The ancient Greeks loved games and sports. Many people, young and old, participated in the items, Every four years games were held, at Olympus in south western Greece, So the games were known as the Olympic Games. The first records of the Games are kept from 776 B.C. Many Greeks took part in them and thousands of enthusiastic spectators assembled to have a look at them. A temporary town of tents sprang up during the games. The games, thus started, went on till 394 A.D. when they were abolished by the Roman Emperor, Theodosius I. The modem Olympic Games were again revived in Athens by Pierre de Coubertin. The Games have been held every four years since then. They were, however, not held in 1916. 1940 and 1944 when wars were going on. The women participated in the Games in 1912 the first time.
