OLYMPIC GAMES

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are leading

international sporting events featuring summer and winter
sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around
the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic
Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition
with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games
are normally held every four years, alternating between
the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years in the four-
year period.

HISTORY
(On pg 20 and 21, under Ancient Olympic Games and Modern
Olympic Games)

CHANGES IN OLYMPIC GAMES

The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and
21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic
Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the
Winter Olympic Games for snow and ice sports, the Paralympic
Games for athletes with disabilities, the Youth Olympic
Games for athletes aged 14 to 18, the five Continental games
(Pan American, African, Asian, European, and Pacific), and
the World Games for sports that are not contested in the
Olympic Games. The IOC also endorses the Deaflympics and
the Special Olympics. The IOC has needed to adapt to a variety
of economic, political, and technological advancements.
The abuse of amateur rules by the Eastern Bloc nations
prompted the IOC to shift away from pure amateurism, as
envisioned by Coubertin, to the acceptance of professional
athletes participating at the Games. The growing importance of
mass media has created the issue of corporate sponsorship and
general commercialisation of the Games. World wars to the
cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Olympics; large-scale
boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in
the 1980 and 1984 Olympics;[4] and the 2020 Olympics were
postponed until 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

OLYMPIC SYMBOLS, IDEALS,

OBJECTIVES AND VALUES OF
OLYMPISM
Olympic Symbols: (On pg 26, under Olympic Symbols)
Olympic Motto: (On Pg 27, under Olympic Motto)
Olympic Flame: (On Pg 27, under Olympic Flame)
Olympic Flag: (On Pg 27, under Olympic Flame)
Olympic Award: (On Pg 27, under Olympic Award)
Olympic Ideal: (On Pg 28, under Olympic Ideal)
Olympic Oath: (On Pg 28, under Olympic Oath)
Objectives of Olympic Games: (On Pg 28, under Objectives of
Olympic Games)
Olympic Values: (On Pg 28, under Olympic Values)
 YEAR AND VENUE OF MODERN
OLYMPIC GAMES HELD
(On pg 21 and 22, table of year and venue of modern Olympic
games held)

JAPAN OLYMPICS 2021

Opening Ceremony: The opening ceremony was held on 23 July
2021 in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. It included the
traditional Parade of Nations. Emperor Naruhito formally
opened the Games, and at the end of the torch relay the
Olympic cauldron was lit by Japanese tennis player Naomi
Osaka.
For the first time in the 2020 Olympic Games, it was decided
that one male and one female in each country would take turns
holding flags and serve as two of them. This was done by
embodying the "Agenda 2020" set during President Bach's term.

SPORTS:
1. Diving - Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water
from a platform or springboard, usually while performing
acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is
part of the Olympic Games. 
Men:

Games Gold Silver Bronze

Cao Yuan Yang Jian Tom Daley

10m Platform
China China Great Britain

Wang
3m Xie Siyi Jack Laugher
Zongyuan
Springboard China Great Britain
China

Tom Daley Aleksandr

Cao Yuan and Bondar and
Synchronized And Matty Chen Aisen Viktor
10m Platform Lee Minibaev
China
Great Britain Russia

Andrew
Xie Siyi and Patrick
Synchronized Capobianco
Wang Hausding and
3m and Michael
Zongyuan Lars Rüdiger
Springboard Hixon
China Germany
USA

Women:

Games Gold Silver Bronze

10m Platform Quan Chen Yuxi Melissa Wu

Hongchan
China Australia
 China

3m Shi Tingmao Wang Han Krysta Palmer

Springboard China China United States

Delaney Gabriela
Chen Yuxi and Schnell and Agundez and
Synchronized Zhang Jiaqi Jessica Alejandra
10m Platform Parratto Orozco
China
USA Mexico

Jennifer Abel Lena

Shi Tingmao
Synchronized and Mélissa Hentschel
and Wang
3m Citrini- and Tina
Han
Springboard Beaulieu Punzel
China
Canada Germany

2. Swimming - Swimming is an individual or team racing

sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move
through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water
(e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the
most popular Olympic sports.
Men:
Women:
3. Archery - Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using
a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus,
meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting
and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport
and recreational activity.
4. Athletics - Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves
competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The
most common types of athletics competitions are track and
field, road running, cross country running, and racewalking.
Men:

Women:

5. Badminton - Badminton is a racquet sport played

using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. The most
common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per
side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).
6. Basketball - Basketball is a team sport in which two teams,
most commonly of five players each, opposing one another
on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective
of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while
preventing the opposing team from shooting through their
own hoop.
7. Boxing - Boxing is a combat sport in which two people,
wearing protective equipment throw punches at each other
for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.
Men:
Woman:

8. Equestrian - The word equestrian is a reference

to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from
Latin equester and equus, "horse".
9. Field Hockey - Field hockey is a team sport of
the hockey family. Each team plays with ten field players and
a goalkeeper, and must carry a round, hard, plastic hockey
ball with a hockey stick to the rival goal.
10. Golf - Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use
various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in
as few strokes as possible.

11. Judo - Judo is a modern Japanese martial art, a system of

unarmed combat, and now primarily a sport.[3] Judo is not
only a training of body and mind, but also a way of human
formation.
Men:

Women:
12. Shooting - Shooting is the act or process of discharging
a projectile from a ranged weapon.
Men:

Women:

13. Tennis - Tennis is a racket sport that can be played

individually in singles or doubles.