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Why were the modern Olympics started?
When the modern Olympics started in 1896,the first place winners were given silver medals because gold was thought to be....Inferior, Terribly expensive, and Witchcraft metal OR Royal stuff.The modern Olympics started in 1896 at Athens,Greece.The modern Olympics was re-established after about fifteen hundred years since it was abolished by the Romans.In 1894,a frenchman named Baron Pierre De Coubertin had the idea of reviving the Olympics.Following his suggestion,an international congress of fifteen nations joined together and held a meeting.Finally they agreed and the first Olympics were held in the rebuilt stadium in Athens.now you know
In what year did the Olympic committee decide to alternate the winter and summer games from being held the same year to having an Olympic games every 2 years?
The Winter Olympics changed in 1994 to the current 4 year cycle. Previously the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics where held in the same year, but in 1986 the IOC voted to change it so they were held two years apart on a four year cycle. The reasons behind this are numerous, but organisational and economic concerns played a significant part in the decision.
How many people attend the Olympics each year?
As the first records we have are of the games held at Olympia in 776BC and these are very basic it is not known how many took part or watched.
When was the first modern olympics held?
The ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. However the first Olympic Games for which we have written records for were held in 776 BC, though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already. The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April 1896 in Athens, Greece.
Were there other contest like the Olympics?
yes,There were 3 other major games which were held on 2- or 4-year cycles: the Isthmean Games at Corinth, the Pythian Games at Delphi, and the Nemean Games at Nemea. Because it started 200 years before the other competitions, the Olympics remained the most famous athletic contest in the ancient Greek world..
