Articles related to "First Modern Olympics"

Brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the first modern Olympics of 1896 were embroiled in politics and aroused opposition but were ultimately crowned with success.

Their revival conceived in an 1833 poem, it took more than sixty years for the Olympic Games to become reality in 1896 Athens.

First introduced as an Olympic sport in the Athens 1896 Games, the Marathon was won by the Greek water-carrier, Spiros Louis.

The modern Olympic games has grown from a small event in which 245 competitors took part to a multi media, multi million pound sporting extravaganza.