Olympic Games list Athens 1896 - where it all began 1,500 years after the end of the ancient Olympics, the modern Olympic Games we know and love today were born. It was organised by the ...

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage to the duties required of a solider in the late 19th century to test the strengths of the ...

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 ...

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But the practice has long been discontinued, and today "even Olympics fanatics are unaware that arts, along with athletics, were a part of the modern Games." Justin Klawans has worked as a staff ...

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 ...

For 125 years, the modern Olympic Games have highlighted the peak of human athletic endeavor as reflected in the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC’s) motto—“Faster, Higher, Stronger.” Host cities ...

Paris is the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. What began as a small event with only 240 male athletes from 14 countries has ...

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.

The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...