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By the city-state of Elis, where the temple of Zeus, in whose name the games were celebrated at Olympia in southern Greece.

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What is the name of the person how started the Olympics?

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What was the name of the french nobleman started the modern Olympics?

pierre de coubertin


What were the names of the Greeks who started the Olympics?

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What year did the Olympics start?

Around 776 BCThe Ancient Olympics started in 776 BC. Then they stopped and they started the modern summer Olympics in 1896. The winter Olympics started in 1924. Then the youth Olympics (Summer and winter) started in 2010.


When did oylipics started?

Summer olympics started in 1896, winter olympics in 1964


Which country started Olympics and in which year?

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When the Greeks started it along with the Olympics.


Did the Olympics start in the bronze age?

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What it the approximate date of when the Olympics started?

the Ancient olympics i think started on the 16th of June 776bc i am not sure of this answer


When and where the Olympic start?

When: The Olympics started in 1896 Where: The Olympics were first in Olympia, Greece Who: Pierre de Couberrtin started the Olympics


When start the first Olympics?

the first olympics started in 1896


Why did they have the Olympics?

the Olympics started as a festival for the ancient god Zeus.