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1st modern olympics

1896

women participated in tennis and golf in the___ games

1900

held in paris, lasted 5 months, 1100 athletes, decoubertin thought he would have a lot of power, but didn't; secretary

1900 games

games held in St. Louis, MO. half of the athletes than paris. wasn't international

1904 games

organized "interim games" in greece. saved the olympics

1906

held in london. first year that athletes marched into the stadium as teams. host country ran the rules. ireland and english wanted to use their own flag.

1908

marathon distance changed year, 26.2 mi because?

1908, english king wanted to see race from palace

international sport federation? year?

1908, sports abided by a universal set of rules

olympic trials and special training

1912

pentathlon

1912

stockholm, 2,000 athletes. women participated in swimming for the 1st time.

1912

games were canceled because of WWI

1916

inter-allied games in paris, 24 sports post wwi. grew out an imitative between US and French military 1500 athletes from 18 countries

1918

5 rings, olympic flag flown for the first time and athletes began to take an oath.

1920

belgium. city suffered devastation from war. primitive games (not elaborate) germany and allies denied participation.

1920

decoubertin ready to retire, so games held in paris at his request. 3000 athletes. set aside a week for the winter olympics, no germans.. french did not guarantee their safety.

1924

expulsion of tennis, for 64 years. pro sport: women competed

1924

games held in amsterdam. female athlete were allowed to participate in 5 track and field events. women competed under their own federation before this

1928

Los Angeles. 1300 athletes. europe was the center for international sports. photo finish camera and automatic timing devices

1932

1st torch relay, 1st time it was grandiose most outstanding athlete was Jesse owens

1936

berlin. german government decided to use games to demonstrate supremacy, countries boycotted, us didnt participate in boycott

1936

owens won four gold medals in the ____ games

1936

in ____, the us women's olympic squad consisted of:

1952, 10 athletes competing in 9 events

roger bannister of england broke the 4 minute mile barrier. noteworthy for blacks were three political events that took place before

1956

at age 16, wilma rudolph earned a sport on the US olympic team in what year

1956, melbourne

black female stars made greater strides than any other group during the 4 years between olympiads

1960

1st american woman to win 3 gold medals. because of her success, gender barriers began to fall

1960, wilma rudolph

tokyo, black colleges made concerned efforts to upgrade their track programs black american athletes left toyko with 19 american and world records to their credit

1964

mexico city bob beamon's new world record in the long jump victory stand demonstration by tommie smith and john carlos

1968

this olympics is remembered for the massacre of eleven israeli olympians by their palestinian kidnappers and a record of 7 gold medals won by mark spitz not remembered for black athletes: they were assertive and less willing to obey orders

1972

this olympics coincided with the 40th anniversary of games in berlin star of this olympiad was edwin moses (400 meter hurdles) set a world record

1976

was forced to withdraw form the moscow olympics by jimmy carter bc of the soviet union's invasion of afghanistan japan, west germany, and canada withdrew as protest also

1980

los angeles, very successful. sponsorships, tv revenues, team sponsorship

1984

the USSR and its allies boycotted in retaliation carl lewis was unquestionably the star of the olympiad

1984

this olympiad was marked by a major scandal in the men's 100 meters and several stirring performances by female sprinter nicknamed flo-jo

1988

stagger the summer/winter games

1990's

USA dream team was the undisputed superstar of the barcelona games track stars: carl lewis, jackie joyner-kersee, gail devers, michael johnson

1992

idea came from story in greek history

1st marathon

TN wanted to give wilma rudolph:

2 parades, white and black sides of town, she refused

current marathon

26.2 mi

how many sports were in the 1st olympics

7: track and field, swimming, gym, cycling, fencing, shooting, and tennis

what countries participated in the 1st olympics

8: US, Greece, England, France, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland

1st olympics held where:

Athens, Greece

____ a Jamaican was DQed from the gold medal after failing a drug test (steroids) and the gold medal went to carl lewis in?

