Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has been elected the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, and the 10th ...

The medals were started in 1896. The very first medals in the Olympics were given in 1896 Olympics were made of silver, and the winner was presented with an olive branch. In the same Olympic Games ...

The sport was actually on the program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens but was canceled due ... U.S. rowers have earned 89 rowing medals since the 1900 Olympic Games, the most of any nation. Americans ...

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 the advent of the modern-day Olympics in 1896 ... below shows the progression of gold medalists' times for the 200-meter freestyle swim since 1896. Use the zoom controls at the top right ...

A medal from the first modern Olympic Games held in at the 1896 Athens is expected to sell for around $30,000 at an upcoming auction in September. Ben Jones, from Mullock’s Auctioneers ...

Gold, silver, and bronze medals weren't always the standard at the Olympics. The first Summer Games began in Athens, Greece in 1896, but gold medals weren't introduced until 1904 in St. Louis in ...