(public domain) ATHENS, GREECE — The first modern Olympic Games included ... BRAZIL — For the first time in Olympic Games history, a team of refugee athletes competed under the Olympic flag.

1924. (Photo by: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympics during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. The competitions were ...

This is the stadium at Olympia. It was built during the 4th century BC and it was the largest of its kind at the time. It could seat 50,000 spectators! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but ...

In the history of the modern Olympic Games, no other country is even close to Team USA’s total medal count. Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals ...

It also gives us some of the most controversial moments in Summer Olympics history. The first modern games of the Summer Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and are held to honor the ...

The modern Olympic Games were brought back by Pierre de Coubertin. He was a great promoter of physical education in schools. He was also a historian, and very interested in Ancient Greece.

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 first in history to take place outside of a ...

On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators were thrilled by ...

Olympic athletes will spend most of their lives working relentlessly towards a once-in-a-lifetime moment. It’s much the same for graphic designer and historian Markus Osterwalder, whose decades-long ...

ATHENS, GREECE – The first Modern Olympic Games included just nine events ... LONDON, UK – For the first time in history, women competed from every country. Saudi Arabia its first female ...