The first olympiad was held in 776BCE The first modern olympiad was held in 1896
The 2004 Olympic Games were held in the first year of the 28th Olympiad, which ended in 2007. The Beijing Games were held in the first year of the 29th Olympiad, and so on.
776 b.C.
The first games of the Olympiad.
The 2008 Games are considered the XXIX Olympiad (29th Olympiad).
It was first introduced as an exhibition sport at the Second Olympiad in Paris in 1900, and again at the Third Olympiad in St.Louis in 1904. It became an official Olympic sport and the Fourth Olympiad in London in 1908.
This is the 29th olympiad
The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were celebrated in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Unlike today, the 1896 swimming competitions were held at open sea. Nearly 20,000 spectators were noted to have watched the event, in the Bay of Zea, off the Piraeus coast.
1896 in Athens, Greece.
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4 years in an olympiad
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