The Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic Games
A twice a week (Monday and Thursday mornings just so you know) 20 episode series of super short podcasts looking at the incredible people, whacky sports, bizarre events and crazy happenings that have happened in the last 128 years of the Olympic Games. The shows start from 1896 in Athens and the super strange 100m Freestyle for Greek Navy Sailors all the way through to the Breakdancing that will happen in Paris 2024. In between, we will look at the cheats, the mad sports, the deleted events, the Olympic gold medal in town planning, the self administered electric shock torture to win medals and a whole host in between.
Episodes
![Episode 8 - Paris 1900 Part 4 - Motorboating to Pigeon Racing](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG2_2_7obc8_300x300.jpeg)
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Another delve into the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. This next 10 mins and 10 seconds look at Motorboating to Pigeon Racing.
This is a twice weekly series in the run up to Paris 2024.
We look at the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 7 - Paris 1900 Part 3 - Cannon Shooting to Firefighting](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG2_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
We meander into look at next of the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 7 mins and 49 seconds look everything from Cannon Shooting to Firefighting.
This is a twice a week podcast that will chart the Games before the start of the 2024 Paris Games.
We chart the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 6 - Paris 1900 Part 2 - Angling to Croquet](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG2E125UJQE_zYhDhbfchq_300x300.jpeg)
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
We start to look at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 9 mins and 40 seconds look at Angling through to Croquet.
A twice weekly podcast in the run up to the Paris 2024 Games. We chart
the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 5 - Paris 1900 Part 1 - The Most Bonkers Games EVER!](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG2_1_7pc6i_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Paris - 1900. The first real Games. And what a Games it was. Almost six months of some of the most bizarre sports ever conceived. This is the first of five episodes looking at this absolutely bonkers Olympic Games.
The countdown to Paris 2024 Olympic Games is on us.
This is the fifth of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 4 - The First Ever Team GB winners](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG2_5_bsudw_300x300.jpeg)
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
This episode looks at the very first winners for Team GB in the Olympics and how, these two individuals, were not as red, white and blue as they first may seem.
This is the fourth of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 3 - The marathon in Marathon](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG4_4_awvbx_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
This episode looks at the 1896 marathon in Marathon, how the marathon came about, why it ended up at 26.2 miles, the amazing winner and the cheeky cheat.
It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
This is the third of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 2 - 1896, the first Olympics](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG3csh89aglv_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
This episode looks at that very first Olympics in Athens in 1896, how it came about and some of the bizarre events and people that took part.
It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
This is the second of a 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.
![Episode 1 - Some London 2012 Secrets](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18600423/OIG3_3_bogrb_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
This episode looks at why you should listen and some of the secret stories surrounding the London 2012 games. It is just weeks now until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
This is the first of a twice weekly 20 part short nugget series charting the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896.
Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 13 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk.