PERLS104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: 1936 Summer Olympics, 1968 Olympics Black Power Salute, Jesse Owens

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: PERLS104
• Professor: Jay Scherer

Document Summary

Sports group rely on their respective levels of government for development, funding, and administration of sport. Wada and ioc command/impose themselves on national/provincial/territorial govt and their policies. In mexico 1968 olympics black athletes tommie smith and john carlos used black power salute to resist against racial power relations. 1936 berlin games used to display national socialism, nazi ideology, and aryan superiority: white supremacy display ruined by us black athlete jesse owens winning 4 gold medals. 11 israeli athletes/trainers killed by palestinian extremists when olympics returned to germany in 1972. Banning of south africa in 1964 olympics in response to apartheid. 1984 los angeles olympics boycotted by communist countries. 2008 beijing olympics protests for chinese occupation of tibet. 2010 vancouver olympics protests over low-income housing and first nations land issues. In the second half of 19th century, parks restricted types of sport on their ground, and thus restricted the poorer people from the grounds.