The History of the Olympic Games

When we finished writing What are the Olympics? we had to do some research on the history of the Olympics. Then we had to write down notes before we started.    

The History of the Olympic Games

The ancient Olympic Games started in Athens Greece, 776 B.C and carried on until it was banned in 393 A.D. It happened every four years for 1169 years. It was part of a religious festival and only men were allowed to compete in the games.

In 1894 a French man called Baron Pierre De Coubertin tried to start the Olympics back up. It took two years to start them back up, but he eventually did and the first modern games took place in Greece in 1896.

The modern Olympic Games happen every four years and men and women are allowed to compete in the games. The games take place in different countries each time. There were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the World Wars.

There lots of differences between the ancient and the modern games. Here are some examples. In the ancient games winner got an olive wreath and in the modern games the winners get a gold, silver and bronze medals. In the ancient games only Greeks could watch and now anyone can watch.

In conclusion there are lots of differents between the ancient games and the modern games.

Liam