1. Ancient Olympic Games
   1. begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC
   2. The first of the modern Summer Games opened on Sunday, March 24, 1896, in Athens, Greece
   3. The first race was won by an American college student named James Connolly.
2. Myths and the Olympic Games
   1. Pelops myth
   2. Hercules (Herakles) myth
3. The Importance of the Olympic Games
   1. The Importance of Ancient Greek Athletics
      1. agon
      2. competition
      3. contest
   2. The Religious Aspects of the Ancient Olympic Games
      1. worship of the gods
      2. heroes
   3. The Olympic Games and the Greek Calendar
      1. four-year Olympiad
   4. The Sacred Truce
      1. month of the Olympiad
      2. spondorophoroi
      3. Subtopic 3
   5. The Internationalization of the Olympic Games
4. Summer and Winter Sports
   1. archery, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian events (horseback riding), fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, rowing, shooting, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting, wrestling, and yachting
   2. skating, skiing, bobsledding, luge, tobogganing, ice hockey, and the biathlon (skiing-shooting)
5. Some highlights of the Modern Games
   1. Won four gold medals including a team medal
      1. 1936
      2. Jesse Owens
      3. a black American
   2. The first woman to win three individual gold medals
      1. 1948
      2. Fanny Blankers-Koen
      3. The Netherlands
   3. The first athletes to win the decathlon twice
      1. 1952
      2. Bob Mathias
      3. United States
   4. The first perfect 10.0 in Olympic gymnastics
      1. Nadia Comaneci
      2. Romania
      3. 1976
   5. In 1988 the Seoul games drew entries from a record total of 160 countries.
6. Modern Olympic Games
   1. sound mind in a sound body
   2. promote friendship among nations