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The olympic games according to records started in 776 B.C in the city of Olympia, Greece.
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Conebus according to recording was the first person t win the olympics in 776 B.C.
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Pistol Shooting was first a military excercise before it was entered into the olympics.
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Charlotte Cooper became the first female to win the olympic in Paris,France in 1900 summer olympics
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John Baxter Taylor was the first african american to win the olympics in the 1908 olympics
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Oskar Swahn is the oldest person to win the olympics at age 64
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The only olympain ever to be awared the Nobel Peace Prize Was Philip Noel Baker In 1920
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Joan Benoit won the first womens olympics marathon in 1924.
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The flag was First raised for the first time in the olympics in berlin
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The long jump was entered into the olympics in 1924.
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The winter olympic games started in 1924.
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Marjorie Gestring Was The Youngest person to win the olympics in 1936.
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In March of 1948 sking was put in the olympic games.
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Skeleton was entered into the winter games in 1948.
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Alice Coachman was the first African American women to win the olympics in London.
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IN 393 AD. when an earthquake destroyed Olympia they stoped the olympics.