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Held in the city of Athens in Greece between the 6th and 15th of April 1896, the Summer Olympics of 1896 was the first Olympic Games that were held in the Modern era. Officially known as the “Games of the I Olympiad”, they were held in Athens because ancient Greece was the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

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Officially named “Games of the IX Olympiad”, the Summer Olympics of 1928 were held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had placed a bid to host the previous two Olympic Games i.e. the ones in 1920 and 1924. However, it had made way for Antwerp and Paris respectively.

The “Games of the X Olympiad”, better known as the 1932 Summer Olympic Games, were held in the city of Los Angeles. As it was held during the Great Depression, no other city apart from Los Angeles placed a bid to host these games. Numerous athletes couldn’t pay for the ticket to get to Los Angeles and therefore, very few athletes from the 1928 Amsterdam games returned to participate in the Los Angeles ones.

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The Summer Olympics of 1936 were held in the city of Berlin, Germany, after the city won the bid to host the games in the year 1931. One of Hitler’s favorite filmmakers, Leni Riefenstahl was given the task of filming the Olympics completely.