On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...

1896 (March 24 on the Greek calendar). The honour of being the first Olympic champion of the modern era fell to James Connolly, an American who won the triple jump, justifying his decision to drop ...

As international delegates debated the rules for the first modern games ... a gold medal winner in Brundage’s era, stated flatly: “I have never known a name Olympic athlete who was an amateur.” ...

The prizes were: silver medal plus olive ... events at the 1896 Olympics. It remains an important conference facility in the center of Athens, having served, for example, as the site of the European ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

The very first Olympics of the modern era took place in Athens in 1896. By modern standards ... person to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Costing over £30bn, the Sochi Winter Olympics ...

Boardsailer Lee Lai-Shan won Hong Kong's first-ever Olympic medal ... of the modern Games didn't exactly live up to the ideals of amateurism in sport set forth by Baron de Coubertin. The competition ...

With four gold medals each, Cuba's Mijain Lopez (2008-2020) and Japan's Kaori Icho (2004-2016) are currently the most successful Olympic wrestlers of all time. In 2016, Icho became the first ... When ...