A gold medal for literature may sound unbelievable, but once upon a time you could be basking in glory for a work of art.

Find out how artistic events came and went in the early stages of the modern Olympic Games.

The majority of this footage has come from The Olympic Youtube page with other footage and stills being sourced from below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

   • The 1890's ~ Amazing Rare Footage of ...  

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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The music is available at Free Music Archive - Resolution Void by Outer Orbit