which year was the first olympics held?

Answer 1

The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC The ancient Olympic Games were primarily a part of a religious festival in honor of Zeus, the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The festival and the games were held in Olympia a rural sanctuary site in the western Peloponnesos. The Greeks that came to the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia shared the same religious beliefs and spoke the same language. The athletes were all male citizens of the city-states from every corner of the Greek world, coming from as far away as Iberia (Spain) in the west and the Black Sea (Turkey) in the east.

The sanctuary was named in antiquity after Mt. Olympos the highest mountain in mainland Greece. In Greek mythology, Mt. Olympos was the home of the greatest of the Greek gods and goddesses. both literary and archaeological, suggests that the games may have existed at Olympia much earlier than this date, perhaps as early as the 10th or 9th century BC.

Answer 2

Actually, the first ancient Olympics were held in 776 BC in Greece. It was held till, sometime in 300 BC, and then it was discontinued.

Thereafter, the first Modern Olympics was held in 1896 in Athens, in which 13 countries took part. Thereafter Olympics are held once every four years, except for 1916 (due to first World War) and 1940, 1944( due to Second World War).

Answer 3

The Ancient Olympic Games were an athletic and religious celebration held in the Greek town of Olympia from (historically) as early as 776 BC to 393 AD.

The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.

Answer 4

modern ones 1896 at the home; athens

Answer 5

1169 B.C.