Global Sporting Events Flashcards
Aims of the Olympic games
-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
Olympic values (7)
Respect
Excellence
Friendship
Courage
Determination
Inspiration
Equality
When was the British Olympic Association formed?
1905
What does BOA do?
-planning and execution of Great Britain Olympic team participation in the Olympic and winter Olympic Games
-provides support services for the athletes
When was the IOC formed ?
1894 by the Paris Congress
What is the IOC responsible for?
Selecting host cities of both Olympic Games
When was the first Paralympic Games?
1976 Sweden
What are the Paralympic values?
Equality
Determination
Courage
Inspiration
Which Olympics was the Third Reich Ideology implemented?
1936 Berlin
How did Hitler use this Olympics?
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’
When and where was the ‘Black Power’ demonstration?
Mexico City 1968
What occurred at the 1968 Olympics?
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
What happened at the 1972 Olympics
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
What happened at Moscow 1980?
Boycott led by USA
Soviet troops in Afghanistan- Americans disliked and boycotted
Some British teams did
What happened at Los Angeles 1984?
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.
2 positive sporting impacts of hosting the a sporting event
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
2 Negative sporting impacts of hosting the a sporting event Games?
-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
2 positive social impacts of hosting sporting event
-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
2 Negative social impacts of hosting a sporting event
-Some less urban areas see no improvement to facilities
-Local inhabitants may have vacate their houses for the games
2 positive economic impacts of hosting sporting event
-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
2 negative economic impacts of hosting sporting event
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
2 positive Political impacts of hosting a sporting event
-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)
2 negative political impacts of hosting a sporting event
-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
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
