古代奥运会源于古希腊。史载首次奥运会于公元前776年举行，举办场地是伯罗奔尼撒半岛建有宙斯神庙的地方。

• "The ancient games originated in ancient Greece. The first recorded Olympic took place in 776 B.C. in a stadium built to honor the God Zeus, in a section of Peloponnesus called Olympia."