Olympic Games

5 Olympic rings

1. Black-Africa 2. Blue-Europe 3. Yellow-Asia 4. Red-Americas 5. Green-Australia

IOC

115 members IOC members picked from a list of names submitted Meet once a year Supervise regular celebration of the games Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland (neutral)

Date of Modern Olympic Games

1896

Parade of Nations (opening ceremonies)

Come in alphabetical order Greece comes in first Host country always comes in last If held in Greece, half of the athletes come in first, other half come in last

Pierre de Coubertin

Father of modern games Came up with idea b/c concerned with education, arts, culture of France

Flags in closing ceremonies

Greece Host country Next host country

Flame

Lit by celebrity or dignitary Doesn't go out until games over

Torch

Mt. Olympus fire carried to different cities and does not go out. Carried to Olympic city.

Doves

NOT PART OF DECUBERTON'S ORIGINAL PLAN Introduced after WWII as a sign that we have returned to peace

Parade of Athletes (closing ceremonies)

No flags that tell your country Athletes come in randomly-signify that they have become one

Oath

Part of the modern games. Athlete from that host country takes the oath for all athletes. "Follow rules, don't cheat". Judges also take oath now

Who closes the games?

The president of the IOC

Flag

White Athletes are pure and represent their country

Who presides over games?

the highest ranking official in that city

Motto

"Citius, Altius, Fortius". In latin, means Faster, Higher, Stronger. Motto of the olympics