★Interesting facts about the second Olympic Games:
◆The wrong applause
Among the six athletes who qualified for the 400-meter final, five were from the United States. . The final is scheduled for Sunday. Three of the American athletes are devout Christians. They would rather not participate in the finals than give up their religious activities. In the end, only two American players and one German player participated in the finals. When American player Maxi Long reached the finish line first with a score of 49"4, a wave of applause swept over him, leaving him confused. Why did the audience give him warm applause? It turned out that he was wearing a blue and white striped vest from Columbia University, which was exactly the same color as the logo of the Paris Jockey Club. In addition, the French team had not won a championship in track and field competitions. The anxious audience mistook him for France. player. Later, in order to allow the audience to distinguish athletes from various countries, starting from the Fourth Olympic Games in 1908, athletes from all countries uniformly wore their own country's athletes' uniforms and appeared on the Olympic stadium.
◆Win the gold medal
When the 400-meter hurdles competition was held for the first time in the Olympic Games, only 5 people participated. Although France's five-time champion Tokin at the time was skilled in hurdles, But Tewksbury of the United States took the lead with a score of 57.6, and he also won the gold medal in the 200-meter run. At that time, the 200-meter race had no curves and was held on a straight track. The method of punishing fouls is very strange. The person who is punished has to step back one yard and start running. Seeing an opportunity to take advantage of this rule, Tewksbury made a fake move at the start to induce other athletes to foul, causing them to be sent back one yard from the starting line. He took advantage of it and won the second gold medal. .
★Interesting facts about the third Olympic Games:
◆In order to lose weight and become an Olympic gold medalist - Harry Hillman
The 400-meter hurdles in the 1904 Olympic Games, only Four players participated. Harry Hillman was 22 years old at the time and was a bank teller. He did not enter college and received no formal training, but he was able to win the gold medal in the St. Louis Olympics. Harry Hillman originally entered the fitness center because he was too obese and regarded running as a good way to lose weight. The reason why he chose the hurdle event was to follow the coach's advice and practice hurdles to stay away from sweets, tobacco, pastries and meat. Before he started practicing track and field, he often ate so much that he became overweight. He finally made up his mind to lose weight. He saw people running and told him that running could help him lose weight and that it was his dream to be light, so he started his track and field career. However, when he started practicing, he still couldn't help but want to eat. He once swallowed several raw eggs at one time to satisfy his appetite. Harry Hillman's 400-meter hurdles performance at the St. Louis Olympics exceeded the world record at the time, but because the hurdles used in that Olympics were not high enough, his record was not recognized. However, he set a world record in April 1909, when he and Lawson Robertson set a world record of 100 yards for two people in 11 seconds.
◆The newsmaker in the marathon
He is Felix Cajal from Cuba. This Havana postman had no formal training. During the marathon on August 30, he appeared at the starting line wearing a long-sleeved shirt, long pants and bulky leather boots. Kind people temporarily shortened his shirt sleeves and boots. pants and borrow a pair of lightweight shoes. At the beginning of the race, he had been running ahead. Due to hunger and thirst, he ran into an orchard and ate a few green apples. As a result, he fell behind the others. In the end, he still finished fourth. Although he was not the champion, But his unusual things became legendary in St. Louis.
◆A strange combination of circumstances
The marathon of this Olympic Games will be held on August 30, with a total distance of 40 kilometers. When American runner Fred Lotz finished 12 kilometers, he suddenly felt unwell and his legs cramped, and then he caught a passing car. After the car took him 17 kilometers, he got out of the car and continued running forward. When he reached the finish line first, the audience gave him warm applause and the band played the American national anthem. Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of US President Roosevelt, awarded him a golden medal. But not long after, another American player, Thomas Hicks, who was running behind Lotz, entered the sports field. Lotz's scam was exposed. He argued: I came to get clothes. As soon as I entered the sports ground, there was such a heated scene that I had no time to explain. Lotz was disqualified and sanctioned by USATF. As a result, the St. Louis Olympic marathon championship was won by Hicks. But he also ran to the finish line after taking two injections and drinking a glass of French brandy when he was too exhausted to run. But when he learned the truth, the false results could no longer be changed, and Hicks took advantage.
