The History of the Olympic Games
- The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896
- The rings in the Olympic flag is representing the five kontinents. The colours in the flag are symbolizing the the 6 colours there are in every flag
- The ancient Olympic games were hosted in Olympia that is in the western part of the Peloponnese.
- we use the Olympic Falme because it’s a symbol of the Olympic Games
- Pankration is a combination between wrestling and boxing.
Sidney 2000
- The danish athletes won 2 gold medals, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal.
- What the people think about the Olympic Games, was that it was the best Olympic Games ever.
- There motto was “Thousand of hearts with one goal share the same spirit.”
- The special thing about the opening ceremonie was, that a man called Steve Jeffreys was riding has stock horse and after him, 120 other riders entered the stadium. In that way they formed the 5 Olympic Rings.
- It was originally built to hold 110000 spectators but because they made the north and south wing to short, there is only place for 83500 spectators.
Vancouver 2010
- No Denmark won the first medal at the Winter Olympic.
- There were four mascots during the games in Vancouver
- The slogan is “With blowing Hearts.”
- There were 18 athletes that represented Denmark in Vancouver
- Vancouver has apply to be host city since 1960
London 2012
- The first Olympic Games in London was in 1908
- The man who has the responsibility for The Opening Ceremonie, is Danny Boyle
- There are 28 Disciplins in The Olympic Games 2012
- There will be 8.000 different people who will walk with The Olympic Flame for 70 days
- IOC stands for The International Olympic Committee. It is a committee were they organize The Olympic Games since 1896. The summer Olympic and The Winther Olympic.
Political events that have canceled, disrupted or otherwise marked the Olympic Games
1) The group, The Black September, was found in 1970, to resist the Israeli occupation.
2) A 72 old man won a silver medal at the Olympic games in Belgium 1920. His name was Oscar Swahn. He was from Sweden. He won the medal in team doubleshot running deer.
3) The first man who entered the olympic games in Antwerp , was Johannes Pietari Kolehmainen.
4)The difference was that the flag was raised by competitors and for the first time doves as a symbol of peace.
5) The Olympic games was cancelled in 1940 and 1944 because of the outbreak of World War 2.