Penhaligons gin perfume. Welcome home this was the slogan of the athens 2004 games as indeed the games returned to their country of birth 108 years after the first games of the modern era were held in athens in 1896. The 1912 summer olympics saw the introduction of two new types of the pentathlon. The olympic games french.
The first was the classic pentathlon an athletics competition which was a variation on the ancient. This idea was heavily supported by pierre de coubertin the founder of the modern olympics as well as by. The pentathlon made its return as an olympic event at the 1906 games in athens consisting of a standing long jump discus throw ancient style javelin throw 192 metre run and a greco roman wrestling match.
The first modern olympics happened in. Originally the ancient olympic games were held in ancient greece at olympiathe first games were in 776 bc. Summer olympic games and winter olympic games are held every four years.
They were held every four years until the 6th century ad.