Summer Olympic Games - the history of appearance

Summer Olympic Games of 2012 just managed to get into history, because after the end of them even a year has not passed. London showed itself in all its glory: a lot of money was spent on the conduct of the competitions, and the opening and closing ceremonies of games were recognized as one of the most spectacular in the history of the competitions of this kind.

In the British capital, by the way, the Summer Olympic Games were held Not for the first time. Twice before that, London was the main sports city in the world. The Olympics of 1908, by the way, was not a summer one, and was going on intermittently for almost half a year, because then the IOC did not hold the Winter Olympics, because the revival of the games took place only in 1896, and the rules were not adopted at that time It was.

Summer Olympic games then included hockey competitions, which would have looked rather ridiculous today. However, at that time it did not bother anyone, and representatives of many countries came to fight for medals.

In 1948, the Olympics returned to London again, which was a rather symbolic event, as this city was most affected by the bombing of the Third Reich aviation , whose capital hosted the last pre-war Olympics. The games of 1948 helped London quickly blossom after the war and restored the city its former prestige, and also increased its attractiveness in the eyes of world investment companies.

From the history of the Games

In addition to the British capital, the Summer Olympic Games were held in many different cities around the world. The first Modern Games took place in 1896 in Athens. Arrange competitions here was decided to give them symbolism, because it was in Greek Olympia in 776 BC. The very first Olympic competitions took place. The Greeks even considered the years "olympiads", that is, cuts in four years. The tradition of the Games was interrupted after a thousand years, as one of the Christian emperors of Rome recognized them as a pagan remnant of the past. Apparently, the then rulers saw in the sport is not a sport.

Then, fifteen hundred years in the world, there were no major sporting events. The time of ecclesiastical obscurantism and colonial wars has come. The states were not up to the sport. Only towards the end of the nineteenth century the first timid voices began to be heard, which called for the organization of major international sports competitions. Louder than the others was the voice of Pierre de Coubertin, from which the first Summer Olympics took place The modern stage of human history.

Since then, the Olympics have been held every 4 years, with the exceptions of 1916, 1940 and 1944, when World Wars raged. Almost all world powers take part in the Olympic movement today. Even the very fact of the presence of athletes in competitions of this magnitude is already an achievement for their home country. As Pierre de Coubertin himself said: "The main thing is not victory, but participation."

The history of the Summer Olympic Games is not complete, because the sport has never stood and will not stand still. Fans are waiting for the new champions!