France nwere njikọ chiri anya na Egwuregwu Olympic nke oge a; ọ bụ onye French aristocrat, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, onye tụrụ aro ka e weghachite Egwuregwu ahụ, na njedebe nke narị afọ nke 19. Mgbe e nyechara Atens egwuregwu mbụ, na-ezo aka na mmalite Grik nke Olympics, Paris kwadoro egwuregwu nke abụọ na 1900. Paris bụ ebe obibi mbụ nke Kọmitii Olimpik International, tupu ya akwaga Lausanne. Kemgbe 1900, France anabatala Olimpik na oge 4 ọzọ: 1924 Summer Olympics, ọzọ na Paris na egwuregwu atọ nke oge oyi (1924 na Chamonix, 1968 na Grenoble na 1992 na Albertville).
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