3. The Olympic Games – Introduction
The modern Olympic Games are major
international sports competition, held once every
four years.
Thousands of athletes from more than 200 nations
participate in a variety of competitions.
The first, second and third place finishers in each
event get gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medals.
4. The Olympic Games – History
The first Olympic Games took place in
Olympia (Greece) in the year 776 B.C.
They included sports, but also literature, art,
drama and music.
The founder of modern Olympic Games was
Pierre de Coubertin in the year 1896.
5. The Olympic Games – History
Since 1924 there are two parts of the
games
• The winter part
• The summer part
which alternate once every two years.
6. The Olympic Games - Symbols
The Olympic Flag
Five rings on the white background symbolize
five continents
The Olympic Flame
Is lit in Olympia months before each Games in a
ceremony that reflects ancient Greek rituals
7. The Olympic Games - Symbols
The Olympic mascot
An animal or human figure representing the
cultural heritage of the host country
The Olympic Motto
"Faster, Higher, Stronger”
8.
9. The Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony
Artistic displays of music, singing, dance, and
theater represent the culture of host nation
The athletes parade into the stadium grouped by
nation
Speeches are given, formally opening the Games
Finally, the Olympic torch lights the Olympic
flame
10. The Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic program includes the
following sports:
aquatics (including swimming, synchronized
swimming, diving, and water polo), archery,
athletics (track and field), badminton,
baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing and
kayaking, cycling, equestrian sports, fencing
11.
12. The Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic program includes the
following sports:
field hockey, football (soccer), gymnastics,
team handball, judo, modern pentathlon,
rowing, sailing (formerly yachting),
shooting, softball, table tennis, tae kwon do,
tennis, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting,
and wrestling
13.
14. The Winter Olympic Games
The Winter Olympic program includes sports
played on snow or ice:
biathlon, bobsledding, curling, ice hockey, ice
skating (figure skating and speed skating),
luge, skeleton (headfirst) sledding, skiing, ski
jumping, and snowboarding
15.
16. The Olympic Games - Closing Ceremony
The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games
takes place after all sporting events are finished.
Flag-bearers from each country enter the
stadium, followed by the athletes who enter
together.
The Games are officially closed, and the
Olympic flame is extinguished.
17. Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic
games - Men winners)
The most famous Summer Olympic winners from
Czech republic are:
Emil Zatopek - runner-four gold medals-2x 10
000m,1x marathon and 1x 5000m
Ota Zaremba – weightlifting -1 gold medal
from SOG Moscow 1980
18.
19. Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic
games - Men winners)
Martin Doktor – canoeist -2 gold medals from
Atlanta 1996
Jan Zelezny - javelin throw -3 gold medals,
Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000),1
silver medal- (Soul 1988)
Roman Sebrle – decathlon -1 gold medal from
Athens 2004 and 1 silver medal from Sydney 2000
20.
21. Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic
games - Women winners)
Vera Caslavska - gymnastics- 3 gold medals and
1 silver medal from SOG Tokio in 1964 and 4
gold medals and 2 silver medals from SOG
Mexico in 1968
Stepanka Hilgertova - canoe slalom - 2 gold
medals - Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000
22.
23. Czech Olympic winners (Summer Olympic
games - Women winners)
Barbora Spotakova - javelin throw- 2 gold
medals from Beijing 2008 and London 2012
Katerina Emmons – shooting - 1 gold and 1
silver medal from Beijing 2008 and bronze medal
from Athens
24.
25. Czech Olympic winners (Winter Olympic
games - Men winners)
Czech Ice hockey team - ice hockey - one gold
medal from Nagano 1998 and bronze medal from
Torino 2006
Ales Valenta - freestyle skiing - one gold medal
from Salt Lake City 2002
Lukas Bauer - Cross-country skiing - one silver
medal from Torino 2006 and 2 bronze medals
from Vancouver 2010)
26.
27. Czech Olympic winners (Winter Olympic
games - Women winners)
Katerina Neumannova - Cross-country skiing
- one gold medal from Torino 2006,4 silver
medals (2x Salt Lake City 2002,1x Nagano
1998 and 1x Salt Lake City 2002) and one
bronze medal from Nagano 1998
Martina Sablikova - speed skating - 2 gold
medals from Vancouver 2010
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