History
of Olympic games
Performed
: Kuts Vlad
Tropina
Lera.
Origin
of the Olympic games
- The
origin of the Olympic games behaves to
the distant past. Ancient Greeks created
the great number of wonderful legends,
telling about that, how the Olympic games
appeared.
Legends assert
that in Olympia near the grave of
Cron, father Zeus, competitions took place
on at run. And as though they were
organized by Zeus, which thus finished
celebrating victory over the father, doing
him the world ruler.
Olympic
games. History and contemporaneity
- Began
in 776 B.C.
Ceased in 394 A.D. (an emperor Theodosius I forbade the Olympic games
as heathen cult).
Were picked up thread in 1896 in Athens, on initiative of Pierre de
Coubertin .
Games were begun with that heralds traveled on all Greece, announcing
loud voices beginning of ekeherii - sacred truce. Now in a time of Games
(about 5 days) on entire country all military operations had immediately
to cease. Such important role was had Game in political life of country
- stopped wars. Unfortunately, in 20 century happened differently -
from two world wars interrupted
Beginning
of Games
In the first
day of Olympic Games victims were brought
to Gods, and sportsmen made vow before
the statue of Zeus. An oath returned
together with proceeding in Games. Today
she sounds so: "I swear, that, arriving
on Olympic Games, I will compete honestly
and according to rules, and to glorify
the country and sport" the participation.
The ancient
Greek athletes competed naked. A word
"gymnastics" originates from a word
"naked" ("gimnos"). A bare body
ignored something shameful - vice versa,
it showed, as a sportsman practiced persistently.
Shameful was to have an unsportsmanlike,
untrained body.
Symbols
- Five
olympic rings are five mainlands, and
their interlacing is friendship and collaboration
of all people of the world.
A bit about
symbols. An olympic fire, conflagrant along
the whole length of competitions, introduces
the spirit of ancient competitions in
our epoch.
Rewards
On the first
picked up thread Olympic Games in 1896,
in which 285 sportsmen participated from
13 countries, Greek - Spyridon Louis became
the first olympic winner.
- He won
a marathon. Tell that prayers and glass
of wine became a "stimulant" for
him.