The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than a century later, the 100 meters ...

As a result, the International Olympic Committee was organised, with the goal of staging the first modern Olympics in Paris in 1900. Pressed by Coubertin, the IOC soon decided to aim for 1896 ...

The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776BC ... and to the first modern Games, in Athens in 1896. The Athens Games were small – 241 athletes from 14 countries competed – and ...

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

ATHENS, GREECE – The first Modern Olympic Games included just nine events. Winners didn’t receive three levels of medals like they do today, instead they each received an olive branch and a ...