◆Only one person participated in the final
In the 400-meter final of the 4-person race, the American team accounted for 3 people, and the British player Holsway was second. Since the 400-meter race at that time was not divided into lanes, a conflict occurred near the finish line.
Robin from the third lane cut across to the inner circle in front of Holsway, and Carpenter from the first lane stabbed diagonally inward towards the finish line. In order to surpass them, Holsway detoured and rushed forward. At this time, Carpenter rushed forward. Pent deliberately hit Huo's chest with his elbow. When Huo was running in front, he grabbed Huo's shorts with his hands. As a result, the referee issued a foul signal and declared the game invalid. Two days later, the final was held again, with only Holsway, Robin and Taylor allowed to compete. However, two American athletes announced their withdrawal from the competition in protest. However, according to the competition regulations, the finals continued as usual. Huo ran the entire distance single-handedly and won the gold medal in 50" time.
◆The mystery
Third place The starting point and end point of the marathon of the 2018 Olympic Games were set on the racecourse track used as a track and field. The route circled around Paris and then turned back. On this day, Parisian citizens poured into the streets to watch this sporting event. . Since only the French runners among the 19 runners in this marathon knew the streets of Paris well and could take shortcuts when turning, they took advantage of it. As a result, the Frenchman Theato finished in 2:59′. 45〃 reached the finish line first and won the championship. The foreign players were unlucky. They became confused while walking and took many detours. Especially the 19-year-old Swedish boy Fast could have achieved better results. , but was pointed out the wrong way by a policeman, and ended up in third place. Afterwards, the policeman committed suicide due to extreme guilt. After the race, American player Newton said: "I was leading until the end of the race. No one passed me. I thought I won the championship. How could anyone be in front of me? What a mystery. ”
★The 20th Olympic Games
◆The Olympic gold medal was lost
Uganda’s Aki Bua won the 400m at the 20th Olympic Games in 1972 He won the gold medal in the meter hurdles and broke the world record in this event. Later, when a coup occurred in Uganda, Aki Bua accidentally lost the gold medal in the chaos. He was heartbroken for this. A sports goods company called "PUMA" in the Federal Republic of Germany made a lot of money from this Olympic star. In order to reward this Olympic hero from Africa, it specially produced a medal for him that was exactly the same as the Olympic gold medal. Gave it to him as an encouragement and compensation for him
★The 21st Olympic Games
◆"Heavy" chewing gum
Held in 1976! At the 21st Olympic Games, when American wrestler Farina weighed himself before the game, the indicator light came on, indicating that his weight had exceeded the level standard. He quickly took off his vest, but the indicator light did not go out. He quickly threw his sunglasses to the On the other hand, the light was still on. Farina cursed in a low voice and spit out the gum in his mouth. At that moment, the light turned off and he walked onto the field triumphantly. This little piece of chewing gum almost missed a big event!
★The 22nd Olympic Games
◆The twin brothers who have a good understanding of each other won the championship
This is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games! There are many stories about twin brothers who have stood on the podium together: In the rowing event of the 22nd Olympic Games in 1980, the Landvogt twins of the Democratic Republic of Germany (born on March 23, 1951) ), their achievements are unparalleled. Not only are the two brothers very similar in body shape, appearance, and hobbies, but their wives are also rowers. Two-time Olympic champion in 1980. Since 1974, the twin brothers have topped the list of world championships many times. Due to their genetic relationship, the twin brothers can cooperate better than ordinary people in group events, and they can coordinate their movements better. This is probably what people think. As the saying goes, "If you have a clear understanding, it will make sense"!
