During the Games in Athens, more than 45,000 volunteers (15,000 for the paralympic Games) - a record number in the history of the Games - will be present, together with 21,500 media representatives. Discover these people working behind the scenes at the Games and the Olympic fans. Visit Athens in its Olympic colours and experience the Games as if you were there.
Access the archives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and relive all the Games – winter and summer – since 1896 through a range of photos and videos. Discover all the Olympic sports and meet the athletes who have made their mark on the Games.
The IOC was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educationalist, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who had the idea of reviving the Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. Catch up with all the news from the Olympic Movement.
The Olympic Movement and the IOC Medical Commission have been fighting against doping for more than 30 years. Find out about this important subject and see how many anti-doping tests are performed during the Games.
It all started in Greece, in the Peloponnese, some 3,000 years ago.
The Ancient Olympic Games
