Unit8SportsThefirstancientOlympicGamescanbetracedbackto776BC,stagedontheancientplainsofOlympia
TheancientOlympicGameswereaone-dayeventOnJune23,1894,FrencheducatorCoubertin,suggestedthattheancientgamesberevivedonaninternationalscale
ThusModernOlympicswereborn
ThefirstOlympicswereheldin1896inAthens,where245athletesfrom14nationscompeted
Athens,Apr
10th1896,GamesoftheIOlympiad
SpyridonLOUISofGreece,winnerofthemarathon,atthemedalceremony
TheOlympicsymbol,thefiveinterlockingrings,representstheunionofthefivecontinentsandthemeetingoftheathletesoftheworldattheOlympicGamesSydneyOperaHouseMascotsof2000SydneyOlymics1
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