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| Opening ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium |
The first Wenlock Olympian Games, a precursor to the modern Olympics, was centered on the little market town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire, England, in 1850. The Games were founded by Dr William Penny Brookes, who took inspiration from the Ancient Greeks’ sporting contest.
The successful campaign to revive the Olympics was started in France by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1890, after attending the Olympian Games of the Wenlock Olympian Society.
On April 6, 1896, in the presence of a crowd of 50,000, the King of Greece declared the first of the new series of Olympic Games open at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
The Games consisted of 43 events. They brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes mostly from Greece, Germany and France.
Winners received a silver medal and a crown of olive branches, with bronze for the runners-up.
On April 6, 1896 an American college student named James Connolly won the triple jump, becoming the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
The successful campaign to revive the Olympics was started in France by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1890, after attending the Olympian Games of the Wenlock Olympian Society.
On April 6, 1896, in the presence of a crowd of 50,000, the King of Greece declared the first of the new series of Olympic Games open at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
The Games consisted of 43 events. They brought together 14 nations and 241 athletes mostly from Greece, Germany and France.
Winners received a silver medal and a crown of olive branches, with bronze for the runners-up.
On April 6, 1896 an American college student named James Connolly won the triple jump, becoming the first Olympic champion in over 1,500 years.
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