the olympic games of 1896 location: athens, greece date: 6-15 april, 1896
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Participants Representatives of 14 countries took part in the Olympic games. There were 241 men there and 0 womenTRANSCRIPT
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The Olympic Games of 1896
Location: Athens, GreeceDate: 6-15 April, 1896
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Opening ceremony •«I declare the first
international Olympic Games is open in Athens. Hail to Greece! Hail to our people!» by George I
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Participants
Representatives of 14 countries took part in the Olympic games. There were 241 men there and 0 women
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Kind of sport competitions
•The Olympic games in 1896 took 9 different sport competitions such as fight, cycling, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, shooting, tennis, weightlifting and swordplay.
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Closing ceremony•The ceremony
began with a performance of Olympic hymn and then George I gave awards for winners.
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Why did not Russians take part in?