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The First Five Modern Olympics

In August 2024, Paris, France will host the Summer Olympic Games. The table below contains information about the sports that were at some of the first five modern Olympic Games.

Year Location Sports
1896 Athens, Greece athletics, road cycling, track cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling
1900 Paris, France archery, athletics, Basque pelota, cricket, croquet, track cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, polo, rowing, rugby, sailing, shooting, swimming, tennis, tug-of-war, water polo
1904 St. Louis, USA archery, athletics, boxing, track cycling, diving, fencing, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, roque, rowing, swimming, tennis, tug-of-war, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling
1908 London, England archery, athletics, boxing, track cycling, diving, fencing, figure skating, football, field hockey, gymnastics, jeu de paume, lacrosse, polo, rackets, rowing, rugby, sailing, shooting, swimming, tennis, tug-of-war, water motorsports, water polo, wrestling
1912 Stockholm, Sweden athletics, road cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, tennis, tug-of-war, water polo, wrestling

  1. Create a graph that displays the number of sports in each of the first five modern Olympic Games.

  2. State five observations/conclusions from your graph.

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