Olympic Games

The first modern summer Olympic Games opened in Athens on April 6th. In the opening ceremony, solemn classical strings were played, and 1958 was designated as the Olympic anthem by the International Olympic Committee. The composer of this song is Greek samaras and the lyricist is palamas.

Olympic flag:

19 13, Coubertin, France, proposed to set up the flag of the International Olympic Committee, which was designed with a boundless white background and five rings of blue, yellow, black, green and red in the center from left to right, representing Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the United States in turn. A white background means that all countries can compete under their own flags. In July 2004, the Olympic Games

The Olympic flag will be raised for the first time. 1920, the Belgian Olympic Committee, which hosted the 5th Summer Olympic Games, presented the same national flag to the International Olympic Committee, which was hung during the Olympic Games and then customized. The flag was handed over from the host city of the last Olympic Games to the last Olympic Games and kept by the host city. During the competition, only borrowed items are hung in the main stadium. 1952, Oslo presented the flag of the Winter Olympics to the International Olympic Committee in the same way as the Summer Olympics. 1970, the international Olympic Committee gave the Olympic flag a new meaning in the fourth issue of Olympic review: it symbolizes the unity of five continents, and athletes gather at the Olympic Games in a fair and frank competition and friendly spirit.

The appearance of the ancient Olympic Games

The full name of the Olympic Games is "Olympic Games", and the word "Olympic" comes from the Greek place name "Olympia". Olympia is located in the Afis Valley, 360 kilometers southwest of Athens. It is picturesque and has a pleasant climate. The ancient Greeks built many temples here, so the ancients called this land Alphonse City, also known as "Holy Land" Olympia. According to the belief at that time, it symbolizes peace and friendship.

In ancient Greece and other countries in the Mediterranean region, people often hold grand gatherings and carry out various entertainment and competitions during festivals and harvest seasons, which is very lively. At first, this kind of activity was scattered all over the country, not regularly, but the gathering in Olympia was the biggest.

In 884 BC, war broke out in ancient Greece, and wars raged everywhere, plagues ran rampant and crops failed. Greek civilians were so eager for peace that they missed the celebration of that year. Therefore, the king of Elis city-state where Olympia is located contacted the kings of other city-states, and reached an agreement to hold sports meetings in Olympia on a regular basis, and stipulated that a "Holy Truce Day" should be implemented in the sports year. The duration of the "Holy Truce Day" is three months. In the meantime, no one is allowed to start with a sword. Even the warring parties should lay down their weapons and prepare to go to Olympia for the sports meeting. Since then, there has been an all-Greece championship. By 776 BC, the safe name of the winner was recorded in words for the first time. This is what later generations called the first ancient Greek Games. Since then, this kind of competition will be held every four years. Therefore, the venue of the competition is Olympia, also known as the ancient Olympic Games, or simply the ancient Olympic Games. From 776 BC to 349 AD, the ancient Olympic Games were abolished by the emperor of the Roman Empire and held 293 times.

Olympic flame

1934, the Athens meeting of the International Olympic Committee decided to restore the old system of the ancient Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame burned in the main stadium. The flame was taken from the Olympic Games and passed to the host country through the torch relay. Prior to this, 1928 the 9th Olympic Games was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

There is a tall tower in the main stadium, burning with fiery fireworks from beginning to end. This is the first time that this kind of activity has been held in the Olympic Games. 1936 On July 20th, Olympia held the lighting ceremony of 1 1 Summer Olympic Games. After that, everyone held a torch, ran the relay of 1 km, passed Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia, and arrived in Berlin on August 1, covering a total distance of 3,075 km, with a total of 3,075 participants. The International Olympic Committee officially stipulates that lighting the Olympic flame is an essential ceremony for the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. In addition, the flame is lit to commemorate the soldiers who died in World War I, and the torch relay symbolizes the spread of peace and friendship around the world.

1996 26th Olympic Games (Atlanta)

1992 25th Olympic Games (Barcelona)

1988 24th Olympic Games (Seoul)

1984 23rd Olympic Games (Los Angeles)

1980 22nd Olympic Games (Moscow)

1976 The 2nd1Olympic Games (Montreal)

1972 20th Olympic Games (Munich)

1968 19th Olympic Games (Mexico)

1964 18th Olympic Games (Tokyo)

1960 17th Olympic Games (Rome)

1956 16th Olympic Games (Melbourne)

1952 15th Olympic Games (Helsinki)

1948 14th Olympic Games (London)

1944 13th Olympic Games

On the eve of the end of World War II, the International Olympic Committee selected London as the venue for the 13 Olympic Games. But this Olympic Games was also cancelled because of the war. The two century wars in this century have made the three Olympic Games originally planned to be held in 19 16, 1940 and 1944 blank. People call these years the darkest years in the history of the Olympic movement. It ruined the Olympic Games and stifled the development of world sports.

1940 12th Olympic Games

12 The Olympic Games were cancelled due to World War II. The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Tokyo, and it was also held outside Europe and America for the first time. Due to the arrogance of Japanese imperialism at that time, it occupied the northeast of China for nine years, and even invaded China on a large scale after the Lugouqiao Incident in 1937. This act of undermining peace and occupying other countries is a serious violation of the Olympic spirit. Although the International Olympic Committee has put pressure on the Japanese Olympic Organizing Committee, I hope that Japan

The Olympic Games could have been held in 1940. However, under the pressure of the military, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced in July 1938 that it could not host the Olympic Games.

1On September 3rd, 938, the International Olympic Committee awarded Finland the right to host the games. However, due to the outbreak of World War II, Finland gave up the right to host the Olympic Games on 10/0/0/0. Subsequently, wars spread all over Europe and the world, and 12 Olympic Games aborted.

1936 11th Olympic Games (Berlin)

1932 10th Olympic Games (Los Angeles)

1928 9th Olympic Games (Amsterdam)

1924 8th Olympic Games (Paris)

1920 Seventh Olympic Games (Antwerp)

19 16 6th Olympic Games (Berlin)

Because of the outbreak of World War I, Baron Coubertin announced the cancellation of the 6th Olympic Games on May 4th, 2005. Although the Olympic Games were not held, the number of sessions remained, which is the unchangeable principle of the International Olympic Committee. At the IOC/KOOC-0/9/KOOC-0/4 meeting in/KOOC-0/2, it was decided to choose Berlin instead of Budapest as the venue, because they hoped that the international peace and friendship of the Olympic Games would prevent the war from happening. But it backfired,1965438+June 28, 2004, was

The assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince led to the outbreak of World War I, and Germany did not resign from the host country because they expected the war to end before the summer of 19 16, but they were wrong.

19 12 5th Olympic Games (Stockholm)

1908 The 4th Olympic Games (London)

1904 the third Olympic games (St. Louis)

1900 Second Olympic Games (Paris)

1896 First Olympic Games (Athens)

Olympic events:

Track and field, rowing, badminton, softball, basketball, football, boxing, kayaking, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, wrestling, water sports, modern pentathlon, baseball, equestrian, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, windsurfing and volleyball.