Olympics

Age of oldest Olympian

72 years old

IOC members Max number of regular members in the IOC

75

Olympic Truce What is it

A "truce" (Ancient Greek: ékécheiria, meaning "laying down of arms") was announced before and during the Olympic Games to ensure the host city state (Elis) was not attacked and athletes and spectators could travel safely to the Games and peacefully return to their respective countries.

Stockholm 1912 Definition of a nation

A part of another sovereign state as in the case of Finland being a part of Russia; Hungary and Bohemia being a part of Austria; Iceland being a part of Denmark; Ireland being a part of Great Britain; Canada, South Africa, and Australia as commonwealth of Great Britain As long as the nations had an athletic tradition they were allowed to have their own representation in the IOC and were looked upon as an independent nation. Membership into the IOC.

Stockholm 1912 Controversy over who was a "nation"

After London 1908 and the growing international interest in the Olympic Games, Russia and Austria started a campaign to change the IOC definition of a "nation"

Gregorian (American Calender) Importance

American team almost didn't make it to the ha(g)ames

London 1908 Dipping of the American flag

American, Ralph Rose, shot-putter and flag-bearer, refused to dip the American flag when he passed before the King. American, Swedish & Finnish flags were not displayed

Olympic flag Symbolism

"A white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red ... is symbolic; it represents the five inhabited continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

Stockholm 1912 Unofficial theme of the games and why

"Endurance"

Athens 1896 Traditional phrase that has been used at each subsequent game

"I hereby declare the opening of the first international games in Athens."

Athens 1896 Problems for American team

Calender mishap

Stockholm 1912 Art Competition

Coubertin believed that "the fine arts were combined harmoniously with the Olympic Games to create their glory."

Citius, Altius, Fortius Definition

Faster, Higher, Stronger

Stockholm 1912 New equipment

First Olympic use of automatic timing devices for the track events, the photo finish and a public address system

Values of Olympism

Friendship, Respect and Excellence - along with the four Paralympic values - Determination, Inspiration, Courage and Equality.

Charlotte Cooper Country

Great Britain

The lost marathon runner Who is he, where is he from

He was from Japan, 54 years to complete, Shiso Kanakuri

Olympic flag When introduced

IOC session in Paris

Athens 1906 Save the Olympic movement

Important to the Olympic Games - after the problems of the 1900 and 1904 games, the success of these games helped resurrect the Olympic Movement

IOC Structure of the Olympic Movement

In addition to the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Movement includes the International Federations (IFs), the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games (OCOGs), the national associations, clubs, the athletes, judges and referees, coaches and the other sports technicians. It also includes other organisations and institutions recognised by the IOC.

IOC What does it stand for

International Olympic Committee

Citius, Altius, Fortius Introduced

International Olympic Committee in 1894.

IOC members Responsibilities of an IOC member

Its role is to supervise, support and monitor the organisation of the Games; ensure that they run smoothly; and make sure that the rules of the Olympic Charter are respected.

Lausanne Connection to IOC

LOYALTY TOWARDS THE IOC IST OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

1904 St. Louis Marathon

1 Started in mid-afternoon in 90-degree August heat 2 Run over rutted, dusty, dirt roads 3 Only one water stop 4 Only 14 of the 31 starters were able to complete the race 5 Winner had the worst time ever in Olympic history

Gregorian (American Calender) Difference between calenders.

12 days

IOC members Max number of active athlete members in the IOC

15

Discovery of Olympia When was it found?

1766

IOC members Minimum and maximum age for membership in the IOC

18 to 70

Games women first participate in Olympics

1900 paris

Tug of war When was it an event?

1900 to 1920

Uruguay's football gold medal

1924 and 1928

Number of continental associations

206

Olympic flag When displayed

20th anniversary 1914

London 1908 Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius erupted April 5, 1906 Killed 2,000 people

Baron Pierre de coubertin activities

loved to paint as well, work for Gov

Discovery of Olympia What was found?

marble fragments

London 1908 Problems

money costs, SCORING=not fair

Stockholm 1912 Definition of amateurism

one could not have earned money from one's sport, one could not compete with professionals; one could not instruct in athletics for money; one could not sell one's prizes or display them for money. Jim Thorpe.

