Olympics

BY TAKUNDA
OLYMPICS
WHAT IS Olympics

 The Olympic Games are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and
were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world’s foremost sports
competition and include athletes from all over the world.
 a sports festival held every four years in different venues, instigated by the
Frenchman Baron de Coubertin (1863–1937) in 1896. Athletes representing more
than 200 countries compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in more than
twenty sports.See also Winter Olympics.
FIRST RECORDED RECORD

 The first written records of the ancient  Coroebus

Olympic Games date to 776 B.C., when a  The FIRST Olympic champion in
cook named Coroebus won the only
recorded history was a naked runner,
event–a 192-meter footrace called the
Coroebus (a cook from Elis), who won
stade (the origin of the modern
the only event, the stade. The FIRST ever
“stadium”)–to become the first Olympic
event of the modern Olympic Games was
champion. However, it is generally
the 1st heat of the 100m, held on 6 April
believed that the Games had been going
1896.
on for many years by that time.
2000 OLYMIPCS
 The 2000 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVII
Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000, the Millennium
Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium) were an
international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1
October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked
the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and
in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne,
Victoria, in 1956. Sydney was selected as the host city for the 2000
Games in 1993. Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000
Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its
official sports programmer. The Games' cost was estimated to be
A$6.6 billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC
presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his
successor Jacques Rogge. These were also the second Olympic
Games to be held in spring, and to date the most recent Games
not to be held in its more traditional summer slot. The 2000
Games received universal acclaim, with the organization,
volunteers, sportsmanship, and Australian public being lauded in
the international media. Bill Bryson of The Times called the
Sydney Games "one of the most successful events on the world
stage", saying that they "couldn't be better". James Mossop of
the Electronic Telegraph called the Games "such a success that
any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be
wondering how it can reach the standards set by Sydney", while
2001 Olympics

 2001 Special Olympics World Winter

Games was the 7th edition of the Winter
Special Olympics World Games .It is a
multi-sporting event that was held from
March 4 2001 to March 11 2001.It was
hosted by Anchorage, Alaska which is in
Alaska, a state of the United States. Cross
Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Speed
Skating, Floor Hockey, Snowshoeing
2002 Olympics

 The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the

XIX Olympic Winter Games and
commonly known as Salt Lake 2002, was
an international winter multi-sport event
that was held from February 8–24, 2002
in and around Salt Lake City, Utah,
United States. Salt Lake City was elected
as the host city in June 1995 at the 104th
IOC Session.
2003 Olympics

 The 2003 Tournament of the Americas in

basketball, later known as the FIBA
Americas Championship and the FIBA
Amari Cup (also known as Las Americas
Tournament for Men, FIBA Americas
Olympic Qualifying Tournament, or Pan-
American Olympic Qualifying
Tournament for Men), was hosted by
Puerto Rico, from August 20 to August
31, 2003.
 Champions: United States (5th title)
2014 Olympics

 The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially

called the XXII Olympic Winter Games
(Russian: XXII, Romanized: XXII
Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and
commonly known as Sochi 2014.
Russian: 2014 was an international winter
multi-sport event that was held from 7 to
23 February 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar
Kari, Russia. Opening rounds in certain
events were held on 6 February 2014, the
day before the opening ceremony.
2015 Olympics

 The 2015 Special Olympics World

Summer Games were a multi-sport event
for athletes with intellectual disabilities
held in Los Angeles, United States from
July 25 to August 2, 2015, in the tradition
of the Special Olympics movement.
Athletes entering the Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum for closing
ceremonies on August 2, 2015.
2016 Olympics

 The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese:

Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016),
officially the Games of the XXXI
Olympiad (Portuguese: Olimpíada) and
also known as Rio 2016, were an
international multi-sport event held from
5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, with preliminary events in some
sports beginning on 3 August.
2017 Olympics

 The 2017 Special Olympic World Winter

Games (German: 2017 Special Olympics
World Winterspiele) officially called 11th
Special Olympics World Winter Games is
a Special Olympics, a multi-sports event
that was held in Austria from March 14
through March 25, 2017.
2018 Olympics
2019 Olympics
2020 Olympics
Fastest 100m runner