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6 .3 AN EPOCH OF EXPO SITIO N S AND OLVMPIC GAMES 7893-7901
7896 OLYMPIC GAMES REVIVED - AMERICAN

The Otympic G a m e A weAe revived, by the enthuAia & French nobleman
PieAAe de CoubeAtin. He catted a CongAeAA tn the movement,
the 10C & the idea o-fa hoiding the lAt modeAn Garnet in Athene in 1896, & the next
Garnet in PaAiA in 1900 ( q v ) .GAeece waA neaAt bankAupt but in many
inducting 400,000 dAachmaA bAought in by the o£ the commemoAative AtampA.

Stamp AaieA helped to
AthenA 1896

The Otympic GameA weAe hetd in AthenA faAom6th to 15th with 311 mate competitoAA
■ &Aom 13 countAieA;theAe weAe no nationat teamA. SpiAidon LouiA, a GAeek AotdieA, won
the maAathon. AmeAicanA,notabty ThomaA BuAke who won the 100m (12.0 Aec) & 400m (5
Aec), dominated ’ TAack& F id d ' eventA taking 9 o& 12 lAt PtaceA. The GAeek King GeoAge
1 opened & doAed the GameA, though t i t t t e Aecognition waA given to de woAk.

SpiAidon LouiA
tilinning MaAathon PieAAe de 100 metAeA AtaAt
Founded ModeAn Olpp GameA Won by ThomaA USA

AthenA 1896

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