With the 2012 Olympic Games soon coming to a close, we thought it might be fun to share these blast from the past photos that were taken at the first moder

1896 Olympics Athens

Οι Αγώνες της Ι Ολυμπιάδας, κοινώς γνωστοί ως Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896, διοργανώθηκαν στην Αθήνα (Ελλάδα) από τις 6 Απριλίου έως τις 15 Απριλίου 1896. Το 1894 σε συνέδριο που οργάνωσε ο βαρόνος Πιερ ντε Κουμπερτέν στο Παρίσι ιδρύθηκε η Διεθνής Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή και αποφασίστηκε η αναβίωση των Ολυμπιακών αγώνων. Έπειτα από πρόταση του Έλληνα εκπροσώπου Δημητρίου Βικέλα ως τόπος διεξαγωγής των Ι Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων ορίστηκε η Αθήνα.[The 1st Olympic games mounted in Athens from 6 to 15…

The first summer Olympics was in 1896, it was known as the Games of the I Olympiad, and it was in Athens, Greece

The opening ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadiumm, Athens Olympics, 1886

Leonidas Pyrgos was the first Greek Olympic medallist in the history of the modern Olympic Games, winning his fencing event of the 1896 Summer Olympics on 7 April 1896.

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Dimitrios Loundras, center, at the 1896 Olympics, a Greek gymnast won a bronze at the age of 10 years and 218 days.

Andre Castaigne King George I Of Greece Presenting Awards At The 1896 Olympics

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Leonidas Pyrgos, Greek fencer - The First Greek Olympic medallist; 1896.

Olympic fever appears to have taken over the country, with Britain hosting, and performing astoundingly well, particularly in the cycling events, perhaps even putting cycling on the map as a national sport. In such

Athens 1896 - The French team.

Panathinaiko Stadium - host of first modern Olympic Games in 1896