An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the host city for the purpose of accommodating all of the delegations. Olympic Villages are usually located close to the Olympic Stadium within an Olympic Park.
Athletes assisting in the construction of the 1932 Olympic village, (left to right) Frank Wykoff, Vic Williams, Levi Casey, Bob Hall, Herman Brix, Hector Dyer and Buster Crabbe.
Berlin Olympic village of 1936
Helsinki Olympic Village of 1952.
Montreal Olympic Village of 1976.
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories participating; by default the Games generally substitute for any World Championships the year in which they take place. The Olympic Games are held every four years; since 1994, they have been alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period.
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