Olympics

 As we all know to win a gold in Olympic is the dream of every sports person.So I'm going to tell something interest and helpful to about Olympics and Badminton.
The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competition. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition..The Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympics Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games
First Olympics was hosted in Panathenaic Stadium  in athens in 1896.
The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games.The IOC has had to adapt to the varying economic, political, and technological realities of the 20th century.The Games have grown in scale to the point that nearly every nation is represented.
In 2010, the Olympic Games were complemented by Youth Games, where athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 will compete.From 241 participants representing 14 nations in 1896, the Games have grown to about 10,500 competitors from 204 countries at the 2008 summer Olympics.The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin were the first Games to be broadcast on television, though only to local audiences.The 1956 Winter Olympics were the first internationally televised Olympic Games,Viewership increased exponentially from the 1960s until the end of the century. This was due to the use of satellites to broadcast live television worldwide in 1964, and the introduction of color television in 1968.The sale of the Olympic brand has been controversial. The argument is that the Games have become indistinguishable from any other commercialized sporting spectacle.The Olympic Movement uses symbols to represent the ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter.Olympic rings, consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (America, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe). The colored version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag.
 The Olympic Games program consists of 35 sports, 30 disciplines and nearly 400 events.Three Olympiads had to pass without a celebration of the Games because of war: the 1916 Games were cancelled because of World War I, and the summer and winter games of 1940 and 1944 were cancelled because of World War II.
The athletes or teams who place first, second, or third in each event receive medals.At the 1896 Olympics only the first two received a medal; silver for first and bronze for second.From 1948 onward athletes placing fourth, fifth, and sixth have received certificates, which became officially known as victory diplomas; in 1984 victory diplomas for seventh- and eighth-place finishers were added.
Medal winners in Badminton:-
Women's Singles:

Game	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Susi Susanti (INA)	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	Huang Hua (CHN) Tang Jiuhong (CHN)
1996 Atlanta	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	Mia Audina (INA)	Susi Susanti (INA)
2000 Sydney	Gong Zhichao (CHN)	Camilla Martin (DEN)	Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
2004 Athens	Zhang Ning (CHN)	Mia Audina (NED)	Zhou Mi (CHN)
2008 Beijing	Zhang Ning (CHN)	Xie Xingfang (CHN)	Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA)

Men's Singles:

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Alan Budikusuma (INA)	Ardy Wiranata (INA)	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN) Hermawan Susanto (INA)
1996 Atlanta	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (DEN)	Dong Jiong (CHN)	Rashid Sidek (MAS)
2000 Sydney	Ji Xinpeng (CHN)	Hendrawan (INA)	Xia Xuanze (CHN)
2004 Athens	Taufik Hidayat (INA)	Shon Seung-mo (KOR)	Soni Dwi Kuncoro (INA)
2008 Beijing	Lin Dan (CHN)	Lee Chong Wei (MAS)	Chen Jin (CHN)