Summer Olympics Through the Years

Did you know that tug-of-war was an Olympic sport back at the 1900 Games in Paris? See this and more in a look back at the last 116 years of summer Olympics around the world!

Michael Phelps of the United States competes in the men's 200-meter butterfly final at the National Aquatics Centre during day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Phelps finished the race in 1.52.49 -- a new world record.