The Olympic Games
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The Olympic Games
2012 Summer Olympics in London, England
London, in the UK, hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics. For information and activities on the UK, click here. For a page on UK's flag,click here. The 2012 Summer Olympics are in London, England, Great Britain. The opening ceremonies will be on July 27, 2012. The closing ceremony will be on August 12, 2012.
The motto of the LondonOlympics is 'Inspire a generation'.
The Ancient Olympics:
The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece.The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed inthe nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece.
Women were neither allowed tocompete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
The four-year period between the Olympic games was called an olympiad. Every four years,for 1,170 years, the Greeks held an Olympics, which continued to grow and change. Many other sports were added, including other races, wrestling, boxing, pentathlon (five events, including the longjump, javelin throw, discus throw, foot race, and wrestling), and equestrian events (events with horses and people, like chariot races and horse races) The Olympic games were banned by the ByzantineEmperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
The Modern Olympic Games:
Over a fifteen hundred years later, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937) (a French educator and sportsman) revived theOlympic Games. An all-male Olympic games were held in 1896, in Athens, Greece. The first winter Olympics were held in 1924, in Chamonix, France.
The Flag of the Olympic Games:
The flag of the...
2012 Summer Olympics in London, England
London, in the UK, hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics. For information and activities on the UK, click here. For a page on UK's flag,click here. The 2012 Summer Olympics are in London, England, Great Britain. The opening ceremonies will be on July 27, 2012. The closing ceremony will be on August 12, 2012.
The motto of the LondonOlympics is 'Inspire a generation'.
The Ancient Olympics:
The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece.The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed inthe nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece.
Women were neither allowed tocompete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
The four-year period between the Olympic games was called an olympiad. Every four years,for 1,170 years, the Greeks held an Olympics, which continued to grow and change. Many other sports were added, including other races, wrestling, boxing, pentathlon (five events, including the longjump, javelin throw, discus throw, foot race, and wrestling), and equestrian events (events with horses and people, like chariot races and horse races) The Olympic games were banned by the ByzantineEmperor Theodosius II in the year AD 394.
The Modern Olympic Games:
Over a fifteen hundred years later, Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937) (a French educator and sportsman) revived theOlympic Games. An all-male Olympic games were held in 1896, in Athens, Greece. The first winter Olympics were held in 1924, in Chamonix, France.
The Flag of the Olympic Games:
The flag of the...
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