2. The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in
Olympia, in southwest Greece.
The Games were part of a religious festival and
they were held in honour of Zeus. They were staged
every four years at Olympia. People from all over
the Greek world came to watch and take part.
The Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern
Olympics in Athens in 1896 to reunite the world
through sports.
3. The motto
The Olympic motto is
made up of three Latin
words:
"Citius, Altius, Fortius", whi
ch means
"Faster, Higher, Stronger".
“The most important thing
is not to win but to take
part ”
4. The Olympic Values
The founder of the Olympic
Games, Pierre de Coubertin, saw in
the Games an ideal opportunity to
develop a set of universal principles
or values that could be applied to
education and society as a whole, as
well as to sport itself.
These Values can be interpreted as:
• RESPECT– fair play; knowing one’s
own limits; and taking care of one’s
health and the environment
• EXCELLENCE– how to give the best
of oneself, on the field of play or in
life; taking part; and progressing
according to one’s own objectives
• FRIENDSHIP – how to understand
each other through sport despite any
differences
5. The Olympic Games were held every four years but
it did not take place in 1916, 1940, 1944 due to the
World War I and II.
6. THE RINGS
• The logo were designed in 1913 . It
is compose of five interlocking rings
coloured:
BLUE (Europe); YELLOW (Asia);
BLACK (Africa); GREEN (Australia);
RED (America).
• The colours are very important
because each of the countries
forming the Olympic Family has one
of these colours as part of their
national flag, including the white
background.
•They are linked to represent the
athletes of the world who meet at
the Games.
7. It is a sport which involves a performance of
exercises requiring physical
strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and
balance.
Women's events: Uneven bars, balance beam, floor
exercise and vaults.
Men's events: floor exercise, pommel horse, still
rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.
Number of competitors: 196; 98 men and 98 women.
8. Scores are given by
a panel of judges
and they take into
account the
degree of difficulty
and the quality of
the execution.
Strength, flexibility
and balance are
keys to success in
this breathtaking
and hugely
competitive sport.
9. They are a multi-sport event for athletes with
physical, mental and sensorial disabilities. This
includes mobility disabilities, amputees, visual
disabilities and those with cerebral palsy.
They are held every four years, following the
Olympic Games, and governed by the
International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
10. The flame is a practice
continued from the ancient
Olympic Games.
It represents a number of
things, including purity and
the endeavor for perfection
and it is kept alight until de
Games have concluded.
11. • Women were first
allowed to participate in
1900 at the second
modern Olympic Games.
• The Olympic Hymn was
first played at the 1896
Olympic Games in Athens
but it wasn’t declared the
official hymn by the IOC
until 1957.
