1894 Sorbonne Congress on the revival of the Olympic Games

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The 1894 Sorbonne Congress on the revival of the Olympic Games was the Paris meeting where Pierre de Coubertin and delegates from various countries agreed to re-establish the modern Olympic Games, leading to the creation of the International Olympic Committee.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf founding event of the Olympic Games ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
international sports congress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1894 Sorbonne Congress ⓘ
Congrès de la Sorbonne de 1894 ⓘ
Paris Congress for the revival of the Olympic Games ⓘ
chairperson Pierre de Coubertin ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic predecessor of all modern Olympic Games ⓘ
country France ⓘ
decided Athens as host city for the first modern Olympic Games ⓘ
creation of a permanent Olympic committee ⓘ
field Olympic history ⓘ
sport ⓘ
followedBy 1896 Summer Olympics ⓘ
first modern Olympic Games ⓘ
hasEffect beginning of the modern Olympic movement ⓘ
institutionalization of international multi-sport competitions ⓘ
hasParticipant French sports officials ⓘ
Greek delegates ⓘ
Pierre de Coubertin ⓘ
delegates from various countries ⓘ
representatives of sports federations ⓘ
inception 1894 ⓘ
influenced development of international sports governance ⓘ
subsequent Olympic charters and rules ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
Sorbonne ⓘ
linked to: La Sorbonne
mainSubject revival of the Olympic Games ⓘ
organizer Pierre de Coubertin ⓘ
purpose to create an international governing body for the Olympic Games ⓘ
to revive the Olympic Games in modern form ⓘ
relatedTo International Olympic Committee ⓘ
Olympic movement ⓘ
modern Olympic Games ⓘ
result decision to hold the first modern Olympic Games in Athens ⓘ
establishment of the International Olympic Committee ⓘ
significance foundational event for the modern Olympic Games ⓘ
key moment in international sports history ⓘ
significantEvent creation of the International Olympic Committee ⓘ
decision to re-establish the Olympic Games ⓘ
topic amateurism in sport ⓘ
organization of international sports competitions ⓘ
selection of host city for first modern Olympics ⓘ

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Pierre de Coubertin → majorEvent → 1894 Sorbonne Congress on the revival of the Olympic Games ⓘ
1894 Sorbonne Congress on the revival of the Olympic Games → alsoKnownAs → Paris Congress for the revival of the Olympic Games ⓘ
linked to: 1894 Sorbonne Congress on the revival of the Olympic Games