★The 23rd Olympic Games
◆Participate in the Olympics not for medals but to save your life
Sydney as the 2000 The city that hosts the Olympic Games has attracted the attention of the world, but the health status of the people here is not consistent with its status of hosting the Olympic Games. Recently, the Australian Institute of Health conducted a sample survey, and the results surprised everyone. Australians aged 18 to 34. The survey found that although men are taking drugs overall, this is not prompting them to take to the stadium for exercise. Another result shows that the overall number of athletes in Australia is much lower than five years ago. , while the number of overweight men was higher than 11.9% when statistics were collected five years ago. In the past five years, the number of overweight women under the age of 30 increased by 8% in the country. Experts concluded that it was established two years ago in 2000. The previous plan to engage 75% of the country's residents in sports now seems impossible. This plan was put forward in time to make Sydney more confident in winning the right to host. On the contrary, the number of national athletes has dropped from 70.9% to 67.6% in 5 years.
◆He is good at making opinions and causing trouble
In 1989, after consultation with the International Softball Federation, the 25th Olympic Games Organizing Committee unilaterally announced that women’s softball competition would be included in the 1992 Olympic Games. project and promote it through the news media. The International Softball Federation immediately sent a letter to all member associations to inform them of this "extremely good news." The International Olympic Committee was very dissatisfied with this and reiterated its right to decide on the setting of Olympic events.
The Barcelona Olympic Organizing Committee recognized that it had been wronged, apologized to the International Olympic Committee, and reiterated that the organizing committee's preparations would strictly abide by the provisions of the Olympic Charter. At this point, the "women's baseball storm" has quietly subsided.
★Interesting facts about the 24th Olympic Games
◆Multi-person boxing match
In the boxing arena of the Seoul Olympics, South Korean player Do Jung-il performed well. He frequently hit his opponent, European champion Helis of Bulgaria, but because he was a head shorter than Helis, most of Dowding's hits were ruled invalid. Dowding's coach was dissatisfied and accused the referee of being unfair. Dowding punched wildly amidst the cheers of the audience. Although he hit the opponent twice, he also fell twice. In the end, the referee gave Hellis the win. When the referee lowered Hellis's raised arm, Dowding's coach and assistant coach jumped into the circle, grabbed the referee, punched and kicked him. Several South Korean officials also took the opportunity to fight in the name of breaking up the fight. The audience also became commotion, bottles and chairs flew in the air, and the ring became a mess. When people dragged the referee off the stage, he was beyond recognition.
◆Don’t eat food from outsiders
At the Seoul Olympics, some countries mixed stimulants into chewing gum and other small items to make their opponents fail doping tests. When a Cuban athlete was tested, he was told that he had taken doping. He couldn't remember when he had eaten something like that. Later, he suddenly remembered that he had eaten chewing gum given by foreigners, so he finally found the pieces of chewing gum. After sending it for testing, it was found that it did contain stimulants, which proved his innocence.
★Interesting facts about the 25th Summer Olympics:
◆Hold the Olympics differently
In order to successfully host the 25th Summer Olympics, Barcelona spent 12.5 US$100 million has transformed the entire city of Barcelona into a new look: its construction achievements in sports venues are inferior to its municipal construction. It has built new highways to nearby cities, new subways, and planted more trees in various parks. There are many ornamental plants, and even the monuments in the Plaza de Espa?a have been renovated. The ancient city of Barcelona with a history of 2,000 years has a new luster!
◆He is good at making opinions and causing trouble
In 1989, after consultation with the International Softball Federation, the 25th Olympic Games Organizing Committee unilaterally announced that women’s softball competition would be included in the 1992 Olympic Games. project and promote it through the news media. The International Softball Federation immediately sent a letter to all member associations to inform them of this "extremely good news." The International Olympic Committee was very dissatisfied with this and reiterated its right to decide on the setting of Olympic events. The Barcelona Olympic Organizing Committee recognized that it had been wronged, apologized to the International Olympic Committee, and reiterated that the organizing committee's preparations would strictly abide by the provisions of the Olympic Charter. At this point, the "women's baseball storm" has quietly subsided.
