Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Girka ta kasance gida ne na Wasannin Olympic na Dā wanda ya gudana daga 776 KZ zuwa 393 AD a Olympia. Bayan ƙoƙarin Pierre de Coubertin don farfado da wasannin Olympics, wasannin Olympics na farko na zamani sun faru a Athens a 1896. Panathinaiko ya yi hidima a matsayin mai masaukin wasannin motsa jiki, motsa jiki, ɗaga nauyi, da wasan kokawa. Birnin Marathon ya zama wurin da aka soma wasan motsa jiki mai wannan sunan
da kuma farawa da kuma gamawa na tseren keke na mutum.