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The ancient Olympic Games originated from Greece; also the first edition of the modern Olympic Games was held in Athens - 1896.
History says that the very first Olympians competed in the Ancient Olympic Games in Olympia, Greece. The first Modern Olympic Games was held in April of 1896 in Athens, Greece.
The first modern Olympic games,were in Athens Greece in the year 1896...prior to that the games were held in Greece,and featured only Greek male athletes
1896 in Greece.
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159 athletes from Greece competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
There were either 13 or 14 countries with athletes at the 1896 Olympics. That is because Chile claims to have one athlete that ran in the 100 meter, 400 meter, and 800 meter races. No mention of this athlete appears in any official Olympic report. The 13 countries that had documented athletes at the first modern Olympics in 1896 were Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (athletes from Cyprus and Smyrna were considered part of the Greek team), Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
Greece sent a team of 156 athletes to compete at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Greece won 4 medals (2 silver, 2 bronze) at the 2008 Games.
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
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