e number at Athens-from 311 to 2,082. Games are currently held every two years, with Summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating. The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th century forced the IOC to adapt the Games to the world s changing social circumstances. Some of these adjustments included the creation of the Winter Games for ice and snow sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with physical disabilities, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes.Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for Swifter, Higher, Stronger. The motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin and was introduced in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris.more informal but well known motto, also introduced by De Coubertin, is The most important thing is not to win but to take part! symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. This was originally designed in 1912 by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. These five rings represent the five continents of the world: America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.Olympic idea means friendship, fraternity and cooperation among the people of the world.
2. Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, are an international multi-sport event organized by International Olympic Committee every four years. Different countries named United States, United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Soviet Union, Sweden, and China have hosted the Summer Olympics. The United States has hosted four Summer Olympics, more than any other nations. Australia, France, Germany, Greece, and United Kingdom have hosted two Summer Olympic Games.purposes of Olympic competition, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) makes a distinction between sports and disciplines. A sport, in Olympic terms, is a single or group of disciplines as represented by an international governing body, namely an International Federation. [3] For example, aquatics, represented at the Olympic level by the International Swimming Federation, is a sport at the Summer Olympics that includes the swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo disciplines.the first Olympic Games, nine sports were contested. [4] Since then the number and kinds of events may change slightly from one Olympiad to another. For most of the 20th century, demonstration sports have been included in many Olympic Games, usually to promote a non-Olympic sport popular in the host country, or to gauge interest and support for the sport. [2] The number of sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games has gradually risen to twenty-eight on the program from 2000-2008. Some such sports, like curling, were subsequently added to the official Olympic program. This changed when the International Olympic Committee decided in 1989 to eliminate demonstration sports from Olympics Games after 1992. [5] Although no demonstration sports have been included since then, as an alternative, the Beijing Organizing Committee received permission to organize a wushu tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1] the 2012 Summer Olympics, however, the number of sports will fall back to twenty-six following an IOC vote in early 2006 deciding the removal of baseball and softball from the Olympic program. These remain recognized s...
