The Princeton University Library Chronicle Vol. 64, No. 3, Spring 2003 The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the... The 1896 Olympic Games at Athens and the Princeton Connection This is the metadata ...

The photos date back to the first modern Summer Olympics in 1896. During this visual journey, you’ll see images of Olympic events that no longer exist, such as the standing long jump and ...

France 1896: Athens, Greece For more Olympics coverage, check out the ESPN hub page for breaking news, rankings, previews, and more.

The modern Olympics have existed since 1896, though they have roots in Ancient Greece. Every few years, people worldwide tune in to watch the Olympic Games, the world's biggest sporting competitions.

The athlete with the highest combined total wins. Weightlifting was first competed at the 1896 Olympics in Athens, making it one of the oldest sports at the Games, but it didn't become a regular ...

Sunday Morning producer Roman Feeser reported in 2022 that the tradition dates back all the way to the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens Greece. "Pins were cardboard and used to identify athletes and ...

This spring, a new exhibition, “Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy,” will examine the birth of the modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 through the lens of history, art, archaeology and more.

Quite a reversal in tone from the frigid skepticism the Games once faced. Since 1896, over 150 Princetonians have competed in the Olympics, and they have earned nearly a hundred medals. This summer, ...

First, the 1900 Summer Olympics were only the second modern games to be held (the first were the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens). This meant that there was very little in the way of precedent to ...

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 ...