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Leonidas Pyrgos Leonidas Pyrgos was the first Greek Olympic medallist in the history of the modern Olympic Games, winning his fencing event of the 1896 Summer Olympics on 7 April 1896. olympic games
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The first meeting of the Organising Committee (IOC) The first meeting of the Organising Committee (IOC) for the first Olympic Games, Athens, 1896 (b/w photo) / The Stapleton Collection olympic games
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Weightlifter 1896 Olympic Games Weightlifter 1896 Olympic Games olympic games
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Dimitrios Loundras, center, at the 1896 Olympics Dimitrios Loundras, center, at the 1896 Olympics, a Greek gymnast won a bronze at the age of 10 years and 218 days. olympic games
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Closing Ceremony Closing Ceremony – 1896 Olympic Games olympic games
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The opening ceremony 1896 The opening ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadiumm, Athens Olympics, 1886 olympic games
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Entrance of the Pan-Athenian stadium Athens 1896-Entrance of the Pan-Athenian stadium and in the middle Georges AVEROFF's statue olympic games
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The Pan-Athenian stadium Athens 1896-The Pan-Athenian stadium from the top of the tiers. olympic games
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Pan-Athenian stadium Athens 1896-Athletics-Pan-Athenian stadium. olympic games
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Athletics Athens 1896
Start of the 100m… The future winner, America’s Thomas Burke, is in the second lane on the left
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The American delegation (USA) Athens 1896-The American delegation (USA). The American team in the Pan-Athenian stadium. olympic games
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Fencing A match. Athens 1896-A match. olympic games
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HAJÓS Alfred (HUN). Athens 1896-HAJÓS Alfred (HUN). olympic games
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SCHUMANN Carl (GRE) 1st and TSITAS Giorgios (GRE) 2nd. Athens 1896-SCHUMANN Carl (GRE) 1st and TSITAS Giorgios (GRE) 2nd. olympic games
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Panathenaic Stadium, Panathenaic Stadium, home of the athletics (track-and-field) events of the Athens 1896 Olympic Games. olympic games
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Winner’s medal Athens 1896
Spyridon Louis, in the centre dressed as an Evzone, at the medal ceremony for the marathon at the Athens 1896 Games. This shepherd gave Greece its first gold medal of the modern Olympic Games. The stir around this victory followed him his whole life, so much so that he was selected as flag-bearer of the Greek delegation at the Berlin Games in 1936.
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