
The games are presently held biennially, with summer and winter olympic games alternating, which means they occur each four years inside their respective seasonal games. originally, the ancient olympic games were held in olympia, greece, from the 8th century bc to the 4th century ad. baron pierre de coubertin founded the international olympic committee (ioc) in 1894. The ioc has since become the governing body of the olympic movement, whose structure and actions are defined by the olympic charter.














