The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896. At the time, winners in each sport were awarded silver medals instead of the shiny ...

The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than a century later, the 100 meters ...

The question of how much prominence to give him as France hosts its first Olympics in 100 years next ... remember major historical figures in the modern era who are tainted by their beliefs ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

Plan C would simply be a traditional Olympic ceremony similar to all other Olympic games to date (including Paris in 1924) going back to the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

Fencing: Ranking Round: The first day of competition only ... Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage to the duties required of a ...

The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...

St. Louis, 1904: The hosting of the Olympic games in St. Louis, USA, marked the first time they had been held in a majority English-speaking nation, and also the first time they had been held ...

the Games. The first official modern Olympic Games dates back to 1870, but it was another 30 years before the first woman would compete in the 1900 Games in Paris. Yet only 22 female competitors ...

VERSAILLES, France--Japan’s Taishu Sato won the silver medal in the men’s Modern Pentathlon held ... replaced by obstacle courses at the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

The Paris Olympics are the first in the 128-year history of the modern Games to reach gender parity among athletes, with women’s sport also given more prime-time broadcast spots to help raise ...

Since competing in the first modern Olympic games in 1896, the U.S. has done well. Led by swimmers, the U.S. team topped the medal charts for the fourth consecutive summer Olympics with a total of ...