- Have you ever felt curious that how or who Olympic was created? Pierre de Coubertin who is the Olympic founder. He first started this international sports organization in 1896, in Greece. First ancient Olympic Games were hold in the 776 BC, in Olympia, a site of Greece. The games of Olympics were associated to the religious festivals of Zeus God, but it was just a little part of the Olympic. This first occurred in order to honor Zeus who was the most important Olympic gods. Eventually, the Olympics are organized every four years until the present day. The modern purpose of Olympic are create opportunities for athletes to indicate their physical strengths abilities.