Archive for December, 2009
FACTS ABOUT OLYMPIC GAMES
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For unknown reasons, El Salvador did not compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Canada.
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The 1988 Olympic Games were boycotted by seven socialist nations, including Cuba, Seychelles, Nicaragua, North Korea, Ethiopia, Albania , and Madagascar. The 1988 Summer Olympics were held in Seoul, South Korea.
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The United Kingdom competed at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, USSR (currently Russia,Ukraine,Estonia…)
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Officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee(IOC), Jamaican Olympic Committee is the sole sports organization with exclusive powers to organize delegations from Jamaica at the Pan American Games, the Central and Caribbean Games, the Commonwealth Games, the Olympic Games…
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Bangladesh competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics for the first time ever.
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For political reasons, Taiwan did not compete at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal Canada.
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Since 1984, Taiwan has competed at the Olympic Games under the banner of “Chinese Taipei”.
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The 1980 Summer Olympics were boycotted by 66 nations and territories, including the United States, Albania, Argentina, Bermuda, Belize, Bolivia,Canada, Chile, Egypt, El Salvador, West Germany (currently Germany), Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Japan, Liechtenstein, South Korea, Norway, New Zealand, Paraguay, Thailand, Uruguay and the People
The 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
In 1931, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had granted the Olympic Games to Berlin, Germany without knowing that Adolf ****** was to obtain authority in the country two years after. Not later than 1936, the ***** were already in command of Germany and started to execute their ****** schemes. There was a worldwide dispute if the 1936 Olympic Games in **** Germany must be boycotted. The US was on the brink of passing up, although in the final minute, they chose to take the invitation.
The ***** took advantage of the occasion and made it a means to advocate their philosophy. They constructed four extravagant arenas, a polo sports ground, an open-air theatre, swimming pools and an Olympic Village which had 150 small houses for the male participants. The German people would have been prouder to display a German Flag during the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but instead **** banners were all over the place during the Games. A well-known **** propaganda filmmaker recorded the Olympic Games and created a movie from it entitled Olympia.
The 1936 Berlin Olympics were the first Games broadcasted on TV and were the original to employ telex transmissions of the outcome. The torch relay made its first appearance as well at these Games.
The prominent athlete of the 1936 Olympics was Jesse Owens who was a black competitor from the US. Owens, dubbed as the “Tan Cyclone” took home four gold medals for the long jump, the 200-meter sprint around a turn, the 100-meter dash and for being a part of the 400-meter relay team.
By: Pollux Parker
About the Author:
Pollux Parker is an adventurer who loves discovering secret island getaways in each country he visits. Pollux also likes to collect German Flag and buy cheap German Flag.
