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Olympics
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Ancient Greece
• Greeks were very competitive and very health conscious
• Palaestra- work out area in each polis. Only men were allowed. Also a place to discuss issues of the day.
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• First reference to competitive games- Homer’s Iliad
First reference to competitive games – Homer’s Iliad
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First games held in 776B.C.E. – only events were foot races
>Citius, altius, fortius – swifter, higher, stronger (Olympic motto)
>Quadrennial – every 4 years or a period of 4 years
>Held at Olympia in honor of Zeus
>Winners received – a wreath at the games, prestige and rewards when back home
>”Arete” – striving for your best
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• 394 A.D. Roman Emperor Theodosius bans the games, considering them pagan (non-Christian) spectacles *The games won’t be held again for 1,500 years!
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Modern Olympics
• First held in Athens (1896)• Role: peaceful international athletic competition,
national pride, and cultural interchange
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Some significant Olympic moments:Jesse Owens at 1936 Berlin Summer games – black
American who wins 4 golds in the face of Hitler’s “master race” philosophy
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Bob Beamon at 1968 Summer games – sets amazing long jump record
*Black Power Demonstration at 1968 Mexico City Summer games – protesting race discrimination and poverty in the U.S.
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Munich 1972
Men’s Basketball – controversial loss to Soviets in gold medal game
Israeli Athletes killed – by Palestinian terrorists
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~Moscow 1980 >American Boycott due to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
~LA 1984»Soviet Boycott
of us!
1980 Lake Placid’s “Miracle on Ice” – U.S Amateurs beat heavily favored Soviet “Red Army” team
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Barcelona 1992 “The Dream Team” – first timeprofessional players were used by U.S.
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Atlanta 1996~Atlanta vs Athens – Athens badly wanted centennial games of the modern Olympics but Atlanta gets them instead
*Bombing of Olympic Park by Eric Rudolph who was politically opposed to abortion, homosexuality, and socialism.
He later bombs 2 abortion clinics and a gay nightclub and is currently serving multiple life sentences in theSuper Max prison in Colorado