The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896. At the time, winners in each sport were awarded silver medals instead of the shiny ...

Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek ...

Telegraph Sport has detailed the history of the modern Summer Olympics since the Games were first held in Athens in 1896, listing all summer Olympics host cities. This year’s Olympics begin on ...

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 Summer Olympics are a multi-sport spectacle that captivates the world every four years. Inspired by the ancient Greek Olympics, the modern games began in Athens in 1896. Featuring both team and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEIJING--The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens ... From 1924 through 1992, the Winter and Summer Olympics were the same year. In ‘92 the Winter Games were celebrated ...

For the first time in history, the Summer Games will not begin in ... going back to the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. British female athletes in matching uniforms, with athletes ...

Since competing in the first modern Olympic games in 1896, the U.S. has done well. Led by swimmers, the U.S. team topped the ...