KIN 2501 Lecture : Kines Final Notes
15 Mar 2019
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1896 first olympic games were organized by pierre decoubertin. 1908 athletes enter stadium as team for first time. 1908 ireland and finland wanted to appear under own flags. 1912 women compete for the first time in swimming. 1913 notre dame beat army and became americas team. 1918 us and france began inter allied games that hosted 24 competitions post wwii. 1919 black sox scandal where players took money to lose games on purpose. 1920 first time olympic athletes were required to take oath of integrity at belguim. 1924 a week of winter olympics were first introduced. 1924 tennis excluded from olympics until 1988 due to amateur rules. 1932 only 1300 athletes participated in la olympics, this proved europe was center of international sports. 1936 hitler used olympics to promote aryan race. 1936 berlin olympics most beautiful/extravagant to date. 1956 roger bannister broke 4 minute mile barrier at melbourne.
