2024: A Summer of Sport - history of the Games
Welcome to the history of the Games! During the Olympics and Paralympics and throughout the summer we will be sharing stories of Games past. From the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Paralympic Games to the conception of the Paralympic Games, we're going to explore it all with our partner, The Athletics Museum.
Kickstart your history lesson with some exciting collections from The Athletics Museum relating to the Olympics, and be sure to keep checking back for more exclusive content.
Go to the Athletics Museum exhibitionBefore 1896
Find out how the English town of Much Wenlock inspired the modern Olympic movement.
Olympic firsts
From the first modern Olympics – Athens 1896 – to today, there have been plenty of firsts.
Paris 1924
A look back to the last time Paris hosted a century ago – feats immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.