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The Greek poem “Ancient eternal and immortal spirit” with the music by Spyros Samaras was performed for the first time at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. Thereafter, a variety of musical offerings provided the backgrounds to the Opening Ceremonies until 1960. On 55 th session of The International Olympic Committee in Tokyo decided unanimously to adopt it as the official Olympic anthem.

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Olympic Summer Games: 1896 Athens 1900 Paris 1904 St. Louis 1908 London Stockholm 1912 Antwerp 1920 Paris 1924 Amsterdam 1928 Los Angeles 1932 Berlin 1936 London 1948 Helsinki 1952 Melbourne 1956 Rome 1960 Tokyo 1964 Mexico City 1968 Munich 1972 Montreal 1976 Moscow 1980 Los Angeles 1984 Seoul 1988 Barcelona 1992 Atlanta 1996 Sydney 2000 Athens 2004 Beijing 2008 London 2012	Olympic Winter Games:Chamonix 1924 St. Moritz 1928 Lake Placid 1932 Garmisch- Partenkirchen 1936 St. Moritz 1948 Oslo 1952 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Squaw Valley 1960 Innsbruck 1964 Grenoble 1968 Sapporo 1972 Innsbruck 1976 Lake Placid 1980 Sarajevo 1984 Calgary 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Torino 2006