The Olympics are the world’s most renowned international sporting competition. Today, there are two different games (summer and winter) with more than 50 sports, 80 countries, and 10,000 athletes total. However, these games did not start out this way. The ancient Olympics started in around 776 BCE in Olympia, Greece. They were devoted to Ancient Olympian gods, and served as a religious festival to honor Zeus. These games occurred every four years, and it brought people from all around Greece together
Have you ever thought about what the Olympic games in ancient Greece were like? Have you ever realized how different the games were then from games today? What I can say is that the ancient Olympic games were definitely unique.Everything in the ancient games were special starting from the sports and who could compete, the traditions of the games, and how the athletes prepared. To start, there were many different sports in the ancient Greek Olympic games.Athletes could participate in running events
This paper is about the ancient and modern day Olympic Games. I will discuss the ways the ancient and modern day Olympic Games are similar and how they are different. Starting with the dress codes and ending with the disqualifications of the participants that were caught using human growth Hormones. The Olympic games originated in 1896 in Athens Greece, with 14 countries participating, 8 different events or sports. All the countries participated in all 8 of the events that include boxing, javelin
International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. Adolf Hitler who was the Chancellor and the Nazi Party Leader turned the nation’s fragile democracy into a one party dictatorship which had control of all aspects of German life which also extended to sports. To a large extent, Hitler and the use of propaganda during the 1936 Olympics was successful in promoting Nazi Ideology both nationally and internationally. The Nazis made elaborate preparations for the August Summer Games by skilfully
Scottish competed in games for centuries to test each other's strength and grit. The Roman people had gladiators and chariot racers to test battle skills and might, but more recently the world has competed in the intense modern Olympic Games. These modern games have developed from a relatively small competition to now including thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries. The achievements of athletes make up only part of the history of these Olympics. The roots of these olympics came from ancient
the Olympic Games; where only the world's finest athletes are eligible to participate and the competition is at an all time high. The Olympics offer a wide variety of sports: from ruthless and aggressive sports like basketball and wrestling, to mostly passive sports like archery and rifle shooting; on the other hand, a lot of people complain about the fact that there are sports missing in this world renowned tournament. Some wish that squash, cricket, and softball be included in the Olympic Games;
gold medal in athletics at the Olympics. It was in 1928 in Amsterdam. Later he was presumed dead after a plane crash, but after months in a coma woke up and aim to join the American team of the Berlin Olympics of 1936 was drawn. The girl who lost the train "Princess Olympic" Elizabeth Robinson, better known as Betty Robinson, has gone down in history of the Olympic Games as the first woman to earn a gold in athletics. First woman to take a gold in athletics at the Olympics, his story is not without its
I. The Winter Olympics are held every four years beginning with the first in Athens, Greece 1896. These games are the largest sports showcase in the world, attracting thousands across the world. The seven events that were showcased were performed on snow and ice. Compared to the Ancient Games, the Modern Olympics are hosted by a different city, featured in a different country. While the Ancient are held for eight days, the Modern Olympics are held for sixteen days. For each country the Opening and
It all began during the Hellenic Period, which is also called Classical Greece. This time lasted about 200 years, from 4th century to 5th century B.C. There are many things that have aided the way that Greek culture and society is now, but what were those things that helped Greece become the country it is today? The answer to that is- a lot of things have helped. Needless to say, the Classical Greece culture has made numerous contributions to Western Civilization. For example, it has made effects
With the information I have collected I should be able to show how the Games started and how they evolved to become one of the world’s best sporting event. They may be seen as a heritage of some sort. Some of the history records show us that the Olympic Games can be found to have started during the 776 BC. These games were a dedication to the ancient gods and were performed on ancient plains of Olympia. They played out for an estimated 12 centuries till an emperor by the name of Theodosius ordered