The Olympic Games Tradition

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The Olympic GamesTradition

• By Fiona Beal

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So you want to know whether the Olympic Game
tradition has contributed to unifying our world?
Well, lets begin by looking at the Ancient
Olympics and look at some of the questions you
are probably asking.
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Were there other contests like the Olympics?
Who could compete in the Olympics?
Were women allowed at the Olympics?
How were the athletes trained
What was the penalty for cheating?
What prizes did the Olympic victors get?
How did they determine whether a sport could be
included?
Questions to consider about the Ancient Olympic
Games.
What were the Ancient Olympic games?
Why were they held at Olympia?
Who were the Olympic judges?
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WHAT WERE THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES?

• The first Olympic Games at Olympia were held in
  776 BC.
• Religious festival
• Held every four years
• Held in Olympia.
• Held in honour of the Greek god
• Zeus
• The only event was a short sprint

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WHY WERE THEY HELD AT OLYMPIA?

• Olympia was a sacred
• valley to the Greeks.
• The Ancient Olympics
• were a religious
• festival.
• It was a local affair
• where men could
• forget they were
• fighting each other.

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WHO COULD COMPETE IN THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES?

• Only free men who spoke Greek could
• compete.
• Only men, boys and unmarried girls could
• attend the Olympic Games
• Women had their own festival at Olympia
• once every four years.

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WHICH SPORTS WERE EVENTUALLY OFFERED?
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THE UNIT QUESTION AGAIN
No Maam.......well, maybe the Greek world was
unified because they stopped fighting for a while
- but not the rest of the world.
John, do you think the Ancient Olympics
contributed to unifying the world?
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THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES

• The modern Olympics resulted from the efforts of
  
• a Frenchman Pierre de Courbette in 1896.
• He believed that international competitions
  between
• athletes would help promote friendly
  relationships
• between countries.
• The first modern Olympics was held in in Athens
  in
• 1898 offering 9 sports.

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ATHENS 2004

• Since then the Olympics have grown and grown.
• The 2004 Olympics in Greece are open to all races
  and both sexes.
• Athletes from all over the world can take part.
• Women are allowed to enter and visit.
• The 2004 summer Olympics in Athens will involve
  10,500 athletes in twenty-eight sports and a
  variety of individual events.

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CONTRIBUTION OF THE GAMES

• They turn our world into a global village every
  four years.
• Women are also allowed to compete
• Ceremonies like the torch relay give the Games an
  international flavour
• Countries forget their grievances against one
  another.
• The Olympic flag consists of five rings
  representing the five continents Europe, Asia,
  Africa, Australia and America .

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MORE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

• The Paralympics which is an Olympic games for
  disabled people have resulted.
• An organising committee from different countries
  organises the Games.
• They promote peace among countries and athletes.
• Ordinary people get a chance to become heroes.

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CONCLUSION
So what is your conclusion, John?
I think the revival of the Modern Olympics has
definitely contributed to unifying our world.