Who came up with the Olympics?

Answer 1

It was Johann Friedrich GutsMuths, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Franz Nachtegall, and Per Henrik Ling.

Click on the 'Origin of Gymnastics' link on this page to read of the ancient and modern history of gymnastics.

Answer 2

The Olympic Games were created by the Ancient Greeks. The first Games are traditionally believed to have been held in 776 BC. They were held every four years until 393 AD, a run of almost 1200 years.

A movement to reestablish the Games began with Greek revolts against Ottoman Turk rule in 1821. Games were actually held in 1851, 1870 and 1875.

In 1890 Baron Pierre de Coubertin formed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the first Games of the Modern Olympiad were held under its auspices in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Except for the 1916 games, which were cancelled because of World War 1, and the 1940 and 1944 games, which were cancelled because of World War 2, the Modern Olympics have been held every four years sine 1896.

The Greek city-states held the games as a celebration to the god Zeus. They were staged in 776 BCE by the Greek city-state Elea at the temple at Olympia in their territory.
The modern Olympics were created by a baron named Pierre de Coubertin who founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894.

Answer 3

The Greeks were the first ones to try and succeed at gymnastics. **Your Welcome!**

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Greece started the Olympics as a form of worship to the god Zeus. They named it the Olympics because the dwelling of the gods was Mount. Olympus.

Answer 6

In Ancient Greek Herculies

Answer 7

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