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Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics | A Wisdom Archive on Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics | | Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics A selection of articles related to Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics | |
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Olympic Games, Olympic Games - Amateurism and professionalism, Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics, Olympic Games - Criticism, Olympic Games - Doping, Olympic Games - Growth, Olympic Games - Locations of Modern Olympic Games, Olympic Games - Membership, Olympic Games - Modern Olympics, Olympic Games - Olympic Movement, Olympic Games - Olympic champions and medallists, Olympic Games - Olympic sports, Olympic Games - Olympic symbols, Olympic Games - Opening ceremonies, Olympic Games - Political interference, Olympic Games - Revival of the Olympic Games, Bids for Olympic Games, Bids for Olympic Winter Games
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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics | | | |  Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Olympic champions and medallistsFor all events held at the Olympic Games, a classification is made up. The athletes (or teams) who place first, second, or third receive medals. The winners receive what are called "gold medals". (Though they used to indeed be of solid gold, they are now actually gilted silver, making the description somewhat inaccurate.) The runners-up receive silver medals, and the third-place athletes bronze medals. In some events contested by a single-elimination tournament (most notably boxing), third place might not be determined, in which case both se ...
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| | | | | Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Olympic symbols The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The best known symbol is probably that of the Olympic Rings. These five intertwined rings represent the unity of five continents. They appear in five colours on a white field on the Olympic Flag. These colours, white (for the field), red, blue, green, yellow, and black were chosen such that each nation had at least one of these colours in its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914, but the first Games at which it was flown were Antwerp, 1920. ...
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| | | | | Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Olympic Movement A number of organizations are involved in organizing the Olympic Games. Together they form the Olympic Movement. The rules and guidelines by which these organizations operate are outlined in the Olympic Charter.
At the heart of the Olympic Movement is the International Olympic Committee (IOC), currently headed by Jacques Rogge. It can be seen as the government of the Olympics, as it takes care of the daily problems and makes all important decisions, such as choosing the host c ...
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| | | | | Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Revival of the Olympic Games The Olympic Games did not permanently die out in 393. It was revived in 1896. Already in the 17th century a sports festival, the "Olympick Games" was held in England. Over the next few centuries, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international. The interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century.
At the same time, Baron de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, searched for a r ...
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| | | | | Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Olympic symbols The Olympic movement uses many symbols, most of them representing Coubertin's ideas and ideals. The best known symbol is probably that of the Olympic Rings. These five intertwined rings represent the unity of five continents. They appear in five colours on a white field on the Olympic Flag. These colours, white (for the field), red, blue, green, yellow, and black were chosen such that each nation had at least one of these colours in its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914, but the first Games at which it was flown were Antwerp, 1920. ...
See also:Olympic Games, Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics, Olympic Games - Revival of the Olympic Games, Olympic Games - Modern Olympics, Olympic Games - Growth, Olympic Games - Membership, Olympic Games - Political interference, Olympic Games - Olympic Movement, Olympic Games - Criticism, Olympic Games - Olympic symbols, Olympic Games - Opening ceremonies, Olympic Games - Olympic sports, Olympic Games - Amateurism and professionalism, Olympic Games - Doping, Olympic Games - Olympic champions and medallists, Olympic Games - Locations of Modern Olympic Games Read more here: » Olympic Games: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Olympic symbols |
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| | | | | Olympic Games - Ancient Olympics: Encyclopedia II - Olympic Games - Olympic sports At the 2004 Olympics, events were held in 28 sports categories, per IOC count. If each sport such as aquatics was counted separately, there were 37. Nine sports were on the original Olympic program in 1896: athletics (track and field), cycling, fencing, gymnastics, weightlifting, shooting, swimming, and wrestling. If the 1896 rowing events had not been cancelled due to bad weather, they would have been included in this list as well.
At the most recent Winter Olympics, seven sports were conducted, or 15 if each sport such as skiing and ...
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