Because it was a great idea for marketing and for symbolism.
Greece was
Summer Olympic Games was created in 1896.
1998 Games in Nagano.
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
The first games of the Olympiad.
1896, Athens - the first edition of the modern Olympic games
The Olympic Games were first hold in 1896.
the Olympic games
1896
The first modern Olympic Games were reintroduced in Athens Greece at 1896 thanks to the efforts of a French noble Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a British sportsman Dr William Penny Brooks who was organizing annual sport events known as "wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games" and a Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas who had sponsored the revival of the Olympic Games by compensating the expenses of the refurbishment of Panathinaikon Stadion of Athens at 1856 at first. The first modern Olympics was held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
Billy Bob was a gold medal winner in the 1896 olympic games not but if anybody nos who really knows who won a medal at the 1896 olympic games answer this question PS. if u can't tell i am joking but if u do no please answer this question and do u like the olympic games and y
Women did not compete in the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens.