APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: International Olympic Committee, Pierre De Coubertin, Olympic Games
19 Dec 2016
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Ancient olympic games took place every four years for nearly 12000 years. 393 ce the roman emperor theodosius i a christian: abolished the games because of their pagan influences. Approximately 1500 years later revival with enthusiasm: young french aristocrat named pierre de courbertin began their. Pierre de coubertin"s attempt to get france interested in sports was not met. (cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:891)(cid:882)"s he organized and founded a sports organization: union des soci t s francaises de sport athletiques (usfsa, two years later, coubertin first pitched his idea to revive the olympic. Game objectives: promote friendship between countries, unite humankind through sport, promote/create world peace, sport leads to vigorous and well-rounded person. Though coubertin was not the first to propose the revival of the olympic. Games, he was certainly the most well- connected and persistent. 1894, organized a meeting with 74 delegates, representing 9 countries. Delegates at the conference voted unanimously for revival of the olympic.
