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The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad , first held in 1896 , is an international multi - sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years . The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro , ___MASK18___ . The International Olympic Committee organizes the games and oversees the host city ' s preparations . In each Olympic event , gold medals are awarded for first place , silver medals are awarded for second place , and bronze medals are awarded for third ; this tradition began in 1904 . The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the success of the Summer Olympics . Conor Maloney ( born February 8 , 1974 ) is an Irish sprint canoer who has competed in the mid - 1990s . At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K - 2 500 m and the K - 2 1000 m event . A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , ___MASK57___ , Romania , ___MASK63___ and Taiwan . In the United Kingdom and ___MASK80___ , county towns have a similar function . Metro Atlanta , designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as the Atlanta - Sandy Springs - Roswell , GA Metropolitan Statistical Area , is the most populous metro area in the US state of ___MASK58___ and the ninth - largest metropolitan statistical area ( MSA ) in the United States . Its economic , cultural and demographic center is Atlanta , and it had a 2015 estimated population of 5 . 7 million people according to the U . S . Census Bureau . The metro area forms the core of a broader trading area , the Atlanta  ___MASK56___ - Clarke  Sandy Springs Combined Statistical Area . The Combined Statistical Area spans up to 39 counties in north ___MASK58___ and had an estimated 2015 population of 6 . 3 million people . Atlanta is considered an " alpha (-) world city ". It is the third largest metropolitan region in the Southeast behind Greater Washington and South Florida . The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ; French : Comité international olympique , CIO ) is the supreme authority of the worldwide Olympic movement . It is an international , non - profit , non - governmental organization based in Lausanne , ___MASK78___ . Its mission is enshrined in the Olympic Charter : to support the development of competitive sport by ethical and environmentally sustainable means . Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U . S . state of ___MASK58___ , with an estimated 2015 population of 463 , 878 . Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area , home to 5 , 710 , 795 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States . Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County , and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County . The 1996 Summer Olympics , known officially as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially as the Centennial Olympic Games , was a major international multi - sport event that took place in Atlanta , ___MASK58___ , United States , from July 19 to August 4 , 1996 . A record 197 nations , all current IOC member nations , took part in the Games , comprising 10 , 318 athletes . The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games , which had been held in the same year since 1924 , and place them in alternating even - numbered years , beginning in 1994 . The 1996 Summer Games were the first to be staged in a different year from the Winter Games . Atlanta became the fifth ___MASK25___ city to host the Olympic Games and the third to hold a Summer Olympic Games .