Vanna Jannelle

Olympics Today Versus Ancient Greece. Only greek men competed in the ancient olympic games whereas the modern games include women athletes and athletes from many countries. Today's olympic games are based on what took place at olympia, in greece, nearly three millennia ago.

How much have the olympic games changed since the first known olympics held in the summer of 776 bc at olympia, greece? Full passion and extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour, the olympic games were the sporting, social and cultural highlight of the ancient greek calendar for almost 12.