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The Olympic Games aired in the United States on the broadcast network ABC during the 1960s to the 1980s. ABC first televised the Winter Olympic Games in 1964, [1] and the Summer Olympic Games in 1968. [2] ABC last televised the Summer Olympics in 1984 and Winter Olympics in 1988.
NBC launched its own Olympic website, NBCOlympics.com. Focusing on the television coverage of the games, it did provide video clips, medal standings, live results. Its main purpose, however, was to provide a schedule of what sports were on the many stations of NBC Universal.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.
12 mar 1989 · Washington Post. There was no doubt that ABC was, as it boasted, “recognized around the world as the leader in sports television.” Then, Atlas shrugged. It was the network of the Olympics; of...
Access the official Olympic database of results. It contains all records since Athens 1896 and is searchable by Olympic Games, sports and events.
7 mar 2024 · Who has the most gold medals in Olympic track and field history? Individually, it's a tie between Carl Lewis of the U.S. and Finland's Paavo Nurmi. Each of them has nine gold medals. Nurmi has the edge in overall medal count, 12 to 10. As a nation, the U.S. owns a massive advantage in gold medals, with 328 golds and 828 overall medals.
31 sty 2022 · Carl Lewis wins two more gold medals, bringing his total to eight. 13-year-old Fu Mingxia of China wins the platform diving event, making her the second-youngest person to win an individual gold medal.