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 ...

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 ...

who won medals in the Olympic Games held in 1896–2010. Medallists were compared with matched cohorts in the general population (by country, age, sex, and year of birth). Main outcome measures Relative ...

The modern era of the ... International Olympic Committee (IOC) and proposed the idea of reviving the Olympic Games. The ...