1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, formally called the Games of the I Olympiad, were the first modern Summer Olympic Games and the first Games since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in AD 393 as part of the Christian campaign against paganism. They were held between 6 April and 15 April 1896.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. | Title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 | Publisher=Athens: Charles Beck | Year=1897 |ID=}} (Digitally available at http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf)
• {{Book reference | Author=Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture | Title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | Publisher=Jefferson: McFarland | Year=1998 | ID=ISBN 0-7864-0379-9}} (Excerpt available at http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf)
• {{Book reference | Author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | Title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | Publisher=London: Profile Books | Year = 2004 | ID=ISBN 1-86197-342-X}}

Further reading

• {{Book reference | Author=Greenberg, Stan | Title=The Guinness Book of Olympic Facts and Feats | Publisher=Enfield: Guinness | Year=1996 | ID=ISBN 0-85112-639-1}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Kluge, Volker | Title=Olympische Sommerspiele: die Chronik I | Publisher=Berlin: Sportverlag | Year=1997 | ID=ISBN 3-328-00715-6}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Lennartz, Karl (ed.) | Title=Die olympischen Spiele 1896 in Athen: Erläuterungen zum Neudruck des Offiziellen Berichtes | Publisher=Kassel: Agon | Year=1996 | ID=}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Wallechinsky, David | Title=The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics | Publisher=Woodstock: Overlook Press | Year=2000 | ID=ISBN 1-58567-033-2}}

External links

• International Olympic Committee (IOC) page on the 1896 Summer Olympics.
• A chronicle of the 1896 Summer Olympics.
• Official Report of the 1896 Olympics (PDF format)