The article retrace the origins of the Olympic Games. The response to the question « When and where were the first Olympic Games held? » is: « The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC in Olympia, Greece. » The article explains that these games were created in honor of Zeus, the king of the Greek gods, and originally consisted of a single event, a footrace. They were later expanded to include various athletic competitions, such as boxing, wrestling, and the pentathlon. The Olympic Games were also an important cultural and religious event in ancient Greece, attended by thousands of people. They were abolished in 393 AD by the Roman emperor Theodosius I but were revived in 1896 in Athens, Greece, marking the beginning of the modern Olympic Games.