The 1896 Olympics also saw the world’s first marathon competition. But world fairs largely outshone the early Olympic Games . and it wasn’t until the 1920s that the “first truly successful ...

The two forms of wrestling have a long history at the Olympics, with men contesting both since the 1896 Games in Athens. (And even before its induction into the modern Olympics, wrestling was ...

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 ...

Wrestling was part of the Ancient Greek Olympics, where competitors fought while covered in oil. The sport was part of the first modern Games in 1896 and has been an Olympic sport continuously ...

Greco-Roman wrestling is the oldest sport in the 2021 Olympics and here is what you need to know enjoy. One of the first sports added to the modern Olympics in 1896, wrestling, was almost ...

Wrestling is a staple at the Summer Olympics. The sport debuted at the very first Games back in 1896, and it's been on the card for all but one edition since then ( 1900 ).

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 ...