Ben Johnson 1988

who found jim thorpe

Coach pop warner

what happened with jesse owens long jump attempts

a rival pulled him aside and helped him get the best jump

the institution is "fully and effectively" accomodating the interests and abilities of underrepresented sex

accommodation and interest test

strongly believed in the maintenance of strict amateur rules held idealistic view about separation of sport and politics

avery brundage

1968 world record for long jump

bob beamon 2:34

won the 100-meters by a 7 foot margin considered the fastest of the worlds fastest human later a wide receiver for the dallas cowboys

bob hayes

in may 1935, at the national intercollegiant meet in michigan, Jesse owens:

broke 3 world records and tied another the most superlative feat ever accomplished in the history of sport

in 1968, bob beamon performed the most superlative accomplisment in the history of recorded sports

broke the world record for the long jump by more than 2 feet 29'2-1/2"

what was jesse owens nickname

buckeye bullet

reasons for womens cautious hope include

budget cuts and privatization of sport resistance to legislation backlash toward changes for women in sport decreasing number of women in coaching and administrative roles cultural emphasis on cosmetic fitness for women trivialization of womens sports homophobia

received more pre-olympic publicity than any other athlete had ever experienced before, and lived up to expectations 1st olympic performer since jesse owens to win 4 track and field gold medals in one olympiad

carl lewis

declared that sports programs were a part of the overall education program at schools

civl rights restoration act

court case, dropped men's programs to be proportionate

cohen vs brown university

what coach noticed wilma rudoph

ed temple

at the 1984 games ____ was accorded the honor of giving the athlete's oath

edwin moses

title ix of the educational amendments in 1972

equal rights legislation

dramatic influence in participation of women due in part by

equal rights legislation global women's right movement health and fitness movement increased publicity given to female sports

1936, owens and teammates sailed to ____. mobbed by autograph seekers

germany

females enhanced as human beings, intellectual and physical abilities

global women's rights movement

the idea for the marathon came from

greeks defeated persians in place called marathon. greek solider ran 25 miles to tell news of victory, then he died

traditional ideas of femininity, thin and sexually attractive to men, emphasis on development of physical strength and competence

health and fitness movement

the institution has a "history and continuing practice of program expansion" for the underrepresented sex

history of progress test

____ shook hands with all winners except owens

hitler

1913, Alabama, 1 of 12 chidlren, in junior high: basketball and track athlete, not a single black college made an attempt to recruit him so he ended up at _____

jesse owens ohio state 1933

jewish runners were not allowed to run in the us relay so

jesse owens ran in their place

1912, football, and became an icon for olympic games. carlisle boarding school, noticed for t&f

jim thorpe

voted most outstanding athlete of the first half of the 20th century

jim thorpe

was stripped of olympic medals because he wasn't an amateur (bc of baseball)

jim thorpe

won pentathlon and decathlon at 1912 olympics, king gustaf thought he was the greatest athlete in the world

jim thorpe

title ix date

june 23, 1972

who won 7 gold medals in swimming

mark spitz

sport opportunites for male and female students at the institution are "substantially proportionate" to their respective full-time undergraduate enrollments

proportionality test

_____ had the honor or carrying the american flag during the opening ceremonies in rome

rafer johnson

set a new olympic record in the decathlon with robert kennedy when he was assassinated 1984 olympics was accorded the honor of lighting the torch above the coliseum

rafer johnson

the olympic project for human rights was formed by, fully endorsed a boycott of the 1968 olympics blacks were not totally supportive of this

sociologist harry edwards

soviet union had what kind of athletes

state amateurs: full time job, not getting paid

sport participation increased dramatically for women in

the 1970s

politics influenced who was allowed to enter the games during:

the cold war

there were more angry black athletes in more sports in ____ than at any other time

the mid 1960s

what was the ioc's reaction to tommie smith and john carlos' demonstation

they had to be sent home

1st event won in 1st olympics

triple jump, james conely

three political events that took place between 1952-56 that were noteworthy for blacks

truman desegregated the armed forced 1954 supreme court decision the USSR invaded hungary. GB, and France: several countries withdrew from games

1st African american woman to win 3 gold medals

wilma rudolph

born in TV, 20th of 22 children. diagnosed with polio very young: drs said she would never walk. mom took her to walk from far on a bus. she walked at 12. played basketball in high school- TN head coach of track

wilma rudolph

decoubertin did not support

women's sports

ny advocacy group for women's participation

womens sports foundation

in the years that the games werent held they had

world championships

far eastern games

ymca

Frenchman, 28 yrs old, promoted physical education and sport

pierre decoubertin

created the ioc

pierre decoubertin

got a greek philanthropist and government to donate 360,000 dollars to built a stadium.

pierre decoubertin

organized a very successful sport festival in France. began to tour in Europe and N America, tried to promote olympic rebirth

pierre decoubertin

won silver medal in decathlon in melbourne

rafer johnson

where are carlos and smith's statues

san jose state


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