The first modern "Greek Olympics" was held in Athens in 1859 . The characteristic feature of this Olympic Games was that it included the industrial exposition to compete among industrial, agricultural and stock raising products. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the process and the idea of the introduction of the industrial exposition to the "Greek Olympics". The following conclusions were derived;1) King Otto had interest in the ancient Olympic Games and he was concerned with the revival of the ancient competition games from the succession to the throne .2) The Greek government thought that the competition of the industrial products for the development of the modern country was the suitable idea of the Olympic Games in that time.3) The modern Greek included the industrials in the category of the competition to accomplish the Olympic Games.
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