When Was The Last Olympics Held. Summer olympic games 1896 athens, greece 1900 paris, france 1904 st. But a look back at the 28 summer games that have taken place since 1896 also offer a snapshot of geopolitics, a.
The first modern olympics took place in 1896 in athens, and featured 280 participants from 12 nations, competing in 43 events. The first written evidence of the official games dates from 776 bc, when the greeks began measuring time in olympiads, or the duration between each edition of the.