Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A ranar 18 ga Yuni, 1894, Coubertin ya shirya wani taro a Sorbonne, Paris, don gabatar da tsare-tsarensa ga wakilan kungiyoyin wasanni daga kasashe 11. Bayan da majalisa ta amince da shawararsa, ya zama dole a zaɓi kwanan wata don wasannin Olympic na farko na zamani. Coubertin ya ba da shawarar cewa a gudanar da Wasannin a lokaci guda da Nunin Duniya na 1900 na Paris. Da yake sun damu cewa jiran shekara shida zai rage sha'awar jama'a, 'yan majalisa sun zaɓi su yi wasannin farko a shekara ta 1896. Da aka ƙayyade kwanan wata, 'yan majalisa suka mai da hankalinsu ga zaɓan birnin da za a yi taron. Ya kasance abin ban mamaki yadda aka zaɓi Athens a ƙarshe don karɓar bakuncin wasannin farko. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa duka Coubertin da Demetrius Vikelas za su ba da abubuwan tunawa game da tsarin zaɓin da ya saɓa wa takardun hukuma na majalisa. Yawancin asusun suna riƙe da cewa 'yan majalisa da dama sun fara ba da shawarar London a matsayin wurin, amma Coubertin bai yarda ba. Bayan ya ɗan tattauna da Vikelas, wanda ya wakilci Hellas, Coubertin ya ce Athens ce ta fi kyau. Vikelas ya sanya shawarar Athens a ranar 23 ga Yuni, kuma tun da Girka ta kasance gidan wasan Olympics na asali, majalisa ta amince da shawarar da baki daya. Daga nan aka zabi Vikelas a matsayin shugaban farko na sabon kwamitin wasannin Olympic na kasa da kasa (IOC).  Tambaya: Wane wuri kuma aka yi la'akari da shi don wasannin Olympics na farko?
Birnin London