BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 12 PART 1 Outline
Document Summary
Beginning of modern olympics: 1896 1st modern olympics. Pierre de coopertine wanted to get people involved in international sport; got a greek philanthropist to donate money to build a stadium; Usa had 13 athletes most came from princeton, some were members of the boston athletic club. Usa won all but 2 events: 1st marathon. Derived from a greek story where a man ran nearly 25 miles to give the message that they had won the war rejoice we conquer then he died. Olympic games: game summary, the 2nd games was held in paris and lasted about 5 months, about 1,100 athletes in the 1st games, 1904 games were held in st. louis and lasted 4 or 5 months. Half of the amount of participants: creation of international sport federations. 1908 finland and ireland wanted to join under the same flag.
