1. OLYMPIC HISTORY
1.The 5 Olympic Rings represent 5 major continental regions of the world. - Africa , Americas ,
Asia , Australia , Europe
2.The Rings mean “ Linked Together in Friendship “.
3.The colors (Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red) symbolizes
one of the colors in each country’s flag .
4.The Olympic Games started in B.C.
5.The Olympic Games originated from a festival honoring the god
Zeus .
6.In the first 13 Olympiads, the only contested event was a foot race of yards.

2. 7. An Olympiad is an interval of. 4 years
7.An Olympiad is an interval of 4 years between celebrations of Olympic Games.
8.In 393 A.D., Theodosius II (Roman Emperor) banned all pagan festivals.
9.In 1894, French educator, Baron Pierre de Coubertin proposed to bring back the Olympic Summer Games.
10. Greece hosted the 1st Modern (Summer) Olympic Games in (date), in the city of Athens .
245 athletes competed; 14 nations participated.
11.The country that won the most medals in the 1st Modern Olympics was Greece with 47 medals.

3. Early Olympic Games
Foot Race 200 yds the only contested event in the first 13 Olympiads
Chariot Race held in the Hippodrome (an oval track with grandstands around it)
The chariots had small wheels and were open in the back. Approx. 40 chariots started the race, but only a few could finish the 9 miles.
Boxing Boxers would wrap their hands with strips of ox hide and slap one another with the flat of the hand.
Pentathlon winner was considered best all-around athlete. The Pentathlon was made up of 5 events: Running, Jumping, Discus, Wrestling, & Javelin.
Pancratium combination of boxing and wrestling in which no holds were barred between the 2 fighters, except no gouging out eyes and no biting.