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Olympic Games
The Games have
always brought people
together in peace to
respect universal
moral principles.
The upcoming Games
will feature athletes
from all over the world
and help promote
the Olympic spirit.
Citius, Altius, Fortius
Every four years the finest athletes in the
world gather in one location to compete
against each other and to determine who
best exemplifies the Olympic motto—
Citius, Altius, Fortius—meaning “faster,
higher, stronger.” This gathering, known
as the Olympic Games, is the most
celebrated sporting festival in the world.
The games attract athletes from over 200
nations and strive to promote
international understanding and
human development through sport.
The Ancient Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games are
named for the athletic contests
held at the ancient Greek site of
Olympia for almost 12 centuries.
The ancient Greek games ended
in AD 393. Many centuries would
pass before the athletic contests
of the Olympic Games were
revived in 1896.
Two athletes listening to their trainer's
Instructions.
Greek antique.
Founder of the modern Olympic
Games.
Statue at Lausanne
Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863 – 1937) was a
French pedagogue and historian best founder known for
being of the modern Olympic Games.
Born in Paris into an aristocratic family, the third child in the
family he was inspired by his visits to British and American
colleges and universities, and set out to improve his
education. He thought part of this improvement should be
sports education, which he considered an important part of
the personal development of young people. He was
particularly fond of rugby .
To publicize these plans, he organised an international
congress in 1894 in Paris. There he proposed to reinstate the
ancient Olympic Games. The congress led to the establishing
of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), of which De
Coubertin became the general secretary. It was also decided
that the first modern Olympics would take place in Athens,
He conceived of an international competition to promote
athletics. A growing international interest in the ancient
Olympics, fed by recent archaeological finds at Olympia, De
Coubertin devised a plan to revive the Olympic Games
Greece and that they would be held every four years.
Olympic Sun
The Olympic Flame, Olympic
Fire, Olympic Torch,
Olympic Light, Olympic Eye,
and Olympic Sun is a symbol
of the Olympic Games.
Commemorating the theft of
fire from the Greek god Zeus
by Prometheuse its origins lie
in ancient Greece when a fire
was kept burning throughout
the celebration of the ancient
Olympics. The fire was
reintroduced at the Olympics
in 1928, and it has been part
of the modern Olympic Games
ever since.
Mascots
Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble,
France the Olympic Games have a mascot,
usually an animal native to the area or
occasionally human figures representing the
cultural heritage. The first major mascot in the
Olympic Games was Misha in the 1980
Summer Olympics in Moscow. Misha was
used extensively during the opening and
closing ceremonies, had a TV animated
cartoon and appeared on several merchandise
products. t young people focuses on the
mascots, rather Nowadays, most of the
merchandise aimed athan the Olympic flag or
organization logos.
: Olympic Summer Games
Athens 1896
Paris 1900
St. Louis 904
London 1908
Stockholm 1912
Antwerp 1920
Paris 1924
Amsterdam 1928
Los Angeles 1932
Berlin 1936
London 1948
Helsinki 1952
Melbourne 1956
Montreal 1976
Moscow 1980
Rome 1960
Tokyo 1964
Mexico City 1968
Munich 1972
Los Angeles 1984
Seoul 1988
Barcelona 1992
Atlanta 1996
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Olympic Winter Games:
Chamonix 1924
St. Moritz 1928
Lake Placid 1932
GarmischPartenkirchen 1936
St. Moritz 1948
Oslo 1952
Cortina d'Ampezzo
1956
Squaw Valley 1960
Innsbruck 1964
Grenoble 1968
Sapporo 1972
Innsbruck 1976
Lake Placid 1980
Sarajevo 1984
Calgary 1988
Albertville 1992
Lillehammer 1994
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Torino 2006
Paralimpic Games
The Paralympic Games are elite sport
events for athletes from different disability
groups. They clearly emphasise, however,
the participants' athletic achievements,
not their disability. The movement has
grown dramatically since its early days.
The number of athletes participating in the
Summer Paralympic Games has increased
from 400 athletes in Rome in 1960 to
3,806 athletes from 136 countries in
Athens in 2004.
Summer Sports
Aquatics
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Canoe / kayak
Cycling
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
SailingShooting
Softball
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Winter Olympic Games
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Curling
Ice Hockey
Luge
Skating
Skiing
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