History of the Olympic Games Student of GAOU

History of the Olympic Games Student of GAOU ACT «College refining & petrochemicals» Nizhnekamsk RT Yarullin Mansur

This is Olympic flag was created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914. There are specific Olympic flags that are displayed by cities that will be hosting the next Olympic games. During each Olympic closing ceremony in what is traditionally known as the Antwerp Ceremony the flag is passed from the mayor of one host city to the next host, where it will then be taken to the new host and displayed at city hall.

Did you know that: first ancient Olympic Games took place in 776 BC, and the last - in 393 AD.

The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating.

The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20 th and 21 st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic games for athletes with a disability, and the Youth Paralympic games for teenage athletes Decision on the alternation of summer and winter games was made in 1986. This allowed to evenly distribute work, costs and interest for the Games in four years.

The Ancient Olympic Games were religious and athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. Competition was among representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece

Each host country Olympics strives to surpass in size and beauty of these ceremonies all previous

Gala passage of athletes and delegates at the central stadium. Athletes from each country are a separate group. Traditionally, the first delegation of athletes is Greece - countries ancestors Games. Other groups are in the order corresponding to the alphabetical order of the country names in the language of the host country of the Games

Awarding winners of competitions on special medals podium with the national flag and national anthem in honor of the winners

During the closing ceremony also passes pageant - farewell to the Olympics, the passage of participants, the president's speech and the IOC representative of the host country

Olympic symbol - five bonded rings symbolizing the union of the five parts of the world in the Olympic movement, ie, the Olympic rings.

City, which will host the next Olympic Games, is determined by the special session of the IOC for 7 years before the date of the respective Games. City is selected from several candidate cities have submitted formal applications for this. Definition occurs by direct secret ballot IOC members, along with representatives of the candidate countries and the President of the IOC.