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When did the earliest Olympic Games in the world begin?
According to historical records, the earliest ancient Olympic Games was held in 776 BC. The address of the sports meeting is in Olympia. At that time, there was only one event, namely 180m sprint. In this sports meeting, an athlete named Korobos de Ellis won the championship. Therefore, Korobos de Ellis also became the first Olympic champion in the world. Since then, the Olympic Games have been held every four years until it was abolished by the Roman emperor Diodo in 394.

The ancient Olympic Games was interrupted for quite a long time. It was not until 1888 that Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator, proposed to restore the Olympic Games. His proposal received many responses. 1894 the first international sports conference was held in Paris to discuss the restoration of the Olympic games. 79 delegates from 12 countries attended the meeting. The proposal to resume the Olympic Games was unanimously adopted at the meeting. From April 6th, 1996 to April 6th, 1996, the earliest truly international modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece. A total of 285 athletes from 13 countries participated in this sports meeting. In this Olympic Games, there are several events such as track and field, gymnastics, fencing, shooting, swimming, boating, weightlifting, cycling, equestrian and tennis.

The Olympic Games aroused great interest. Take Athens as an example. At that time, the population of Athens was only 1.26 million, but more than 70 thousand people went to watch the game. At that time, it was an amazing event in the world.