No Games For 1500 Years

• Olympics were initially held in Olympia every four years from 776 BCE till 392 AD. 
• The games were then abolished by Roman Emperor Theodosius.
• The Olympic games returned after 1500 years in Athens with the formation of the International Olympic Committee in 1896.

The Olympic torch is lit in the way of the ancient ceremony and the temple of Hera, Greece. Actresses wear costumes of Greek priestesses and use a parabolic mirror and sun rays to light the torch. Then the torch is usually carried by runners to the host city.

The relay torch and the Olympi...

The 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany were supposed to demonstrate the Aryan racial supremacy. But Jesse Owens, a black athlete, won gold in the 100m, 200m, the 4 x 100m relay, and the long jump.

After the latter event, German athlete Carl Ludwig Long was the first to c...