Who won the first Olympic women’s 800 metres title, at Amsterdam 1928?
Answer
Lina Radke
88 Summer Olympics Trivia Questions with Answers
88 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Summer Olympics first provided a purpose-built Olympic Village for competitors?
Answer
Los Angeles 1932
At which Summer Olympics did women’s boxing make its debut?
Answer
London 2012
Which athlete became the first Moroccan Olympic champion by winning the 1984 400-metre hurdles?
Answer
Nawal El Moutawakel
Which athlete won the first Olympic women’s 400 metres title at Tokyo 1964?
Answer
Betty Cuthbert
Which athlete scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics history?
Answer
Nadia Comăneci
Which athlete became the first woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal at Paris 1900?
Answer
Charlotte Cooper
Which country won the first Olympic men's water polo tournament in 1900?
Answer
Great Britain
Who won the men's 100 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo?
Answer
Bob Hayes
At which Summer Olympics was the modern Olympic torch relay first held?
Answer
Berlin 1936
Which athlete won the first Olympic gold medal in men's judo at Tokyo 1964?
Answer
Takehide Nakatani
Which Summer Olympics were the first to be televised live to a local audience?
Answer
1936 Berlin Olympics
Which golfer won the women’s golf tournament at the 1900 Summer Olympics?
Answer
Margaret Abbott
Which athlete became the youngest individual Olympic champion by winning diving gold at Berlin 1936?
Answer
Marjorie Gestring
Which country won the first Olympic women’s football gold medal at Atlanta 1996?
Answer
United States
Which athlete won three athletics gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome?
Answer
Wilma Rudolph
What distance became the standard Olympic marathon length after the 1908 London Olympics?
Answer
42.195 kilometers
Which city hosted the first Olympic Refugee Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Answer
Rio de Janeiro
Which country led the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow?
Answer
United States
Which Olympic Games were cancelled because of the First World War?
Answer
1916 Berlin Olympics
Who won the first Olympic gold medal awarded at the modern 1896 Games?
Answer
James Connolly
At which Summer Olympics were women’s swimming events first included?
Answer
1912 Stockholm Olympics
Which athlete won the women's 100 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul?
Answer
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Who composed the music of the Olympic anthem first performed at the 1896 Summer Olympics?
Answer
Spyridon Samaras
Which athlete won the first Olympic men's marathon?
Answer
Spyridon Louis
What Latin word was added to the Olympic motto in 2021?
Answer
Communiter
Who won the first Olympic women's discus throw title?
Answer
Halina Konopacka
Who won the first Olympic men's 100-metre butterfly title?
Answer
Doug Russell
Who designed the Olympic rings in 1913?
Answer
Pierre de Coubertin