1875 : Ernst Gurtius uncovered temples, scultures and pots among the ruins of Olympia : 1892 : At a gathering de Coubertin annonced his plan start Olympic Games 1896 : The first Olympic Games on April in the city of Athens in Greece 1900 : The games were held in Paris, France : 1904 : Olympic Games at St Louis USA 1908 : Awarded the Games to Rome in Italy 1920 : The IOC decided there was enough sports on snow and ice to have a separate winter competition 1924 : He included skiing, figure skating and ice hockey 1992 : Since 1992 it has taken place two years after the Summer Olympic 1896 : Athens there were 9 sports and 52 events 1952 : Finland there were 17 sports and 149 events 2004 : Athens there were 28 sports and 301 events 1976 : Austria Games include ice dancing 1998 : Nagano in Japon include snowboarding : 1996 : Beach volleyball in Atlanta of USA 2008 : BMX cycling was included of Games in Beijing of China 1960 : The first international Paralympic Games for athletes with disabilities 1976 : The first Winter Paralympics Games 1936 : The olympics Games in Berlin took place when the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was ruling Germany 1984 : Lewis won exactly the same events as owen 1920 : Nurmi has a glod medal 1924 : Nurmi has a glod medal 1928 : Nurmi has a glod medal 1948 : Fanny Blankers koen became on international hero of London Olympics 1968 : Bob Beamon who leaped a remarkable 8.9m of the Olympics in Mexico 1972 : In the Munich Olympics the American Swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals and set seven world records in one week. 1976 : At the Olympics in Montreal, Canada, 14 years old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci delighted spectators 2000 : After winning his rowing event Steve Redgrave bacame the first athlete in an endurance sport to win gold in five Olympics 1980 : Birgit Fischer won her first gold medal of canoeing at 18 years in Moscow 2004 : Birgit Fischer won her eighth gold medal for Germany in Athens 2008 : In the Games in Beijing China, American swimmer Michael Phelps shot to the top of the Olympic medals charts : :