1. MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES B.A.-1st yearBY
Dr. AJIT SINGH YADAV
P.G.GOVERNMENT COLLEGE SECTOR-11
CHANDIGARH

2. PARTICIPATION IN OLYMPIC GAMES
PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS COMPETITIONS.
PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS HELPS PEOPLE TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER AND TO SEE ONE ANOTHER.
IT UNITES THE COUNTRIES AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.

3. REVIVAL OF OLYMPIC GAMES
THE CREDIT FOR REVIVING THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES IS COMMONOLY GIVEN TO BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN.
HE WAS A FRENCH SCHOLAR AND EDUCATIONIST.
ALSO KNOWN AS FATHER OF MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES.

4. ON 6th APRIL, 1896,80000 ATHENIANS WITNESSED THE REBIRTH OF THE OLYMPICS.
THE GAMES WERE HELD UNDER THE ROYAL PATRONAGE OF THE KING OF GREECE IN ANEW MARBLE STADIUM CONSTRUCTED IN ATHENS FOR THE PURPOSE.

5. OLYMPIC MOTTO DOMINICON MONK’S WORDS CITIUS,ALTIUS,FORTIUS
CITIUS MEANS FASTEST.
ALTIUS MEANS HIGHEST.
FORTIUS MEANS STRONGEST.
THE OLYMPIC MOTTO WAS ADOPTED BY INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN 1897.

6. WOMEN PARTICIPATION
ON 14th JULY,1900, THE 2nd OLYMPIC WAS OPENED AS A SIDE SHOW TO THE GREAT PARIS EXPOSITION.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OLYMPIC HISTORY, WOMEN WERE ALLOWED TO COMPETE.
THE GAMES ARE SPECIALLY REMEMBERED OF THE BISHOP PENNSYLVANIAS FAMOUS SERMON
“THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT WINNING BUT TAKING PART. THE ESSENTIAL THING IN LIFE IS NOT CONQUERING BUT FIGHTING WELL”.

7. OLYMPIC FLAG FIRST DESIGNED BY BARON DE COUBERTION, IN 1914.
FIRST HOISTED IN 1920 AT ANTWERP (BELGIUM) OLYMPICS.
MADE UP OF SILK, WHITE IN COLOUR.
THERE ARE FIVE RINGS OF DIFFERENT COLOURS, RED, GREEN,YELLOW,BLUE AND BLACK.
EACH RING REPRESENTS EACH CONTINENT WITH ITS UNIQUE COLOUR.

8. OLYMPIC TORCH INTRODUCED IN 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS.
THE FLAME SYMBOLISES THE MESSAGE BY THE FOUNDER OF MODERN OLYMPIC GAME BARON PIERRE DE COUBERTIN “KEEP ALIVE THE FLAME OF REVIVED OLYMPIC SPIRIT”.

9. OLYMPIC OATH
THE OLYMPIC OATH WILL BE TAKEN BY THE HOST COUNTRY TEAMS CAPTAIN.
OATH: “IN THE NAME OF ALL COMPETITORS I PROMISE THAT WE SHALL TAKE PART IN THESE OLYMPIC GAMES RESPECTING AND ABIDING BY THE RULES WHICH GOVERN THEM WITHOUT THE USE OF DOPING AND DRUGS IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF SPORTSMANSHIP FOR THE GLORY OF SPORT AND THE OWNER OF OUR TEAMS”.

10. WARS HALT OLYMPICS
DUE TO FIRST WORLD WAR 1916 OLYMPIC GAMES WERE NOT HELD.
DUE TO SECOND WORLD WAR 1940 & 1944 OLYMPIC GAMES WERE NOT HELD.

11. THANKS