The Fencing events of Single Sculls and Coxed Eight Oared Shell were scheduled in 1896 but cancelled because of bad weather They have been held every time since in Olympics

At the opening ceremony of the 1936 Berlin Olympics the Dhyan Chand-led Indian Olympics contingent did not offer the Nazi salute - the Americans being the only other exception

Greg Louganis won the gold medal in the men s springboard diving in 1988 after hitting his head on the board in the preliminary competition so severely that he required stitches

Lu Li was the smallest person ever to compete in the games The Chinese gymnast was just 1 36m when she won the uneven bars event with a perfect 10 at the 1992 games in Barcelona

Four Olympians - Magnus Konow of Norway Ivan Osiier of Denmark Paul Elvstrom of Denmark and Durwood Knowles of the Bahamas competed in two (or more) Olympic Games 40 years apart

Stella Walsh (born Stanislawa Walasiewiczowna in Poland) won the 1932 women s 100 metres dash When she was killed in 1980 the post-mortem revealed one big surprise - she was a man

Michael Phelps was bestowed a silver trophy from world governing body FINA which described him as the greatest Olympian of all time after he won 22 medals till London 2012 Olympics

Polo was introduced in the Summer Olympics at the 1900 Games It was contested in another four Olympiads before being removed from the official programme after the 1936 Summer Olympics

The top prize at the first modern Olympics was the silver medal In 1896 in Athens first place winners got a silver medal and an olive branch Second place got a bronze Third place got nothing

In one of the longest matches in Olympic tennis history Switzerland s Roger Federer outlasted Argentina s Juan Martin del Potro 3-6 7-6 19-17 in a four-hour 26-minute marathon at London 2012

Black athletes didn t win the marathon until 1960 It s impossible to picture now but a black athlete didn t win the marathon until Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia did it in 1960 And he did it barefoot

Antwerp 1920-Antwerp (Belgium) Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath uttered the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace and was the first time the Olympic Flag was flown

Walker Don Thompson was worried about the heat and humidity in Rome for the 1960 Olympics He equipped a room in his house with heaters and boiling kettles and trained there He won the 50 000 metres walk

In 1956 American bantamweight weightlifter Charles Vinci found himself 200 grams overweight only 15 minutes before the weigh-in Savage measures included cutting off all his hair He made it and won the gold medal

In 1956 American bantamweight weightlifter Charles Vinci found himself 200 grams overweight only 15 minutes before the weigh-in Savage measures included cutting off all his hair He made it and won the gold medal