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1. Sydney 2000
2a. Beijing 2008
2b. Atlanta 1996
3. Athens 2004

I agree Athens wasnt that great.
I place Beijing first because of Phelps and Bolt.

1. Beijing 2008 (Most successfull Olympics for Slovenia, yay! )
2. Sydney 2000
3. Atlanta 1996
4. Athens 2004

1.) Beijing - because I was there, I'm biased and because of the performances from bolt and phelps.
2.) Salt Lake - Canada winning the gold in hockey
3.) Athens - Phelps, Thorp and co in swimming. US finally falls in Olympics b-ball.

1. Sydney 2000
2. Barcelona 1992 (Dream Team, Baby!)
3. Athens 2004 / Beijing 2008

I did not find Atlanta "Coca Cola Games" 1996 a Top 3 Olympics. It was so hyper commercialised.

1: 2008 Beijing Olympics. The best Olympics ever. China and Chinese people are on the right track to become the world power again.

2: 1984 Los Angeles. China's first ever Olympic appearance and back home with 15 gold medals. And Carl Lewis.

Summer
2000 Sydney
1992 Barcelona
2008 Beijing
1996 Atlanta
2004 Athens

Winter
2002 Salt Lake City
1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano
2006 Turino
1992 Albertville

Yao_noodle wrote:2: 1984 Los Angeles. China's first ever Olympic appearance and back home with 15 gold medals. And Carl Lewis.

From Chinese POV it was great, but overall, those 1984 Olympics were soured by the great Eastern boycott... just like 1980 was diminished by the great Western boycott

sydney didn't have a dominant team or athlete so it had competitions that were closer.

but beijing was all about records and great performances.

i'll put them both at the top.

The Duke wrote:Summer
2000 Sydney
1992 Barcelona
2008 Beijing
1996 Atlanta
2004 Athens

Winter
2002 Salt Lake City
1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano
2006 Turino
1992 Albertville

I would rank my winter:

2002 Salt Lake City
1998 Nagano
2006 Turino

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Out of all the recent summer games, I really can't remember much from Athens. Probably my least fave in the last 20 years or so.

1. Beijing
2. Barcelona
3. Sydney

Athens sucked man. I cant even remember one thing from there except the girl who got disqualified in walking (i think it was in sydney thou)