Global Sporting Events Flashcards

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Aims of the Olympic games

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-Promotion of physical and moral qualities that are the basis of sport
-spread of Olympic principles
-Bring athletes round the world together
-education for young people through sport- better friendships, understanding, build more peaceful world

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Olympic values (7)

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Respect
Excellence
Friendship
Courage
Determination
Inspiration
Equality

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When was the British Olympic Association formed?

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1905

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What does BOA do?

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-planning and execution of Great Britain Olympic team participation in the Olympic and winter Olympic Games
-provides support services for the athletes

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When was the IOC formed ?

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1894 by the Paris Congress

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What is the IOC responsible for?

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Selecting host cities of both Olympic Games

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When was the first Paralympic Games?

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1976 Sweden

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What are the Paralympic values?

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Equality
Determination
Courage
Inspiration

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Which Olympics was the Third Reich Ideology implemented?

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1936 Berlin

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How did Hitler use this Olympics?

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As propaganda for the third reich
Wanted to showcase his ‘superior empire’
Nazi flags and anti-Jewish posters all in the stadiums
Didn’t put the gold medal round Jesse Owens’ neck as he was ‘racially inferior’

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When and where was the ‘Black Power’ demonstration?

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Mexico City 1968

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What occurred at the 1968 Olympics?

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Tommie Smith and John Carlos both raised a single first with a black glove on during the medal ceremony
To represent black power in America
Black socks represented the poverty in America

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What happened at the 1972 Olympics

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Munich- Palestinian terrorism
8 Palestinian terrorists entered the village and seized 11 members of the Israeli team
All hostages and 5 terrorists wounded
Known as the Black September group

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What happened at Moscow 1980?

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Boycott led by USA
Soviet troops in Afghanistan- Americans disliked and boycotted
Some British teams did

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What happened at Los Angeles 1984?

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Boycott by Soviet Union
Soviets didn’t like the Americans using the Olympics for political purposes
However, many commentators saw this as a reaction to USA boycott of 1980.

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2 positive sporting impacts of hosting the a sporting event

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New or upgraded facilities
Events can bring increased sponsorship for individuals and the NGB
Increased funding for sports
Raises profile of minority sports therefore increases participation

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2 Negative sporting impacts of hosting the a sporting event Games?

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-Short burst of people take part during and after olympics but then general trend in decline years after
-Sports deviance highlighted by media e.g hooliganism
-New facilities left to ruin e.g Barcelona 1992, Athens 2004

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2 positive social impacts of hosting sporting event

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-improved used of sports facilities by the community
-Accomodation built for the event used for housing
-More money brought in by the games benefits population
-Events can bring in sense of national pride
-Improved transport systems

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2 Negative social impacts of hosting a sporting event

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-Some less urban areas see no improvement to facilities
-Local inhabitants may have vacate their houses for the games

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2 positive economic impacts of hosting sporting event

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-Commercial benefits related to goods sold in the area of the event
-Increased tourism and related economic benefits ‘shop window effect’
-Jobs created through building of facilities, transport, infrastructure and support for event

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2 negative economic impacts of hosting sporting event

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if event or participants are linked with failure/scandal can mean less revenue in merchandising sales
-Events can cause massive economic loss e.g Montreal Olympics took 50 years to pay off
-bidding to host expensive
-Benefits for employment or jobs created often over exaggerated

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2 positive Political impacts of hosting a sporting event

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-individual parties or leaders can gain credit and therefore votes if bid successful
-Hosting can bring unity and sense of purpose to a country
-Raise world status as country can show off its culture and commerce (shop window effect)

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2 negative political impacts of hosting a sporting event

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-protests can occur- embarrassment
-negative legacy can occur
-if budget too high can create animosity among voters
-Negative enivironemental impacts can decrease political popularity
-something goes wrong politicians shoulder the responsibility
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Globalisation def

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a process that involves sport as a worldwide business and feature corporate brands, media coverage and freedom of movement of sports participants, officials and spectators