1. Paris, 1900: First female athletes

1900年，巴黎奧運會：首次允許女運動員參賽

Women were never allowed to compete in the Olympics until the Paris Games in 1900, when their participation in lawn tennis and golf events secured a position for female athletes in future Games.

The London 2012 Olympics signified a new gender milestone with the debut of Womens Boxing, and it was the first Games in Olympic history with female athletes from every competing country.

奧運會一直以來都不允許女性參加比賽，直到1900年的巴黎奧運會，女運動員在草地網(wǎng)球運動和高爾夫球運動上的參與，奠定了女運動員在未來奧運會上的地位。

2012年倫敦奧運會首次設(shè)置女子拳擊項目，標志著性別問題上出現(xiàn)了新的里程碑。這屆奧運會也成為奧運歷史上第一屆所有參賽國家都派出女運動員的奧運會。

2. Berlin, 1936: Owens breaks records

1936年，柏林奧運會：歐文斯打破世界紀錄

African-American athlete Jesse Owens broke records and won several gold medals, shattering Hitlers aim to use the 1936 Games as an example of the “new Aryan man”. Owens later befriended his German competitor in the long jump, Luz Long, and the pairs lap of honor became a symbol of the triumph of sportsmanship over Nazi ideology.

非裔美國運動員杰西·歐文斯在這屆奧運會上打破世界紀錄并獲得多項金牌，粉碎了希特勒借助1936年奧運會證明“新雅利安人”人種優(yōu)越的目的。歐文斯在隨后的跳遠比賽中對待他的德國對手盧茨·朗如同朋友一般，兩人的光榮一躍成為體育精神戰(zhàn)勝納粹思想的象征。

3. London, 1948: Wheelchair athletes compete

1948年，倫敦奧運會：輪椅運動員參加

English doctor Ludwig Guttmann founded the International Wheelchair Games to help rehabilitate wounded veterans of World War II. Using sports therapy, he invited wheelchair athletes to compete, and the event eventually became the modern Paralympic Games.

英國醫(yī)生路德維格·古特曼建立國際輪椅運動會，以幫助二戰(zhàn)中受傷的老兵康復。運用運動療法，他邀請坐輪椅的運動員參加比賽，這一賽事最后成為現(xiàn)代殘疾人奧林匹克運動會。

4. Montreal, 1976: African nations boycott

1976年，蒙特利爾奧運會：非洲國家抵制參賽

Human right was at the forefront of the Montreal Games after 22 African nations boycotted the Olympics because New Zealand was participating. Earlier that year, New Zealand sparked outrage among African countries when it sent its national rugby team to play in South Africa, which was under apartheid. This marked the first of several politically-motivated boycotts of the Olympics.

22個非洲國家因新西蘭參賽而聯(lián)合抵制奧運會，在此之后人權(quán)問題就處于了蒙特利爾奧運會的風口浪尖。當年早些時候，新西蘭國家橄欖球隊前往種族隔離制度下的南非比賽，因此在非洲國家激起了民憤。這是第一次因政治原因而抵制奧運會的運動。

5. Barcelona, 1992: Pros play the Olympics

1992年，巴塞羅那奧運會：職業(yè)運動員參加奧運會

The 1992 US Mens Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the “Dream Team” for its impressive line-up of the biggest names in basketball—Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing to name a few—was the first time active NBA players were recruited for an Olympic team. The team crushed the competition as it made its way towards the final (winning all eight games) and ultimately defeated Croatia to bring home the gold medal. Still today, the Dream Team is widely celebrated as the greatest team ever assembled in any sport.

1992年美國男子奧運籃球隊被稱為“夢之隊”，因為隊中囊括了許多給人留下深刻印象的籃球明星——邁克爾·喬丹、查爾斯·巴克利和帕特里克·尤因，這是首次現(xiàn)役NBA隊員組隊參加奧運會。這支球隊直闖決賽（贏得全部八場比賽）并最終擊敗克羅地亞將金牌收入囊中，取得了完勝。如今，“夢之隊”被廣泛用于任何體育項目中所組成的最佳團隊。

6. Atlanta, 1996: Games turn 100 with Ali

1996年，亞特蘭大奧運會：拳王阿里點燃奧運百年圣火

Despite his struggles with Parkisons disease, former heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Games. It was an emotional start to the Olympics Centennial.

盡管飽受帕金森綜合征的折磨，前重量級拳擊冠軍、奧運冠軍默罕默德·阿里還是在1996年亞特蘭大奧運會開幕式上點燃了奧運圣火。這令人激動的一幕掀開了奧運百年的新篇章。

7. Athens, 2004: Medal design corrected

2004年，雅典奧運會：獎牌設(shè)計被更正

A new medal was distributed to winners at the Athens Games, replacing the long-standing design by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Cassioli that incorrectly depicted the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue. Olympic medals now feature the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, one of the worlds oldest stadiums and the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.

在雅典奧運會上，獲勝運動員得到了新設(shè)計的獎牌，取代了一直以來由意大利雕刻家朱塞佩·卡斯歐利設(shè)計的獎牌，原獎牌描繪的是羅馬圓形大劇場，而非希臘的場所。如今的奧運獎牌圖案為雅典的帕納辛納克體育場，這是世界上最古老的體育場之一，也是1896年第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運會的比賽場地。

8. Beijing, 2008: Phelps takes most gold ever

2008年，北京奧運會：菲爾普斯獲個人最多金牌

During the Beijing Games, champion American swimmer Michael Phelps and his teammates set a new world record in the medley relay event, awarding Phelps his eighth gold medal (the most won in a single Olympic Games) and pushing his medal count over that of his record-holding predecessor, Mark Spitz. Upon winning his eighth medal, Phelps had nothing but humble words for his audience, “Records are meant to be broken no matter what they are.”

在北京奧運會上，美國游泳冠軍邁克爾·菲爾普斯和他的隊友在混合泳接力項目中創(chuàng)造了新的世界紀錄，菲爾普斯獲得了他的第8枚金牌（在一屆奧運會中獲得的最多金牌），打破了馬克·斯皮茨先前保持的紀錄。在剛獲得第8枚金牌的時候，菲爾普斯只對觀眾說了一些謙虛的話：“不管是什么紀錄，注定都是要被打破的?！?