FrenchPierre de Coubertin1500 years after the world's nations agreed with the proposal, the modern Olympic Games were born.
The first memorable event of the modern Olympic Games is in Greece, the hometown of the ancient Olympics.AthensIt was held in
But Greece at that time was domesticEconomic problemsThe Olympic Games were difficult to hold.
There the International Olympic Committee（ＩＯＣ）Chairman of the GreekDemetriusAnd the secretary-generalThe efforts of Coubertin have paid off,
It will be held in Greece as scheduled.
The opening ceremony was held at Pan Athens Stadium in Athens with a crowd of 50,000 .

Participants were 14 countries in developed countries in Europe and the United States, with only male athletes and 280 people. It was a "> Women's Ban competition.
The competitions were Athletics , Swimming , Gymnastics , Wrestling , Fencing , Shooting , Bicycle , tennis 8 competitions 43 events, yachts were also scheduled to be held, but the weather was bad and it was canceled.
Weightlifting was performed, but it was performed as a kind of gymnastics at this time. The United States was particularly strong in the competitive track and field , which was especially popular with the crowd.
We won the championship in 9 of the 11 events on land.

At 100m, the American Thomas Burke who won the race was the only one crouching start and was noticed.
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