From Athens in 1896 to Brisbane in 2032, we explored every Olympic stadium ever built for the Summer Games. These iconic ...

13 Photos From the First Modern Olympic Games in 1896. Published Jul 23, 2021 at 8:00 PM EDT. ... A crowd of 80,000 fills the Panathenaic Stadium. The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, ...

The 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the first of the modern era, were a momentous occasion that revived the ancient tradition after nearly 1500 years. ... The Panathenaic Stadium, ...

Little could its 241 contestants have envisaged the extent of the history they were making when they gathered to mark the opening of the 1896 Olympic Games in the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens ...

Greek documentary Agones Olympic Myth and Revival tells the story of the 1896 Athens Olympic Games. Insidethegames speaks to producer Katerina Anastasopoulou about the film.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Olympic flame was handed to organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Games in Athens on Wednesday, 100 days before the Opening Ceremony in Brazil. Dressed as a high priestess, ...

LONDON (Reuters) – Following is the first in a three-part series detailing the most memorable moments from the Olympic Games.– – – –ATHENS 1896Athens hosted an attractive sports festival ...

(ATR) Athens gets ready to hand over the Olympic Flame to London 2012 ... and host hundreds of Olympic memorabilia collectors. Here’s an Around the Rings Photodesk of the sunny scene in ...

American James Connolly became the first modern Olympic champion in over 1,500 years when he won the triple jump on April 6, 1896. He later tied for second place in the high jump and took third in ...