Olympics Flashcards
Who established the modern Olympics and in what year and where?
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
1896
Athens
Main aims of Olympics:
Promote development of physical and moral qualities of sport
Create international goodwill
Educate young people through spirit of sport
3 Olympic values (with extras)
Excellence (determination)
Respect (courage, inspiration)
Friendship (equality)
BOA formation and role
British Olympic Association formed in 1905
Plan and execute GB Olympic participation
Dependent on commercial sponsorship and fundraising
IOC formation and role
International Olympic Committee
Paris Congress 1894
Administer Olympic movement, HQ in Switzerland
Select host city
List 5 main Olympics with years
Berlin: 1936 Mexico City: 1968 Munich: 1972 Moscow: 1980 Los Angeles: 1984
What happened at Berlin Olympics (with year)?
1936 - Third Reich Ideology
Used by Hitler as a stage for political propaganda
German athletes trained full time (Olympians were amateurs)
Hitler refused to give Jesse Owens a gold medal
What happened at Mexico City Olympics (with year)?
1968 - Black Power
South Africa not allowed to compete because of apartheid regime
Black power salute -> raised glove fist at medal ceremony
What happened at Munich Olympics (with year)?
1972 - Palestine Terrorism
Palestine terrorists seized 11 Israeli athletes
Demanded release of prisoners
All hostages and 5 terrorist were killed in shootout at airport/helicopter crash
What happened at Moscow Olympics (with year)?
1980 - US Boycott
Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, extended Cold War
4 000 total athletes boycotted
What happened at LA Olympics (with year)?
1984 - Soviet Union led a boycott
Response to 1980 US boycott
Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary amongst 14 boycotting countries
Soviet Union blamed commercialisation and lack of security
