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Olympics 1908 - London, England
No. of countries: 22
No. of athletes: 2035 - (1999 m + 36 w)
No. of events: 107
The first Olympics to have an opening ceremony. As always, the ceremony and
the games were filled with political statements from the athletes. These games
were to be held in Rome, but had to be moved because of the eruption of
volcano Vesuvius.
New events were motorboating among others. The winner of the marathon,
Italian Dorando Pietri, was disqualified for having been helped over the finish line.