olympics

amsterdam

1928

Olga Korbut

1972: Munich Soviet gymnast

montreal

1976

moscow

1980

1964: tokyo

first games in asia

Canadian Hockey Dominance

won 12 World Championships from 1930 to 1952

thomas hicks

won marathon in 1904

Issues that threaten the Olympic Movement.

professionalism in olympic games, war and sanctions, political problems, ect

Which Olympic Game is noted for its bribery scandal?

salt lake city

Which of these phrases is the Olympic Motto?

swifter, higher, stronger

Who was the driving force behind the Much Wenlock Olympian Games?

william penny brooks

luz long

winning the silver medal in the event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for giving technical advice to his competitor, Jesse Owens, who went on to win the gold medal for the long jump.

1952: oslo

winter games came to the birth place of modern day skiing. computers were used for the first time in figure skating

Atlanta - the magnificent seven

women's gymnastics

skeleton run

world's first sliding sport, famous track made of natural ice discontinued for danger

athens (first games)

1896

paris

1900

These were the first Games in the Modern Olympic Era to include women.

1900 paris

st. louis

1904

london (first games)

1908

first closing ceremony

1912

stockholm

1912

jim thorpe

1912: first native american to win gold for america. pentathlon

berlin

1916

oscar swahn

1920: Antwerp Swedish shooter won a silver medal at age 72 in the team double-sot running deer event to become the oldest medalist ever

barcelona

1992

atlanta

1996

Birgit Fischer

2004: Athens canoeist first athlete in any sport to win two medals in each of five Olympic games

beijing

2008

What is Olympism?

A life philosophy which draws together sport, culture and education in the aim of creating harmonious balance between body, will and mind

Abebe Bikila

1960: Rome Ethiopian runner who ran marathon barefoot first black African Olympic champion

tokyo (first games)

1964

mexico city

1968

munich

1972

Franz Klammer

1976: Innsbruck Austrian skier won gold medal in downhill without any control of his skis

Nadia Comaneci

1976: Montreal 14-year-old awarded first every perfect score of 10 on uneven bars went on to earn seven maximum marks in total

Bruce Jenner

1976: Montreal won gold in decathlon

Eric Heiden

1980: U.S. speed skater who won gold medals in all 5 events from the 500 meter to the 10,000 meter

los angeles

1984

seoul

1988

Christa Rothenburger

1988: Calgary East Germany speed skater won the 1000m speed skating title won a silver medal in cycling seven months later only athlete ever to win medals in Winter and Summer games in the same year

Greg Louganis

1988: Seoul Defended his titles in both diving events

women took place in ice hockey for the first time

1998 nagano

Hermann Maier

1998: Nagano Austrian Alpine skier took a spectacular fall in the downhill, flying of the slope and staying in the air for more than 3.5 sec recovered to earn gold medals in both super-G and giant slalom

sydney

2000

Cathy Freeman

2000: Sydney Austrian athlete who lit the Olympic torch at the Opening Ceremony symbolized desire to reconcile with Aboriginal population won the 400m

salt lake city

2002

athens (second games)

2004

vancouver

2010

london (third games)

2012

Missy Franklin

2012: London American swimmer

rio de janeiro

2016

tokyo (second games)

2020

The colors of the Olympic rings on the Olympic flag are:

Blue, black, yellow, green, red

eric liddel

British runner who won a gold medal in the 400-metre run and a bronze in the 200 metres at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris

Emil Zatopek

Czechoslovakian runner. In 1948 London: Won gold in the 10,000m and silver in the 5,000m. In 1952 Helsinki: Won gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m, then the marathon

Fanny Blankers-Koen

a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Olympic Creed

a quote by Baron de Coubertin: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.

Dorthy Hamill

a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion

eddie eagan

an American boxer and bobsledder who is notable as being the only person to win a gold medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in different disciplines.

Which of the following continent is not represented by the 5 Olympic rings?

antarctica

Wilma Rudolph

first american woman to win three olympic gold medals in track and field in 1960

1956: melbourne/stockholm

first games to be boycotted

1948 london

first games to be shown on home television and track starting blocks were first introduced

1952: helsinki

israel and soviet union entered the games for the first

1992 Barcelona US Dream Team

men's basketball team became open to all professionals; included players like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird dominated and won gold

1996 Atlanta Tragedy

muhammad ali lit the torch but a few days later a bomb went off in olympic village killing 2 and injuring more

Aims to influence behaviors that benefit individuals and communities for the greater good.

social marketing

Pierre de Coubertin believed sport was essential for the development of human character.

true

rome

1960

squaw valley

1960

johnny weissmuller

1924: Olympic swimming 5 time medal winner

Chamonix

1924: first winter games

first olympic fire

1928

Amsterdam

1928: first symbolic fire was lit

los angeles

1932

Great depression games

1932: los angeles - had the lowest participation with only half the athletes

berlin

1936

jesse owens

1936: African American who won 4 gold medals at Olympic games in Germany under Hitler

sonja henie

1936: Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion in women's singles, a ten-time World champion and a six-time European champion

london (second games)

1944

bob mathias

1948: the youngest to win a gold medal in the decathlon in Olympic competition

oslo

1952

instant replay

1960 squaw valley

1968: mexico city

Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony. massacre

How does one become a member of the IOC?

NOC's send their representative

Mark Spitz

Olympic swimmer who won 7 gold medals in 1972

When did the winter and summer games split up?

The 1994 Winter Olympics, held in Lillehammer, Norway, were the first Winter Games to be held in a different year from the Summer Games

1956 Melbourne and Stockholm; why was it split?

To allow for the equestrian sports to be held and to avoid the problem of quarantine for horses entering Australia, the Games took place in two different cities (Stockholm and Melbourne), in two different countries (Sweden and Australia), on two different continents (Europe and Oceania) and in two different seasons

The main mission of the International Olympic Committee is?

To work on a daily basis to use sport to promote peace around the world.

Michael Johnson

Track/Field 200 and 400 Meters 1992 Olympics 2 Gold Medals

Edwin Moses

Track/Field 400 Meter Hurdles 2 Olympics 1976-1984 2 Gold Medals Won 107 consecutive 400 Meter Races

Carl Lewis

Track/Field Sprinter 4 Olympics 1984-1988-1992-1996 Won 9 Gold Medals

Cassius Clay

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942); became know as Muhammad Ali when he converted to Nation of Islam