FROM THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES Olympia

FROM THE HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Olympia

An ancient Olympia - Motherland of Olympic Games

The main types of competitions of Olympic Games of ancient Greece

Running is one of the oldest kinds of competitions

Pentathlon (пятиборье)

Pentathlon (пятиборье)

Archery

Fencing (фехтование) fencing

The Olympic flame is one of the symbols of the Olympic Games

The founder of modern Olympics of the 19 th century was a Frenchman. Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin.

The table of the Olympic Games Year 1896 1900 1904 1906 1908 1912 Summer Olympic Games Olympiad Host city No. Host city I Athens, Greece II Paris, France III St. Louis, the USA Intercalated Athens, Greece IV London, UK V Stockholm, Sweden VI Cancelled because of World War I VII Antwerp, Belgium VIII Paris, France I Chamonix, France Berlin, Germany 1916 1920 1924 1928 Winter Olympic Games IX Amsterdam, Netherlands II St. Moritz, Switzerland

Year 1932 1936 Summer Olympic Games Olympiad X XI Host city Winter Olympic Games No. Los Angeles, the USA III Sapporo, Japan Helsinki, Finland XII 1944 XIII 1948 1952 1956 XIV XV Moritz, Switzerland Garmisch. Cancelled because of World Partenkirchen, Germany War II Cancelled because of World War II V London, UK Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Cancelled because of World Cancelled because of V War II World War II London, UK Moritz, Switzerland V Helsinki, Finland VI Melbourne, Australia XVI Lake Placid, the USA Garmisch IV Partenkirchen, Germany Berlin, Germany Tokyo, Japan 1940 Host city Stockholm, Sweden VII Oslo, Norway Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Year 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 Summer Olympic Games Olympiad XVIII Host city Rome, Italy Tokyo, Japan Winter Olympic Games No. VIII Innsbruck, Austria X Grenoble, France Mexico City, Mexico XX Munich, West Germany XI XXIII XII Moscow, Soviet Union Los Angeles, the USA Sapporo, Japan Denver, the USA Montreal, Canada XXII Squaw Valley, the USA IX XXI Host city Innsbruck, Austria XIII Lake Placid, the USA XIV Sarajevo, Yugoslavia XXIV Seoul, South Korea XV Calgary, Canada XXV Barcelona, Spain XVI Albertville, France XVII Lillehammer, Norway XXVI Atlanta, the USA XVIII Nagano, Japan XXVII Sydney, Australia XIX Salt Lake City, the USA

Year Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Olympiad Host city No. Host city 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 XXVIII Athens, Greece XX Turin, Italy XXIX Beijing, China XXI 2016 XXXI XXX London, UK XXXIII XXII Sochi, Russia XXIII Pyeongchang, South Korea XXIV To be determined Tokyo, Japan 2022 2024 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2018 2020 Vancouver, Canada To be determined