The first modern Olympics were not a sure success in 1896, when Greek water carrier Spyridon Louis inspired national pride and excitement by winning the marathon ...

A silver cup awarded to the winner of the first modern-day Olympic marathon sold for more than 540,000 pounds ($865,000) Wednesday, Christie's auction house said. Spyros Louis was presented with ...

LONDON (AP) -- A silver cup awarded to the Greek runner who won the first Olympic marathon in 1896 will be sold at a London auction three months before the Summer Games.

Here are some of the highlights of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, when Spyridon Louis won the race that would come to be known as the marathon in […] Skip to content. All Sections.

The silver cup given to the winner of the marathon at the first modern Olympic Games staged in Athens in 1896 sold for 541,250 pounds ($860,000) in London on Wednesday, breaking the auction record ...

In 1896, the millennia-old tradition was revived into the modern Olympics. The first Games in the summer of 1896 included competitors from Europe and the United States and were held in Athens in ...

MARATHON, Greece — The road to tonight’s Olympic opening ceremony, some 2,500 years long, began with a single dusty step. Here, among rolling hills wrapped in olive trees and cradled by the ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — EDITOR’S NOTE — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This ...

Christie's auction house says that a silver cup awarded to the Greek runner who won the first Olympic marathon in 1896 has been sold for more than 540,000 pounds ($865,000).

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A silver cup awarded to the winner of the first modern-day Olympic marathon sold for more than 540,000 pounds ($865,000) Wednesday, Christie's auction house ON SI SI SWIMSUIT ...