Olympic Games
Also known as Olympics
The modern Olympic Games are the world's biggest international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports events in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of athletic competitions. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involve more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. The Games often, but not always, substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place. The Olympics are staged every four years. Since 1994, they have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad.
AI overview
The Olympic Games are the world's largest international sporting events, held every four years and featuring thousands of athletes from more than 200 countries competing in both summer and winter sports. They matter because they bring together the world's best amateur and professional athletes in a major global competition that often serves as the year's premier championship event across multiple sports.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikipedia views (30d)
106,496 totalvia Wikimedia Pageviews API
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- olympics.com/en
- Image
- Olympic flag.svg
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Olympic Games
- event interval
- 4
- Commons gallery
- Olympic Games
- inception
- 1896-00-00
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/olympic_games
- social media followers
- 15300000
~40 min read
Article
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) are the world's biggest international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports events in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of athletic competitions. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involve more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. The Games often, but not always, substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place. The Olympics are staged every four years. Since 1994, they have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year Olympiad.
Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, which encompasses all entities and individuals involved in the Olympic Games. The Olympic Charter defines their structure and authority.