Olympics COPY Flashcards
Berlin?
1936
Nazi olympics
Used for propoganda
Promote superior German ideals
Moscow?
1980
Boycott due Soviet Union invading Afghanistan
Jimmy Carter and Margaret Thatcher started the Boycott
Mexico City
1968
Black Power Salute
Protest for equal rights
South Africa had been banned due to the apartheid
Munich
1972
All hostages + 5 terroists were killed
8 Palestinian terroists seized 11 memeber of Israeli team
They wanted 34 Palestians imprisoned in Israel released
Los Angeles
The boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles followed four years after the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
The boycott involved 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies, led by the Soviet Union, which initiated the boycott on May 8, 1984.
Modern Olympics
Established in 1896 by Frenchman Baron De Coubertin
Visit to England he watched Dover and Wenlock Games and Rugby School
Philosophy for Olympics
Bring different countries together
Provide competition that was devoid of politics and healthy
Muscular Christianity and Cult of Athleticism
Taking part more important than winning
Aims and Values
Aims - Bring together the athletes of the world
- Spread Olympic principles around the world