and the King of Greece himself opened the first modern Olympic Games on April 6, 1896 (March 24 on the Greek calendar). The honour of being the first Olympic champion of the modern era fell to ...

To the family’s surprise the bronze colored medallion turned out to be an Olympic medal from the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, held in Athens, Greece. The medal, which measures 2 inches ...

A Greek had won the marathon ... Curtis, who documented his time at the 1896 Olympics in The Atlantic. “Proud as we Americans were that our man had beaten the Greeks at their own discus ...

Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. OLYMPIA, GREECE – The first ever Olympics were held in Greece on the plains of Olympia — that's where the name ...