Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokubudirira kweMitambo ya1896, mitambo yeOlympic yakapinda munguva yokusaita basa iyo yakatyisidzira kupona kwayo. Mitambo yeOlympic yakaitirwa paParis Exposition muna 1900 uye Louisiana Purchase Exposition paSt. Louis muna 1904 yakatadza kukwezva kubatanidzwa kukuru kana kuti ngwariro. Pavatambi 650 mumitambo yeOlympic ya1904, 580 vakanga vari vokuAmerica; mukundi we
Marathon akazodzingwa pamakwikwi pashure pokuwanikwa kwomufananidzo wake ari mumotokari panguva yomutambo wacho. Mitambo yacho yakatangazve muna 1906 nemitambo yeIntercalated Games (yainzi kudaro nokuti yaiva mitambo yeOlympic yechipiri kuitirwa muOlympia yechitatu), iyo yakaitirwa muAthens. Mitambo iyi yakakwezva boka guru renyika dzakawanda revatori vechikamu uye yakaita kuti vanhu vafarire zvikuru, zvichiratidza kutanga kwokuwedzera mukurumbira uye kukura kweMitambo yeOlympic. Mitambo ya1906 yaizivikanwa zviri pamutemo neIOC panguva iyoyo (kunyange zvisisiri), uye hapana Mitambo yeIntercalated yakaitwa kubvira ipapo.