Olympic logo — The Olympic Games, or Olympics , events are sports multidisciplinary involving athletes from around the world, in ancient Greece were dedicated to the god Zeus and Aphrodite . There are two types of Olympics: the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics , which take place in a range, including four years. The organization responsible for conducting them is the International Olympic Committee (for short, IOC).
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The current Olympic Games were inspired by the eighth century BC, organized by the ancient Greeks in the city of Olympia , between 776 to. C. and 393 d. C. In the nineteenth century , the idea of making some events similar to those organized in antiquity, which mentally materialize thanks to the efforts of a noble Frenchman Pierre Fredy, Baron de Coubertin . The first edition of the so-called Olympics of the modern era was held in Athens , capital of Greece . Since that time, the Summer Olympics have been held every four years in various parts of the planet, the only exceptions being the editions of 1916 , 1940 and 1944 , due to the outbreak of the First and Second World War . More