The ancient Olympics were held at Olympia, which is a sacred site near Elis in the western Peloponnese, Greece, with a temple complex dedicated chiefly to Zeus. Olympia is named with reference to Mount Olympus, the supposed home of the Greek gods, but it is not near Mount Olympus.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece.
At the temple of Zeus at Olympia in the city-state of Elis in Greece.
At the Temple of Zeus at Olympia in Elis.
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∙ 6y agoSummer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
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∙ 5y agoThe first ancient Olympics were held in Olympia, Greece, in the city-state of Elis in the southwest of the Peloponnesos, in 776 BC. That's where the great event got its name. Greece also held the first modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896.
The ancient Olympics continued until 393 AD. When they were held, all wars would pause to attend the Olympics.
First Olympics in 776 BC - Olympia, GreeceThe ancient Greek Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC, between August 6 and September 19.[1 According to some literary traditions, this was the only athletic event of the games for the first 13 Olympic festivals or until 724 BC. From 776 BC , the Games were held in Olympia, Greece every four years for almost 12 centuries.
The ancient Olympics were held at Olympia, which is a sacred site near Elis in the western Peloponnese, Greece, with a temple complex dedicated chiefly to Zeus. Olympia is named with reference to Mount Olympus, the supposed home of the Greek gods, but it is not near Mount Olympus.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece.
At the temple of Zeus at Olympia in the city-state of Elis in Greece.
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∙ 6y agoSummer Games:
1896 Athens
1900 Paris
1904 St. Louis
1908 London
1912 Stockholm
1916 Not held
1920 Antwerp
1924 Paris
1928 Amsterdam
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1940 Not held
1944 Not held
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome
1964 Tokyo
1968 Mexico City
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
2024 Paris
2028 Los Angeles
Winter Games:
1924 Chamonix
1928 St. Moritz
1932 Lake Placid
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1940 Not held
1944 Not held
1948 St. Moritz
1952 Oslo
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
1960 Squaw Valley
1964 Innsbruck
1968 Grenoble
1972 Sapporo
1976 Innsbruck
1980 Lake Placid
1984 Sarajevo
1988 Calgary
1992 Albertville
1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City
2006 Turin
2010 Vancouver
2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang
2022 Beijing
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∙ 7y agoThey were first held in Athens, Greece. However the Olympics were held 3 times in London, UK so that was the country with the most times held.
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∙ 11y agoThe Olympics took place in Athens
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The 2016 Olympics will be summer Olympics. They will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
There were no Winter Olympics in 2007.
2000 sydney Olympics
No country can "win" the Olympics.
Summer Olympics: 1976Winter Olympics: 1988Winter Olympics: 2010
The 2024 Olympics will be summer Olympics.
Im assuming you meant acient and modern olympicsIf so, here is a list of some of the changesIn ancient times only Greeks could participate, and now we have worldwide participationTechnology (such as shoes) help atheletes break world recordsWomen may participate in the modern gamesChanged from a way of worship to purely recreationalThere could only be one winner in the ancient olympicsWe now have both a winter and summer olympicsWe hold ours in a different location each year, when back then it was always held in Olympia
She has been to two Olympics, the 2004 Olympics and the 2008 Olympics.
Same as the 2008 Olympics, and the 2004 Olympics, and the Olympics before that. and every other 4 years since the Olympics started.
The summer olympics happens every four years but in between those four years, the winter olympics would occur on the second year. For example: summer olympics-2000 winter olympics-2002 summer olympics-2004 winter olympics-2006 summer olympics-2008 winter olympics-2010 summer olympics-2012 winter olympics -2014 etc......