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189 1896 Summer Olympics Athens Images and Stock Photos

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View of athletes, standing in rows, and crowds filling the stadium at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Modern Olympics

The start of the 100 meters sprint at the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era in Athens, Greece.

The start of the 100 meters sprint

Panaromic view of the 1896 Olympic Games held in a crowd-filled stadium in Athens, Greece.

1896 Olympic Games in Athens

Greek shepherd Spyridon Louis , winner of the 40 km marathon is joined by King George I of Greece on the last lap of his run at the Athens Olympics.

The Olympic Medals from the 1896 Games in Athens, the First Olympic Games of the Modern Era.

The Olympic Medals

Three athletes in training for the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens.

Marathon Runners

Panaromic view of the 1896 Olympic Games held in a crowd-filled stadium in Athens, Greece.

Olympic Games in 1896

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 Metres, The Start, Thomas Burke, USA won in 12 seconds

1896 Olympic Games. Athens, Greece. Mens 100 Metres. The Start. Thomas Burke, USA won in 12 seconds.

Crowds walking around the the Panathenaic Stadium, during the first modern Olympics, Athens, April 1896.

Olympic Stadium

Crowds arriving at the 1896 Olympic games stadium in Athens, Greece. This was the same stadium used for the ancient olympiads but completely restored.

Spectators Entering Olympic Stadium

Crowds begin to arrive at the restored Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece, early April, 1896. These Athens games were the first of the modern era of...

Crowds Arriving At Olympic Stadium

Athens, Greece: Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, 1896. Crowd entering stadium a restored structure dating back to antiquity. Photograph. BPA2# 3442

Crowd Entering Stadium For Olympics

Photo shows crowds arriving at the Panathenaic Stadium during the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. This was the same stadium used for the...

Crowds Arrive at Stadium

The Olympic stadium in Athens built by the Greek philanthropist Averof for a cost of one million drachmas. It was the scene of the 1896 games.

Athens Olympiad

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Marathon day at the stadium

1896 Olympic Games. Athens, Greece. Marathon day at the stadium.

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Marathon, Competitors get ready to start the race

Marathon At 1896 Olympic Games

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, The Olympic Stadium for the first ever Olympic Games

1896 Olympic Games. Athens, Greece. The Olympic Stadium for the first ever Olympic Games.

Robert Garrett of the USA wins the gold in the discus event during the I Olympic Games circa April of 1896 in Athens, Greece.

Games of the I Olympiad

The cover illustration from the Official Report of the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens, circa 1896.

First Athens Olympic Games Report

First Olympic Games in Athens, King George I presenting a prize to a winner engraving, Greece, 19th century.

First Olympic Games in Athens, King George I presenting prize to winner, 1876, engraving, Greece, 19th century

Paul Masson, winner of a cycling event at the Olympic Games, Athens, 1896. Masson, a Frenchman, won 3 events at the first modern Olympiad, the 2km,...

Paul Masson At Athens Olympics

Spectators at the Olympic stadium in Athens, for the 1896 Games. The first modern Olympics initiated by Pierre de Coubertin who was inspired by the...

Olympic Stadium

Summer Olympics, Greece. An American athlete presenting the flag of the United States of America. One Of Our Boys. Drawing, 1896.

Drawing Of Athlete Posing in Arena

Athens, Greece, The Panathenaic Stadium in the process of restoration before the Olympic games of 1896.

Panathenaic Stadium

Vintage Platinotype photograph by the German Royal Court photographer Albert Meyer featuring an unnamed Greek discus thrower in action at the...

1896 Summer Olympic Games In Athens

La victoire de Spyridon Louis au marathon lors des Jeux olympiques de 1896, dans le Stade panathénaïque à Athènes, Grèce.

Jeux olympiques de 1896

Alfred Hajos of Hungary, winner of the 100 metres swimming event, in a starting pose during the first Summer Olympic Games in Athens on 11th April...

Athens Olympic Games - Alfred Hajos

The Princeton University athletics team, comprising, left to right, Francis Lane, the 100 metres sprinter who tied for third place in his event;...

Athens Olympic Games - Princeton University Athletics Team

Sport, 1896 Olympic Games, Ilustration, This illustration shows the presentation of the prizes with the King accompanied by the Greece royal family,...

Olympic Games Presentation Of Prizes

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, A colour illustration souvenir from Athens

Postcard From Athens

Picnic at Daphne for a group of medal winners at the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, given by the wife of the Russian minister in Athens, Madame...

Athens Olympiad 1896

Vintage Platinotype photograph by the German Royal Court photographer Albert Meyer featuring the start of the second heat of the 100 metres race in...

1896 Summer Olympic Games In Athens

View of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896.

