AZERBAIJAN UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGE

ULKAR KARIMLI 306A

THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENTS

ANCIENT OLYMPICS

• Pagan religious festival started by the Greeks in Olympia to honor Zeus in 776 BC

• Held every 4 years

• Lasted just 1 day

• Consisted of 1 event

• More events added later

• Men only competed; Women banned

• Roman emperor Theodosius I banned games in 393 AD

OPENING CEREMONIES

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PRIZES• In Greece, there

was no second place.

• Winners were given a laurel wreath for their head and a pot containing olive oil.

• Winners were called “olympionics”

MODERN OLYMPICS• Founded by Frenchman Baron

Pierre de Coubertin.

• Held in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

• In the modern Olympics men and women can take part.

• Winners receive a medal if they come first, second or third.  These medals are gold, silver or bronze.

• First Olympic gold medal won by Harvard’s James Connelly.

FIRST FEMALE ATHLETES

Paris, 1900

OLYMPIC SYMBOLS

THE TORCH

• The flame is lit in Olympia, Greece, some months before the opening of the Games.

• The day of the opening of the Games, the flame enters the stadium.

• The flame is transferred from the torch to the cauldron.

• The flame is extinguished on the final day of the Games at the closing ceremony.

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THE MOTTO

The most important thing is not to win but to take part !

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THE RINGS

OLYMPIC MEDALS

AIM OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

CEREMONIES

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OLYMPIC SPORTS

PARALYMPIC GAMES

GEORGE EYSER (1904)

NATALİA PARTYKA (2008,2012)