10 Amusingly Bizarre Tales From The First Modern Olympics

The Olympics: billion-dollar spectacles, professional athletes competing at their absolute physical peak, and a whole world coming together to watch.

The first modern Olympics in 1896, however, was an altogether different affair. Only 14 countries competed, professionals were nowhere to be seen, and one of the US teams had to spend their spare time writing news reports on the games because no actual reporters thought they were worth covering.

Listverse has 10 more just as interesting tales from those first games.