The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing will last 17 days (August 8 - August 24).
Modern Olympics go on for roughly a month.
The Olympic Games that have been played since 1896 are called the 'modern Olympics'. The Olympics started in 776 BC in Greece. If you hear the term 'Ancient Olympics', that means the Olympics that were played long, long ago.
112 years ... the first 'modern' Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens.
In modern times, the first Summer Olympics was in 1896.
go eat balls i dont like olympics
for like 24 hours
Since 1896
the diffrence between modern and ancient olympics is that it was not as safe and many were killed in ancient olympics
The first modern olympics were in 1896, in Athens Greece.
go to wikipedia and search modern Olympics
The first participation was in 1924, Paris.
there are lots of rules in the modern olympics