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∙ 2008-08-13 22:49:55Ethiopia first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1956 and has been to every Summer Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics, since then.
Athens in 1896 was the first summer Olympics.
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The first winter Olympics took plaace in 1924.
The First winter Olympics was in Chamonix,France in 1924.
when did the summer Olympics begin
It was the Summer Olympics
The summer Olympics occur every four years. The most recent summer Olympics occurred in 2008, so the next summer Olympics will be in 2012. The 2012 Summer Olympics are scheduled to begin on July 27.
Summer: 1896 Winter: 1924
1992 was the last year they were held the same year. 1994 was the first time the Winter Olympics were not in the same year as the Summer Olympics.
The summer Olympics will begin on August 5th and run through August 21st 2016.
Ethiopia first participated in the Summer Olympics in 1956 and has been to every Summer Olympics, except the 1976 Summer Olympics, since then.
The 2004 Summer Olympics were held in Athens, but unlike the first answer, the first Olympics were held in Olympia not in Athens.
Women first competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The United States participated in the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896, and since then they have participated in every Olympics except for the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
it was first played at the 1924 Summer Olympics at Paris as a "simple game" but it was officially included in the 1964 Summer Olympics
In the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.