1. OLYMPIC GAMES
The Olympic Games is a major international event
featuring summer and winter sports, in which
thousands of athletes participate in a variety of
competitions.
The Olympic and
Paralympic Games are
about much more than
sporting excellence.
Underpinning the
Games is the philosophy
of Pierre de Coubertin,
the founder of the
Modern Olympic
Movement.

2. •Olympia, in Southern •The Olympic games were
Greece gave its name to the basically just for men.
games.
•An Olympic victor was
•Ancient Greeks held them crowned with an olive
every 4 years starting near wreath
the summer solstice.
•The Olympics were a
religious event for the
Greeks.

3. “FASTER,
HIGHER,
STRONGER”

4. The Values are:
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, through sport, to understand each
other despite any differences.

5. Banned Games
•In 1916, 1940 and 1944 games were banned
because of the first and second World War .

6. SYMBOL
FLAG
• The Olympic flag has a white background, with five interlaced
rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red.
•It represents the five inhabited continents of the world,
united by Olympism, while the five colours are those that
appear on all the national flags of the world.

7. PARALYMPIC
GAMES
The Paralympic Games
include athletes with physical The Paralympic
disabilities such as mobility motto is ‘Spirit in
disabilities, amputations, motion’ and
blindness, and cerebral palsy. represents the
These games are run in parallel strong will of
with the Olympic Games. every Paralympian.
The symbol for the Paralympics
contains three colors, red, blue, and
green, which are the colors most
widely represented in the flags of
nations. The colors are each in the
shape of an Agito, which is Latin for
"I move“.

8. Sports
•There are 36 sports included in the Olympic games :
One of them is
the triathlon

9. This game is a combination of:
Swimming Cycling
Running

10. INTERESTING FACTS
•It wasn't until 1900 that women were allowed to participate in the Olympic
Games.
•The original flag of the Olympic games was stolen in 1920
by Harry Prieste and it was returned seventy seven years
later to the International Olympic Comitte during a special
ceremony held at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney.
•London 2012 Olympic Games are going to be the first
ever live 3D Olympic Games.
•Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympic Games
during its early years, from 1912 to 1952. There were five
categories: architecture, literature, music, painting, and
sculpture.

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