Slides for Week 10 Internationalism & the Early Olympic Games Olympism, Olympic history from founding to 1936 Emphasis on Canadian involvement and nature of the early Games

Olympic-like Festivals and References 1. Olympic festivals in England, Scandinavia, Yugoslavia – W.P. Brooks 2. World’s Fairs 3. Montreal Olympic Festival – Scottish Highland Games 5. German and German American Turnfests th Century Greek Olympics (Zappas) 7. World Fairs and Expositions 8. Helmuth College Olympics – London, Ontario

Demetrius Vikelas

Athens, 1896 Georges Averoff

The Early Games ~ 1896 Athens

Paris, 1900 Paris International Exposition The Sabbath question George Orton: 2500m steeplechase Alex and Dick Grant: St. Mary’s (Penn and Harvard) Charlotte B. Cooper

St. Louis, 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition Etienne Desmarteau George S. Lyon Felix Carvajal Fred Lorz - Thomas Hicks

Etienne Desmarteau Montr Fr-Cdn policeman Father a blacksmith Police games 56-pound wt throw Cannon ball w handle Distance and height MAAA “support” Won both dist and ht ‘04

George S Lyon

1906 – 10 Year Ol Anniv Billy Sherring

1908 London Olympic Games Athletes marched in by nation Most countries sent national teams, Canada no exception Cdn pride in sending team to Britain

1908 London Olympic Games Most intriguing event, the marathon

1908 Games Images

1908 London Games

1912 Olympic Games ~ Stockholm Model of efficiency in org Electronic timing 1 st used Theme of endurance: ex, bike road race was 320 km; one Greco-Roman wr event lasted 11 hours; Hannes Kohlemainen of Finland won 3 gold medals in long distance running Most pop athl? Jim Thorpe of US who won pentathlon and shattered decathlon record (Br & Spock)

Stockholm 1912

1912 Olympic Games ~ Stockholm

Stockholm 1912

George Hodgson, double gold (400 & 1500) Stockholm 1912 Walter Ewing Trapshooting gold

1920 Antwerp Stadium 1920 Games

Earl Thomson 110 m hurdles Bert Schneider Welterweight Ol boxing champ 1920 Games

Paris Games 1924 * Chariots of Fire

Paavo Nurmi Johnny Weissmuller Suzanne Lenglen Paris 1924

Maxwell Stiles - Los Angeles Examiner (1932) “The Canadian girls are undoubtedly the prettiest and most wholesome looking group of girls who have arrived for the competition. They constitute a denial of the general idea that a woman athlete must be built like a baby grand piano and have a face like a hatchet. Their ages range from 16 to 21, and they are here to show the world that Canada has some splendid young women who are good-looking and who know how to conduct themselves.”

1932 LA Opening Ceremonies

Duncan McNaughton Gold in high jump

Canada Losing to US in Lacrosse in 32

Berlin Olympic Stadium 1936

Leni Riefenstahl’s Masterpiece Filmography of 36 Games