View Of The First Modern Olympic Games In Athens 1896

Carl Schuhmann of Germany and Georgios Tsitas of Greece prior to the continuation of the final of the Greceo-Roman wrestling match during the First...

Athens Olympic Games - Greco-Roman Wrestling

Vintage Platinotype photograph by the German Royal Court photographer Albert Meyer featuring Alfred Flatow of Germany, gold medallist on the parallel...

1896 Summer Olympic Games In Athens

Vintage Platinotype photograph by the German Royal Court photographer Albert Meyer featuring the Hungarian swimming champion Alfred Hajos, winner of...

1896 Summer Olympic Games In Athens

Paul Masson French cyclist, being congratulated by a compatriot on winning a cycle race at the first modern Olympiad, Athens 1896. Masson won three...

Paul Masson (1874-1945) French cyclist, being congratulated by a compatriot on winning a cycle race at the first modern Olympiad, Athens 1896. Masson won three Gold medals, for the 2km, 10km and 333m races. From Le Petit Journal Paris 26 April 1896.

Crowds in and around the Olympic Stadium in Athens, during the first modern Olympic Games, April 1896.

Athens Olympics

The Pan-Hellenic Gymnastics Association team in action - two men performing on each of ten apparatus - in the parallel bars' team competition during...

Athens Olympic Games - Greek Parallel Bar Team

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Throwing the Discus, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos of Greece who won the silver medal wth a throw of 28,95 metres

Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos

Robert Garrett wins the gold in the discus at the 1896 Athens Olympics.

Robert Garrett At The 1896 Olympics

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Mens 100 metres,The start of the race won by USA's Tom Burke.

Men's 100 Metres At 1896 Olympics

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Fencing, Men's individual foil, An aerial view showing two competitors in action

1896 Olympic Games. Athens, Greece. Fencing. Men's individual foil. An aerial view showing two competitors in action.

Athletes running in the Athens Marathon pass by a Greek Orthodox church November 3, 2002 in Athens, Greece. The ancient Olympics were revived in 1896...

Runners Take Orginal Route In Athens Marathon

Vintage Platinotype photograph by the German Royal Court photographer Albert Meyer featuring the final of the tennis doubles competition between John...

1896 Summer Olympic Games In Athens

Group portrait of the American and Greek victors, contestants, and officials of the Olympic Games. Screened image, 1896.

Portrait of Olympic Participants, 1896

Vue du stade panathénaïque d'Athènes pendant les Jeux Olympiques de 1896, en Grèce.

Stade panathénaïque d'Athènes

The Marble Stadium was built in Greece to host the first Olympic Games in 1896.

Panatheniac Stadium, Site of the 1896 Olympic Games

Spiridon Louis of Greece winning the marathon race at the Olympics in Athens, Greece, 10th April 1896.

Arrival of the Winner of the Marathon Race by Andre Castaigne

The members of the First International Olympic Committee. Athens, Greece, 1896.

The members of the First International Olympic Committee. Athens, Greece, 1896. Artist: Meyer, Albert (1857?1924)

Le départ du 100 mètres lors des Jeux olympiques de 1896, dans le Stade panathénaïque à Athènes, Grèce.

Jeux olympiques de 1896

The German team, led by captain Fritz Hoffman , in action during their four-minute horizontal bar exhibition during the First Summer Olympic Games at...

Athens Olympic Games - German Parallel Bars Team

Alfred Flatow of Germany practices on the parallel bars gymnastics apparatus in an empty stadium prior to his first-place finish during the First...

Athens Olympic Games - Gymnastics

The marathon winner Spiridon Louis , stands with his medal, an olive branch and, left to right, other prize-winning Greek Olympians - Nikolaos...

Athens Olympic Games - Spiridon Louis

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 6th April 1896, Illustration of the opening ceremony of the games

1896 Olympic Games. Athens, Greece. 6th April 1896. Illustration of the opening ceremony of the games.

Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, Throwing the Discus, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos of Greece who won the silver medal with a throw of 28,95 metres

Greek Olympic Discuss Thrower

Postcard of the Panathenaic Stadium, venue for the first modern Olympics, Athens, 1896.

Postcard of the Stadium of the First Modern Olympics

Seven members of the International Olympic Committee who were in Athens when the first session of the committee was convened at the Hotel Grande...

First Session Of The International Olympic Committee

Wreath has been laid at the base of a marble statue, crafted by Georgios Vroutos, of Georgios Averoff, a philanthropist and the wealthiest man in the...

Athens Olympic Games - Statue Of Georgios Averoff

Sport, 1896 Olympic Games, Athens, illustration, This illustration shows the wrestling contest in progress in front of a capacity crowd, The 1896...

Wrestling At The 1896 Olympic Games