A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...

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.

There were no women athletes at the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896, because its founder, Pierre de Coubertin, thought women were "not cut out to sustain certain shocks". More than 100 years ...

When, in Athens on 6 April 1896, the US athlete James Connolly won the triple jump event at the inaugural Olympic Games of the modern era, he became the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years ...

The first modern games of the Summer Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and are held to honor the ancient games held in Olympia, Greece in 776 CE. Like many events, the games are no ...

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

Watanabe says the Olympic format of having one host city, which has been in place since the modern Games began in Athens in 1896 ... people enjoyed the Paris Olympics, but looking at it from ...

In the 19th Century, competitive running and running races were happening in Europe with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Running was only done in order to compete and women’s racing was still ...

It was the first time China hosted the Olympics and a total ... Who started the modern Olympic Games and in which year? The modern Olympic Games were founded in 1896 by Pierre de Coubertin, a renowned ...