The international Olympic Committee constituted itself on 23rd June 1894. The official languages of the IOC are French and English. The Olympic flame is a symbol reminiscent of the ancient Olympic Gam...
The tradition of the " Truce " or "Ekecheiria" was established in ancient Greece in the 9th century BC by the signature of a treaty between three kings. During the Truce period, the athletes, artists...
Olympia , the site of the ancient Olympic Games, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek mythology , is the island of Pelops ", the founder of the Olympic Games. Imposing t...
你知道吗,马拉松并不是古代奥运会的比赛项目;古代奥运会法规中规定,腐败的裁判或对手要受鞭刑;柏拉图曾是奥运会的冠军…… The famous marathon ra...
An Olympic Anthem composed by Spyros Samaras (music) and by Kostis Palamas (lyrics) was first played at the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens. Thereafter, a variety of musical offerings provided the b...
The triple jump to become the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years. Winners were awarded a silver medal and an olive branch . The German athlete Carl Schumann finished in the top five event...
About Hockey (Olympic sport since 1908) Hockey is the oldest known ball and stick game. Records exist of it having been played in Persia in 2000 BC. In medieval Europe, pictures of men playing a g...
About Handball (Olympic sport since 1936) The modern game of handball was first played towards the end of the 19th century in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. Recognition of field handball based on th...
About Gymnastics(Olympic sport since 1896) The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) was formed on 23 July 1881 when representatives of the gymnastics associations of Belgium, France an...
About Fencing (Olympic sport since 1896) Take the romantic, swashbuckling epics of Errol Flynn, add some rules, protective clothing and an electronic scoring system, and you have fencing at the Ol...