the first modern summer olympics took place at chamonix, france.
the first modern summer olympics took place at chamonix, france.
where did the first modern summer olympics take place?
chamonix, france
bullet::::- 2 march: the ireland women's national field hockey team defeat england 2–0 at alexandra college in the first ever women's international field hockey match.









































section::::sport.:tennis.









































bullet::::- the championships, wimbledon









































bullet::::- harold mahony wins the gentleman's singles championship









































bullet::::- olympic games









































bullet::::- john pius boland wins gold medals in the men's singles and doubles at the first modern summer olympics in athens (greece)









































section::::births.









































bullet::::- 15 february – arthur shields, actor (died 1970).









































bullet::::- march – martin joseph sheehan, soldier and royal air service observer in world war i, killed in action (died 1918).
1896 in ireland
the first modern summer olympics took place in athens in 1896, and cuba was the first latin american country to participate in the event, in 1900. colombia first participated in the summer olympics in 1932 with a single athlete, jorge perry, when the colombian olympic committee had not been established. this was also the first olympics for china, whose delegation consisted of athlete liu changchun and four officials. the 1932 summer olympics were organised during the great depression, an economic crisis in the united states that began after the wall street crash of 1929, which was affecting economies in other continents.
colombia at the 1932 summer olympics