Summer Olympics (1896-2012)

In: History Interactive Maps Sports

30 Jul 2012

I guess today is the day of map posts! Here is one from the Economist that shows which countries participated in each summer Olympics since 1896. You can see the stupid 1980/84 boycotts by east and west, for example.

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