Original sentence: Although the number of participating athletes was low by current standards, it had the largest international participation for any sports event to that date.De Coubertin's idea was to hold these concurrently with the Universal Exposition of 1900 in Paris.The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.These games were the first modern international Olympic Games.They were held between Monday, April 6 and Wednesday, April 15 1896
Edited sentence: --Nipsonanomhmata 02:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC) Baron Pierre de Coubertin's decided to hold the next international Olympic Games concurrently with the Universal Exposition of 1900 in Paris.--Nipsonanomhmata 02:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC) Dr William Penny Brookes of the Wenlock Olympian Society organised a national Olympic Games in the United Kingdom that was held at the original Crystal Palace in London in 1866.Although the number of participating athletes at the 1896 Olympic Games was low by current standards, it had the largest international participation for any sports event to that date.Not the Baron's.The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the Games of the I Olympiad, were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.The Greeks had already organized three international Olympic Games before the first IOC Olympic Games.The ancient Panathenian stadium was refurbished and used for the 1870, and 1875 Games.The first IOC Games were held between Monday, April 6 and Wednesday, April 15 1896.The first modern international Olympic Games was held in an Athens city square in 1859.The first to be held in a stadium was at the Panathenian stadium in 1870.These games were the first modern international Olympic Games to be organised by the International Olympic Committee but not the first modern international Olympic Games to be held since Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the Ancient Olympic Games in 393.They were held in Athens in 1859, 1870, and 1875.They were sponsored by Evangelos Zappas.Whose idea was it to revive the Olympics.[The Zappas sponsored Olympic Games were not minor sports festivals.]--Nipsonanomhmata 02:34, 28 June 2007 (UTC)