HISTORY OF OLYMPIC GAMES

1. HISTORY OF OLYMPIC
GAMES(B.C.776 – PRESENT)
BY REVANN MUSLUMOV

2. ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES
The first Olympic Games was held in
Greece in Olympia. First it was
mentioned in 776 b.c. . According to
the legend, it was Heracles who first
called the Games “Olympic” and
established the custom of holding
them every four years.
stadium in Olympia,
Greece
an artist's impression of
ancient Olympia

3. MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES
In the 19th century Pierre de
Coubertin gave the idea to held the
Olympic Games again. To show
the link with the past the games
were organized in Greece, in the
Panathenaic stadium in Athens, in
1896.
Pierre de Coubertin
The opening ceremony in the
Panathenaic Stadium

4. T H E F I R S T M O D E R N O L Y M P I C
G A M E S H A D A G R E A T S U C C E S S
T H O U G H 2 4 1 A T H L E T E S F R O M
1 4 C O U N T R I E S T O O K P A R T I N
T H E C O M P E T I T I O N S . S I N C E
T H A T T I M E T H E G A M E S H A V E
B E E N H E L D E V E R Y 4 Y E A R S
The poster of the
first modern
Olympic Games
Ice hockey game during the
1928 Winter Olympics in St.
Moritz
Gold medal game between
Russia and Czech Republic,
Nagano, 1998
Award
ceremony,2002

5. Olympic Games Host Cities

7. OLYMPIC SPORTS
The Olympic sports contested in the
Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
The Summer Olympics include 26
sports with 36 disciplines and about 300
events.
The Winter Olympics include 7 sports
with 15 disciplines and about 80 events. Archery competition
held during the
Athens 2004
Summer Olympics.
Curling was promoted to official Olympic
sport at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympics

8. T H E F I V E R I N G S O N T H E
O L Y M P I C F L A G R E P R E S E N T
T H E F I V E C O N T I N E N T S
E U R O P E ( B L U E ) , A F R I C A
( B L A C K ) , A M E R I C A ( R E D ) ,
A S I A ( Y E L L O W ) , O C E A N I A
( G R E E N ) A N D W E R E D E S I G N E D
I N 1 9 1 3 , A D O P T E D I N 1 9 1 4 A N D
D E B U T E D A T T H E G A M E S A T
A N T W E R P , 1 9 2 0 .
OLYMPIC SYMBOLS
The motto was proposed by Pierre de
Coubertin in 1894
The Olympic Hymn, also known
informally as the Olympic
Anthem, is played when the
Olympic Flag is raised. It is
musical piece composed by
Spyridon Samaras with words
written from a poem of the
Greek poet and writer Kostis
Palamas

10. Athens, 2004
İnnsbruck, 1976
Snowman,
Olympiamandl
Oll, Syd, Millie
Sydney, 2000
Pekin, 2008
Montreal, 1976
İzzy
Vancouver, 2010
Atlanta, 1996

11. MOSCOW, Russia, 1980
VANCOUVER, Canada, 2010
NAGANO, Japan, 1998
ALBERTVILLE, France, 1992
ATHENS, Greece, 1896
SEOUL, South Korea, 1988
TORINO, Italy, 2006

12. THE PARALYMPIC GAMES
The source of the term ‘‘Paralympic’’ is
unclear. Probably it derives from Greek
preposition (‘‘beside’’ or ‘‘ alongside’’ ) and
thus refers to a competition held in parallel
with the Olympic Games. Or maybe it’s
connected with the word ‘‘paraplegic’’.

13. AZERBAIJAN AT OLYMPICS
Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an
independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to
compete in every Games since then
Azerbaijan national team won a total of 7 gold, 14 silver
and 28 bronze medals at the Summer Olympic Games
Radik Isaev(gold medal winner)
Rio de Janeiro, 2016
Zemfira Meftahatdinova
(first gold medal winner)
Sydney, 2000