FILE - This is an undated photo showing Spyridon Louis, winner of the race that would come to be known as the marathon in the first modern revival of the ancient Greek sports festival. By April 10, ...

In 1896, Basil L. Gildersleeve, a classicist, traveled to Athens to attend the first modern Olympic Games. He wrote about the experience in the February 1897 issue of the Atlantic.

From Athens in 1896 to Brisbane in 2032, we explored every Olympic stadium ever built for the Summer Games. These iconic ...

In 1896, the millennia-old tradition was revived into the modern Olympics. The first Games in the summer of 1896 included competitors from Europe and the United States and were held in Athens in ...

1896 Olympics - Where bronze medalists got no awards and the runners up received just copper medals. In a way, the first modern Olympics also laid the foundation of the current time frame as well.

The most gruelling event at the 1896 Olympics was the 12-hour cycle race. It started at 5am, and by noon only three riders were still going, among them Frank Keeping, butler to the British ambassador.

The Olympics: Athens to Athens 1896-2004. George Weidenfeld & Nicholson, $34.95 (360pp) ISBN 978-0-297-84382-5 ...

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the ... Here are some of the highlights of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, when... Skip to content. Coronavirus; Local News.

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EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. Here are some of the highlights ...

From that modest start in Athens with 241 participants in 43 events, the Olympics have ballooned to include 11,238 athletes vying for 306 gold medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.