Olympism

philosophy of sport as center of humanity; interactions of body, will and mind

1904 St. Louis Anthropology Days

primitive people's Olympic Games Scientific attempt to prove the theory that primitive people had extraordinary physical ability because they led a life that demanded a high level of physical performance

Olympic flag What happened to the original flag

stolen by an american swimmer in a dare, returned in 2004 at the sydney games, he was 102 years old, left the flag in the suitcase the whole time

Name of Olympic Games prior to Coubertin's Olympic Games:

the Cotswold Games

TOPS what is it?

the olympic partner, marketing platform, specific sponsors (coke= beverage) mcdonalds,left the program

1904 St. Louis Unusual events that happened in marathon

winner rode in a car, bad weather,

IOC members Max number if member in the IOC

115

IOC Years between host award and actual games

7

"popinjay shooting" Last game

Antwerp

IOC Where is headquarters

Lausanne (Switzerland)

IOC Current president

Thomas Bach

Jim Thorpe Games he participated in

pentatphon, decathalon,

WADA What does it stand for

World Anti Doping Agency

Discovery of Olympia Who found it?

a greek farmer

"popinjay shooting"

archery, shoot a bird on 33m pole

Julian (Greek Calendar) Importance.

calender which the games were scheduled, didnt realize the dates were different

IOC Age limits to participate in the games

depends on the game

IOC How did they try to standardize competition?

different committees, at the beginning, the host country was in complete control, the change was give control to IF

Baron Pierre de Coubertin Family Professions

father was a french painter, grandpa was a diplomat and musician, and a brilliant officer, family was royal on mom's side

776 BC

first recorded olympic event, the stade (run)

Charlotte Cooper Importance

first woman to win an gold olympic event

Jim Thorpe Return of medals

forced to return medals in 1913, once played minor league baseball

Olympiad Definition

four year association of the games

IOC Official languages of the games

french and english

London 1908 Rome

Rome had grand plans - automobile races through Milan, combat sports in Rome's Colosseum, nautical events in the Bay of Naples.

Stockholm 1912 Attempted to change definition of a nation

Russia and Austria

London 1908 How and why London got the games

Mount Vesuvius erupted April 5, 1906 Killed 2,000 people Government did not have enough resources to help with the recovery and rebuilding of Naples and to also finance the Olympic Games Rome organizing committee decided that the omens were unfavorable and decided to abandon their obligation to the Olympic Games. IOC awarded the 1908 games to London

IOC Why moved to new headquarters

Nuetral country safe

Antwerp 1920 Souvenir

Olympic flag, five rings

1894 Importance

Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger"

London 1908 Controversies

Opening ceremonies American, Swedish & Finnish flags were not displayed Some of the Swedish team left in protest Finland team wanted to leave but could not since they were technically under Russian rule at the time American's believed that the British officials would "go to any lengths" to prevent a U.S. victory. Protests were filed by the Americans in the tug-of-war, 400m run, pole vault, and marathon.

IOC Where was headquarters

Paris

IOC When moved to new headquarters

Paris to Lausanne during WW1 1915 not officially until 1925

Berlin 1916 Political standing

Serbian assassin shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo Month later Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia Days later Germany sided with Austria-Hungary and declared war on Russia and France By August 1914 Europe was engulfed in war Germany invaded neutral Belgium Britain joined the Allied Powers and entered the war against Germany

Ancient Olympic events Stade

Stadion or stade (Ancient Greek: στάδιον) was an ancient running even

Jim Thorpe Games participated in

Stolkhom 1912

1904 St. Louis Worst Olympic game title

Stretched over 6 months the worlds fair was going on.

Stockholm 1912 Nickname for the games

Sunshine olympiad

Olympic Solidarity

THE AIM OF OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY IS TO ORGANISE ASSISTANCE FOR ALL THE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEES (NOCS), PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS, THROUGH MULTI-FACETED PROGRAMMES PRIORITISING ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING OF COACHES AND SPORTS ADMINISTRATORS, AND PROMOTING THE OLYMPIC IDEALS

Charlotte Cooper Sport

Tennis

The Amateur Sports Act of 1978

The Amateur Sports Act of 1978, signed by President Jimmy Carter, established the United States Olympic Committee and provides for national governing bodies for each Olympic sport. The Act provides important legal protection for individual athletes.

IOC First president

The IOC was created by Pierre de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president

Athens 1906 Intercalated Games

The Intercalated Olympic Games were to be a series of International Olympic Games halfway between what is now known as the Games of the Olympiad. This proposed series of games, intercalated in the Olympic Games cycle, was to always be held in Athens, and were to have equal status with the international games. However, the only such games were held in 1906.

Athens 1896 Importance

The Olympic Hymn was first played at the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, but wasn't declared the official hymn by the IOC until 1957. The 1960 Games was the first that the Olympic Hymn was played since the first games. The games were the first success of the modern Olympic movement

Lausanne Importance

The resumption of Olympic Congresses following the First World War took place in Lausanne because, during the war, Pierre de Coubertin had moved the IOC headquarters there for the sake of neutrality

1904 St. Louis Performance enhancement drug

Thomas Hicks was openly given strychnine Actual winner openly took stimulants during the race

Stockholm 1912 Boxing

Under Swedish law, boxing was not allowed at the 1912 Stockholm Games.