Selected Trivia All athletes competed nude at the ancient Olympics. In the ancient Olympics, the philosopher Plato (427-347 BC) was a double winner of the Pankration. (see more about the Ancient Olympics) The only Olympian ever to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was Philip Noel-Baker of Great Britain, who won the silver in the 1500-meter dash in 1920. The first black athlete to compete at the Olympics was Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, competing for France in 190

No women competed in 1896, as de Coubertin felt that their inclusion would be "impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic, and incorrect."

More athletes than spectators attended the 1900 Paris Olympic Games.