A gold medal awarded to the winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the first Games hosted on U.S.

The modern Olympics were the brainchild of ... used for the first time. The first Winter Olympics were held at Chamonix in 1924. The Olympic flame first appeared in Amsterdam in 1928, and the ...

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Modern pentathlon events will take place at the Palace of Versailles, the iconic home to the court of Louis XIV. The first French site to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, the gardens ...

With the exception of one year — 1932, in which no tournament was held — men’s soccer has been a part of the Summer Olympics since 1900, just four years after the first modern Olympic Games ...

The opening ceremony of the 33rd modern Olympic Games will be held in Paris on Friday. The first Olympic athletes to arrive in Paris have begun checking into the Olympic Village, just over a week ...

A tradition that stretches back nearly 2,800 years and one that in its modern form has existed since 1896, the Olympic games represent some of humanity’s most dearly held ideals: meritocracy ...