The Olympic Games is an international multi-sport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games are each held every four years. Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated two years apart.

The original Olympic Games were first recorded in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until AD 393. Interest in reviving the Olympic Games proper was first shown by the Greek poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead" in 1833. Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern international Olympic Games in 1859. He paid for the refurbishment of the Panathinaiko Stadium for Games held there in 1870 and 1875. This was noted in newspapers and publications around the world including the London Review, which stated that "the Olympian Games, discontinued for centuries, have recently been revived! Here is strange news indeed ... the classical games of antiquity were revived near Athens".

The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. The first of the IOC's Olympic Games were the 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide. With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters.

The Olympic Games or the Olympics is a massive sporting extravaganza. It is the most well known and biggest sporting event in the world. Best athletes and sportsmen from all over the globe gather together to participate in the many Olympic games and sports. Thus it is a truly worldwide event. The Olympics has a very interesting and rich history.

The history of the Olympic Games can be traced back to Athens in ancient Greece. It is said that the Olympic Games were started by Heracles, a greek hero and the son of Zeus but there are evidences or written records about the Olympic Games before 776 BC. The Games were held in Olympia, a sanctuary in ancient Greece.

Youths and sportsmen from different parts of Greece competed with each other in the ancient Olympics which included several events such as Running, Pentathlon, Chariot-race, Wrestling, etc. The winners became national heroes and were honored with money and many other things. The ancient Olympic games were stopped by the Christian emperor Theodosius I in the year 394 CE due to its links with paganism.

The Olympic Games were restarted after 1500 years of abolishment by a French national, Pierre de Coubertin in 1896 at Athens , Greece and came to be known as Modern Olympics games. As Pierre de Coubertin was instrumental in the revival of the Olympic games, he is known as le Rénovateur and the Father of Modern Olympics. The first modern Olympic Games had 241 participants from 14 countries participating in it.After the initial hitches, the modern Olympic Games became a huge success and is considered as a very prestigious event.

It is held every four years in different cities of the world. Summer Olympics , Winter Olympics and Paralympics are the three types of Olympics. The Olympic Games is handled by the International Olympics Committee which was started by Pierre de Coubertin.

Summer Olympic Games are held every four years in different cities of the world. They are multi-sports events which includes around 35 sports, 430 events and many countries across the world.

Winter Olympic Games are similar to the summer Olympic Games. They are also multi-sports events that takes place every four years. It is less popular due to climatic and geographical reasons. Most of the countries participating in the Winter Olympics have snowfalls or cold climatic conditions. Ice Skating, Skiing, cross-country skiing, curling, Ice hockey etc are some of the games found in the Winter Olympic games. The next Winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.