Tennis was introduced at the Athens Summer Games in 1896. John Pius Boland won the first tennis gold medal at the Olympics. After 1924, tennis again found a place at the Seoul Olympics of 1988. Since then tennis players have been participating in both the singles and doubles tennis tournaments representing their respective countries. The Doubles Men tennis event at the 1986 Olympics was won by John boland and Friedrich Traun.
During the Beijing Summer Games in 2008, the Tennis Doubles Men event will be held at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre from 10th August to 17th August.
The countries that have been participating in the men's double tennis at the Olympics are Australia, Germany, Great Britain, United states, Austria, Hungary, Mexico, Ireland, Denmark, France, Brazil, India, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Yugoslavia, Colombia, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Israel, Canada and Nigeria.
Doubles (Men) Tennis Tournament Winners at the Olympics
Demetrios Petrokokkinos and Dionysios Kasdaglis
Teddy Flack and S. Robertson
Beals Wright and Edgar Leonard
Robert LeRoy and Alphonzo Bell
Clarence Gamble and Arthur Wear
Joseph Wear and Allen West
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso
Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casal
Miloslav Mecir and Milan Srejber
Stefan Edberg and Anders Jarryd
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
Neil Broad and Tim Henman
Marc-Kevin Goellner and David Prinosil
Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu
Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuttler
Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic
