The Summer Olympic Games are not historically documented until 776 BC, but it is widely accepted that they had been in practice from as early as the 13th century BC.  There are several Greek legends that speak of the beginnings of the Summer Olympic Games. z

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The history of the Winter Olympics is a shaky one indeed. As early as 1894 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, ice skating was proposed for the Olympic program. In spite of this, it was not until 1908, fourteen years later, that an ice-skating event was held at the Summer Olympics in London.

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The first official Summer Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.  They were set up by a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, in conscious homage to the ancient Olympic Games that were held in Olympia in Greece between 776 BC and 393 AD – an amazing period of a thousand years.  In 1894, de Coubertin presented his idea at a congress in the Sorbonne in Paris. 

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In the early years there were only Summer Olympic games, held every four years from 1896 onwards.  The first few games comprised only traditional summer sports such as athletics.  By 1908, skating had been added to the bill; however, in that year and in 1912, the Olympic games remained resolutely summery in their outlook.

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