Since Beijing Olympic is near and the participation rates for female athletes in sports are rising, I was wondered what is the age limit for the Olympic game and who was the youngest or the oldest person in Olympic history. With searching for the Internet, I was able to find some interesting information regarding participants’ age in Olympic game. The oldest participant in Olympic history was Oscar Swahn from Sweden in 1920. When Oscar won his silver medal from Antwerp, Belgium, he was 79 years and 279 days. The oldest female participant in Olympic history was Johnston from England. She was 70 years old and participated Munich Olympic in 1972. The youngest participant in Olympic game history was 10 years old boy named Dimitrios Loundras from Greece (host nation). He won bronze medal from parallel bars. Female youngest participant in Olympic was Luigina Giavotti from Italy in 1928 at Amsterdam. She won a silver medal. With those great athletes who participated in Olympic game history, I found out that there are no age limit in Olympic game (except one or two such as soccor) and felt that there shouldn't be any race or gender limit either.
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