Реферат: Olympic Games Essay Research Paper

development of sports in less affluent nations. In return for their money,

however, television networks have gained a strong influence on when, where, and

how the Olympics will take place. The Olympic movement has also become dependent

on multinational corporations, who pay millions of dollars to become official

sponsors of the game and to use Olympic symbols in their advertisements which

has led to the mass commercialization of the Olympic movement. However Pierre de

Coubertin’s dream has lasted over 25 Olympiads and will no doubt continue remain

in the hearts of the world with the Olympic ideals carrying on well into the

future. The Games of the Olympiads and The Cities of the Olympic Games Summer

Winter I 1896 Athens, Greece II 1900 Paris, France III 1904 St. Louis, USA IV

1908 London, England V 1912 Stockholm, Sweden VI 1916 Cancelled due to W.W.I VII

1920 Antwerp, Belgium VIII 1924 Paris, France 1924 I Chamonix, France IX 1928

Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1928 II St. Moritz, Switzerland X 1932 Los Angeles,

USA 1932 III Lake Placid, USA XI 1936 Berlin, Germany 1936 IV

Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany XII 1940 Cancelled due to W.W.II 1940 Cancelled

due to W.W.II XIII 1944 Cancelled due to W.W.II 1944 Cancelled due to W.W.II XIV

1948 London, England 1948 V St. Moritz, Switerland XV 1952 Helsinki, Finland

1952 VI Oslo, Norway XVI 1956 Melbourne, Australia 1956 VII Cortina D’Ampezzo,

Italy XVII 1960 Rome, Italy 1960 VIII Squaw Valley, U.S.A. XVIII 1964 Tokyo,

Japan 1964 IX Innsbruck, Austria XIX 1968 Mexico City, Mexico 1968 X Grenoble,

France XX 1972 Munich, Germany 1972 XI Sapporo, Japan XXI 1976 Montreal, Canada

1976 XII Innsbruck, Austria XXII 1980 Moscow U.S.S.R 1980 XIII Lake Placid,

U.S.A. XXIII 1984 Los Angeles, USA 1984 XIV Sarajevo, Yugoslavia XXIV 1988

Seoul, South Korea 1988 XV Calgary, Canada XXV 1992 Barcelona, Spain 1992 XVI

Albertville, France XXVI 1996 Atlanta U.S.A 1994 XVII Lillehammer, Norway XXVII

2000 Sydney, Australia 1998 XVIII Nagano, Japan

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