THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Raquel Molina

INDEX

• Old Olympic games. • New Olympic games.

- Pierre de Coubertin.

- Symbol.- Controversy.- Prize giving Ceremony.- Opening ceremony.- Closing ceremony.

OLYMPIA• In the western part of the Peloponnese.•Functioned as a meeting place for worship and other religious and political practices.• Daktylos Herakles

OLD OLYMPIC GAMES.

THE GAMES AND RELIGION

•The Olympic Games were linked to the religious festivals of the cult of Zeus.•To show the physical qualities of young people.

PARTICIPANTS.• All free male Greek citizens

were entitled to participate in the ancient Olympic Games.

• Married women were not allowed to participate in, or to watch, the ancient Olympic Games.

• Unmarried women could attend the competition.

• The priestess of Demeter was given a privileged position next to the Stadium altar.

ACTIVITIES AND LENGHT

Running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration and equestrian events.

Were initially a one-day event until 684 BC, when they were extended to three days. In the 5th century B.C., the Games were extended again to cover five days.

HISTORIC EVENTS

• Olympic peace.• Each four years.• Neron.• To be in contact with

other cities.

NEW OLYMPIC GAMES

•Pierre de Coubertin.•Symbols.•Controversy.•Opening ceremony•Closing ceremony•Prize giving ceremony

PIERRE DE COUBERTIN

• He was born in 1863 in Paris, France.

• He went to University and studied pedagogy .

• He travelled to USA.• His idea was not

recognised in France.

• He died in Ginebra on the 2 of September in 1937.

OLYMPIC SYMBOLS

• Flag.• Crown.• Medals.• Mascots.• Motto.

OLYMPIC SYMBOLSFlag

The Olympic flag ... has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red ... This design is symbolic; it represents the five inhabited continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

Pierre De Coubertin (1931)

OLYMPIC SYMBOLSMEDALS

OLYMPIC SYMBOLSMASCOTS

OLYMPIC SYMBOLSCROWN

OLYMPIC SYMBOLSMOTTO

“Citius, Altius, Fortius”

IDEALS:“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as

the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought

well”Pierre de Coubertin.

OLYMPIC SYMBOLSTORCH

TORCH CEREMONY

• BOICOTS•Moscow

1980.•Los Ángeles

1984.

SOCIAL CONFLICTS

•México 1968.•Barcelona 1992

CONTROVERSY

POLICTIC CONFLICTS

•Berlín 1916.•Berlin 1936.•Helsinki 1940.•Londres 1944.•Munich 1972.

PRIZE GIVING

CEREMONY

OPENING CEREMONY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QL_uG2GSZo

CLOSING CEREMONY

The next Olympic Games will be in Brasil

VIDEOS

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QL_uG2GSZo.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=TbsXUJITa40&NR=1

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U0_CMIjxtU

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqBBkCSqsT4 (SONG)

BIBLIOGRAPHY• http://www.escuelacirculo.edu.ar/portal/descargas/Boicot

_juegos_olimpicos.pdf• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Juegos_Ol

%C3%ADmpicos/Ceremonia_de_Apertura• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Juegos_Ol

%C3%ADmpicos/Ceremonia_de_Clausura• http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Juegos_Ol

%C3%ADmpicos/Ceremonia_de_la_entrega_de_medallas• http://www.lavanguardia.com/hemeroteca/

20120902/54342487207/pierre-de-coubertin-juegos-olimpicos-75-aniversario.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_symbols• Olympic book “1000 olympic winners”.