The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games ...

The most successful country in the modern Summer Olympics is the United States. Since the modern games started in 1896, the United States has brought home 2,655 Summer Olympic medals. Given how ...

banned the worship of pagan cults—including the Olympics—in 393 C.E. It would be another 15 centuries before Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas revived them in 1896.Traveling to the Summer ...

The Olympics are rooted in tradition, with the first official Summer Olympics staged in 1896 in Athens, Greece that drew athletes from 13 nations. Ever since then, the marathon has been a mainstay ...

The sport was only part of five Olympic Games from 1896 to 1932. Ice hockey was extremely ... as a demonstration sport (no medals) at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games. And then it was never seen ...

During the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ... Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals, with 2,655 coming in the Summer Games and 330 from the Winter Games ...

In one of the biggest upsets in Olympic cycling history, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria won the women's road race Sunday afternoon in Japan to capture her nation's first Olympic medal since the inaugural ...