In 1896, Basil L. Gildersleeve, a classicist, traveled to Athens to attend the first modern Olympic Games. He wrote about the experience in the February 1897 issue of the Atlantic.

LE RENOVATEUR A French Baron convinced of the value of athletics in building character, de Coubertin was determined to revive the ancient Olympics as an international sporting festival. After several ...

Athletes carrying Colt 45s? Sprinters wearing white gloves? Beers before the marathon? The first modern Olympics, Athens 1896, were a very different proposition ...

The first Olympics of the modern era began on April 6, 1896, in Athens. It was the first successful attempt to revive the competition that had started in ancient Greece, with centuries having ...

Dimitros Loundras is the youngest athlete to ever compete in the Olympic Games, taking part in the 1896 Athens Olympics. Here's how old he was.

Tennis: Debuted at the 1896 Athens Olympics and contested until 1924, returned to the Olympics as a full-medal sport in 1988 Weightlifting: Debuted at the 1896 Athens Summer Olympics and contested ...

The Tokyo Olympics are almost a month away. Apart from London and Athens, it is one of the few cities to have the distinction of having hosted the Summer Olympics more than once.

The 1896 Athens Olympic Second Place Bronze Medal, designed by J.C. Chaplain (1839-1909), with name to the right of Zeus. Undated photograph.

The 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the first of the modern era, were a momentous occasion that revived the ancient tradition after nearly 1500 years. Spearheaded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the ...

Zappeion Hall was built, and the nearby all-marble Panathenaic Stadium refurbished, all in time for the 1896 Olympics – the first Games of modern history.

FILE - This April 6, 1896, file photo is a general view of the audience at the opening of the first modern Summer Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece. From that modest start in Athens with 241 ...

Here are some of the highlights of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, when Spyridon Louis won the race that would come to be known as the marathon in the first modern revival of the ancient Greek sports ...