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    Here are the responses to the questions about the Ancient Olympic Games: 1. The games were held to honor Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. They believed the games were started by Zeus himself. 2. The games were held every four years in Olympia, a small village in the western Peloponnese. This became the site of the ancient Olympic games. 3. Only free-born Greek men were allowed to participate in the ancient games. Women, slaves, and foreigners were excluded. Participation was limited to eligible male citizens of the Greek city-states. 4. Athletes trained rigorously for months or years in advance of the games. Training involved diet, exercise, and practice of the

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    Here are the responses to the questions about the Ancient Olympic Games: 1. The games were held to honor Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. They believed the games were started by Zeus himself. 2. The games were held every four years in Olympia, a small village in the western Peloponnese. This became the site of the ancient Olympic games. 3. Only free-born Greek men were allowed to participate in the ancient games. Women, slaves, and foreigners were excluded. Participation was limited to eligible male citizens of the Greek city-states. 4. Athletes trained rigorously for months or years in advance of the games. Training involved diet, exercise, and practice of the

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    Here are the responses to the questions about the Ancient Olympic Games: 1. The games were held to honor Zeus, the king of the Greek gods. They believed the games were started by Zeus himself. 2. The games were held every four years in Olympia, a small village in the western Peloponnese. This became the site of the ancient Olympic games. 3. Only free-born Greek men were allowed to participate in the ancient games. Women, slaves, and foreigners were excluded. Participation was limited to eligible male citizens of the Greek city-states. 4. Athletes trained rigorously for months or years in advance of the games. Training involved diet, exercise, and practice of the

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    The Modern Olympic Games

    The Olympic Games, an international athletics competition, are held every four years at a
    different site. A modified revival of the Olympian Games, the Olympic Games were
    inaugurated in the spring of 1896.
    Planning for the modern games began in 1894, with the founding of the International
    Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC enlisted the aid of sports organisations and individuals
    of various countries, chiefly European at first. The committee drafted policy and selected
    Athens, Greece, as the site of the first Olympic Games. In theory, athletes of all nations are
    eligible to participate.
    Organisation
    The site of the games is chosen, usually six years in advance, by the IOC. Atlanta, Georgia,
    was chosen as the site of the 1996 Summer Olympics. The 2000 Summer Olympics will be
    held in Sydney, Australia.
    History
    The first modern games, held in April 1896, attracted athletes from the United States, Great
    Britain, and 11 other nations. Only 42 events in 9 sports were scheduled for these games.
    The Olympic Games scheduled for Berlin in 1916 were cancelled because of World War I;
    those scheduled for 1940 and 1944 were cancelled because of World War II.
    After the games of 1904, which had little international significance because most of the
    contestants were from the United States, more and more nations have entered teams in the
    Olympics. The total number of participating athletes has also grown, from the 285 who
    competed at Athens in 1896 to the approximately 10,600 who competed in Barcelona in
    1992.
    Since the first Olympics of the modern cycle, the number of women in Olympic competition
    and the number of sports and events open to competition at the games have increased. The
    number of medal sports at the 1992 Olympics totalled 28: aquatics (diving, swimming,
    synchronised swimming, and water polo), archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing,
    canoeing-kayaking, cycling, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, judo,
    modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, soccer, table tennis, team handball, tennis, track and
    field, volleyball, weight lifting, wrestling, and yachting. A third significant development has
    been the progressively superior performance by successive generations of Olympic athletes.
    Ceremonies
    An elaborate ceremony traditionally opens the Olympic Games. The athletes parade into the
    stadium, led by the Greek team, in honour of the founding of the Olympic Games, with the
    host nation marching in last. The Olympic Hymn is then played and the official Olympic flag
    (five interlocking rings on a white background) is raised. A runner then enters the stadium
    bearing the Olympic torch, initially lit by rays of the sun at Olympia, Greece, and carried to
    the present site by a relay of runners. The ceremony closes with the release of doves,
    symbolising the spirit of the games.
    During the games, medal ceremonies are held to honour the medal winners in each event. The
    first-, second-, and third-place finishers stand on a podium and receive gold, silver, and
    bronze medals, respectively. Flags from the athletes' countries are raised, and the national
    anthem of the country of the gold medallist is played. An elaborate closing ceremony ends
    the games.

    The Modern Olympic Games


    Attached is an article about the Modern Olympic Games. Below are some questions for you
    to answer. Use the article to help you, things that you know already, or any other information
    that you might be able to find.

    Questions
    1. Why are the games held?

    2. How often are they held?

    3. Who takes part?

    4. How do they prepare for the games?

    5. What are the different events?

    6. What prizes do the winners receive?

    7. Who watches the games?

    8. Write down any other information that you think is important.

    We will be using these same questions next week to find out about the ancient
    Olympic Games so that we can compare the Ancient and Modern Games.

    The Ancient Olympic Games


    You will find below similar questions to those that you used to research the Modern Olympic
    Games. We are going to use these same questions to help us in our research of the Ancient
    Games and so that we can make comparisons with the Modern Games. In your group
    research try to find out the answers to these questions so that you can share what you have
    found with the rest of the class.

    Questions
    1. Why were the games held?

    2. How often were they held?

    3. Who took part?

    4. How did they prepare for the games?

    5. What were the different events?

    6. What prizes did the winners receive?

    7. Who watched the games?

    8. Write down any other information that you think is important.

    1. Why were
    the games held?

    2. How often
    were they held?

    3. Who took
    part?

    4. How did they


    prepare for the
    games?

    5. What were
    the different
    events?

    6. What prizes
    did the
    winners
    receive?

    7. Who
    watched the
    games?

    Question cards for Ancient Olympic Games

    8. Write down
    any other
    information that
    you think is
    important.

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