The Olympic Games, the full name of which is the Olympic Games (Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες; English: Olympic Games; Chinese abbreviated as "Olympic Games"), is the world's largest multi-sport event hosted by the International Olympic Committee, held every four years, usually no more than 16 days, is the world's most influential sports event.
The Athens Olympics The first Olympic Games were successfully held
Host country – Greece
Host city – Athens
Date: April 6-15, 1896
1. Europe's sporting event
The first Olympic Games were invited, with 13 countries from around the world participating.
They are the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland, Chile, France, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Austria and the host country, Greece.
Chile is the only non-European country to participate.
2. Three-quarters of the athletes are from Greece
The first Olympic Games were attended by 311 athletes, of which Greece accounted for 231, or three-quarters of the total.
3. Different countries can mix teams
In fact, the concept of the national team was not valued and accepted by the Olympic Committee before 1928, and athletes of different nationalities could even form teams freely, and they were more on their own behalf.
4. Mysterious track and field athletes
In 1964, the Chilean Olympic Committee claimed that it had sent track and field athlete Luis to the 100m, 200m and 1000m runs at the first Olympic Games, but there are no exact official records to confirm this.
5. Australia's medals go to the United Kingdom
At that time, Australia was still part of the British territory, so Australia's achievements naturally belonged to the United Kingdom.
But then Britain may not have been able to afford it, and the results of track and field athlete Teddy Flac were assigned to Australia.
6. Egypt is actually also a participating country
It is said that Egypt was also one of the participating countries at that time, but there was only one named Kas. Daglis's Greek-Egyptian competed, and the Olympic Committee classified him as a Greek athlete.
7. Russian athletes who twisted their feet
In fact, Russia was also one of the invited countries at that time, but the athlete sent accidentally sprained his foot when he arrived in Athens, and had no choice but to withdraw from the competition.
8. The Olympics without gold medals
There were no medals at the Athens Olympics. The champion is awarded a certificate, a bouquet of flowers and a silver medal; The runner-up will receive a certificate, a bouquet of flowers and a bronze medal; The third runner-up only had one bronze medal.