21. Ancient Olympic Games: Encyclopedia - Ancient Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games History. The Games were held in Olympia, Greece, a sanctuary site for the Greek gods near the towns of Elis and Pisatis (both in Elis on the peninsula of http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Ancient_Olympic_Games/id/1911969

22. Winter Olympic Games - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia The Winter Olympic Games are a multisport event held every four years. The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. Some of the original sports were alpine skiing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games

Winter Olympic Games From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For the most recent Winter Games, in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, see 2010 Winter Olympics Winter Olympic Games The Olympic flame in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics Games Sports details Biathlon Bobsled Curling ... Snowboarding The Winter Olympic Games are a multi-sport event held every four years. The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix , France, in 1924. Some of the original sports were alpine skiing cross-country skiing figure skating ice hockey ... ski jumping , and speed skating . Other events have been added as time went on, and some of them, such as luge short track speed skating , and freestyle skiing have earned a permanent spot on the Olympic programme. Others, such as speed skiing bandy , and skijoring were demonstration sports but were never incorporated as Olympic sports. The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936 when they were interrupted by World War II . The Olympics resumed in and were celebrated every four years until . At that point the governing body for the Olympic Games, the

23. History Of The Modern Olympic Games - Canada 2010 Government of Canada's 2010 Winter Games Website History of the Modern Olympic Games. The origin of the modern Olympic Games dates back to France at the end of the 19th century. http://www.canada2010.gc.ca/101/histor/010202-eng.cfm

@import url(/includes/css/base2.css); Skip to content Skip to institutional links Common menu bar links Home Contact Us Help Search ... History of the Games Institutional links Canada's Games Canada's Role Canada's Investments Canada's Goals ... Proactive Disclosure History of the Modern Olympic Games The origin of the modern Olympic Games dates back to France at the end of the 19th century. Motivated by the ideal of peace, educator Pierre de Coubertin came up with the idea of reviving the Greek tradition of the Games of the Olympiad to bring nations together every four years. On June 23, 1894, de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to organize the Games. Two years later, in 1896, the first Olympic Games of the modern era took place in Athens with approximately 250 athletes from 14 countries. Motivated by the ideal of peace, Pierre de Coubertin conceived the idea of reviving the Greek tradition of the Games of the Olympiad as a means to bring nations together. Source: Olympic Museum Lausanne Website. Bringing Nations Together...

24. Olympic Games History The International Olympic Committee was founded on 23 June 1894 by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was inspired to revive the Olympic Games of Greek antiquity. http://www.hoc.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127&I

25. Vancouver Olympics - CBSSports.com CBSSports.com provides Winter Olympics coverage including animated and interactive breakdowns of all of the events, news from Vancouver, medal counts and more. http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/winter/history

26. CBBC Newsround | SPORT | Olympic Games History Find out all about the history of the biggest sporting event in the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_3911000/3911153.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Teachers Olympic Games history Updated 05 August 2004, 17.41 The Olympic Games were named after the village of Olympia in Greece where they originally took place in 776 BC. Athletes from the Greek world competed in a range of events, including athletics, wrestling and chariot racing every four years until 393 AD. Though the prizes were modest, the honour of winning was great. In 393 AD, the emperor Theodosius abolished the Olympics because he thought they were not religious enough. Birth of the modern Olympics A Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin campaigned for years to revive the Olympics and in 1896 his dream came true: The first modern Olympics Games took place in Athens in 1896 at the Panathenean Stadium. Although Athens is the birthplace of the Olympics, this year's Games will only be the second time the modern Olympics have been held there since 1896. This year's official mascots are named after Greek Gods; Phevos, the god of light and Athena the goddess of wisdom and patron of the city of Athens. The original marathon The marathon was first run in 1896. It celebrates the legendary feat of a Greek soldier who, in 490 BC, is supposed to have run about 25 miles from Marathon to Athens with the news that the Persians had been defeated, before keeling over and dying.

27. CBBC Newsround | QUIZ | Olympic Games History How much do you know about Olympic Games in the past? http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/quiz/newsid_3934000/3934853.stm

Home TV Radio Talk ... Teachers Olympic Games history Updated 05 August 2004, 16.47 More Info Famous Olympic moments Question 1 When were the first ever Olympic Games? Question 2 When were the first modern Olympic Games? Question 3 Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the key person in getting the modern Olympic Games going, but what nationality was he? Question 4 In which country were the Olympics created? Question 5 London has hosted the Olympics twice, but when was the first time? Press the button and see how you have done E-mail this page to a friend Full Quiz Section Also in Quiz now: Today's quickfire quiz Fireworks George W Bush Full section ... MESSAGE BOARDS Choose a sport Aquatics Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling Choose a GB athlete Paula Radcliffe Matthew Pinsent Ben Ainslie Amir Khan Katy Sexton Mel Marshall Beth Tweddle Nicole Cooke Chris Hoy Jamie Staff Georgina Harland Choose a world athlete Maurice Greene Gail Devers Carolina Kluft Michael Phelps Ian Thorpe Svetlana Khorkina LeBron James Cristiano Ronaldo Halil Mutlu Check out our cool REVIEW section See Samira the swimming lion!

