The modern Olympics is the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin of France. He organised the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896. A total of 245 athletes from 14 nations competed.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin stood on the ideas of both Dr Brookes and the foundations of Evangelis Zappas to found the International Olympic Committee. In a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, France, held from June 16 to June 23, 1984 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first IOC Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committe (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president. The Panathenian stadium was refurbished and reused for the Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896.
1896 the first modern Olympics started
they were held in 1896 in Athens, 119 years ago.
The Olympic opening ceremony was on Friday 27th July but the games started on the 25th with the football competion
The first modern Olympics was held in 1896 after the International Olympic Committee, or IOC, voted to host the games every four years. The 1896 Olympic Games were held in Athens.
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1896 the first modern Olympics started
1960 for the Paralimpics, 1896 for the Olympics
The first modern Olympics was in Athens because it is the capital of the country who had the idea of the original Olympics.
The triple jump was in the first modern Olympics in 1896.
1960 for the Paralimpics, 1896 for the Olympics
Where did olympics start?
The first modern Olympic games where held in Athens, 1896
The first modern olympics were held in Athens, Greece in the summer of 1896.
1896, Athens - the first edition of the modern Olympic games
the first olympics started in 1896
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