History of the Olympic games

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The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions . The Games are currently held every two years in even-numbered years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia , Greece , from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC has since become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the Olympic Charter .

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The first Games held under the auspices of the IOC was hosted in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens in 1896. These Games brought 14 nations and 241 athletes who competed in 43 events

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The Olympic symbol, better known as the Olympic rings , consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (considering North and South America as a single continent). The colored version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag . These colors were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium . It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the Games. [84] The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius , a Latin expression meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger". Coubertin's ideals are further expressed in the Olympic creed: The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. [

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Year Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Olympiad Country Olympiad Country 2002 XIX USA 2004 XXVIII Greece 2006 XX Italy 2008 XXIX China 2010 XXI Canada 2012 XXX The UK 2014 XXII Russia 2016 XXXI Brazil