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The first written records of the ancient Olympic Games date to when a cook named Coroebus won the only event—a 192-meter footrace called the stade (the origin of the modern “stadium”)—to become the first Olympic champion

Steven Villatoro

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The first known Olympics were held in the summer of 776 B.C The Romans eventually banned the Olympics in A.D. 393,  But the games were revived in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and have been celebrated every four years since. And in 1924, the Winter Olympics were added to showcase chillier sports such as cross-country skiing, speed skating,Today thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries all over the world compete for the gold (or silver or bronze) in the summer and winter events. The modern Olympics aim to bring people from different parts of the world together and encourage friendly competition and peace among neighboring nations. Game on!

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The first known Olympics were held in the summer of 776 B.C. at Olympia, a site in southern Greece where people went to worship their gods. But unlike today’s games, only men were allowed to compete—and they did so naked! There were no weight classes, no time limits, and only two rules: no biting and no eye gouging.
-amelia matzen

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The sport was originated (as recorded) in 1808 in Norway when a Danish-Norwegian lieutenant Olaf Rye launched himself on the skis and covered a distance of 9.5m in the air to show the courage to his fellow soldiers. - MELANIEE

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The first modern Olympics took place!

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On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition.

The first recorded Olympic Games were held at Olympia in the Greek city-state of Elis in 776 B.C., but it is generally accepted that the Olympics were at least 500 years old at that time. The ancient Olympics, held every four years, occurred during a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus. In the eighth century B.C., contestants came from a dozen or more Greek cities, and by the fifth century B.C. from as many as 100 cities from throughout the Greek empire. Initially, Olympic competition was limited to foot races, but later a number of other events were added, including wrestling, boxing, horse and chariot racing, and military competitions. The pentathlon, introduced in 708 B.C., consisted of a foot race, the long jump, discus and javelin throws, and wrestling. With the rise of Rome, the Olympics declined, and in 393 A.D. the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished the Games as part of his efforts to suppress paganism in the Roman Empire.

With the Renaissance, Europe began a long fascination with ancient Greek culture, and in the 18th and 19th centuries some nations staged informal sporting and folkloric festivals bearing the name "Olympic Games." However, it was not until 1892 that a young French baron, Pierre de Coubertin, seriously proposed reviving the Olympics as a major international competition that would occur every four years. At a conference on international sport in Paris in June 1894, Coubertin again raised the idea, and the 79 delegates from nine countries unanimously approved his proposal. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was formed, and the first Games were planned for 1896 in Athens, the capital of Greece.
READ MORE: 10 Things You May Not Know About the First Olympics
In Athens, 280 participants from 13 nations competed in 43 events, covering track-and-field, swimming, gymnastics, cycling, wrestling, weightlifting, fencing, shooting, and tennis. All the competitors were men, and a few of the entrants were tourists who stumbled upon the Games and were allowed to sign up. The track-and-field events were held at the Panathenaic Stadium, which was originally built in 330 B.C. and restored for the 1896 Games. Americans won nine out of 12 of these events. The 1896 Olympics also featured the first marathon competition, which followed the 25-mile route run by a Greek soldier who brought news of a victory over the Persians from Marathon to Athens in 490 B.C. In 1924, the marathon was standardized at 26 miles and 385 yards. Appropriately, a Greek, Spyridon Louis, won the first marathon at the 1896 Athens Games.

Pierre de Coubertin became IOC president in 1896 and guided the Olympic Games through its difficult early years, when it lacked much popular support and was overshadowed by world's fairs. In 1924, the first truly successful Olympic Games were held in Paris, involving more than 3,000 athletes, including more than 100 women, from 44 nations. The first Winter Olympic Games were also held that year. In 1925, Coubertin retired. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the foremost international sports competition. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries competed, including nearly 4,000 women. In 2004, the Summer Olympics returned to Athens, with more than 11,000 athletes competing from 202 countries. In a proud moment for Greeks and an exciting one for spectators, the shotput competition was held at the site of the classical Games in Olympia.
READ MORE: When World Events Disrupted the Olympics

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On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition.

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In 1900 the first sport for women in the Olympics was lawn tennis and golf. This first game for men and women was hosted in Paris France.

Reagan Gottlieb

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the one who invented figure skating was Jackson Haines

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Figure skating is the oldest winter sport in the olympics which is first featured in 1908

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Did you know that the three ring in the Olympics were introduced in 1913 and that the three rings stand for the union of 5 continents and the meeting of the athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic games.

