how many countries have you watched the olympics in?
i find that everytime the olympics or world cup or some such huge world sports event rolls around, i am living in a different country.
2008- canada
2004 - botswana
2000 - u.s.a
1996 - u.s.a
1992 - swaziland
1988 - botswana
1984 - ethiopia
i just thought it’d be fun to see how many countries you have watched the olympics from and does that influence who you cheer for once your own (or adopted) country is out, or if they are not participating. i watched the opening ceremony and i definitely felt a weird swell of pride when the canadian team came in. i was like “huh, guess i have been living here a while!”
uhm, let's see...born in botswana, lived in ethiopia til i was 8, repatriatede to botswana, hated it. moved to swaziland for high school (uwc! woohoo!) finished in 1995 (yes, i did IB), went back to botswana ofr about 8 months, then to the states (virginia) for the next 4 years of college, earned my BA in theatre arts, went on tour with the oldest classical touring company in the usa for 9 months, played in over 25 states, the lived in DC for about 6 months. went back to botswan (AGAIN!) was there for 5 years. half the time i was either in south africa or traveling. been to, i don't know, i lot of countries. so i am an actor/writer/director/all around thespian who just discovered she's also tck. awesome!
11 Comments to “how many countries have you watched the olympics in?”
August 10th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
You know, Warona, I never really watch the Olympics. The one before this one, I think I was in the UAE and couldn’t be bothered to watch. And I never really watched it while I lived in the Philippines.. cause I’d have school then.
I think this is the first time I’ve even ever watched an opening ceremony
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August 10th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Kristine’s a bit on the young side. This is only like the second or third olympics since she was born.
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August 10th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I vaguely remember my dad making a comment abt The Toilet Games aka Atlanta when i was a kid in 96.
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August 11th, 2008 at 12:28 am
I was in Taiwan when I first saw the Olympics in Atlanta back in 1996. And I was in Shanghai when they had it in Sydney in 2000. The US in 2004 and now back in Shanghai in Beijing 2008
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August 11th, 2008 at 4:46 am
I love watching opening ceremonies–that and the closing ceremonies, they’re almost always worth it. I still remember Sydney’s opening and the gymnastic competition in Atlanta (1996)…
2000 to 2008 - US
1998 - China
1996 - US
1994 - China
1992 - Oz.
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August 11th, 2008 at 10:50 am
I love the Olympics as well (even if it is a little nationalistic), in particular the opening ceremony this time (but having lived in China for 3 years a decade ago I kind of have the ‘Chinese link’). Anyway, my Olympics:
1988 - USA
1992 - USA
1996 - China
2000 - India
2004 - Egypt
2008 - France
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August 11th, 2008 at 11:02 am
1992- Venezuela
1996- Venezuela
2000- US of A
2004- Spain
2008- France/Spain
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August 11th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
THREE JER! THREE OLYMPICS
I’m sixteeeen. So if they hold it every 4 years, then my first olympic year would be 1992. And I was born at the very last month of 1991. Hah!
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August 11th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
aw.. thank you for posting this Warona
mine are as follows:
1992- S. Korea
1996- Japan
2000- S. Korea
2004- US
2008- US
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August 12th, 2008 at 5:13 am
I guess 4….
Ghana-1984
Japan-1988
Japan-1992
US-1996
US-2000
US-2004
China-2008
Incidentally, I’ve also lived in 3 countries while the Olympics took place in those countries. I was in Japan for the Nagano Olympics, The States for the Salt Lake City Olympics, and I’m currently in China.
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August 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
1992 - England
1996 - Venezuela & England
2000 - USA
2004 - USA
2008 - Spain & USA
I also remember FIFA World Cup France 1998 really vividly. I remember the logo and everything and that France beat Brazil and everyone went crazy…I wasn’t even in France, I was in Venezuela and England.
I always support the country I’m in, my grandparent’s country of origin (Jamaica), and England (my home country primarily but I also golf clap for countries I’ve lived in or visited and loved.
This year, for example, I’m doing really well between Michael Phelps (USA), Usain Bolt (JAMAICA), Chris Hoy (ENGLAND), and well it doesn’t matter that Spain is in 14th place because they have been schooling Europe all year between Eurocup, Wimbledon, and the Tour du France.
In short I collect teams like a US boy collects baseball cards
This was a fun post!
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