The Olympic Idea is Based on the Public School System
In attempting to answer the question I will cover the following
points. Defining the key terms, I will then give a brief historical
overview of the issue of Olympics. Using examples from the Olympic
games I will identify the reasons for Pierre de Coubertin’s reasons
and influence of the Olympics in global sport. To conclude I will
review the current issue of an outline where I think it will go in the
future.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin the man who revitalised the Olympics. This
maybe the case in history books but there was a lot involvement from
earlier generations. These date back way into the ancient times and
they had a much different purpose to what they do now, they where all
held in honour of gods. The Pythain Games where at Delphi to celebrate
the festival of Apollo. The Isthmian Games where at Corinth in honour
of the god Poseidon. The Nemean Games and the most well none of games
The Games of Olympia where held in honour of Zeus, the king of the
gods. The games of Olympia are believed to be the oldest of the games
because they where first reliably dated at 776 BC, but where believed
to have begun around 1300BC. The events the featured in these games
where as follows the stade – a foot race of that distance, the diaulos
– a foot race of approximately 400 metres, the dolichos – a long
distance race between 1,500 – 5,000 metres, the hippolite/hoplite – a
race in armour, the pankration – a form of no-holds barred fighting
and pentathlon – which consisted of the stade, long jump, javelin
throw, discus and wrestling events. As you can see all these games
where a great success, and a testament to there designers, because
some of these games are still played in the modern Olympics to date.
In between the ancient games and the modern games, there wasn’t just a
big gap there was still games. Most notably the Cotswold Olympic Games