Pressed by Coubertin, the IOC soon decided to aim for 1896, with Athens as the site ... King of Greece himself opened the first modern Olympic Games on April 6, 1896 (March 24 on the Greek ...

But do you know the history behind them? The modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 1896. However, the current ...

Japan's Morinari Watanabe is a rank outsider to become International Olympic Committee president but he hopes his "crazy idea ...

Women couldn't compete in these Olympic Games. Runners getting ready to run the 100-metre course at the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece, 1896. (public domain) ATHENS, GREECE — The ...

A tradition that stretches back nearly 2,800 years and one that in its modern form has existed since 1896, the Olympic games represent ... Barcelona, Mexico City, Athens, and Sydney are prime ...

Rowing made its Olympic debut at the 1900 Paris Games. The sport was actually on the program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens but was canceled due to bad weather. Until 1976, there was only a men's ...

From the first football tournament in 1900 to the present day, a look at the nations which won Olympic medals in the ...

He is proposing to host the Games simultaneously in five cities across five continents in a bid to reduce costs and let the ...

Shooting has had a presence at the Olympic Games since the first modern Games in Athens in 1896, where five events were held. In Paris, the shooting program will include 15 events. The competition ...

The Panathenaic Stadium became the first modern Olympic venue in the world, when it hosted the summer Games in 1896. The only stadium in the world to be completely made of marble, it can seat as ...

ATHENS, GREECE – The first Modern Olympic Games included just nine events. Winners didn’t receive three levels of medals like they do today, instead they each received an olive branch and a ...