The ancient contests had no winter sports and since the contests were held outdoors and mostly in the nude the athletes would have been quite uncomfortable even if there was a winter sport contested.
1896 was the year of the first modern olympic games (summer) and was held in Athens, Greece
Seoul was the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games. In 1806.
The 1912 Summer Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden.
The first 'ancient' Olympic Games were held in Greece in 776 BC. The first 'modern' Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
Atens Greece more than 2500 years ago
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The Ancient Greeks.
The ancient Olympic games were held in Olympia, Greece.
The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in 1986 but the the first ancient olympic games were held in Olympia 776BC
1768
Athens, Greece
The Greeks are the ones who stared the olympic games to worship their gods and godesses.