◆Fantasy
Officials of the Australian Melbourne F1 Grand Prix Organizing Committee said on November 4 that they hope to make F1 racing an Olympic event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. . But unfortunately when he said these words, he forgot whether to take a look at the Olympic Charter first. In response to their statement, Australian International Olympic Committee member Goss immediately said that the idea was a bit fanciful, because the Olympic Charter does not allow mechanically propelled sports to participate in the Olympics.
◆Wang Yifu, who overcame the disease
Chinese shooting athlete Wang Yifu was seriously ill before coming to Atlanta. He was carried on the plane in a wheelchair. The day before the competition, he fainted twice. When the team leader asked him if he could participate in the competition, he firmly said, "I will die on the target platform." Not only did he compete the next day, but he was 3.8 rings ahead of second place before taking the final shot. But when he was about to take the last shot, there was a sudden power outage at the competition venue. When Wang Yifu supported his sick body and stood in front of the target table again, his eyes were completely dark. He just relied on intuition to take 6.5 rounds, and then passed out after finishing the shot. . He finished second with only 0.1 ring difference. His selfless fighting spirit has been highly praised and admired by people at home and abroad.
★The 26th Olympic Games
◆"AIDS Education"
An official from Fulton Township in Atlanta, USA, recently stated that he would All athletes at the 1996 Olympics were educated on HIV (AIDS, etc.) and AIDS. "We also need to work with the state Department of Health to ask the Olympic Games Organizing Committee to develop measures so that athletes who come to our city to participate in the Olympics receive a certain level of HIV/AIDS education," said Skandalkis, chairman of the town committee. Dun Town is located in the center of Asia and is the location of the main venue of the 1996 Olympic Games. The reason for their decision was that Louganis participated in the 1988 Seoul Olympics with HIV, which caused a controversy. Skandalkis wants to legislate that all participating athletes undergo HIV testing, but he can't find relevant provisions in existing laws. But he believes: "This will not affect our efforts to implement education programs. Our purpose is to prevent the residents of our city from being infected with HIV." The International Olympic Committee has announced that there will be no HIV testing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Payne, chairman of the Atlanta Organizing Committee, also said he did not believe athletes were in danger of contracting AIDS when participating in the Olympics.
After learning about Fulton Town's actions, he said: "As far as I know so far, our organizing committee will not put AIDS education on the agenda." When it comes to a headache for the public, many sponsors promised large sponsorship funds during the bid. When they were really needed, they all found reasons to refuse to deliver them. All of a sudden, the Sydney Olympic Organizing Committee was extremely financially strapped, with approximately less than 600 million Australian dollars, about 432 million US dollars. Since private companies are not as enthusiastic about sponsoring the Olympics as the previous government imagined, now there is no funding for the construction of the Olympic Village, tennis and baseball centers. The construction of various competition venues has been delayed. Since the successful bid, we have almost been waiting for the rice to be ready, at a standstill.
★The Twenty-Seventh Olympic Games
◆Olympic Hosts with Unqualified Physical Conditions
Sydney has attracted worldwide attention as the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games, but here The health status of the people is not suitable for its hosting of the Olympic Games. Recently, the Australian Institute of Health Research conducted a sample survey, and the results surprised everyone. The subjects of the survey were Australians aged 18 to 34. The survey found that although men were taking drugs overall, significantly fewer men were taking drugs, but that was not prompting them to take to the stadium for exercise. Another result shows that the total number of athletes in Australia is much smaller than 5 years ago, but the number of overweight men is higher than 11.9% when statistics were collected 5 years ago. In the past five years, the number of obese women under the age of 30 has increased by 8% nationwide. Experts concluded that the plan drawn up two years ago to have 75% of the country's residents engaged in sports by the year 2000 now seems impossible to achieve. This plan was put forward in time to make Sydney more confident in winning the right to host. On the contrary, the number of national athletes has dropped from 70.9% to 67.6% in the past five years.
