# Canonical recap data for Summer Olympics in Paris (1900)
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slug: 1900-paris-olympics
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1900/1900-paris-olympics"
title: Summer Olympics in Paris
subtitle: The 1900 Paris Olympics marked only the second modern Games and the first to include female athletes, expanding competitive sports beyond exclusively male participation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1900-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1900
decade: 1900
country:
name: France
slug: france
summaryShort: The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the Kingdom of Greece, and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris, France. This was
summaryLong: The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the Kingdom of Greece, and the most recent was held in 2024 in Paris, France. This was the first international multi-sport event of its kind, organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) founded by Pierre de Coubertin. The tradition of awarding medals began in 1904; in each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals for second place, and bronze medals for third place. The Winter Olympic Games were created out of the success of the Summer Olympic Games, which are regarded as the largest and most prestigious multi-sport international event in the world.
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heroImageCredit: "\"William Lister Close, Newton Heath\" by Gene Hunt is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/."
importance: 88
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260703203230/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games"
  title: Summer Olympics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
- festival
metaDescription: The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, are a major international multi-sport event normally held once every f
wikidataQid: Q159821
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260608084344/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-08
  label: Summer Olympics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games"
taxonomy:
domain: sports
eventTypes:
- tournament
canonicalClasses:
- competition
- celebration
impactRadius: global
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: single_domain
