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 ...

The 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the first of the modern era, were a momentous occasion that revived the ancient tradition after nearly 1500 years. Spearheaded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, ...

Despite the wishes of King George of Greece, who proposes at the closing banquet of the first modern Olympics in 1896 that all future Games be held in Athens, International Olympic Committee ...