Olympic Games (Greek: ο λ υ μ π ι α κ ο? Αγ? νε? ; French: Jeux olympiques；; English: The Olympic Games, referred to as the "Olympic Games" for short, is the largest comprehensive sports meeting in the world sponsored by the International Olympic Committee. Held once every four years, the duration shall not exceed 16 days. It is divided into Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, Summer Paralympics, Winter Paralympics, Summer Youth Olympic Games and Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago and got its name because it was held in Olympia. After the closure of the ancient Olympic Games 1500 years, Coubertin, a Frenchman, put forward an initiative to host the modern Olympic Games at the end of 19. The International Olympic Committee was established in 1894, and the first Olympic Games were held in 1896.
Under the guidance of Olympism, the Olympic Movement is an international social movement with sports and the four-year Olympic celebration-the Olympic Games as its main activities, which promotes the all-round development of human physiology, psychology and social morality, communicates mutual understanding among people of all countries, popularizes Olympism all over the world and maintains world peace. The Olympic movement includes an ideological system with Olympism as the core, an organizational system with the International Olympic Committee, international individual sports federations and national Olympic committees as the backbone, and an activity system with the Olympic Games as the cycle.