Since the establishment of the International Olympic Committee in 1894 to today, the Olympic movement has gone through a century of development. Its evolution can be divided into four phases. (1) The initial period of the Olympic movement (1894 - the First World War). From 1894 to 1914 before the outbreak of the First World War, it was a time when global political and economic relations were undergoing rapid changes, and various developments occurred... Olympic history - Olympic knowledge.