From 776 BC to 393 AD, the Olympics were held in Ancient Greece in honor of Zeus. Athletes representing
various city states would compete for glory. After a hiatus of over 1,500 years, the games were revived in 1896
AD, making them the beggining of the modern Olympic games as we know them. These initial games featured
a modest 14 nations, but the Olympics would eventually grow to become a world of cultural phenomenon that
would include representatives from over 200 different countries.
Cool. I wonder what happened in 1980 that there were so few participant nations.
The United States and a number of other countries boycotted the games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, though some athletes from some of the boycotting countries participated in the games, under the Olympic Flag. This prompted the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics
ahh the irony..
There is no such thing as evolution. God created the Olympics in their present state 14 years ago.
