Olympic Games

Olympic GamesMalaki M. 3lm3

Issues to discuss…

• What is the mother country of the Olympic Games?

• To whom were Olympic Games dedicated?

• What are the Olympic Symbols?• What is the motto of the Olympic

Games?• To what period of time the first

Olympic Games can be traced to?

Historical Background

• 776 BC – the year the Olympic Games were held

• Close connection with Gods and religion

• Were decreed to be banned in 393 AD by Emperor Theodosius as “pagan cults”

Historical Background

• Women were first allowed to participate in 1900 at the second modern Olympic Games.

• Because of World War I and World War II, there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940, or 1944.

• Stockholm 1912 saw the last gold medals made entirely from gold

Games and Religion

• were closely linked to the religious festivals of the cult of Zeus

• Had secular character• Were aimed to show the physical

qualities and evolution of the performances accomplished by young people

• owed their purity and importance to religion

A little bit of mythology…

• The beginning of the Olympic Games is concerned with the oldest myth of Heracles.

Zeus Cronus

A little bit of mythology…

• The demigod Heracles staged Games in Olympia in honor of Zeus.

Heracles

Olympia

Victory Ceremonies

Palm Branch

Red Ribbons

Olive Tree Wreathkotinos

Symbols of the Olympic Games

• The Flag 5 interlocking rings represent 5 parts of the world :AmericasAfricaAsiaAustraliaEurope


• Olympic FlameSymbolized the death and rebirth of Greek heroes. There was no torch relay in the ancient Olympics.


The Olympic Motto


• Olympic Medals


• Olympic Anthem

Olympian flame immortalWhose beacon lights our wayEmblaze our hearts with the fires of hopeOn this momentous day

Olympic light burn on and onO'er seas and mountains and plainsUnite, inspire, bring honorTo these ascending games


• The Olympic Oathan oath to commit to competition in sport within the rules without doping.

First taken at the 1920 Summer Olympics by the athletes, this was

expanded to the judges at the 1972 Winter Olympics, and at the 2010

Summer Youth Olympics, to the coaches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Summer_Olympics




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Summer_Youth_Olympics







• Olympic Emblem


• Three Olympic Pillars:Sport, education, culture

2014 Winter Olympics

• 22nd Winter Olympics

• 7 to 23rd of February, 2014

• Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia

• First Olympics in Russia since USSR breakup of 1991

15 Sports of the Winter Olympics

• Ice Sports :bobsled, luge, skeleton, figure skating, curling.


• Alpine, Skiing and Snowboarding Events: alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding.


• Nordic Events: biathlon, ski jumping, Cross-County skiing.

Sochi Olympics Budget: rumors or truth..

• Originally budgeted at US$12 billion

• Real budget expanded to over US$51 billion

• It surpassed the estimated $44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as the most expensive Olympics in history.

Something interesting…

• Sochi will be Americans first trip to the Soviet side of the planet for the Olympics.

• Each medal weighs between 460 and 531 grams and takes 18 hours to produce.

• The Olympic Village in Sochi will host 6,000 Olympic athletes.

The start and finish line of the Olympic torch's path to

Sochi. • The torch will travel 40,300 miles

on its way to Sochi • means of travel: car, plane,

train, Russian troyka and even a sleigh pulled by reindeer.

Keep in mind..

2014

7th of February

20:14 by Moscow Time