Gemmes o the I Olympiad![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Athens_1896_report_cover.jpg/220px-Athens_1896_report_cover.jpg) |
Host ceety | Athens, Greece |
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Naitions pairteecipatin | 14[1] |
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Athletes pairteecipatin | 241[2] |
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Events | 43 in 9 sports |
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Appenin ceremony | Aprile 6 |
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Closin ceremony | Apryle 15 |
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Offeecially appened bi | Keeng George I |
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Stadium | Panathinaiko Stadium |
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Simmer |
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The 1896 Simmer Olympics,
offeecially kent as the Gemmes o the I Olympiad, wis a multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece, frae 6 tae 15 Aprile 1896. It wis the first internaitional Olympic Gemmes held in the Modren era. Acause Auncient Greece wis the birthplace o the Olympic Gemmes, Athens wis considered tae be an appropriate choice tae stage the inaugural modren Gemmes. It wis unanimously chosen as the host ceety during a congress organized bi Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue an historian, in Paris, on 23 Juin 1894. The Internaitional Olympic Committee (IOC) wis an aa institutit during this congress.