The chairman of the Pageantry Committee was Walt Disney, who was responsible for producing both the opening and closing ceremonies. He organized an opening that included 5,000 entertainers, the release of 2,000 pigeons, and a military gun salute of eight shots, one for each of the previous Winter Olympic Games.

The IOC (International Olympic Committee) is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.

Best known for playing Tarzan in films of the 1930s and 1940s, Weissmuller also won five Olympic gold medals for swimming and one bronze medal for water polo.

The youngest Olympian ever was a 7-year-old French boy who was a last-minute recruit to the Dutch team that won the coxed pairs rowing race in the 1900 Summer Olympics. His name was never recorded as he became bored waiting for his medal and wandered off.

World wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896.

James B. Connolly (United States) won the hop, step, and jump (the first final event in the 1896 Olympics).

The 1920 Summer Olympics featured a week of winter sports, with figure skating appearing for the first time since the 1908 Olympics, and ice hockey making its Olympic debut.

The Olympic oath was first taken during the 1920 Olympic Games by Belgian fencer Victor Boin.

Created in 1914 by Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.