| Olympics or The Olympic Games is a multi-sports | | | | the winners of the events in the Olympic Games. Milo |
| event which takes place once in four years and | | | | of Croton, a wrestler in the sixth century BC, was the |
| comprises of winter and summer games. It is an | | | | only victorious athlete in six Olympic Games. |
| international event and almost all the countries in the | | | | After the Romans captured power in Greece, there |
| globe participate in the games. | | | | was a gradual decline in the importance of the Olympic |
| The first Olympic game was held in the year 776 BC | | | | Games. The Emperor Theodosius banned the Olympic |
| in Olympia, Greece. The games were held in Greece till | | | | Games in 393 CE citing the games as a Pagan |
| 393 AD. Subsequently in 1896, Pierre Fredy, Baron de | | | | Festival not suitable for the Christian Ethics. |
| Coubertin, a French nobleman revived the games | | | | Even though the Greek ceremonies included the |
| which heralded the beginning of the Modern Olympic | | | | bearing of a torch as its integral aspect, it was not |
| Games. | | | | included in the ancient Olympic Games. This was |
| Starting from 1896, Games of the Olympiad or The | | | | introduced later as a part of the modern Olympic |
| Summer Olympics were held once in four years | | | | Games. |
| except during the World War 1 and 2. | | | | In the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, nearly |
| The Olympic Winter Games, a special edition of winter | | | | 11,100 contestants from 202 countries participated in |
| sports was first held in 1924. In the beginning, both | | | | various events whereas there were only 245 |
| summer and winter editions of The Olympic Games | | | | participants from 15 nations in the 1896 edition of the |
| were held simultaneously. From 1944 onwards the | | | | Olympic Games. The Olympic Games has become |
| summer and winter games have been held two years | | | | one of the biggest events for the media. In the Sydney |
| apart. | | | | Olympics held in 2000, more than 16,000 journalists |
| The origin of the ancient Olympic Games was | | | | presented the events in various media format while 3.8 |
| surrounded by many legends. The ancient Greek | | | | billion people watched the games on Television. |
| concept of Olympic Truce is one such legend | | | | Munich Olympics held in 1972 saw the first act of |
| associated with The Olympic Games. The Olympic | | | | terrorism in the .Olympic Games. Subsequently the |
| Games reached their zenith during fifth and sixth | | | | Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia in 1996, and |
| century BC. | | | | the Winter Olympics held in Salt Lake City, Utah in |
| The Olympic Games were held in honour of Pelops a | | | | 2002 were also subjected to acts of terrorism. |
| mythical king and divine hero of the Greeks. Poems | | | | For the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in |
| were written and statues were created immortalizing | | | | London in 2012, 26 sports are included. |