As the Tokyo Olympics get underway, take a look back at the first modern Olympic games over 100 years ago. ... A crowd of 80,000 fills the Panathenaic Stadium. The Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, ...

Spyridon Louis, a 24-year-old Greek shepherd from Marathon, Greece (its real name) ran approximately 24 miles from his hometown to the Olympic Stadium in Athens, winning first place to the delight ...

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 ...

Philip Barker: When the first Olympic Stadium came alive again. ... Modern equipment was used in the pole vault where Kory Tarpenning of the US achieved a clearance of 5.45m to win.

A brief overview of track and field's history and its foundational tenure at the modern Olympic Games since 1896. ... to go and entered the stadium first. To the elation of some 100,000 ...

On the face of it, the programme for the first modern Olympic Games, which were declared open on this day in 1896, had a remarkably modern feel about it. All nine of the sports contested at the ...

The roots of track and field, or athletics, may be traced back to the first ancient Olympic Games, held in 776 B.C. in the valley of Olympia on the southwestern coast of the Greek peninsula. The ...

The roots of track and field, or athletics, may be traced back to the first ancient Olympic Games, held in 776 B.C. in the valley of Olympia on the southwestern coast of the Greek peninsula. The ...

The very first photo, from the very first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. The Panathenaic Stadium was built on the site of the ancient stadium that was originally used for the games of the ...

The Olympic Stadium has been officially opened and here are some facts and figures about one of London's most modern constructions. It is not the first Olympic stadium to be built in London ...

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 ...