Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world’s first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
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The 2000 Summer Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
The first Winter Olympics medal was awarded to American Skater Charles Jewtraw after skating 5,000 meters in just 44 seconds.
Thieves stole up to 68 Olympic artifacts from a museum in Greece.
Gold medalist Tommie Smith was suspended for performing the Black Power salute during the Olympics.
