Events at the chaotic 1900 Paris Olympic ... were only the second modern games to be held (the first were the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens). This meant that there was very little in the way ...

In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics in Athens for The Atlantic ... which was one of two events that Greece had pinned its hopes on. The other was discus ...

Sailing has been included on the programme for every Summer Games in the modern era but was canceled in 1896 in Athens due to weather conditions. The first Olympic ... in 1988 events were ...

First, though, a walking tour of Athens, where the second and third ... may only learn the true impact of hosting the Olympics years after the event. That certainly looks to be the case for ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics featured breaking for the first time ... with live ammunition — was an official event at the 1906 Olympic games in Athens and a staple of the 1908 Olympic Games in ...

During the first Olympics, 14 nations participated ... the most successful athlete and won four events. During a meeting in Paris in June 1894, Athens was voted the most favorable location to ...

Shooting sports debuted at the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece ... of the original nine disciplines at those first modern Games, included five events: 200m military rifle, 300m three-position ...

Tennis was one of the nine original Olympic sports at the first modern Olympic Games at Athens 1896 and continued until 1924 ... the Opening Ceremonies and conclude on Aug. 11. The tennis event will ...