 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokubudirira kweMitambo yeOlympic ya1896, mitambo yeOlympic yakatanga kuderera zvikaita kuti ikundikane. Mitambo yeOlympic yakaitirwa paParis Exposition muna 1900uye Louisiana Purchase Exposition muSt. Louis muna 1904 yakatadza kukwezva kubatanidzwa kukuru kana kuti kuziva. Pavatambi 650 mumitambo yeOlympic ya1904, 580 vakanga vari vokuAmerica; uyo akakunda munhangemutange yomumhanya-mhanya akazobviswa pamakwikwi pashure pokuwanikwa kwomufananidzo wake ari mumotokari munhangemutange yacho. Mitambo yacho yakatangazve muna 1906 nemitambo yeIntercalated Games yainzi kudaro nokuti yaiva mitambo yeOlympic yechipiri kuitirwa muOlympia yechitatu, iyo yakaitirwa muAthens. Mitambo iyi yakakwezva boka guru renyika dzakawanda revatori vechikamu uye yakaita kuti vanhu vafarire zvikuru, zvichiratidza kutanga kwokuwedzera mukurumbira uye kukura kweMitambo yeOlympic. Mitambo ya1906 yaizivikanwa zviri pamutemo neIOC panguva iyoyo kunyange zvisisiri, uye hapana Mitambo yeIntercalated yakaitwa kubvira ipapo. 