Olympic Games

The **Olympic Games**, also known as the **Olympics**, are a multi-sport event held every 4/2/3/5/1/0/8/12 years (but normally 4 or 2 if counting Winter Olympics since 1994).

There are Mario & Sonic versions of most of the Olympics from Beijing 2008 to Tokyo 2020. Star has played a few of the games, mainly Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 (both the Wii and DS/3DS versions). This series is the main reason why Star even became somewhat interested in the Olympics.

On MovieStarPlanet, Star made a few characters wear specific outfits for the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. Due to the lack of winter sports related clothing/animations, movie stars did not wear special outfits for the Sochi 2014 Olympics.

In 2014 (during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics), Star's school had a special Olympics themed day (specifically focusing on Winter Olympics). This day included an Olympics themed quiz, with questions such as when the first Winter Olympics were held and where the geographically closest Winter Olympics to Star's school were.

Star has also made YouTube videos for the Star Island 2021/Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympics.

## Gaps and Records

Gaps in the Olympics include (note: all gaps except the first one only take Modern Olympics into account; also, gaps are between consecutive Olympics meeting the criteria):

* **Longest gap between two Olympics in general:** 1503 years (gap between last Ancient Olympics in 393 and first Modern Olympics in 1896)
* **Longest gap between two non-leap year Summer Olympics:** 121 years (1900 due to the divisible by 100 not divisible by 400 rule, 2021 due to the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics)
* **Longest gap between two Summer Olympics in the same country:** 108 years (Greece: 1896-2004)
* **Longest gap between two modern Olympics in the same country:** 108 years (same as above)
* **Longest gap between two non-leap year modern Olympics:** 94 years (gap between 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics when Winter Olympics were changed to no longer be in the year of the Summer Olympics)
* **Longest gap between two Winter Olympics in the same country:** 44 years (France: 1924-1968)
* **Longest gap between two Summer Olympics:** 12 years (1936-1948, due to the cancellation of the 1940 and 1944 Olympics due to World War II)
* **Longest gap between two Winter Olympics:** 12 years (see above)
* **Longest gap between two Modern Olympics:** 12 years (more specifically 11.5 years, see above)
* **Longest gap from Summer to Winter Olympics:** 12 years (same as above gap) (one-sided version of this record is 28 years (1896-1924) from the first Summer Olympics to the first Winter Olympics, but there were multiple Summer Olympics before the first Winter Olympics)
* **Longest gap from Winter to Summer Olympics:** 3 years (more specifically 3.5 years, 2018-2021)
* **Shortest gap between two Summer Olympics:** *3 years (2021-2024)*; currently 3 years 5 months (between closing ceremony of 1904 and opening ceremony of 1908, due to earlier Summer Olympics being longer)
* **Shortest gap between two Winter Olympics:** 2 years (1992-1994)
* **Shortest gap from Summer to Winter Olympics:** 1 year (more specifically 6 months, 2021-2022)
* **Shortest gap from Winter to Summer Olympics:** 3 months (1924)

Not time periods (note that in most cases, every occurrence of Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics or Olympics in general counts as at least 1):

* **Most Summer Olympics without Winter Olympics:** 6 (1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920, all held before the first Winter Olympics in 1924)
* **Most Winter Olympics without Summer Olympics:** 1 (several occasions)
* **Most consecutive years with Olympics:** 2 (2021 & 2022)
* **Most consecutive even years with Olympics:** 14 (1992-2018)
* **Most consecutive leap years with Olympics:** 18 (1948-2016) (all years divisible by 4 in this time gap are leap years)
* **Most consecutive even not divisible by 4 years with Olympics:** 8+ (1994-ongoing)
* **Most consecutive odd years with Olympics:** 1 (2021)
* **Most Olympics held in one year:** 2 (several occasions, every year with Olympics from 1924 to 1992 had both Summer and Winter Olympics)
* **Most Olympics held within a four-year period:** 3 (multiple occasions: 1992-1994, *2021-2024*, and whenever the gap between two consecutive Olympics of the same type is slightly less than 4 years)

*Records in italics are yet to happen, and as such might not ever be accurate. They are what appear to be the case based on all currently held and planned Olympics.*

Olympics held 100 years apart are:

* Athens 1896 & Atlanta 1996
* Paris 1900 & Sydney 2000
* St. Louis 1904 & Athens 2004
* London 1908 & Beijing 2008
* Stockholm 1912 & London 2012
* Next possible time for this is to happen is in 2024, with Paris 2024 being the first time the same city hosts Olympics 100 years apart (as Paris also hosted the Summer Olympics in 1924). This is also be the 100th anniversary of the first Winter Olympics.

## Mentions of the Olympics

Mentions and appearances of the Olympics.

* In *Best Friend* (originally made and set in 2012), the characters start talking about how Niittymetsä could host the Summer Olympics at some point.
* *10 Big Dinosaurs* (made in 2012, set in 2024) mentions that one of the characters' sports abilities almost caused the cancellation of the 2020 Olympics.
* The Sochi 2014 Olympics (ongoing at the time) were mentioned in .Sonic the Hedgehog's series with Sonic characters competing. According to this series, Tails competed in Finland's ice hockey team, but left the team and joined Canada's team in the final due to Finland losing against Sweden in the semifinal. Other characters such as Shadow and Silver were also competing in sports.
* The Supernatural Olympics.
* The Olympics are mentioned in a few Scratch projects made by TheLuckOfTheClaw, most notably in *The Olympics are Illuminati*. Here is a studio of all of these projects.
* One of the memes in Star Family's Adventures has Star Island hosting the 2036 Olympics.

## Notes and references

1. ↑ That is every gap between two consecutive modern Olympics of either the same type (Summer/Winter) or in general since 1896. Gaps are counted based on year numbers. The actual gaps, especially if between Winter and Summer Olympics, can vary by several months.