Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of the "Olympics" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Olympiad, Olympic games, Olympics.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Sports at Athens"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), March 21, 1896, Page 15, Image 15, col. 3.
"Revival of the Olympic Games at Athens, Greece"
Essex County Herald (Guildhall, VT), April 10, 1896, Page 1, Image 1, col. 4.
"The Olympic Games"
The Black Hills Union (Rapid City, SD), December 4, 1896, Image 3, col. 1.
"Princeton Will be Represented in the Olympic Games at Paris"
The Sun (New York, NY), June 13, 1899, Page 9, Image 9, col. 3.
"American Athletics in 1900"
The Kimball Graphic (Kimball, ND), August 4, 1900, Image 3, col. 3.
"Classical Contests"
The Kalispell Bee (Kalispell, MO), March 6, 1903, Page 6, Image 6, col. 1.
"Many Foreign Athletes Will Compete in Olympic Games"
The St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, MO), August 28, 1904, Part II, Page 5, Image 19, col 1-4.
"Americans Won"
The Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY), September 1, 1904, Image 1, col. 5.
"1906 Not as Good as That of 1900"
The Hawaiian Star (Honolulu, HI), April 19, 1906, Second Edition, Page 6, Image 6, col 3-4.
"Olympic Games to be Held in London"
The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT), April 21, 1907, Sporting Section, Page 2, Image 23, col. 1-3.
"King Edward Opens the Olympic Games at Shepards Bush"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), July 14, 1908, Page 9, Image 9, col. 1-2.
"Olympic Games Ended with America Easily in the Lead"
Los Angeles Herald (Los Angeles, CA), July 26, 1908, Page 3, Image 13, col. 1-2.
"Collegians in Olympic Games"
The Evening Times (Grand Folks, ND), May 24, 1912, Image 3, col. 5.
"One Hundred and Thirty-six American Athletes Compete in Olympic Games"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 28, 1912, Last Edition, Page 17, Image 17, col. 1.
"The Terrible Yank"
The Day Book (Chicago, IL), July 8, 1912, Image 11, col. 1.
"America 1, Sweden 2, Great Britain 3 in Fifth International Olympiad"
Willmar Tribune (Willmar, MN), July 24, 1912, Image 3, col. 1.
"First Action Pictures from the Great Olympic Games"
The Tacoma Times (Tacoma, WA), July 22, 1912, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"Olympic Records Show American Athletes are Getting Better in Every Meet"
The Citizen (Honesdale, PA), July 31, 1912, Page 7, Image 7, col. 2-3.
"United States May Draw the Olympic Games from Germany"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin. (Oahu, HI), August 21, 1914, 2:30 Edition, Page 9, Image 9, col. 2.
"European War Halts the Plans for Olympic Games"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), January 3, 1915, Page 2, Image 6, col. 1-2.
"American Athletes on Tiptoe for Olympic Games"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC), July 18, 1920, Image 25, col. 1-6.
"Seventh Olympiad at Antwerp"
The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, OK), August 29, 1920, Image 3, col. 1-7.
"Olympic Athletes Revolt Against Leaders- Zone 6 Battle Shops Lads"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 13, 1920, Final Edition, Page 14, Image 14, col. 1.
"First day's events find U.S. listed third in points"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), January 27, 1924, Image 59, col 1.
"Noway winds Olympic Winter Sports"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), February 4, 1924, Page 26, Image 26, col. 1.
"U.S. fourth in Winter Sports"
New Britain Herald (New Britain, CT), February 5, 1924, Page 8, Image 8, col. 3.
"Cameras and electric apparatus may aid judges in Olympic Games"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), March 23, 1924, Page 3, Image 79, col. 5-8.
U.S. Seeks Olympic tennis and swimming honors, after track and field victory"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), July 14, 1924, Page 25, Image 25, col. 1.
"Women in Olympic track events for the first time"
Evening Star (Washington, DC), June 27, 1928, Page 31, Image 31, col. 1.

Olympics: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America