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.