2006-09-19 16:47:32 · 5 answers · asked by Malli 1 in Sports ➔ Olympics
15 NATIONS.
2006-09-19 17:04:26 · answer #1 · answered by A.R.RAJA 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
in the Ancient Olympics, there were several city states (sparta, athens, etc) in greece that participated.
in the Modern Olympics, in 1896, there was one country participating, greece, but most of the people who competed were wealthy individuals from other countries who heard about it through the grapevine.
http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000a.htm
the first time countries participated was in 1900 with 1100 atheletes representing 19 countries.
2006-09-20 00:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually,it was all the Greek nation-states who participated,but you should know that they didn't trust or like each other. Yet,they had an understanding that if a foreign kingdom tried to conquer ALL of Greece,they would unite their armies and navies to fight the foreigner and then go back to being enemies.
2006-09-19 23:51:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was only Greece and only men because the Olympics were done in the nude (made them lighter)
2006-09-19 23:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by conundrum_dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1--Greece
2006-09-19 23:54:35 · answer #5 · answered by philski333 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