Games in 1932 and 1984.
  16. 30. One of two official Olympic languages; you are reading that language right now.