Olympics Games History. The list of olympic games shows all the summer olympics since the first olympics in 1896. This overview of the history of the modern olympic games lists the dates and location of all games, starting with the 1896 athens olympics.

With more than 100,000 objects, including from every games since the modern era began in 1896, the museum houses the world’s largest collection of olympic. Englishman richard chandler discovered the site of ancient olympia.