The modern olympic torch w-5

During the modern Olympic Games in Amstardam Stadium fire was lit in one of the towers in that stadium, but there was no torch relay. The Berlin 1936 summer Olympic Games was witnessed through the first torch relay in the modern Olympics. The History professor, Carl Diem the secretary of the organizating committee of the XI Olympaid in Berlin. He suggested the inclusion of the torch relay in the Olympics. The Olympic torch was lit in Olympia and
Relayed in Greece and it was transported to Berlin via a torch Relay, in 1936 the culdron was lit.

http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/archives/others/n214039826.shtml

TheSymbol of the Olympic Games w:4

The Olympic symbol is made up of five interlaced rings of equal amount of area (the Olympic rings).Each ring has different colours, which are, from left to right, blue,black,red ,yellow and green.The rings are interlace between each different coloured ring.The Olympic symbol represents the activity of the Olympic Movement and represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the OlympicGames.

http://en.beijing2008.cn/46/74/article212027446.shtml

The Olympic motto is ...

The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius." These three words are from Latin meaning "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." Baron de Coubertin borrowed the motto from Father Henri Martin Dideon.He was the director of Arcueil College in Paris. Henri Martin Dideon used the motto to dicribe the athletes.

http://www.janecky.com/olympics/motto.html

Modern olympic games w:2

On April 6TH 1896 king George ,the king of Greece welcomed a crowd of people at the Panathenean Stadium (the first stadium since the modern Olympics started) to announce that the modern Olympics will be held

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/summer-olympics-athens.html

The Ancient Olympic Games w:1

The Olympic games where first held in 776bc,
they originated at least a century before that and possibly as early as the 13th century bc

One Greek legend said that Herakles won a race at olympia (a small state in Elis The race had been said that it will be held every four years.Another said that Zeus himself had originated the festival after defeating Cronus for the excellent of the power of heaven.

There where religious gatherings festivals to celebrate all the gods worshipped in common by all Hellenes, primarily Zeus. There were three other major pan-Hellenic festivals called:the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmia.

The ancient Olympic where allot different from the modern games.

http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olancien.shtml


http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/sports.html