1. The Olympics

2. BaronPierre de Coubertin
Facts about Pierre;
The French nobleman, Pierre de Coubertin was Pierre was the IOC president from 1896 until 1925.
born in Paris, France, on the first of January, The sports that Pierre played riding, fencing, tennis, biking.
1863. As he grew older he became more and more
interested in sport and how it could bring the world Quotes;
together and initiate peace.Pierre became extremely “Holding an Olympic Games means
evoking history.”
interested in the Ancient Olympics and travelled the “In no way can sport be considered a
world , spending his own money, trying to persuade luxury object.”
people to revive them. Eventually he managed to
bring together representatives of many different
countries in Paris, in 1894, and the Olympic

3. Olympic Flag Fun Facts;
The colors of the five interlocking rings represent the five Three continents – Africa,
participating continents: Australia, Africa, America, Asia, South America, and Antarctica
– have never hosted an Olympics.
and Europe. The colors are always arranged with blue, black,
and red across the top from left to right, and yellow and green
along the bottom. Some suggest that each color stands for a
particular continent, but this has not been confirmed. The
rings first appeared on the Olympic flag in 1913, designed by
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern
Olympics.The Olympic Flag was introduced in 1914, when
the International Olympic Committee held its 20th
anniversary in Paris, France.

4. Creed and Motto
This phrase, "Citius, Altius, Fortius" is the Olympic Fun Facts;
Motto. It means faster, higher and stronger. Pierre In 1921, Pierre de Coubertin, founder
came up with the motto after hearing his fellow sports of the modern Olympic Games,
enthusiast/teacher use it after a students sports meet. borrowed a Latin phrase from his
Pierre de Coubertin got the idea for this phrase from a friend, Father Henri Didon, for the
Olympic motto: Citius, Altius,
speech given by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot at a service for Fortius ("Swifter, Higher,
Olympic champions during the 1908 Olympic Games. Stronger").
The Olympic Creed reads:
This Olympic Creed (or "Olympic
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win Message") has appeared on the
but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the scoreboard during Opening Ceremony
triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have at every modern Olympic Games.
conquered but to have fought well."

5. Host Cities 1896 - Athens, Greece
1900 - Paris, France
1904 - St. Louis, United States
1908 - London, United Kingdom
There are many cities that have hosted the Olympics. London 1912 - Stockholm, Sweden
1916 - Scheduled for Berlin, Germany*
has hosted the Olympics twice (excluding 2012). One was in 1920 - Antwerp, Belgium
1924 - Paris, France
1908 and the second in 1948. London is the perfect host city. 1928 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1932 - Los Angeles, United States
With many sights and cultural activities. London is a city for 1936 - Berlin, Germany
1940 - Scheduled for Tokyo, Japan*
all! Overall there have been the 31 Summer Games. 1944 - Scheduled for London, United Kingdom* 1948 -
London, United Kingdom
1952 - Helsinki, Finland
1956 - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - Rome, Italy
1964 - Tokyo, Japan
1968 - Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - Munich, West Germany (now Germany)
1976 - Montreal, Canada
1980 - Moscow, U.S.S.R. (now Russia)
1984 - Los Angeles, United States
1988 - Seoul, South Korea
1992 - Barcelona, Spain
1996 - Atlanta, United States
2000 - Sydney, Australia
2004 - Athens, Greece
2008 - Beijing, China
2012 - London, United Kingdom
2016 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

6. Torch Relay & Flame
The Olympic Flag is a symbol of the Olympic
Games.Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by
Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept
burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.The fire was
reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and it has
been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. In contrast to the
Olympic flame proper, the torch relay of modern times which transports
the flame from Greece to the various designated sites of the games had no
ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the controversial
1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Fun Facts;
The Olympic Flame, Torch and Relay draw on a history going back to the ancient Olympic Games in Greece.
A very precise ritual for the lighting of the Flame is followed at every Games. It is lit from the sun's rays at the Temple of Hera in
Olympia, in a traditional ceremony among the ruins of the home of the ancient Games.

7. Olympic Oath Facts;
Pierre de Coubertin wrote an oath for the athletes to recite at each The athletes' oath was first
Olympic Games. During the opening ceremonies, one athlete recites the taken by Belgian fencer Victor
Boin at the 1920 Antwerp Games.
oath on behalf of all the athletes, while holding the corner of the
Olympic Flag. The Olympic oath was first taken during the 1920
Olympic Games by Belgian fencer Victor Boin. The Olympic Oath
states, "In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take
part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that
govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport
and the honor of our teams."

8. Mascots Facts;
It is said that the London mascots look more like scary monsters • 2000 Summer Olympics (Sydney).
instead of Mascots. Wenlock - named after an English town in The 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
had three mascots that each represented
Shropshire that helped inspire the modern Olympic games - and local fauna. Syd was a platypus, Millie
was a kookaburra, and Ollie an
Mandeville, whose name pays tribute to the hospital considered the echidna. In addition, the names of the
mascots are all abbreviations. Syd, an
birthplace of the Paralympic Games.They have legs, but no feet; arms abbreviation of the host city Sydney,
bearing "friendship bands" in the colors of the Olympic rings, but no Millie was an abbreviation representing
the millennium, in which year the
fingers. Both of their heads have "taxi light" in the middle, a tribute to Olympics were held. Ollie was an
abbreviation for the Olympics.
London's famous black cabs.

9. Ceremonies Facts;
The first opening ceremonies
The Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held during the 1908
trace their origins as far back as the ancient Games Olympic Games in London.
in Greece and have evolved over the centuries. The
During the opening ceremony of
London 2012 Ceremonies will be spectacular the Olympic Games, the
celebrations of British culture watched by an procession of athletes is always
estimated global audience of four billion people. The led by the Greek team, followed
by all the other teams in
Team Welcome Ceremonies formally invite every alphabetical order (in the
nation to the Games, while the Victory Ceremonies language of the hosting
are the moments every athlete has worked towards. country), except for the last team
which is always the team of the
hosting country.