Olympic Games

Question 1

What is the IOC?

Answer 1

Non profit organisation of athletes in charge of organising and facilitating the games
Manage the commercial side and select host nations

Question 2

What is the BOA?

Answer 2

Overseas all team GB and Olympic issues
Working with NGB’s to support and select athletes
Help to educate the public including giving resources to schools

Question 3

What happened at the 1936 Berlin olympics?

Answer 3

Hosted by Nazi germany
49 nations played
No Jews were allowed to attend or play

Question 4

What happened at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968?

Answer 4

Black people stood up and held their fists to say a message to the people in the USA
Punished after this and held a life time ban never being able to play at the Olympics again
112 nations attended the games

Question 5

What happened at the Munich 1972 Olympics?

Answer 5

Bad police force
Terrorist attack on 9 Israéliens because of Palestine wanting to show power and demanded release of Palestinians held captive in prisons
All were killed later in a huge fight

Question 6

What happened in the 1980 Moscow Olympics?

Answer 6

United States boycotted the summer Olympics
65 nations refused to participate in the games
Tension also as some United States athletes were taken hostage

Question 7

What happened in LA 1984 Olympic Games?

Answer 7

First colour TV games
Soviet Union didn’t participate
First Olympics to gain a significant profit