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 ...

all in time for the 1896 Olympics – the first Games of modern history. The Panathenaic Stadium, which remains the finishing point for the annual Athens Marathon, is particularly impressive ...

Just five cities have hosted the Summer Olympics more than once dating back to the event's origination in 1896. The 2024 Olympics will allow Paris to join London as the only cities to host the ...

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Telegraph Sport has detailed the history of the modern Summer Olympics since the Games were first held in Athens in 1896, listing all summer Olympics host cities. This year’s Olympics begin on ...

The discus throw event has been included in every modern Olympics since its inaugural 1896 edition held in Athens (where Robert Garrett representing the United States won the gold medal), and can ...

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, ...

The first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 is where the tradition of awarding medals to winners began. The first-place winner was given a silver medal, second place was awarded a bronze ...

Played out in a procession circling the stadium, the story included imagery from the previous occasions the Games were held in Athens. Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in 776 BC and ...

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 ...