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What number is this 2008 Summer Olympics?
The modern Summer Olympic Games was started in 1896. There have been 28 Summer Olympic Games held. The modern Winter Olympic Games were started in 1924. There have been 20 Winter Olympic Games held.
Who supervised the modern olympic games?
The Baron de Coubertin supervised the Olympic Games for 29 years, from when it started.
Date of first Olympic games?
The Olympic Games started over two millennia ago.The first modern Olympic Games commenced on April 6, 1896.
What year were the modern Olympics started?
The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens.
When did the Olympic Game start?
According to the Greek tradition, in 776 BC.If your referring to the Modern Olympics, then they started in 1896.
Who Began The Olympic Games?
Modern Olympic were started by initiatives of french nobleman Baron Pierre De Coubertin in 1896.
What year was the first modern Olympic Winter Games held?
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
What is the history of track?
The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC. The marathon was not an event of the ancient Olympic Games. This is a modern event that started in 1896.
Who started the olymipic games?
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Was 1896 the first olympic games?
No. 1896 are the beginning of what we call the modern Olympic games. The first Olympic games started in 776 BC Olympia, Greece (hence the name 'Olympics') and were celebrated until AD 393.
When was the first game held?
The first Olympic Games was in 776BC though the modern Olympics started in 1896.
Who is the founder of the modern Olympics Games?
Before the modern Games were started, a committee was formed (International Olympic Committee) to work out the details concerning holding the Games. It was decided to hold the first modern Games (1896) in Athens due to Greece being the country where the Olympic Games were first held more than 2500 years earlier.
