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The modern Olympic Games are a series of international multi-sport events. Considered among the biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympics are organised into distinct Summer and Winter Games,
The Ancient Olympic Games stadium in Olympia, Greece
Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee and its second president
Evangelos Zappas, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee
The opening ceremony of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens
Olympic sports
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Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games. The 2024 Summer Olympics included 32 sports; the 2022 Winter Olympics included seven sports. Each Oly
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…was established at the 1932 Winter Olympics, based on pedestals used at the 1930 British Empire Games, as proposed by Melville Marks Robinson. The Olympic Games programme consists of 35 sports, 30 disciplines and 408 events. For example, wrestling is a Summer Olympic sport, comprising two disciplines: Greco-Roman and…
Archery competition held during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. Dropped from the Olympic program after the 1920 Antwerp games, it was reinstated in 1972.
Curling became an official Olympic sport at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano after a 74-year absence.
Volleyball has been part of the Summer Olympics since 1964.
Ice hockey was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and then moved to the Winter Games in 1924.