Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad Ali won Olympic gold at the 1960 Games. He loved the medal so much he slept with it and wore it on its ribbon on his journey home to Louisville, Kentucky.
Team Australia had yet to win a gold medal and Ian Thorpe was their great hope. He held his nerve to win in a world record time. The same night he anchored the 4x100m freestyle relay team to victory
The Los Angeles Tennis Center hosted the demonstration tennis event during the 1984 Summer Olympics. The center currently hosts the Los Angeles Open, an ATP Tour event.
The Port Olímpic is a marina that hosted the sailing events for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is the only stadium to have hosted the Olympic Games twice, in 1932 and 1984. It is also the only Olympic stadium to have also hosted Super Bowls and World Series.
The Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre is the venue that hosted swimming, diving and synchronised swimming events during Sydney 2000.
The 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held here. Future 2012 London Olympic champions Aly Raisman, McKayla Maroney and Gabby Douglas of the USA finishing first in team all around event
FINA World Championships were held here in 2011. They served as qualifying stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics with star Olympians Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte (USA) being at the top of their game.
Playing here in the 2012 US Open, Andy Murray of Great Britain became the first man to win both the Olympic men's singles gold medal and the US Open in the same year.
London 2012 Olympic champion Lucie Décosse (France) and bronze medallist Yoshie Ueno (Japan) competed here at the 2011 World Judo Championships.
Here M.Spitz broke the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympics with 7 gold medals. This record was not surpassed until fellow swimmer M.Phelps won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Olympics
The original Dream Team, with Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and other NBA superstars such as Michael Jordan and David Robinson on the 1992 roster, was perhaps the greatest assembly of talent ever.
in 1984,16 year-old gymnast Mary Lou Retton became the first American, woman or man, to win the all-around after earning perfect 10s for the floor exercise and vault.
The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc hosted the diving events for the 1992 Summer Olympics. There is a great panoramic view here.
Iconic 1980 Moscow Olympic venue which is now a multisport training centre. One of the best spots to practise team sports on Olympic Day! Check-in at the Complex and check it out.
A stage for many football heroes to shine, it will be the venue for the Olympic Opening Ceremony and a football venue during the 2016 Olympic Games.
US gymnast George Eyser is unique in Olympic history: the only man with an artificial leg to win an Olympic medal: 3 gold, 2 silver and 1bronze all at the St Louis 1904 Games.]
Was part of the Olympic Park during the 1976 Olympic Games. The venue hosted swimming, diving and water polo.
BC Place Stadium was home for the Vancouver Opening Ceremony in 2010. Check-in to BC Place on Olympic Day June 23 and be part of Olympic history!
Sitting at the waterfront it is the most popular recreational facility in Vancouver and is on the "to do" lists of many visitors.
This 7km bike track facing the lagoon and Christ the Redeemer will be the rowing and canoeing sprint venue in 2016. One more reason for you to explore it and love it!
