• The most decorated Olympian is Michael Phelps with 28 Olympic medals.

• The longest tennis match took place in 2010 at Wimbledon. John Isner of the United States beat Nicolas Mahut of France in a match that lasted 11 hours and five minutes. It took 3 days to complete.

• The Olympic rings cover every flag in the world. Yellow, green, red, black, and blue were selected because at least one of those five colors appears in every flag in the world.

• There have been three Olympic Games held in countries that no longer exist- West Germany, The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

• Anna Kopchovsky, the first woman to cycle around the world in 1894, had only learned how to cycle a few days before she set off. She covered the entire distance in 15 months and received a reward of 10,000 dollars.

• Among the 30 fastest 100-meter sprints in the history of the sport, there are only nine that are not related to doping. All nine runs were completed by Usain Bolt.

• American professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal scored only a single three-point shot throughout his entire professional career.

• In the history of the United States there have been 17 Americans who ran a marathon in less than two hours and ten minutes. In October 2011 this was achieved by 32 Kenyans.

• The oldest football team is Sheffield FC and was formed in 1857. The team still actively competes today.

• The world record for the most consecutive push-ups is 10, 507. It was set by Minoru Yoshida from Japan in 1980.