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The first Olympics games were held in ancient Greece, hence the name.
(Mount Olympus is in Greece.)
Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympic games.
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According to the ancient Greek historians, the Greeks started the Olympian Games in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. The date is controversial, as the earliest historians lived 500 years after this date, but the practice of nudity in the games was said to be introduced in 720BC, which seems to confirm the earlier date.
The modern Olympic Games were revived under the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin and the International Olympic Committee he founded.
They were first held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
The Ancient Greeks in 393 A.D
The ancient Greeks originated the Olympics, as far back as 500 B.C. They faded away in the chaos after the fall of the Roman Empire. For over a thousand years they didn't happen - the whole Middle Ages - and then the British revived them in the 1800's.
The Olympics originated in ancient Greece.
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The Greeks invented athletic contests and held them in honour of their gods. The Isthmos game were staged every two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years near Delphi. The most famous games held at Olympia, South- West of Greece, which took place every four years. The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games and only Greek nationals could participate. One of the ancient wonders was a statue of Zeus at Olympia, made of gold and ivory by a Greek sculptor Pheidias. This was placed inside a Temple, although it was a towering 42 feet high.
The games at Olympia were greatly expanded from a one-day festival of athletics and Wrestling to, in 472 BC, five days with many events. The order of the events is not precisely known, but the first day of the festival was devoted to sacrifices. On the Middle Day of the festival 100 oxen were sacrificed in honor of a God. Athletes also often prayed and made small sacrifices themselves..
On the second day, the foot-race, the main event of the games, took place in the stadium, an oblong area enclosed by sloping banks of earth.
At Olympia there were 4 different types of races; The first was stadion, the oldest event of the Games, where runners sprinted for 1 stade, the length of the stadium(192m). The other races were a 2-stade race (384 m.), and a long-distance run which ranged from 7 to 24 stades (1,344 m. to 4,608 m.).The fourth type of race involved runners wearing full amor, which was 2-4 stade race (384 m. to 768 m.), used to build up speed and stamina for military purposes.
On other days, wrestling, boxing, and the pancratium, a combination of the two, were held. In wrestling, the aim was to throw the opponent to the ground three times, on either his hip, back or shoulder. In ancient Greek wrestling biting and genital holds were illegal.
Boxing became more and more brutal; at first the pugilists wound straps of soft leather over their fingers as a means of deadening the blows, but in later times hard leather, sometimes weighted with metal, was used. In the pancratium, the most rigorous of the sports, the contest continued until one or the other of the participants acknowledged defeat.
Horse-racing, in which each entrant owned his horse, was confined to the wealthy but was nevertheless a popular attraction. The course was 6 laps of the track, with separate races for whereupon the rider would have no stirrups. It was only wealthy people that could pay for such training, equipment, and feed of both the rider and the horses. So whichever horse won it was not the rider who was awarded the Olive wreath but the owner. There were also Chariot races, that consisted of both 2-horse and 4-horse chariot races, with separate races for chariots drawn by foals. There was also a race was between carts drawn by a team of 2 mules, which was 12 laps of the stadium track
Demetrius Vikelas and Pierre de Coubertin
The Ancient Greeks invented the Olympics as a way to release tension between them and the neighboring countries. The games were held in Athens, Greece. The discus throw and the relay races were the first Olympic games.
Baron Pierre de Coubertain is the man. A Frenchman who brought the Olympics into the modern age. Athens Paris St Louis & London hosted the first 4 modern Olympiads.
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It was actually reintroduced by three men in 1896. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a french noble; Dr. William Penny Brook, a British sportsman; and Evangelous Zappas, a Greek philanthropist that introduced the games.
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The Olympic Games called the Panhellenic Games were first held in Olympia around 775 BC. No one knows why the games started. Here are a few myths explaining why the first games were held:
- One legend says the games were started when Hercules brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia.
- Another myth says the games started when Pelops established a festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race.
- One myth says the games started when a cook named Koroibos, from the nearby city of Elis, won the stadion race, a 600 foot long race.
The Greeks. The first recorded Olympic games were in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. The Olympics were a celebration of Zeus, the King of Greek Gods.
The founder of Olympics Games was Pierre de Coubertin.
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Who is the founder of the olympic games?
The city-state of Elis in Greece established it as a festival to the god Zeus.
Who is the founder of the modern Olympics Games?
Before the modern Games were started, a committee was formed (International Olympic Committee) to work out the details concerning holding the Games. It was decided to hold the first modern Games (1896) in Athens due to Greece being the country where the Olympic Games were first held more than 2500 years earlier.
Where were the 1993 Olympic games?
There were no Olympic games in 1993. There were summer Olympic games in 1992 and 1996. There were winter Olympic games in 1992 and 1994.
Why were there no Olympic games summer games held in 2001?
Because it was not an Olympic year
When and where were the Olympic games set?
in 1600 BC at Greece the Olympic games were set.
Who thought of the olympic logo?
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.
Who was baron pierre de coubertin?
he revived the Olympic games & formed an international committee.he was a fremch aristocat and founder of the modern olympic games
What was the name of the Frenchman who the founder of the modern olympic games?
Pierre de Coubertin.
Who is Pierre de coudertin?
Pierre de Coubertin was the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
Who is Baron de Coubertin and what dose he have to do with the Olympic games?
Baron de Coubertin was a historian who is best known as the founder of the International Olympic Committee.
Who is the founder of the olympic games?
The city-state of Elis in Greece established it as a festival to the god Zeus.
When did the olympic rings come out?
The olympic rings came out in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin who is also the founder of the modern Olympic Games. These rings represent the five continents.
Who is the founder of the modern Olympics Games?
Before the modern Games were started, a committee was formed (International Olympic Committee) to work out the details concerning holding the Games. It was decided to hold the first modern Games (1896) in Athens due to Greece being the country where the Olympic Games were first held more than 2500 years earlier.
When did the ring come out?
The olympic rings came out in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin who is also the founder of the modern Olympic Games. These rings represent the five continents.
What year was the Olympic symbol composed?
The symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. This was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
Why are they speaking french first at the games opening?
Because the founder of the Modern Olympic Games was French, and the Headquarters of the International Olympic Committee is located in Switzerland. English is also an official language of the Olympics. When announcements are made at the Games, they are made in French, English, and the language of the host country.
What Olympic games were cancelled because of the Olympic games?
the olympic games, of course!