28. Olympic Games: HISTORY « Free To Share Your Thoughts The Olympic Games, an international festival of sport which originated in ancient Greece, were revived in the 19th century by a French aristocrat worried by young Frenchmen not http://abhishekkatiyar.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/olympic-games-history/

29. HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES including Greek athletics, Olympic games, A fiveday event, The other Greek games, The end of a tradition http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac28

30. Olympic Games — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures And Facts This athletic festival originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century as an international competition. http://www.history.com/topics/olympic-games

Home Topics TV Shows This Day in History ... Shop Search Follow HISTORY Promotions Holiday Gift Guide Holiday Daily Deals - A New Deal Every Day Holiday Gift Sets DVDs and Books ... History Club Olympic Games // zoneId = textEntitlement document.write(''); A A A Share ... Photo Gallery This athletic festival originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes. Currently the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and football (soccer). The ancient Olympic Games included several of the sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which at times has included events in as many as 32 different sports. In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world's foremost sports competition. More to Explore People and Groups Bruce Baumgartner Glenn Davis Wilma Rudolph Sebastian Coe ... Bill Bradley Themes Winter Olympics Technology Olympia Spartans Hellenistic Greece Events World War I World War II Cold War Related Topics Olympic Games This Day in History Nov Sports Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak On November 16, 1957, Notre Dame beats Oklahoma 7-0, ending the Sooners’ 47-game, 1,512-day college football winning streak. The game also marked t...

31. Articles About Olympic Games History - Los Angeles Times Olympic Games History News. Find breaking news, commentary, and archival information about Olympic Games History from the Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/olympic-games-history

32. The Olympic Games: History For Kids The first recorded date of the Olympics Games was 776 B.C. The Olympic Games were then held every four years until 394 A.D. Learn more about the History of the Olympic games. http://www.chevroncars.com/learn/sports/history-olympic-games

33. Olympic Games, History Of The Olympics A brief History of the Olympic Games from the Ancient times in Olympia, Greece until their revival in the 1996 Olympics in Greece http://www.athensguide.org/olympics-history.html

Home Athens History Map and Geography Pictures ... Sitemap HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES According to the Greek history , the first Olympic Games in the Greek Antiquity can be traced back to the 776 BC. The games were dedicated to the 12 Olympian Gods and were hosted on the ancient green plains of Olympia, the place was famous for its magnificent great temples of the two gods Zeus and his wife Hera. The games initially had a very religious character combined by a number of ancient sport events, which many of those were based on the ancient Greek mythology. The ancient Olympic Games had an important position in the life of the Ancient Greeks. The Olympiad it was a time of union, with a four-year interval. The participants came from every corner of the Greek world to compete for the ultimate prize, the olive wreath and the return to their city-states as heroes. But the Olympic values apart from the victory, it was themselves which had the special meaning in the Games, the noble competition and effort to combine the body, mind, and will in a balanced whole. As the Olympic Games developed, so did developed the procedures such as the standard schedule of the events and the

34. Olympic Games - History Brief Record of Malaysia's Participation in Past Olympic Games since 1956 Prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaya http://www.olympic.org.my/web/gamesrecords/olympicg/history.htm

History Previous Participation Previous Medal Tally ... Chef de Mission Brief Record of Malaysia's Participation in Past Olympic Games since 1956 Prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council in 1953 and its subsequent recognition by the IOC in 1954, some Malayans may have participated in the Olympic Games, representing their countries of origin, such as China and India. After receiving the recognition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1954, the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council, as it was then known, sent a contingent of 33 athletes from 6 sports to participate in the Olympic Games in 1956 in Melbourne. Since then the Olympic Council of Malaysia, as it is known since 1964, has been participating in all the Olympic Games, except the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. The Olympic Contingent of the Federation of Malaya to the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games comprised six athletes, two swimmers, 18 Hockey players, three Weightlifters and four shooters. There was only one female athlete in the Contingent, Ms. Annie Choong, who participated in Athletics. Amongst the Olympians were Koh Eng Tong, the 1950 British Empire Weightlifting gold medallist in the Featherweight Division and Tan Kim Bee, the silver medallist in the Light Heavyweight Division. The Hockey team finished 9th out of 12 teams. The Chef de Mission was Mr. Herman Marie de Souza (Hockey) and the Flag Bearer was Tan Eng Bee (Weightlifting)

