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Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling 1896 Athens 1900 Paris 1904 St Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928

Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling 1896 Athens 1900 Paris 1904 St Louis 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 1924 Paris 1928

On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition. The first recorded Olympic Games were held at Olympia in the Greek city-stat...

4th August 1948: Captain William Grut of Sweden running through woods on the last lap of the cross-country event in the modern pentathlon at the 1948 London Olympics. He went on to win gold. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

3rd August 1976: From left to right, Olympic pentathletes Danny Nightingdale, Adrian Parker, Andy Archibald and Sergeant Jim Fox return in triumph from the Montreal Olympics, where they won the team gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon. (Photo by David Ashdown/Keystone/Getty Images)

4th August 1976: Olympic pentathletes Sergeant Jim Fox, Adrian Parker, Danny Nightingdale and Andy Archibald return in triumph from the Montreal Olympics, where they won the team gold medal in the Modern Pentathlon. Their landrover is towed into their barracks at Arborfield, Berkshire by the sergeants of Fox's parent unit, the School of Electronic Engineering. (Photo by David Ashdown/Keystone/Gett...

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Horacio de la Vega of Mexico misses a jump on the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Horacio de la Vega of Mexico on Cookardinia jumps in the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Samuel Felix of Mexico on Bow River jumps on the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Chad Senior of the USA on Riverina completes a jump in the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Chad Senior of the USA on Riverina completes a jump in the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Velizar Ileiv of the USA on Tumbarumba jumps in the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Chad Senior of the USA on Riverina jumps in the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - SEPTEMBER 30: Chad Senior and Velizar Iliev of the USA walk on the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course before they compete in the fourth event of the Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on September 30, 2000. (Mark Dadswell /Getty Images)

SYDNEY - OCTOBER 01: Mary Beth Iagorashvili of the USA rides her horse on the 15 obstacle, 400 meter course in the fourth event of the Women's Modern Pentathlon during the Sydney Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia on October 1, 2000. (Photo by Mike Hewitt /Getty Images)

18 SEP 1988: HIROAKI IZUMIKAWA OF JAPAN TAKES A FALL DURING THE HORSE RIDING DISCIPLINE OF THE MODERN PENTATHLON AT THE 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS. Mandatory Credit: Bob Martin/Allsport

27 JUL 1992: RICHARD PHELPS OF GREAT BRITAIN IN ACTION DURING THE SWIMMING SECTION OF THE MODERN PENTATHLON AT THE 1992 BARCELONA OLYMPICS.

3 Oct 2000: British Women Modern Pentathlon Gold Medallist Stephanie Cook seen during a Press Conference after arriving at Heathrow airport from the Sydney Olympics this morning. Mandatory Credit: Craig Prentis/ALLSPORT

1 Oct 2000: Stephanie Cook of Great Britain in action during the swimming event of the Modern Pentathlon in the 2000 Olympics held in Syndney, Australia. Mandatory Credit: Stu Forster/ALLSPORT

1 Oct 2000: (L to R) Kate Allenby of Great Britain (Bronze), Stephanie Cook of Great Britain (Gold) and Mary Beth Iagorashvili of the USA (Silver) celebrate after the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 OlympicGames in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Stephanie Cook of Great Britain celebrates winning Gold after the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Stephanie Cook of Great Britain (right) celebrates winning Gold with Bronze medallist and team mate Kate Allenby after the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Emily de Riel of the USA celebrates winning Silver in the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Stu Forster /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Emily de Riel of the USA in action during the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Stu Forster /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Kitty Chiller of Australia in action during the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Stu Forster /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Mary Beth Iagorashvili of the USA in action during the Womens Modern Pentathlon at the Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Stu Forster /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Emily de Riel of the USA in action during the Womens Modern Pentathlon at Pavilion 2 Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt /Allsport

1 Oct 2000: Kitty Chiller of Australia in action during the Womens Modern Pentathlon at Pavilion 2 Baseball Stadium on Day 16 of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. \ Mandatory Credit: Mike Hewitt /Allsport