PE paper 3 (mr berry)

• baron Pierre de Coubertin

  • re-established the Olympic games
  • influenced by :
  • the ancient Olympic games
  • the games ethic of the English public schools
• Olympic values 


  friendship, inspiration, respect, equality, determination, excellence, courage
• aims of the modern Olympic games

  • amateurism - taking part for enjoyment not for financial gain
  • fair play and sportsmanship
  • character development
  • friendship and peace between nations
  • appreciation of physical effort and skill
  • role modelling
• berlin 1936 


  third Reich ideology
• what happened in the berlin 1936 Olympics?

  Hitler used these as a Nazi propaganda show. a group of African American athletes won 13 medals, including Jesse Owens. Hitler refused to present jesse Owens medals
• Mexico city 1968 


  'black power' demonstration
• what happened in the Mexico city Olympics 


  the protest by American tommie smith and john Carlos was against racisms in the USA. they were suspended from the games and expelled from the Olympic village
• Munich 1972


  Palestinian terrorism
• what happened in the Munich Olympics

  8 Palestinian terrorists broke into Israeli athletes rooms, killed 2 and held 9 hostage for 24 hours. all hostages, 5 terrorists and a German police officer were killed during a shootout
• Moscow 1980 


  boycott lead by USA
• what happened in Moscow 1980 Olympics

  more than 60 invited nations did not take part. the protest was against the host country's military invasion of Afghanistan
• Los Angeles 1984 


  boycott by soviet union
• what happened in Los Angeles 1984

  the official reason given for the USSRs absence was fear over lack of security by the hosts. 16 other nations joined the boycott