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What’s she doing? What are these people doing? History of the Olympic Games The first Olympic Games were held in Greece (希腊) in the sixth century, BC(公元前). The first games lasted for only one day and there was only one contest( 竞赛)– a short race. Only Greek men were allowed to run in the race. No women and non—Greeks were allowed to run in the race. The ancient(古代的) Games were stopped in the fourth century A.D(公元) . when Greece was ruled by Rome. The competition in modern times started again in Athens(雅典) in 1896. since then the Olympic Games have been held every four years in many different