# Canonical recap data for 1906 Summer Olympics Athens (1906)
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slug: 1906-olympics-athens
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1906/1906-olympics-athens"
title: 1906 Summer Olympics Athens
subtitle: The intercalated Athens Olympics revived the ancient Games tradition and demonstrated the modern Olympic movement's growing institutional power.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1906-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1906
decade: 1900
country:
name: Greece
slug: greece
summaryShort: The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closing ceremonies were held.
summaryLong: The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 14 May to 28 October 1900. No opening or closing ceremonies were held.
heroImageUrl: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1754143731069-39f7dc2f8282?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3w5NjI1OTZ8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw5fHwxOTA2JTIwU3VtbWVyJTIwT2x5bXBpY3MlMjBBdGhlbnN8ZW58MHwwfHx8MTc4MzI2MTUwOXww&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&q=80&w=1080"
heroImageCredit: David Fucsku on Unsplash
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics"
  title: 1900 Summer Olympics
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
- festival
metaDescription: The 1900 Summer Olympics, today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took
wikidataQid: Q8088
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260519231051/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-19
  label: 1900 Summer Olympics
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Summer_Olympics"
