The Summer Olympics is seen by many as the world's most prestigious and paramount international sporting event. Inspired by those held in ancient Greece, Pierre de Coubertin oversaw the tournament’s revival in 1896. Summer Games have generally been held every four years since then (except durin...
Learn about the Olympics and understand how the Olympic games are held. Explore the Olympics history, including the first Olympics, and see famous...
And interestingly, an Olympiad is a period of four years, which is uncoincidentally, how often the Olympics are held. I feel like I should have known that, alas I did not. Four Ancient Olympic Athlete Facts If you were an Olympian some 3,000 years ago, you would have displayed your at...
There are many strange and fascinating facts buried in the long, bizarre history of the Olympics. The Summer Olympics of 2016 look almost nothing like ...
10 Amazing Ancient Olympic Facts The ancient Olympics were held every four years between August 6 and September 19 during a religious festival honoring Zeus. The Games were named for their location at Olympia, a sacred site located near the western coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern ...
Here are some of theOlympics history factsthat will intrigue you: The symbol of the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, is in the memory theft of fire by Prometheus from Zeus. It is still being lit in Olympia by 11 women using a parabolic mirror to reflect the sunlight and torch the flame...
Learning About History of the Olympics – Vocabulary Words STADIUM: a sports arena with seats for spectators TRUCE: a treaty or promise of peace PENTATHLON: an athletic event comprising five different events DISCUS: a circular plate thrown as far as possible in a competition ...
The Olympics – Facts and Figures Firsts The first recorded Olympic Games - 776BCE Women allowed to compete for the first time - 1900 (Paris) First use of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals - 1904 (St Louis) First games held outside Europe - 1904 (St Louis) Figure skating first became an...
Judging by a photograph, the boy was probably about 7 to 12 years old. Today he would not have been able to compete, because he hadn’t qualified in the first place—but not necessarily because of his age. The Olympics respects age limits set by the governing bodies of individual sports...
Rafer JohnsonAmerican athlete Rafer Johnson participating in the shot put event of the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.(more) The 1960 Olympics were the first to be fully covered by television. Taped footage of the Games was flown to New York City at the end of each day and ...