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The origin of the Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend; [15]: p. 12 one of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games. [ 15 ] : pp. 12–13 [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four ...
Olympia (Modern Greek: Ολυμπία [oli(m)ˈbi.a]; Ancient Greek: Ὀλυμπία [olympí.aː]), officially Archaia Olympia (Greek: Αρχαία Ολυμπία lit. ' Ancient Olympia ' ), is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece , famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.
The exedra reserved for the judges at Olympia on the south embankment of the stadium. Today, this is where the Olympic flame is passed on to the first torchbearer of the upcoming Olympic Games. Several groups fought over control of the sanctuary at Olympia, and hence the games, for prestige and political advantage.
West Germany: Europe XX: 26 August 1972: 11 September 1972: Innsbruck [g] Austria: 1976 XII: 4 February 1976: 15 February 1976: Montreal Canada: North America XXI: 17 July 1976: 1 August 1976: Lake Placid United States: 1980 XIII: 13 February 1980: 24 February 1980: Moscow Soviet Union [h] Europe XXII: 19 July 1980: 3 August 1980: Sarajevo ...
In 1990, East Germany and West Germany would reunite, with Germany once again competing as a single full sovereign state since the 1992 Olympic year. The IOC currently splits German results among four codes, even though only the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1968 to 1988 had sent a separate team to compete against the team of the German ...
The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the countries along the route all agreed to support the relay which would pass through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria, and Czechoslovakia and then Germany. [1] These countries would fall under Nazi domination as the second World War began just over three years later. [2]
While the Olympic flame had been used for the first time in Amsterdam in 1928, in Berlin 1936 a marathon-like tour of the Olympic torch was introduced, from Olympia in Greece, crossing six frontiers with a journey of 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) to Berlin, through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany.
The Heraea took place every four years. Some scholars have suggested that the games took place around the time of the ancient Olympics, but there is no ancient evidence for when the Heraea occurred and Donald G. Kyle argues that due to the ancient Greek custom of secluding women from unrelated males, the event was more likely entirely separate from the Olympics.