The First Olympics Athens 1896. The first modern games were hardly an international competition. The first olympics athens 1896.

It focuses on the individuals from the many countries around the world that joined together to lay the foundation of the modern summer olympic games. Then, more than 15 centuries later, it hosted the first edition of the modern games in athens, in 1896. The inaugural games of the modern olympics were attended by as many as 280 athletes, all male, from 12 countries.