3. INDEX:
Olympic sports.
Origins of The Olympic Games.
Ancient Olympic Games.
Modern Olympic Games: Baron
Pierre de Coubertin.
Motto of The Olympic Games.
Highlights.
Mascots.
4. What is it?
The Olympic Games or
Olympics are multidisciplinary
sporting events involving
athletes from around the world
5. How many kinds of Olympic
Games are there?
There are two types of
Olympics: Summer Olympics
and Winter Olympics.
6. When is an Olympic year?
It’s an Olympic year every four
years.
This year is an
Olympic year.
7. Where are The Olympic Games
2012?
The Olympic Games 2012 are
in London (United Kingdom).
8. Do you know others olympic
cities?
Yes. Pekin, Atenas Athens
(twice), Sidney, Atlanta, BARCE
LONA, Seul, Los Angeles
(twice),… ati
in summer.
And Vancouver, Turin,
Salt Lake City,…
at in winter.
9. Who chooses
the olympic cities?
Many cities wish
to have The Olympic Games.
But, it’s chosen only one city is
chosen
The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) choses it.
10. What kind of prizes do the
winning athletes have?
There are only three medals:
GOLD (1st),
SILVER (2nd),
BRONZE (3rd).
11. Which are olympic sports?
There are
many olympic
sports.
Cycling, swim
ming,
athletics,…
12. Which are the origins of the
Olympic Games?
In the Ancient
Greece, athlet
es of the
different Greek
cities played
as an honor of
Zeus.
13. Do you know any words about
the Ancient Olympic Games?
Yes, I know the word “stadion”.
It was a straight line for 200
steps.
14. When were the first Ancient
Olympic Games? And where?
The first Ancient Olympic Games
were in 776 BC at Olympia
(Greece).
For this reason, the Games are
called Olympics.
15. When were the last Ancient
Olympic Games? And why?
The Roman emperor
Theodosius I declared the
Olympic Games as a pagan cult
and he decided they had to be
eliminated about 400 AC.
16. Which were the first Olympic
sports?
The Ancient Games have these
competitions: pentathlon
(jumping, discus and javelin
throws, a foot race and
wrestling), boxing, wrestling, pa
nkration, and equestrian events.
17. When were the first Modern
Olympic Games? And where?
The first Modern Olympic Games
were in 1896 at Athens
(Greece).
18. Who promoted the Modern
Olympic Games?
It was Baron Pierre de Coubertin
who promoted the Modern
Olympic Games.
19. Which is the motto of the
Olympic movement?
The motto of the Olympic
movement is
“Citius, Altius, Fortius”. It was
coined by the Rev. Henry
Didon, a friend of Baron Pierre
de Coubertin.
"Faster, Higher, Stronger".
20. And Takeichi Nishi?
1932 Los Angeles
Takeichi Nishi was the
gold medalist with his
horse Uranus in the equestrian
show jumping individual event.
Nishi would later die in 1945 in
the defense of the island of Iwo
Jima.
21. And Jesse Owens?
1936 Berlin
Jesse Owens won
four gold medals in the sprint
and long jump events.
22. And Bob Beamon?
1968 Mexico
Bob Beamon of the
U.S. leapt 8.90 m
in the long jump.
It remains the Olympic record
and stood as the world record
for 23 years, until 1991.
23. And Mark Spitz?
1972 Munich
Mark Spitz, a swimmer from the
United States, set a world record
when he won seven gold medals
in a single Olympics.
24. And Nadia Comaneci?
1976 Montreal
At age 14, gymnast Nadia
Comăneci of Romania scored
seven perfect 10.0 and won
three gold medals.
25. And Miguel Indurain?
1996 Atlanta
Miguel Indurain won the gold
medal in men's individual road
time trial.
26. And Gervasio Deferr?
2000 Sidney
Spanish gymnastic Gervasio
Deferr won the gold medal
men's long horse vault.
27. And Michael Phelps?
2004 Athens
American swimmer Michael
Phelps wins 8 medals (6 gold
and 2 bronze), becoming the
first athlete to win 8 medals in
non boycotted Olympics.
28. And Rafael Nadal?
2008 Beijing
Spanish tennis player Rafael
Nadal won the gold medal in the
men’s singles.
