Multiple choice

How many athletes competed in the 1896 Athens Olympics?

  1. 280.

  2. 597.

  3. 1085.

  4. 1253.
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Explanation

Approximately 280 athletes from 14 nations competed in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. This was the largest international athletic event held up to that time.

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