OLYMPIC GAMES 1. 1ST THRU THE 15TH GAMES
1st thru the 15th Games. Title and 37 pages. Athens 1896 thru Helsinki 1952.
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, and were the result of the devotion of French educator, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to the idea that, since boys and athletics have gone together down the ages, education and athletics might well go hand-in-hand toward a better international understanding. He planned a revival of the ancient Olympic Games on a world-wide basis and suceeded in getting thirteen nations to sent athletics to the first of the modern games in 1896.
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