and we're about to see who from Team USA will add a medal to the total tally. The Olympics began in 776 BC, though the modern Olympics as we know them today didn't begin until 1896. Since then ...

Greece in 1896. However, gold medals were not awarded at these inaugural Olympics – competitors were instead given a silver medal and an olive branch, while runners-up received a laurel branch ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

who won medals in the Olympic Games held in 1896–2010. Medallists were compared with matched cohorts in the general population (by country, age, sex, and year of birth). Main outcome measures Relative ...