1. Olympic Games
A brief history
The modern Olympics were the idea of pierre de
coubertin,a French aristocrat. They began in 1896
and, excepting the two World Wars, have been held
every four years since.

2. According to the Olympic Charter,
established by Pierre de Coubertin, the
goal of the Olympic Movement is to
contribute to building a peaceful and
better world by educating youth through
sport practiced without discrimination of
any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which
requires mutual understanding with a
spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair
play.

3. 1896 ATHENS
245 men from 14
nations
competed. The
Marathon was
born. American
students
dominated the
Athletics.

4. •1900 PARIS
1319 people
from 22
countries
entered. The
Games were
eclipsed by the
great exhibition.
Women
competed for
the first time.

5. 1904 St.LOUIS
687Competitors from 13 nations took
part.525 of the USA .

6. 1908 LONDON
2035 Men and women from 22 countries took part.

7. 1912
STOCKHOLM
2547 Athletes
from 28 countries
took part.
Swimming and
Pentathlon
included for the
first time.
Electronic timing
devices were used
for the first time.

8. 1920 ANTWERP
Germany, Austria , Bulgaria, Hungary
and Turkey were not invited.
• 1924 PARIS
Olympic motto was coined.Faster,higher and Stronger.

9. 1924 PARIS
Olympic motto was
coined.Faster,higher and Stronger.

10. 1928 AMSTERDAM
3014 Athletes from 46 countries took part.
• 1932 LOS ANGELES
• Automatic timing devices and the Photo finish Camera
were introduce.

11. 1932 LOS ANGELES
Automatic timing devices and the Photo finish
Camera were introduce.

12. 1936 BERLIN
Jesse Owens USA won Four Gold Medals.

13. 1948 LONDON
Germany and Japan were not invited and
USSR did not sent a team.
• 1952 HELSINKI
• USSR Competed for the first time.

14. 1952
HELSINKI
USSR
Competed for
the first time.

15. 1956 MELBOURNE
First Olympics held in the Southern
Hemisphere.
• 1960 ROME
• This was the last Games to which South Africa was
invited for 32 years.

16. 1960
ROME
This was the last
Games to which
South Africa was
invited for 32 years.

17. 1964 TOKYO
First Olympics held in Asia, Judo and
Volleyball were introduce.
•

18. 1968 MEXICO
CITY
Mexico was
controversial
because of the
high altitude.

19. 1972 MUNICH
Full Scale drug testing began,USA lost the
Basket ball final to USSR for the first time.
Eleven members of the Israeli team were
murdered by Palestinian terrorists.

20. 1976 MONTREAL
The Games were boycotted by African Nations in
protest at the IOC’s refusal to bar New Zealand after a
rugby tour of South Africa by its All Blacks team.

21. 1980 MOSCOW
USA,Canada,West Germany and Japan
boycotted the Games.

22. 1984 LOS ANGELES
USSR boycotted the Games as a revenge for the
Moscow boycott. Daley Thompson UK won the
decathlon gold for the second Olympics in succession.

23. 1988 SEOUL
Florence Griffith Joyner won three gold and a silver for
the USA,Canadian Ben Johnson won the 100m in a
world record time but was stripped of his gold three
days later after testing positive for steroids.

24. 1992 BARCELONA
Former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team
under Olympic Flag. South Africa returned to Olympic
competition following the ending of apartheid.

25. 1996 ATLANTA
10744 Athletes from 197 countries participated.
Michael Johnson of USA completed an unprecedented
double by winning the 200M and 400M sprint. He won
200M with a world record.

26. 2000 SYDNEY
10651 athletes from 199 countries took part. The
Triathlon was held for the first time.

27. 2004 ATHENS
11000 Athletes from 199 countries took part.

28. 2008 BEIJING

29. HISTORIC OLYMPIC EMBLEMS

30. LONDON 2012

31. PHOTO GALLARY
100
East
50
West
0 North
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

36. Each new dawn brings the
possibility of a new progress.
END
J.Jayakrishnan