Title: The Rio Olympic Games - Enchanted Learning
Headings: The Rio Olympic Games
The Rio Olympic Games
Rio 2016 Summer Games
The Ancient Olympics
The Modern Olympics
The Flag of the Olympic Games
History of the Olympic Flame
The Torches of the Olympics
The Olympic Motto
Olympic Events
Olympic Medals
Past Olympics: Printouts and Activities
Sydney Summer Olympics
Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
Athens Summer Olympics
Turin Winter Olympics
Beijing Summer Olympics
Vancouver Winter Olympics
London Summer Olympics
Sochi Winter Olympics
Rio Summer Olympics
PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Medals to Print Out and Award to Kids
Student Medals 1
Student Medals 2
Student Medals 3
Make a Medal

Content: The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the “stade”). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner’s head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos ). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men. The four-year period between the Olympic games was called an olympiad. Every four years, for 1,170 years, the Greeks held an Olympics, which continued to grow and change. Many other sports were added, including other races, wrestling, boxing, pentathlon (five events, including the long jump, javelin throw, discus throw, foot race, and wrestling), and equestrian events (events with horses and people, like chariot races and horse races) The Olympic games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394. The Modern Olympics
Over a fifteen hundred years later, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937) (a French educator and sportsman) revived the Olympic Games. An all-male Olympic games were held in 1896, in Athens, Greece.