1. Olympic Games:
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 28 major events and sub-events will remain unchanged. We are now three years away from the 2008 Olympic Games, and the competition events are basically determined. So, how are the Olympic events divided?
According to the information of the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic Games events are divided as follows: major events (SPORT), sub-events (DISCIPINES) and minor events (EVENT).
Like the Athens Olympics, the Beijing Olympics has 28 major events. These 28 events are: track and field, rowing, badminton, softball, basketball, football, boxing, kayaking, cycling, and fencing. , gymnastics, weightlifting, handball, hockey, judo, wrestling, aquatics, modern pentathlon, baseball, equestrian, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, shooting, archery, triathlon, sailing and volleyball.
Among them, some projects have no sub-items, and the water sports with the most sub-items include swimming, synchronized swimming, water polo and diving. Although track and field does not have separate events, it does have 46 events, including 24 events for men and 22 events for women. It has the most gold medals among Olympic events. Next is swimming. Although there are no sub-items, there are 32 events, 16 for men and women each.
International Olympic Committee President Rogge said that martial arts will appear as a competition event in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and its full name is "Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Wushu Competition".
Rogge made the above remarks while attending the opening ceremony of the 10th China National Games in Nanjing. He said that although the Wushu competition is different from the other 28 major events in the Olympic Games, this is after all a major breakthrough for Wushu to enter the Olympic stage.
According to Wang Xiaolin, director of the Wushu Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration, Rogge talked about Beijing’s application to enter the Olympic Games during an interview with the media in Nanjing on the 13th. This is also the first time that Rogge said that martial arts will become a competition event in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It also clarified the rumors that "wushu will become a performance event in the 2008 Beijing Olympics."
It is reported that the International Wushu Federation and the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee will conduct more in-depth discussions with the International Olympic Committee on the details of the Wushu Competition in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
28 major Events
302 events
303 gold medals
No, according to the "Olympic Charter", if it is to be an Olympic event, it must be decided 7 years before the Olympic Games. , the new event appeared as a performance event before it was added to the Olympic Games.
2. Olympic mascots:
Fuwa is the mascot of the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. Its colors and inspiration come from the five Olympic rings, the vast mountains and rivers of China,
The images of rivers, lakes and seas and animals that people love. Fuwa conveys the spirit of friendship, peace, positivity and the good wishes of harmonious coexistence between man and nature to children around the world.
The Fuwa are five cute and close friends. Their shapes incorporate the images of fish, giant pandas, Olympic flames, Tibetan antelopes and swallows.
Fuwa Beibei Fuwa Jingjing Fuwa Happy Fuwa Welcome Fuwa Nini
Each doll has a catchy name: "Beibei", "Jingjing" , "Huanhuan", "Yingying" and "Nini". In China, overlapping names are a traditional way to express love for children.
When you put the names of the five dolls together, you will read Beijing's warm invitation to the world, "Beijing welcomes you
."
Fuwa represents the dreams and aspirations of the Chinese people. Their prototypes and headdresses contain their connection with the ocean, forest, fire, earth and sky.
Their image design applies the expression of traditional Chinese art to show the splendid culture of China.
Bringing blessings to every corner of the world
For a long time, China has had a tradition of conveying blessings through symbols. Each doll of the Beijing Olympic Games mascot represents a good wish: prosperity, joy, passion, health and good luck. The dolls bring Beijing's hospitality and blessings to all corners of the world, inviting people from all over the world to gather in Beijing to celebrate the 2008 Olympic Games.
The blessing conveyed by Beibei is prosperity. In traditional Chinese culture and art, the patterns of "fish" and "water" are symbols of prosperity and harvest. People use "carp jumping over the dragon's gate" to imply success in career and the realization of dreams. "Fish" is also a symbol of prosperity and harvest. It has the connotation of having good luck and having more than enough every year.
Beibei’s head decoration uses fish patterns from the Chinese Neolithic Age. Beibei is gentle and pure, a master of water sports, and complements the blue ring of the five Olympic rings.
