The most widely accepted date for the beginning of the Ancient Olympics is BC; based on inscriptions of the winners of a footrace held every four years starting then. The Ancient Games featured running events, a pentathlon consisting of a jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot race and wrestling , boxing, wrestling, and equestrian events. There is no agreement on when the Games officially ended, but many historians think it is AD, when the emperor Theodosius I declared that all Pagan religious practices should end.
After the Olympics stopped, they were not held again until the late 19th century. The competition had several sports from the ancient Greek Olympics. It was first proposed by poet and newspaper editor Panagiotis Soutsos in his poem "Dialogue of the Dead", published in Evangelis Zappas, a wealthy Greek-Romanian philanthropist, first wrote to King Otto of Greece, in , offering to fund a permanent revival of the Olympic Games.
Zappas sponsored the first Olympic Games in , which was held in Athens. Athletes from Greece and the Ottoman Empire participated. Zappas funded the restoration of the ancient Panathenaic stadium so that it could host all future Olympic Games. Between and , Liverpool held an annual Grand Olympic Festival. These games were unfair in nature since only Men could compete. In Hulley, Dr. Brookes and E. Its articles of foundation provided the framework for the International Olympic Charter. Brookes copied the sports which were in the Olympics held in Athens in in future Wenlock Olympian Games Brookes created this first as a class in and then as an event in Brookes at London's Crystal Palace.
The Panathinaiko Stadium hosted Olympics in and Thirty thousand spectators attended that Games in , although no official attendance records are available for the Games. Coubertin built on the ideas and work of Brookes and Zappas with the aim of creating an Olympic Games that would occur every four years in a different country. On the last day of the meeting, it was decided that the first Olympic Games, to be controlled by the IOC, would take place two years later in Athens.
These Games brought 14 nations and athletes who competed in 43 events. Zappas and his cousin Konstantinos Zappas had left the Greek government money to fund future Olympic Games. This money was used to pay for the Games. George Averoff paid for the refurbishment of the stadium in preparation for the Games. The Greek government also provided money, which was paid back through the sale of tickets.
Money was also paid back through the sale of the first Olympic commemorative stamp set. The Greek officials and public were excited about hosting these Games. This feeling was shared by many of the athletes, who even demanded that Athens be the host of the Olympic Games on a permanent basis.
The IOC did not approve this request. The IOC stated that each games would be held in a different country. Following the success of the Games, the Olympics entered a period of stagnation that threatened their survival.
Louis in were side-shows. The Games at Paris did not have a stadium, however this was the first time women took part in the games.
The St. Louis Games hosted athletes, but were from the United States. The homogeneous nature of these celebrations was a low point for the Olympic Movement. The Games rebounded when the Intercalated Games so-called because they were the second Games held within an Olympiad, a period of time lasting four years were held in Athens.
These Games were hosted at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens. The games attracted an international field of participants and generated great public interest. Between and art competitions were a part of the Olympics. Medals were awarded for works of art inspired by sport, divided into five categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture. The juried art competitions were abandoned in because artists were considered to be professionals, while Olympic athletes were required to be amateurs.
The competitions were part of the original intention of the Olympic Movement. The Winter Olympics were created for snow and ice sports that were not part of the Summer Games. Figure skating in and and ice hockey in were Olympic events at the Summer Olympics. At the Olympic Congress, in Lausanne , it was decided to hold a winter version of the Olympic Games.
A winter sports week actually 11 days was held in in Chamonix , France. This pattern continued until the Games in Albertville , France. After this, beginning with the Games , the Winter Olympics were held on the third year of each Olympiad.
Starting in , Youth Games help to develop young athletes for the Olympic Games. Athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 compete. The first Winter Games was hosted in Innsbruck , Austria, in These Games are shorter than the Olympic Games. The summer version will last twelve days and the winter version will last nine days.
The sports to be played will be the same as at the Olympic Games. The Olympic Movement includes a large number of national and international sporting organizations and federations. Overseeing the planning of the Olympic Games. Changing the sports involved. Agreeing sponsorship and broadcasting rights. French and English are the official languages of the Olympic Movement. The other language used at each Olympic Games is the language of the host country.
The Olympic logo also known as the Olympic rings , consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe. Food quiz Candy or not — can you tell the difference? Animal athletes 3 Heroic horses and their riders. Ninja quiz Can you tell which ninja fact is real and which is a decoy?
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Each sport also has a full page of activities including word searches and scrambles, crosswords and math puzzles, mazes and discussion questions about the sport. The digital version is free and can be downloaded at www. Shady Pines Story Town is not affiliated with this guide. Please leave a comment blow. Thanks for letting us know about the new sports in the Olympics.
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