1906 Summer Olympics

The 1906 Summer Olympics are the fourth modern Olympic games, held in Athens. They are also known as the 1906 Intercalated Games.

First Intercalated Games

The 1906 games were quite successful. Unlike the 1900, 1904 or 1908 games, they were neither stretched out over months nor overshadowed by an international exhibition. Their crisp format was most likely instrumental in the continued existence of the games.

Related Topics:
1906 games - 1900 - 1904 - 1908

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These Games also were the first games to have all athlete registration go through the NOCs. They were the first to have the Opening of the Games as a separate event; an event at which for the first time the athletes marched into the stadium in national teams, each following its national flag. They introduced the closing ceremony, and the raising of national flags for the victors, and several less-visible changes we now accept as traditional.

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