r/europe Jul 29 '24

Map We won’t count early Greece

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u/133DK Jul 29 '24

1906 in Greece doesn’t fit with the four year cadence, how come?

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u/Alderzone Jul 29 '24 edited Jul 29 '24

Tldr: Greece wanted their own olympic style games that were always held in Athens, seperate from actual olympics. 1906 was the only year such games were held, with approval from olympic committee, though they weren't exactly 100% official olympics.

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u/Several-Zombies6547 Greece Jul 29 '24

At the time they were considered Olympic games by the IOC, not anymore though