kines final
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