The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, because Greece 'invented' the Olympics in ancient times. The date was 1896. During WW2 they were suspended of course. They were scheduled for 1940 as they were in Berlin in 1936. Hitler got into the way for the never held 1940 Olympics. I have a comment on the modern day Olympics. In ancient Greece the idea was to credit the individual winners .. they were never intended to be a contest as to how many medals a country won. In ancient Greece the city states entered athletes but as example Sparta did not gather medals...
it was held in greece in Olympia
Olympia was in Greece, and is where the first Olympic games were held. One famous person was Milon, who was a famous athlete. He was also a student of Pythagoras.
The modern Olympic Games were started in 1894 when Pierre Fredi, Baron de Coubertin wanted to have an international understanding through sporting competition. I think the olympic games are cool to watch. I am a differrent person then the ones who mad and edited it. The Olympics are dangerous, someone died in training. And training is usually so much work. What's wrong with just watching sports? Also the olympic games was made up to train the army for war.
The first Olympic games were held in Greece as a way to bring people together and show who was better. This was so the people who won could have bragging rights without having countries go to war and kill each other.
The ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. However the first Olympic Games for which we have written records for were held in 776 BC, though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already. The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April 1896 in Athens, Greece.
The ancient Olympic games were held in Olympia, Greece.
The first ancient olympic games was held in Greece and the first modern olympics were held in Athens ,Greece
The ancient Olympic games were held in Olympia, Greece.
Ancient Greece
The first Ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC. The first Modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.
There was no Olympic Games outside of Greece before the first one was recorded.
None. The Olympic Games were held at Olympia in southern Greece.
In ancient Greece its a type of race held at the olympic games.
The first ancient Olympic games were held in Greece in 776 BC. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Greece in 1896.
They were held in Olympia which is in Greece
In Athens, Greece. Greece was the home of the ancient Olympic Games, held to honor the gods of Olympus.
it started in 776 BC