Summer Olympics 1896

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Summer Olympic Games international sports competition multi-sport event

The Summer Olympics 1896, held in Athens, Greece, were the first modern Olympic Games and marked the revival of the ancient Olympic tradition under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
1896 Summer Olympics	11
triple jump at the 1896 Summer Olympics	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ international sports competition ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
biddingCity	Athens ⓘ
closingDate	1896-04-15 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
followedBy	Summer Olympics 1900 ⓘ surface form: 1900 Summer Olympics
foundedBy	Pierre de Coubertin ⓘ
hasAthlete	Alfréd Hajós ⓘ Carl Schuhmann ⓘ Edwin Flack ⓘ Hermann Weingärtner ⓘ Ioannis Georgiadis ⓘ James Connolly ⓘ John Pius Boland ⓘ Launceston Elliot ⓘ Paul Masson ⓘ Spyridon Louis ⓘ Thomas Burke ⓘ
hasCrownPrinceParticipant	Constantine I of Greece ⓘ
hasEvent	marathon ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Greek ⓘ
hasLegacy	establishment of four-year Olympic cycle ⓘ revival of Olympic movement ⓘ
hasMedalSystem	gold-silver-bronze (retrospectively applied) ⓘ
hasOlympiadNumber	I ⓘ
hasOpeningDeclaredBy	King George I of Greece ⓘ
hasParticipatingNation	Australia ⓘ Austria ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Chile ⓘ Denmark ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Greece ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Italy ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasSport	athletics ⓘ cycling ⓘ fencing ⓘ gymnastics ⓘ shooting ⓘ swimming ⓘ tennis ⓘ weightlifting ⓘ wrestling ⓘ
hostCity	Athens ⓘ
introducedEvent	marathon ⓘ
IOCSessionThatAwardedGames	1894 Paris Congress ⓘ
isFirstModernOlympics	true ⓘ
isPartOf	modern Olympic Games ⓘ
mainStadium	Panathenaic Stadium ⓘ
marathonDistanceKilometres	about 40 ⓘ
marathonWinner	Spyridon Louis ⓘ
marathonWinnerCountry	Greece ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Greek ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	241 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	43 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	14 ⓘ
numberOfSports	9 ⓘ
officialName	Games of the I Olympiad ⓘ
openingDate	1896-04-06 ⓘ
organizedBy	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
originalFirstPrize	silver medal and olive branch ⓘ
originalSecondPrize	copper medal and laurel branch ⓘ
precededBy	Olympic Games ⓘ surface form: ancient Olympic Games
revivedAncientTradition	true ⓘ
stadiumCity	Athens ⓘ
underAuspicesOf	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
year	1896 ⓘ