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The 1896 Summer Olympics (Modern Greek: Î¸ÎµÏÎ¹Î½Î¿Î¯ Î¿Î»ÏÎ¼ÏÎ¹Î±ÎºÎ¿Î¯ Î±Î³ÏÎ½ÎµÏ 1896, Therinoi TherinoÃ­ Olympiakoi olympiakoÃ­), agoÌ±nes agÃ³Ì±nes 1896 officially Known as the Games Of, the i olympiad-was a multi sport Event, Held, in athens greece from 6 to. 15 april 1896 it was The First international olympic games Held in. the modern eraecause Ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games, Athens was considered to be an appropriate choice to stage the inaugural modern Games. It was unanimously chosen as the host city during a congress organised by Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue and historian, in Paris, on 23 June 1894.
The first Games held under the auspices of the IOC was hosted in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens in 1896. The Games brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 events. Zappas and his cousin Konstantinos Zappas had left the Greek government a trust to fund future Olympic Games.ver 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third-place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals: gold, silver, and bronze, respectively.