On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage to the duties required of a solider in the late 19th century to test the strengths of the ...

John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.

Here's what you need to know about modern pentathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The modern pentathlon made its Olympic debut on the men’s side in 1912. A women's competition was added to the ...

The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter dash, with American Thomas Burke winning gold in a time of 12 seconds. More than a century later, the 100 meters ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, spent two years lobbying for the new Games to include a modern version of the pentathlon event that was a key ...

Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

Paris is the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), who is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. What began as a small event with only 240 male athletes from 14 countries has ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Since its creation in 1894, the governing body of the modern Olympics has had only nine presidents, two fewer than the CCP but the same number as FIFA, football’s global governing body.