Resumen de Women athletes in the Olympic Games
The main objective of this paper is to analyse the evolution of female participation in the modern Olympic Games. The investigation is based on a descriptive mode with documental analysis, crossing various sources and bibliography, such as reports and factsheets from the International Olympic Committee and publications of various authors. The results show an evolution that has been observed since the beginning of the 20th century. Since no women participated in the first edition of the Olympic Games, we can now say that gender and opportunity equality was only achieved in the beginning of the 21st century.
