This time the Olympic Games are being organized in Paris, France. This time more than 10 thousand athletes from all over the world will participate in the Olympics. But do you know when women first got the opportunity to participate in the Olympics? Today we will tell you when women first started participating in the Olympics.
olympic games
Olympics is also called the ‘Mahakumbh’ of sports. This time Olympics will be held in Paris from 26th July. This time more than 10 thousand athletes from all over the world will participate in 329 medal events in the Olympics. Star players from 206 countries will be seen in this Mahakumbh which will last for 17 days. At the same time, more than 100 athletes from India will participate in the Paris Olympics. Which includes both men and women. Apart from this, this time sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing have also been included in the Olympics for the first time.
When did women participate?
Let us tell you that when the Olympic Games started, only male players used to participate in the Olympics. At that time, female players were prohibited from participating. But in today’s era, female players of every country are making their place in the Olympics. Not only this, female players are also winning medals on the basis of their best performance. But when the Olympic Games started, the situation was not like this.
First Olympics
Let us tell you that the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. During this time, not a single female player participated in it. At that time it was believed that including women would be impractical, wrong and boring. Due to this, only men participated in the Olympic Games at that time. According to the information, women participated in the Paris Olympic Games of the year 1900. This game was organized four years after the first modern Olympics. In which women started participating.
According to the information, in 1900, women participated in the Olympics through tennis and golf. After this, in 1904, women also made their place in archery. In 1908, women again made their place in tennis and skating. In 1912, women participated in aquatics and won medals in the Olympics. After this, women made their place in fencing in 1924, athletics and gymnastics in 1928. Skiing in 1936, canoe, kayak in 1948, equestrian in 1952, volleyball, luge in 1964 and rowing, basketball, handball in 1976. However, women players came in hockey in 1980, cycling in 1984, tennis, table tennis, sailing tennis in 1988 and started playing in the Olympics.
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After this, women players made their place in badminton, judo, biathlon in 1922, football, softball in 1996, kalirang, high hockey in 1998, weightlifting, pentathlon, taekwondo in 2000, wrestling in 2004 and boxing in 2012 and players from all over the world competed against each other.
