The first modern Olympic games was held in Athens in the early 1900's
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they were in 776bc and held in Eblis a wooded valley of Olympia
The first recorded wrestling match at the Olympics occurred during the ancient Olympics in 708 BC. For the modern Games that started in 1896, wrestling has been event in all Games except for the 1900 Games in Paris.
AD 393385 was the last recorded games, although the games may have continued to 393 (in 394 the games were banned by the then Roman Emperor).
Since the introduction of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 the London in 2012 is the 30th. If the Winter Games are included, the Vancouver 2010 was the 50th.Ancient OlympicsFirst recorded Games was in 776 BC, and the last was in 393, which makes a total of 299 recorded games.
110 bc. Or to be precise 110 bc in the seventh month.
pausanias
over 20 games in the Olympics
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There are 29 sports in the Summer Olympics (although only 26 sports will be at the 2012 Olympics). There are 15 sports in the Winter Olympics (all 15 were held at the 2010 Olympics).
The first recorded Olympic games was in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. Yet the first modern Olympics was in 1896. So its been going around for 116 years.
776 BC