* 1896 - Games of the I Olympiad - Athens, Greece * 1900 - Games of the II Olympiad - Paris, France * 1904 - Games of the III Olympiad - St. Louis, Missouri, United States * 1906 - Intercalated Games - Athens, Greece * 1908 - Games of the IV Olympiad - London, United Kingdom * 1912 - Games of the V Olympiad - Stockholm, Sweden * 1916 - Games of the VI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany - Cancelled due to World War I * 1920 - Games of the VII Olympiad - Antwerp, Belgium * 1924 - Games of the VIII Olympiad - Paris, France * 1928 - Games of the IX Olympiad - Amsterdam, Netherlands * 1932 - Games of the X Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, United States * 1936 - Games of the XI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany * 1940 - Games of the XII Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland - Cancelled due to World War II * 1944 - Games of the XIII Olympiad - London, United Kingdom- Cancelled due to World War II * 1948 - Games of the XIV Olympiad - London, United Kingdom * 1952 - Games of the XV Olympiad - Helsinki, Finland * 1956 - Games of the XVI Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia / Stockholm, Sweden (Equestrian events) * 1960 - Games of the XVII Olympiad - Rome, Italy * 1964 - Games of the XVIII Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan * 1968 - Games of the XIX Olympiad - Mexico City, Mexico * 1972 - Games of the XX Olympiad - Munich, West Germany (now Munich, Germany) * 1976 - Games of the XXI Olympiad - Montréal, Quebec, Canada * 1980 - Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia) * 1984 - Games of the XXIII Olympiad - Los Angeles, California, United States * 1988 - Games of the XXIV Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea * 1992 - Games of the XXV Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain * 1996 - Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia, United States * 2000 - Games of the XXVII Olympiad - Sydney, Australia * 2004 - Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Athens, Greece * 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - Beijing, China / Hong Kong, China (Equestrian events)
In first hit the headlines that tennis was in the Olympics was in the year of 1896.
1900 was the first year soccer was played in Olympics.
Finland was first invited to join the Olympics year 1896, but it didn't join. First time Finland competed at the Olympics in the year 1906.
The 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris were the first Olympics at which a Canadian athlete participated.
1896, for the modern olympics.
1896 was the first time the United States participated in the Olympics, which was a Summer Olympics. The first Winter Olympics the U.S. participated in was in 1924.
The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
1896 the first modern Olympics started
the first winter Olympics were in Chamonix France.
they entered the olympics in 1908
The ancient Olympics are said to begin around the year 776BC.