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The Olympics

Ms Evans

The Olympic rings - official trademark of the I.O.C

Grade 6

The Ancient Olympics - information on the ancient games
Voyage back in time: Ancient Greece and Rome website -
Greek Sports - for the younger students
Official Olympic Website
about everything Olympic!
The "Real Story"
the first games, the athletes, women's participation and a GLOSSARY  of terms.
Sports History (Hickok.com) -
a page on the ancient Olympics, one on the 19th century Olympic Movement (the start of the modern) games, and then a page on each of the Olympic games up to 1960.
Sport Information - Olympic Fact Sheets
long fact sheets (from Australia) that contain information on all aspects of the Olympic games
The Ancient Olympics -
good information about the ancient games
The Ancient Olympics: their origin in Greek Mythology and Religion
Olympic Games - InfoPlease.com article - has articles on the ancient and the modern Olympics
The Ancient Olympics - ThinkQuest -
discusses how the ancient games were different from the modern games.
Olympics Virtual Library -
useful information on the symbols - the rings, the torch, the oath
The Olympic Games of 1896: The Description of the Games - this site is very scholarly, but it does give a timeline for the first modern games - in 1896
The Unofficial Olympic Website -
tells when the individual sports were added to the Olympics

Thanks for the exceptionally beautiful Olympic logo and the flames. 
 

 

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Last modified on 01/07/08