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.

From Athens, the torch boarded the “Belem,” a three-masted ship that dates back to 1896, the year of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The Belem transported the torch across the Mediterranean ...

The modern Olympic Games have always been about ... The Art competitions at the 1924 Paris Olympics were the first time that such events were contested seriously, with 193 entries in five categories.

When staging the Olympic Games, it's crucial ... by capturing their first gold medal in the team all-around. One of the most unforgettable moments was when 14-year-old Dominique Moceanu brought ...

The Best of PEZ’24: With the successful Paris Olympics now in the history books, let us recall the first Olympic cycling time trial. The year was 1912, the location was Sweden and it was quite a story ...

The Paris Olympics are the first in the 128-year history of the modern Games to reach gender parity among athletes, with women’s sport also given more prime-time broadcast spots to help raise ...

A first-place silver medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 sold ... six Olympic silver and bronze medals the same year, with the $166,779 raised going to an ...