Jingjing is a naive giant panda who brings joy to people wherever she goes. As China's national treasure, giant pandas are deeply loved by people all over the world.
Jingjing comes from the vast forest, symbolizing the harmonious existence of man and nature. The decoration on his head is derived from the lotus petal shape found on Song porcelain. Jingjing is simple, honest and optimistic, full of power, representing the black link among the five Olympic rings.
Huanhuan is the eldest brother among the Fuwa. He is a fire doll, symbolizing the Olympic flame. Huanhuan is the embodiment of sports passion. He spreads passion to the world and conveys the Olympic spirit of faster, higher and stronger. Wherever Huanhuan goes, Beijing 2008’s enthusiasm for the world is overflowing.
Huanhuan's head decoration is derived from the flame pattern in Dunhuang murals. He has an outgoing and unrestrained personality, is familiar with various ball games, and represents the red one of the five Olympic rings.
Yingying is a Tibetan antelope who is agile, agile and galloping as fast as flying. He comes from the vast western land of China and spreads the good wishes of health to the world. Yingying
It is the Tibetan antelope, a unique protected animal on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and a manifestation of the Green Olympics.
The head decoration of Yingying incorporates the decorative style of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Xinjiang and other western regions. He is agile and a good athlete in track and field, representing the yellow link among the five Olympic rings.
Nini comes from the sky and is a flying swallow. Its creative shape comes from the traditional sand swallow kite in Beijing. "Yan" also represents Yanjing (the ancient name of Beijing). Nini brings spring and joy to people, spreading good wishes of "good luck to you" wherever she flies.
The innocent, cheerful and agile Nini will make a shining debut in the gymnastics competition. She represents the green link among the five Olympic rings. Top ten reasons to choose Beijing
1 ． China, the world's most populous country, has never hosted the Olympics. If the 2008 Olympic Games are held in Beijing, China, which has one-fifth of the world's population and 400 million young people, the Olympic ideal and spirit will be more widely popularized and developed.
2． It has the economic strength to host the Olympic Games. Beijing is a city with great development potential. Its economy has been growing at a double-digit rate in the past decade. In 1999, the city's GDP was US$24 billion, and its per capita GDP was more than US$2,000.
3． Excellent sports performance. It has won gold medals and ranked fourth in the total number of medals in the past two Olympic Games. So far, Chinese athletes have won 1,317 world championships and broken world records 1,026 times.
4. Political stability and social stability. Among the world's major capital cities, Beijing has one of the lowest criminal crime rates, traffic fatalities, and fire rates. The city's security guarantees are capable of hosting large-scale sports events.
5. Brilliant culture. Beijing has a history of 3,000 years as a city and 800 years as a capital. It has many historical sites and rich cultural heritage.
6． Rich experience in organizing large-scale sports events. Beijing not only successfully hosted the 11th Asian Games in 1990 and the 6th Far Southern Paralympic Games in 1994, but also won the right to host the 21st Universiade in 2001.
7. A beautiful Olympic Park is being designed. Beijing is building an Olympic Park in the northern part of the city with the most beautiful environment, covering an area of ??1,215 hectares. It includes a main stadium that can accommodate 80,000 people, 14 sports venues, an athletes village and an international exhibition center. Together with 760 hectares of forest green space, it will be very suitable for Athletes compete and rest.
8． First-class communications, transportation, hotels and other social service facilities. Beijing has 344 star-rated hotels and 72,000 guest rooms (sets), with a reception capacity of 400,000 during the Olympic Games. The Capital Airport has an annual passenger capacity of 35 million passengers, and its routes connect to any country or city in the world. .
9. Central government support. On May 8, 2000, Premier Zhu Rongji said: The Chinese government fully supports Beijing's bid for the Olympic Games and will create good conditions for Beijing's bid in all aspects.
10． Strong public support. According to a household survey of Beijing citizens conducted by an independent survey company, 94.6% of citizens support Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.