35. The Ancient Olympics Members of the Perseus Project created this exhibit on the ancient Olympics in 1996, as a tribute to the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Georgia. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html

36. Olympic Games Medals, Results, Sports, Athletes London 2012 Official source of Olympic Games sports, countries, results, medals, schedule, athlete bios, teams, news, photos, videos for Summer and Winter Olympics http://www.olympic.org/

37. Sydney Olympic Games History And Facts From Koala Express In Sydney Australia 20 Olympic games history and olympic facts from Koala Express in Sydney Australia http://www.koalaexpress.com.au/olympics.htm

The Greek athletic games, otherwise commonly recognized as the Panhellenic Games, were an integral part of Greek life. They combined religion, sport, and music into extravagant festivals involving peoples throughout Mediterranean. Not only did they attract thousands of participants and spectators to their venues, but they also promoted solidarity among the various Greek city-states. By the Classical period, their influence was felt throughout Greece. There were four main games: the Olympic Games, Pythian Games, Nemean Games, and Isthmian Games. The games at Olympia were the oldest and most famous of these. They all began quite humbly as religious ceremonies. While the games had a small religious aspect throughout their history, this role diminished as time progressed. Mythological evidence suggests that the athletic events originally served as entertainment for humans and gods and were loosely associated with sacrificial offerings. At first they were purely local events most likely spanning two or three days, consisting only of dancing, running, and wrestling The centrepiece of every Olympics is the track and field stadium. Stadium Australia has built the largest Olympic arena in history with 110,000 spectators able to see the opening and closing ceremonies, track and field program and the final of the men's soccer tournament. Under an agreement brokered by the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, the majority of the cost of the $A615 million stadium is being borne by the private sector with the NSW public having ultimate ownership of the venue. Stadium Australia has already hosted several world-class events including top-flight rugby league and union, American NFL and the FIFA All Stars.

38. GreekShops.com : Greek Products : Olympic Games History : The Ancient Greek Olym The Ancient Greek Olympics. The ancient Greeks were famous for their love of competition. Every four years athletes came from all over the Greek world to take part in the Games http://www.greekshops.com/q_/asp/RefID=685/ProdID=OxF01va/_q/detail.htm

Athens 2004 Apparel and Accessories Athens 2004 Official Pins Beijing 2008 Official Pins Candidacy Collectibles ... Software [Code : The Ancient Greek Olympics Price This product is currently unavailable for purchase. Product Description The Ancient Greek Olympics The ancient Greeks were famous for their love of competition. Every four years athletes came from all over the Greek world to take part in the Games at Olympia. The Ancient Greek Olympics recounts the day-by-day activities of the ancient Games: the athletes and their training, the spec taros, the religious ceremonies, and the banquets. It guides the reader around the wonderful sights of ancient Olympia and provides an athlete's view of the events. Some of them, like discus throwing and running, were similar to those of the modern Olympic Games. But others, such as chariot races, were very different. With more than 75 color illustrations, detailed sidebars, ancient athletic trivia, and sections on women at the Olympics and the birth of the modern Games, this book is sure to capture the imagination of history and sports fans alike. Hard Cover.

39. Olympic Games History Pages, Questions & Answers. Harvey Abrams, Olympic Histori Bookdealer, Olympic historian, researcher, writer, consultant specializing in the Olympic Games, History of Sport, Physical Education, Wrestling, Fencing, Sports Athletics http://www.harveyabramsbooks.com/questions.html

Questions sent by visitors with Answers by Harvey Abrams, Olympic Historian These pages are always under construction. Questions which can be educational to all students will be answered here. Please submit your name, grade or age, and place of residence (city, state or country). I regret that individual and personal responses are not possible. 10/01/2000: Hello, I found your site very informative. I was wondering if you knew anything about how a city is chosen to host the olympics? Or anysites that have info on that? I am doing a school report and I can't find out anything!! thanx so much sarah! (9th grade, New York, USA). However a problem has come up in this bid procedure - corruption. In the past two years it has been revealed that some members of the IOC were actually bribed in order to get their votes for bidding cities. Salt Lake City, the host of the next Winter Olympic Games (2002) apparently earned some votes through bribery. The IOC has always had a very good reputation for honesty and character, but this reputation has been tarnished through the bribery scandal. The IOC investigated its members and kicked some of them out. Others were warned. Then they changed their procedure. In the future only a small group of the IOC (there are over 100 members) will visit each city and report back to the rest of the membership. Nobody knows if this will be successful. For more information try some search engines and look up "BID CITY" or "OLYMPIC BID".

40. Olympics Quizzes - Olympic Games History,SummmerWinter Olympics: Trivia Question Olympics Quizzes Olympic Games History,SummmerWinter Olympics trivia questions, facts and quizzes http://www.123facts.com/trivia/cat/olympics-194-0.html

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