KHP 200 exam 1 Modern olympics

1st winter olympics

1924 in France (diff city than summer), Featured speed, figure skating, cross-country skiing, bobsledding, ice hockey, and had 258 athletes from 16 nations and 13 women

Citius Altius Fortius adopted as the olympic motto at the

1924 paris olympics

Gertrude Elderle

1st woman to swim the English channel 1924. Beat the men's record by 2 hours

The Berlin Olympics 1936 had

3,738 athletes competed from 49 nations; 328 women athletes, the US won 56 medals and Germany had the most with 89. Interesting athletes included Sohn Kee-chung, Mack Robinson, Louis Zamperini

The paris olympics had 193 participants in..

Architecture, literature, music, sculpture and paiting

Modern olympics originated in

Athens in 1896

the participation of women around 1920

Coubertin not in favor of women participating, the FSFI was established and the first women's olympic games was in 1922, in 1920 27 women from 13 nations competed

Predecessor of Modern olympic games

Dr. William Penny Brooks

Hitler, Jews, and the 1936 olympics.

Hitler said that Jews should not be allowed to compete which prompted threats of boycotts, although Hitler seemed to relent, jews still ended up blocked from competing in many other ways

The distance from the start of the marathon to the finish at the stadium was developed at these games

London 1908

Firsts/things happening in 1932

Prohibition was lifted during the olympics so the French and Italians could import and drink wine, first time for a victory podium, raising of the flags, and playing the winners anthem

In 1928 the medal count was

The US with 55 medals and Germany with 37 (were banned in 1920 & 1924), there were several asian gold medal which was a first, India also won field hockey and did not lose again until 1960

The 1st Olympiad Athens 1896

Track and field, swimming, weightlifting, fencing, wrestling, gymnastics, and target shooting. 245 male athletes from 14 NOCs

In 1920 the united states sent..

a woman's swimming team for the first time after refusing to do so in 1912. The 6 woman team produced 2 gold medals

Babe- 1932

an American woman athlete that was a basketball all american, won gold in the hurdles (W.R.) and javelin, and tied the world record for high jump but received controversial silver. Took up gold and won 10 PGA championships. Died 1956 (45)

Baron Pierre de Coubertin

architect of modern games, dedicated his life to improving French pedagogy and games were a means to this end

The London 1908 olympics

became involved with political turmoil and nationalism, British advocacy of the creed of fair play versus American attempts to devise their own, more favorable scoring systems

John Taylor

became the first African American to win a gold medal as a part of the Medley relay at the 1908 olympics

Jesse Owens

black American, 1936 olympics, 4 gold medals

The germans (1936)

built a huge arena, gymnasiums, and several other stadiums just to out do Los Angeles.

Phidippides

carried the news of greek victory over the persians by running about the distance of a marathon

Russia...

competed in the 1912 olympics but it would be their last until 1952

Victors of 1st olympiad won

crown of olive branches, diploma, and a SILVER medal

The 2nd Olympiad Paris, the French governing body

did not cooperate with IOC, official and unofficial olympic events caused controversy, but 1319 athletes from 22 NOCs competed regardless

Paavo Nurmi

distance runner from Finland, made Olympic history and held record for most gold medals for a long time until Carl Lewis and now Phelps

Controversy in 1924 olympics

fighting in the stands, booing by French during national anthems, friction between American and British teams.

1908 (marathon)

first run at 26.2 miles, became the official distance in 1921

American refusal of flag dipping 1908

flag bearer Ralph rose refused to dip the american flag to King Edward, and the american flag had also not been displayed above the stadium before the opening

James Connolly

from Harvard, won the 1st American Olympic medal in the triple jump

William Sloane

from Princeton. Assembled and trained the first American Olympic team for the 1896 olympics

Benjamin Spock

from Yale, won 8 man crew in 1924, and wrote bestselling book Common sense book of baby and child care

Johnny Weissmuller

in 1928 he won 3 gold medals to go with his 3 from 1924 and also a bronze in water polo

Coubertin was..

originally the International Olympic Committee (IOC) secretary general and eventually president after the 1896 games and ended his presidency after the 1924 games

In the 1912 olympics

real gold medals were issued, had an "arts" competition, Sweden would not allow boxing, Japan was first asian nation to participate

the IOC formed during the summer of 1894 to..

reestablish the Olympic games

The Berlin Olympics were the first to be..

telecasted. and Filmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by Hitler to film the games for $7 million

The 1900 games in paris were a part of...

the World's fair and the competitions were spread over 5 months, and they largely under-promoted their olympic status so much that athletes might not have even know they were in the olympics

Dr. Willian Penny Brooks

the father of British physical education, 1850 the Wenlock Olympics/Olympic class- 9 day event held each July

In the 1936 Berlin Olympics America...

threatened to boycott because they wanted the Nazi's to allow other races to compete.

Olympics purpose

to produce an international athletic festival, bring people together, promote world peace, educate youth of world

Sonja Henie 1924

was 11 in her first olympics, was a Norwegian Figure Skater that was a 3 time olympic champion, went on to become a very high paid hollywood actress

Spiridon Louis

was Greek and won the marathon at the first olympiad which was significant that he was greek because of the history of the marathon run

The St. Louis 1904 games were..

was a primarily American event, 681 athletes from 12 NOCs competed including the very first Africans to compete in the games, 6 American women competed in Archery and won all events.

The 11th Olympiad 1936

was awarded to Berlin in 1931 before the Nazi's took power, the Nazi's used the olympics for blatant political reasons, and to send message of Nazi superiority

The 7th olympiad 1920

was held in Antwerp, were the games that iniated the five ring olympic symbol and the tradition of olympic oath,

The 4th Olympiad 1908

was held in London in conjunction with the Franco-British exhibition 1,999 athletes from 22 NOCs competed as well as 36 women from 4 countries

The 10th Olympiad 1932

was held in Los Angeles, 1281 athletes from 37 nations - half as many athletes than 1928, but made a million dollar profit. Had the first olympic village

The 8th Olympiad 1924

was held in Paris, 2,956 athletes from 44 nations; 136 women athletes, depicted later in the movie Chariots of Fire, First closing Ceremonies

The 3rd olympiad 1904

was held in St. Louis, but was originally awarded to Chicago until James Sullivan and Pres. Roosevelt moved them.

The 5th Olympiad 1912

was held in Stockholm and hosted 2490 athletes from 28 nations. 57 women represented 11 countries, olympic trials were held (usa)

The 9th Olympiad 1928

was in Amsterdam and had 2,724 athletes from 46 nations competed; 219 women athletes, and a general atmosphere of peace and prosperity.

3rd Winter Olympics 1932

were held in Lake Placid, 252 athletes from 17 nations, was first winter olympics held in the US

The 1900 paris olympics were when _________ made their first appearance

women, playing tennis and croquet