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 ...

There were no women athletes at the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896, because its founder, Pierre de Coubertin, thought women were "not cut out to sustain certain shocks". More than 100 years ...

The first modern games of the Summer Olympics took place in Athens, Greece in 1896, and are held to honor the ancient games held in Olympia, Greece in 776 CE. Like many events, the games are no ...

In recent Olympiads, pin trading has become something of an unofficial sport at the Games. The tradition, which dates back to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 when athletes wore cardboard badges ...

The history of the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896 in Athens, was marked by this as well. A woman tried to take part in the marathon. She was rejected and prevented from signing up. And this ...

In his beautifully written Olympics in Athens, 1896, Llewellyn Smith follows the fortunes of the ... For symbolic reasons, he desperately wanted Athens to be the first venue, but the Greek government, ...

Cycling's history at the modern Olympics dates back to the very first Olympiad in Athens in 1896, which included an 87km road race - won by a Greek, Aristides Konstantinidis - and track races. There ...

How many Olympic medals has Ioannis Mitropoulos won throughout his career? Ioannis Mitropoulos has won 2 Olympic medal in throughout his career. When did Ioannis Mitropoulos first compete in the ...