Ch-2
OLYMPISM
Topics in the Chapter
Ancient Olympics
Modern Olympics
Paralympic
Special Olympic
Winter Olympics
Summer Olympics
Olympic symbols, ideals, objectives and values
International Olymopic Committee
Indian Olympic Association
Dronacharya Award, Arjuna Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna award
Organisational setup of CBSE sports and Chacha Nehru sports
award
Ancient Olympic Games
---Many stories has been told regarding the origin of
ancient games.
---The written record is found from 776 B.C.
---The games were held in the Honour of God Zeus.
---The word Olympics is derived from the Lord
Olympia - a valley where first seen games were held.
Modern Olympic Games
• Modem Olympic Games started in 1896 with the efforts of
Baron-Pierre de Coubertin of Francee, also known as the
father of modern Olympics.
• The first Olympic games were held in Athens in 1896.
• Nine Countries Participated in first modern Olympic Games.
• Since then, the Olympic games are played after every four
Years. Though games were interrupted thrice in between due
to 2 world wars.
• Last Olympics were held in Rio, Brazil.
• 2020 Olympic games will be held in Tokyo.
Para Olympics
This is similar to Olympic games for disabled sports
persons. In 1960 first time they were organized in
Rome. The headquarter of International Para Olympic
is situated at Bonn, Germany. The International Para
Olympic(IPC) is responsible for organizing summer
and winter Olympic games. At present, it comprises
of 176 National Para Olympic Committees.
Special Olympics Bharat
The Special Olympics is a major event put on by the Special
Olympics committee. The World Games alternate between
summer and winter games, in two-year cycles, recurring
every fourth year. The first edition of the games were held
on July 20, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, with about 1,000
athletes from the U.S. and Canada. At those first games,
honorary event chair Eunice Kennedy Shriver announced
the formation of the Special Olympics organization.
International participation expanded in subsequent games.
In 2003, the first summer games held outside the United
States were in Dublin, Ireland with 7000 athletes from 150
countries.
Winter Olympic Games
• Winter Olympic Games is a major international sporting event that occurs
once every four years.
In Winter Olympics, sports related with snow and ices are practiced. For
example: Ice Hockey, Ski Jumping.
• The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics, was held in
Chamonix, France.
• The Games were held every four years from 1924 until 1936.
• Games were interrupted by World War II for four years.
• The Olympics Games resumed after world war in 1948 was again held
every four years.
• The Winter and Summer Olympic Games were held in the same years, but
in accordance with a 1986 decision by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) to place the Summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles
in alternating even-numbered years.
• The Winter Olympics has been hosted on three continents
by eleven different countries.
• The Games have been held in the United States four times
(1932; 1960, 1980, 2002); in France three times (1924, 1968,
1992); and in Austria (1964, 1976), Canada (1988, 2010),
Japan (1972, 1998), hajv (1956, 2006). Norway (1952, 1994),
and Switzerland (1928, 1948) twice. Also, the Games have
been held in Germany (1936), Yugoslavia (1984). and Russia
(2014) once.
• The IOC has selected Pveongchanu, South Korea, to host
the 2018 Winter Olympics and Beijing, China, to host the
2022 Winter Olympics.
Summer Olympic Games
• The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad
first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is
hosted by a different city every four years.
• The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro,
BrazilThe International Olympic Committee organises the
games and oversees the host city's preparations
• In each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first
place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze
medals are awarded for third; this tradition began
• In 1904 The Winter Olympic Games were created due to the
success of the Summer Olympics.
• Eighteen countries have hosted the Summer Olympics.
The United States has hosted four Summer Olympics
(1904. 1932, 1984, 1996), more than any other nation, and
Great Britain has hosted three Summer Olympics (1908,
1948, 2012). al! in London.
• Four cities have hosted two Summer Olympics: Athens
(1896. 2004), Paris (1900, 1924). Los Angeles (1932, 1984).
and Tokyo (1964. 2020).
• Tokyo is the first Asian City to host the Summer Olympics
multiple times.
Olympic Symbols
• This Olympic symbol was created and designed by
Pierre-de-coubertin, the father of modern Olympics.
• Pierre-de-coubertin, created Olympic flag which is ofa
milky white texture in the background with five
interlinked rings of different colours.
• The rings symbolize the union of five continents-
America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe.
• It Symbolizes meeting of the atheletes form all over
the world (from these five continents) at Olympics.
• The five colours are Blue, Black, Red, Yellow & Green.
• Olympic Motto
• Olympic motto is made from three Latin
Words.
• Citius - Faster
• Altius -Higher
• Fortius-Stronger
Objectives of Olympics
• To generate the sense of loyalty, brother hood and team
spirit among the participants.
• To bring the attention of the world community to
understand the values of the programmes of physical
education.
• To Promote amateurism among the sport men
• To remove the barriers of caste, creed, religion and colour
• To develop good habits among sports persons
• To encourage moral values and unbiased behaviour through
sports
Values through Olympics
Olympic Ideal
• Olympic Games are remembered for the Bishop
Pennsylvania’s famous sermon “The most important thing
in Olympic is not to win but to take part. The important
thing in life is not to triumph to struggle. The essential
thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”
• It means participation is more important than winning.
It is about the fighting spirit.
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• The International Olympic Committee was
constituted for proper organization of Olympic
Games.
• One representative was included in this
committee from each country.
• The headquarters of this committee is situated in
Switzerland.
• Five executive members of this committee decide
the venue and time for Olympic Games.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
• Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927.
• Mr. Dorabji Tata was its first president and Dr. D.B.
noehren, secretary and Sh. G.D. Sondhi as Astt.
secretory.
• IOA has affiliation from International Olympic
Committee. Composition of Indian Olympic
Association Election of Indian Olympic Association
are held in four year at the annual meeting of the
General Assembly to elect the council members.
These members are President, Vice President,
Secretary General, Treasurer and Executive
Members
Sports Awards
To promote sports, certain sports awards have been given by
Government of India. They are for sportsman as well as for
coaches.
Dronacharya Award• Dronacharya award is given to those
coaches and trainers whose players have performed well at
international level.
• Dronacharya awards has been given from 1985.
• It is given to famous coaches whose teams and players
have shown good performance at International level
consecutively for three years.
• This award consist of statue of Dronacharya, scroll of
honour and cash prize of 5 lakhs.
