A report by the International Olympic Committee in 2022 found that 85% of venues, stadiums, and structures (from the 1896 Games in Athens through the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang) used for the ...

Pressed by Coubertin, the IOC soon decided to aim for 1896, with Athens as the site ... King of Greece himself opened the first modern Olympic Games on April 6, 1896 (March 24 on the Greek ...

Rowing made its Olympic debut at the 1900 Paris Games. The sport was actually on the program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens but was canceled due to bad weather. Until 1976, there was only a men's ...

But do you know the history behind them? The modern Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 1896. However, the current ...

From Athens, the torch boarded the “Belem,” a three-masted ship that dates back to 1896, the year of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The Belem transported the torch across the Mediterranean ...

The Panathenaic Stadium became the first modern Olympic venue in the world, when it hosted the summer Games in 1896. The only stadium in the world to be completely made of marble, it can seat as ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

A medal from the first modern Olympic Games held in at the 1896 Athens is expected to sell for around $30,000 at an upcoming auction in September. Ben Jones, from Mullock’s Auctioneers ...

Bruce Pearl (Auburn), and Todd Golden (Florida) make history by leading their teams to the top of NCAA rankings, symbolizing ...