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Oscar Swahn was the first person to ever win a gold medal in the Olympics! He was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest person to win an Olympic medal.
-Marissa Colon

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fun fact bobsledding is a sport in the Olympics

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fun fact bobsledding is a sport in the Olympics

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but actually fun fact bobsledding was introduced to the Olympics in 1932 and was originated in St. Moritz Switzerland in 1914

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did you know that America hosted the winter Olympics 4 times. the years that they hosted it was 1932, 1960, 1980, 2002, and as the website said they was the country that was hosted it the most ever.

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In 1936 Alpine skiing was first added to the Olympics. -Angelo Chirinos.

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Italy hosted the winter Olympics in 1956.

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in 1976 Dorothy Stuart Hamill won the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles in American figure skater.

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In 1980 the Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, NY!

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In 1980 the Winter Olympics were held in Lake Placid, NY!

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Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results

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Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1980 winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.

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Spain held the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 1992. These special events took place from July 25 to August 9!
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-Silvana Lorenzo

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Hockey was added in 1998

By Eduardo Pulla

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In 1998 snowboarding was added

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Snowboard is one of the newer events on the Winter Olympic programme, having been first included at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

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Curling has been a medal sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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The 1998 Winter Olympics took place in Nagano, Japan, this event took place Feb. 7–22, 1998

-Silvana Lorenzo :>

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The 2002 Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, here in the U.S!

-Silvana Lorenzo

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History of United States Cities Hosting the Olympics

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This summer's Tokyo Olympics marks the second time that Japan's capital has hosted, with the first coming in 1964. After the Tokyo Games in 2021, the Olympics move to Beijing in 2022. Paris is then set to takeover as host of the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Happy 10 year anniversary of freestyle skiing in the Olympics

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Happy 10 year anniversary of freestyle skiing in the Olympics

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Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results

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Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.

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Golf returned in the Olympics in 2016.

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Michael Phelps has won the most swimming medals

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2016 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games -Matthew Cruz

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2016 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games -Matthew Cruz

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2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics -Matthew Cruz

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2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics -Matthew Cruz

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2020 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games  🤣           -Matthew Cruz

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2020 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games  🤣           -Matthew Cruz

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-Matthew Cruz

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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results

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Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.

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Cortina d'Ampezzo is where the next Olympics is going to be held! 

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Cortina d'Ampezzo is where the next Olympics is going to be held! 

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Mayah Ardito

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The next winter Olympics will be in 2026!!!!!! We will all be 15 or 16!!!

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Although the host for the 2030 Olympics hasn't been decided yet, Salt Lake City is all set and ready to host once again!
-Silvana Lorenzo

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The location for the 2030 Olympics hasn't yet been decided, but it looks like Salt Lake City is ready to host the Winter Games once again.

Salt Lake City could be ready to host the Olympics as soon as 2030, USOPC chair Susanne Lyons said on Friday ahead of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, via Reuters.

"We are already in dialogue with the [International Olympic Committee], not yet for a specific year," she said, via Reuters. "Depending on what the needs of the overall Olympic movement are, that could happen as early as 2030 or it could happen after that."

Of any American city capable of holding a winter Olympics, Salt Lake City makes a lot of sense - especially since it was the last city in the United States to host the Games back in 2002. The region has long been tabbed by the USOPC as the next in line to host in the United States, though they haven't pushed for a specific year under the IOC's new system for bids.

Vancouver, which held the Games in 2010, is among cities connected to the 2030 Olympics. Barcelona and the surrounding region and Sapporo, Japan, are also under consideration.

Though nothing has been decided, Lyons said she's confident that Salt Lake City can host whenever it is awarded a future Olympics - whether that's in 2030, 2034 or beyond.

"Salt Lake City has all of the venues already in place, they hosted a Winter Games before, they have very, very high excitement and support from their local population," Lyons said, via Reuters. "Salt Lake City has made it very clear to our partners at the IOC that they are ready and able to go as soon as we are needed."

Where are the next Olympics?

Four of the next five Games after the Beijing Olympics have already been announced.

The 2024 Summer Olympics will be held in Paris - which marks the city's third ever Summer Games and comes exactly 100 years after it first hosted in 1924. The next Winter Games will take place in northern Italy, and will be split between Milan and Cortina.

Then in 2028, the Olympics will be held in Los Angeles. The city has held the Games twice before, most recently in 1984. It will mark the first Summer Games held in the United States since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Brisbane, Australia, will then host the Summer Olympics in 2032. That is the latest Olympics that the IOC has announced. A Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place between the Los Angeles and Brisbane Games.

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Salt Lake City 'already in dialogue' to host Winter Olympics as soon as 2030

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The location for the 2030 Olympics hasn't yet been decided, but it looks like Salt Lake City is ready to host the Winter Games once again. Salt Lake City could be ready to host the Olympics as soon as 2030, USOPC chair Susanne Lyons said on Friday ahead of the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, via Reuters.

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The olympics started back in Romania Greece
where it was held in a roman coliseum to the death.