The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

The Cuban competitor begged for money to fund his trip to the U.S. for the Olympics. He ran in dress clothes and shoes — and finished fourth overall.

The artifact, from the first Games held in the United States, reaped the third-highest price ever fetched for an Olympic medal at auction ...

This was the first Olympics where gold medals were awarded and the Americans ... Swimmer Ryan Lochte auctioned off his six Olympic silver and bronze medals the same year, with the $166,779 raised ...