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Ancient Greek Olympics the first Olympic Games in Greece ~ The first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to Olympia in 776 BC Full of blood passion and extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour the Olympic Games were the sporting social and cultural highlight of the Ancient Greek calendar for almost 12 centuries

First modern Olympic Games HISTORY ~ On April 6 1896 the first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens Greece with athletes from 14 countries participating The International Olympic Committee met for the first time in Paris in June 1894 and chose Greece as the site of the inaugural modern Olympiad

The Games The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games ~ The first modern Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix France There was no winter Olympic festival in ancient times Separate Winter Games were first authorized in 1911 to be held in 1916 but due to World War I they didnt occur until 1924 in Chamonix

The First Olympics Information Kids ~ The first known Olympics were held in the summer of 776 at Olympia a site in southern Greece where people went to worship their gods In fact the Olympics were created in honor of

The First Olympics Athens 1896 TV MiniSeries 1984– IMDb ~ The First Olympics Athens 1896 This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens

Olympic Games History Locations Winners Britannica ~ The Olympic Games like almost all Greek games were an intrinsic part of a religious festival They were held in honour of Zeus at Olympia by the citystate of Elis in the northwestern Peloponnese The first Olympic champion listed in the records was Coroebus of Elis a cook who won the sprint race in 776 bce

1896 Summer Olympics Wikipedia ~ Demetrius Vikelas the first president of the International Olympic Committee was credited with the successful organisation of the 1896 Games With the prospect of reviving the Olympic games very much in doubt Coubertin and Vikelas commenced a campaign to keep the Olympic movement alive

Ancient Olympic Games Wikipedia ~ The first Olympics is traditionally dated to 776 BC They continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Roman rule until the emperor Theodosius I suppressed them in AD   393 as part of the campaign to impose Christianity as the State religion of Rome