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By Will Hunter Information from the internet

Information on the Olympic Games. By Will Hunter Information from the internet. Introduction. The 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, U.K. The opening ceremonies will be held on July 27 th 2012 and the closing ceremony will be held on August 12 th , 2012.

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By Will Hunter Information from the internet

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  1. Informationon the OlympicGames By Will Hunter Information from the internet

  2. Introduction The 2012 Summer Olympics will be held in London, U.K. The opening ceremonies will be held on July 27th 2012 and the closing ceremony will be held on August 12th, 2012. The motto of the London Olympics is “Inspire a generation”. A picture of the Olympic Flag (for more info, go to pg 6)

  3. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The Greeks first held the Olympic games in the year 776 BC and only competed in one event. This event was a 200m sprint. Women were not allowed to compete in the games or watch, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men. The four year period between each Olympic games was called an Olympiad. Every four years for 1,170, the Greeks held an Olympics, which continued to grow and change over the years.

  4. The Ancient Olympics Many other sports were included later on such as: • Other races • Wrestling • Boxing • Pentathlon • Long Jump • Javelin • Discus • Foot race • And Equestrian The Olympic Games were banned by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius the second in the year AD 394.

  5. The Modern Olympics Over fifteen hundred years later, Pierre de Fredy and Baron de Coubertin revived the Olympic Games. An all male Olympics were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece The first winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France

  6. The Flag of the Olympics The flag of the Olympic Games has five interlocking rings on a white background. The rings represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic movement: Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. The Olympic flag was first used in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium. The Olympic flag is paraded during the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games. At the end of an Olympics, the mayor of the host city will present the flag to the next hosting city’s mayor. The flag will stay in the next hosting city’s town hall until the next Olympics.

  7. History of the torch The tradition of the Olympic flame began during the ancient Olympic Games, over 2700 years ago in Greece. A flame was lit for each Olympics, every four years, and it burned throughout the games. The flame symbolized the death and rebirth of Greek heroes. There was no torch relay in the ancient Olympics. The first torch relay took place at the 1936 games in Berlin, Germany.

  8. The Olympic motto The Olympic motto is: Citius, Altius, Fortius which means Swifter, Higher, Stronger

  9. Olympic Events Olympic Events: The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling. The events in the Winter Olympics include: ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton (a type of sledding), curling, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, slalom, downhill (Alpine) skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined (skiing plus ski jumping), and biathlon (skiing and shooting).

  10. Sites of the Modern-Day Olympics: Locations of the Modern-Day Summer Olympics 1896 - Athens, Greece 1900 - Paris, France 1904 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA 1906 - Athens, Greece 1908 - London, England 1912 - Stockholm, Sweden 1916 - Canceled 1920 - Antwerp, Belgium 1924 - Paris, France 1928 - Amsterdam, Holland 1932 - Los Angeles, California, USA 1936 - Berlin, Germany 1940 - Canceled 1944 - Canceled 1948 - London, England 1952 - Helsinki, Finland 1956 - Melbourne, Australia 1960 - Rome, Italy

  11. 1924 - Chamonix, France 1928 - St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932 - Lake Placid, New York, USA 1936 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1940 - Canceled 1944 - Canceled 1948 - St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952 - Oslo, Norway 1956 - Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1960 - Squaw Valley, California, USA 1964 - Innsbruck, Austria 1968 - Grenoble, France 1972 - Sapporo, Japan 1976 - Innsbruck, Austria 1980 - Lake Placid, New York, USA 1984 - Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1988 - Calgary, Alberta, Canada 1992 - Albertville, France 1994 - Lillehammer, Norway 1998 - Nagano, Japan 2002 - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 2006 - Turin, Italy 2010 - Vancouver, Canada 2014 - Sochi, Russia 2018 - PyeongChang, South Korea 1964 - Tokyo, Japan 1968 - Mexico City, Mexico 1972 - Munich, Germany 1976 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1980 - Moscow, USSR 1984 - Los Angeles, California, USA 1988 - Seoul, South Korea 1992 - Barcelona, Spain 1996 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA 2000 - Sydney, Australia 2004 - Athens, Greece 2008 - Beijing, China 2012 - London, United Kingdom 2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  12. Thank You for listening I hope you have enjoyed this. I also hope you now have a better understanding of the Olympics  By Will Hunter

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