In 1896 the Olympic games revived in Athens, with the occasion of which in the capital was realised appreciable work, with Mainer the reconstruction of ancient Panathinaikos of stage. The inspiration for restarting the more important athletic fights of antiquity was French Baron Pierre Coubertain. Occupying the first place in the sport of Marathon and covering the same old distance of 42 kilometres in 2 hours, 58 ' and 50, Spyros Loyis gave Greece the first golden medal in the frames that of international athletic organisation. In 1906, the Olympic Fights were re- organised from Athens.