The modern Olympics were the brainchild of ... used for the first time. The first Winter Olympics were held at Chamonix in 1924. The Olympic flame first appeared in Amsterdam in 1928, and the ...

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis has been sold at auction for $545,371 as part of a larger collection of ...

In 1904, the first modern Olympics held on U.S. soil featured seven freestyle wrestling divisions, and no international participants. As a result, Americans claimed every medal awarded: seven gold and ...

ATHENS, GREECE – The first Modern Olympic Games included just ... MONTREAL, QUE. – The Summer Olympics are held for the first time in Canada in locations around Montreal, Quebec.

These interests led him to revive the ancient Olympic Games and in Athens in 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held.

This marked the first Olympics where gold medals were introduced, with the U.S. dominating by winning 78 of 96 events.

The Olympic Games ... first woman to win a race as a chariot owner against men. Unmarried women had their own festival at Olympia every four years. This was called the Heraean Games and was held ...

Modern pentathlon events will take place at the Palace of Versailles, the iconic home to the court of Louis XIV. The first French site to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979, the gardens ...

A tradition that stretches back nearly 2,800 years and one that in its modern form has existed since 1896, the Olympic games represent some of humanity’s most dearly held ideals: meritocracy ...