Baron Pierre de Coubertin was responsible for reviving the modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, Greece. The first modern Olympics had 14 countries and 245 male athletes compete. Host cities include London, which has hosted twice, and Athens, where the first modern Olympics were held. Key ceremonies include the opening, closing, and victory ceremonies which are based on traditions from the ancient Olympics. Olympic symbols include the flag with its five colored rings representing the continents, and mascots like Wenlock and Mandeville which represented the 2012 London Games.
6. Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Baron Pierre de Coubertin was born in Paris France on january 1st 1863
and died on the second of september 1937. He was the president of
the international olympics committee. He started his campeign in 1892.
Not many people thought it was a good idea to start up the modern
olympics but then he convinced enough people.He is responsible for
the start of the olympic games in 1896, Athens Greece. There were 14
countries, 245 men that competed in the olympics.
9. Host Cities
London have hosted the olympics twice. They have were supposed to
have hosted them 3 times but it was cancelled due to world war 2 .
They hosted their first olympics they hosted were the summer
olympics that went from from April27-October31 1908.
There have been 28 summer olympics, starting at Athens, Greece 1986.
12. Olympic Flag
The five colours on the olympic rings represent the 5 main continents in
the world. Every national flag in the world has got at least one colour
one the rings. The rings colours are red, black, blue, yellow, green.
Olympic rings were designed in 1913 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
15. Ceremonies
There are 3 olympic ceremonies, the victory,opening and closing
ceremonies. The opening and closing ceremonies are based on their
origins, the origins go as far back as the ancient olympics.
18. The Mascot
The 2012 olympic mascot is Wenlock and
Mandeville. It was designed by an London
creative agency Iris. In 2008 they advertised a
chance to design the mascot.
