Olympics The modern Oplympic Game, first held in 1896, in Athens, Greece. The first modern Olmpic Gmaes were inspired by British schoolmaster, organized bby a Frenchman, and held in greece. An arena was built on the foundations of the long-vanished Panathenaic Stadium, and the first modern Olympics opened on April 6, 1896.the 1896 games provied one of the most stirring moments in olympics history. The 1900 paris olympics. The 1904 games in remote st.louis. the 1908london olympics. The 1912 games …showed first 75 words of 381 total…

…showed last 75 words of 381 total…SWIMMER MARK SPITZ. Romania `s 14-year-old Nadia Comaneci, who scored seven perfect 10s in Montreal in 1976. In 1988 games in Seoul. There have been over 50 positives drug testis Olympics athletes since 1968.the winter Olympics were held in Albertville, France, in 1992, but the next winter games, in Lillehammer, Norway, took place just two years later. When the 1992 games arrived in Barcelona, it was clear that there was a huge new factor in Olympics life- commercialism and marketing.