SINCE THAT TIME, THE GAMES HAVE BEEN HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS AS IN...

1900. Since that time, the Games have been held every four years as in the ancient Greece. The Games, however, did not take place in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the two World Wars.Only amateur athletes are admitted to the Games, and these words appear at every Olympic opening: “The most important thing is not to win but to take part.”