The Olympic Games

By: Nathan Sun

The Beginning - Ancient

Games
Start: 776 BC
When: Every 4 years to honor Zeus
Other Athletics Competitions: Pythian, Isthmian, and Nemean Games
Sports: Wrestling, running, discus throwing, javelin throwing, long jumping, boxing, and even chariot
racing.

The End - Ancient Games

End: AD395
Cause 1: 2 earthquakes in Olympia
Cause 2: New Roman emperor Theodosius

Rebirth of the Olympic

Games
Time: 1896
Founder: le Pierre de Coubertin
Why?: Pierre was a french athlete and felt that the world needed a major sports competition. He
studied history, and looked back at the ancient Olympics as the kind of competition he had in mind.

The Modern Games

Time: 1896-Now
Countries Participating: 88
New Ideas: The Winter Olympics (1920)
Stars: Usain Bolt, Kim Yuna *retired*, Michael Phelps, Shaun White..and many others

This is a picture of the

sports that athletes
participated in the
London 2012 Olympic
Games.

A modern star of
the Olympics,
the fastest
person on earth,
Usain Bolt.