Where were the last Summer Olympics held? The first Olympic Games: history of development

The Summer Olympic Games are the largest international competitions in summer and all-season sports, held once every four years under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The revival of the Olympic movement in modern times is associated with the name of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

The first modern Summer Olympic Games were held from April 6 to April 15, 1896 in Athens (Greece).

At the opening of the Games of the First Olympiad, the Olympic anthem, composed by Spyros Samaras (music) and Kostis Palamas (lyrics), was performed for the first time. This Olympic anthem is still performed at all opening ceremonies.

241 athletes from 14 countries took part in the Games of the 1st Olympiad. A total of 43 sets of medals were awarded.

Since the Games of the First Olympics, the tradition of singing the national anthem and raising the national flag in honor of the winner has been established. The winner was crowned with a laurel wreath, given a silver medal, an olive branch cut from the Sacred Grove of Olympia, and a diploma made by a Greek artist. The second place winners received bronze medals.

Third-place finishers were not taken into account at the time, and only later were included in the medal count among countries by the International Olympic Committee, but not all medalists were identified accurately.

According to the IOC, the Greek team won the largest number of medals - 46 (10 gold, 17 silver, 19 bronze). Team USA won 20 medals (11 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze). The third place was taken by the German team (6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze).

1900

The 2nd Summer Olympic Games were held in Paris (France) from May 14 to October 28, 1900. The Games were timed to coincide with the World Exhibition, which was taking place at that time in the French capital. 997 athletes from 24 countries took part in the games. For the first time, women participated in the games (there were 22 in total). 95 sets of medals were awarded. The French team won the largest number of medals - 91 (23 gold, 36 silver, 32 bronze). Team USA is in second place with 47 medals (19 gold, 14 silver, 14 bronze). Great Britain took third place - 29 awards (14 gold, 6 silver, 9 bronze).

1904

The III Summer Olympic Games were held in St. Louis, America, from July 1 to November 23, 1904. 651 athletes from 12 countries took part in the games. A total of 95 sets of medals were awarded.

The 1904 Olympics were the first to officially award gold, silver and bronze medals for first, second and third place. The USA team won the largest number of medals - 238 (78 gold, 82 silver, 78 bronze), the German team was in second place - 13 awards (4 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze). The Cuban team took third place - 9 awards (4 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze).

1908

The IV Summer Olympic Games were held in London (Great Britain) from April 27 to October 31, 1908. The games were originally scheduled to take place in Rome, Italy, but were moved to London when it became apparent that Rome would not be ready. 2,008 athletes representing 22 countries took part in the games. For the first time, a parade of delegations took place at the opening ceremony: athletes marched under the flag of their country in sportswear. 110 sets of medals were awarded.

The Great Britain team won the largest number of medals - 127 awards (50 gold, 44 silver, 33 bronze), the US team was in second place - 46 awards (22 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze). The Swedish team took third place - 25 awards (8 gold, 6 silver, 11 bronze).

1912

The V Summer Olympic Games were held in Stockholm (Sweden) from May 5 to July 27, 1912. 2,407 athletes from 28 countries took part in the games. For the first time, athletes from all five continents took part in the games. 102 sets of medals were awarded.

The Swedish team won the largest number of medals - 64 awards (23 gold, 24 silver, 17 bronze), the US team took second place - 63 awards (25 gold, 19 silver, 19 bronze). Team Great Britain took third place - 40 medals (10 gold, 14 silver, 16 bronze).

1916

The VI Summer Olympic Games were scheduled to be held in Berlin (Germany). Due to the outbreak of World War I, the games were cancelled.

1920

The VII Summer Olympic Games were held in Antwerp (Belgium) from April 20 to September 12, 1920. 2,622 athletes from 29 countries took part in the games. At the Games of the VII Olympiad, during the opening ceremony, the Olympic flag with five intertwined rings of blue, yellow, black, green and red was raised for the first time. For the first time, the athlete took the Olympic oath on behalf of all participants. A total of 156 sets of medals were awarded.

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The USA team won the largest number of medals - 94 (41 gold, 27 silver, 26 bronze), the Swedish team won 64 medals (19 gold, 20 silver, 25 bronze). Team Great Britain took third place - 41 awards (13 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze).

At the Games of the VII Olympiad, Italian fencer Nedo Nadi achieved a unique result in the history of world fencing: he won 5 gold medals - in individual competitions in foil and saber fencers and in team competitions in fencing on foils, sabers and epees.

1924

The VIII Summer Olympic Games were held in Paris (France) from July 5 to July 27, 1924. 3,088 athletes from 44 countries took part in the games. A total of 126 sets of medals were awarded. The largest number of medals were won by athletes from the USA - 98 (45 gold, 26 silver, 27 bronze), the French team was in second place - 39 awards (13 gold, 16 silver, 10 bronze). The Finnish team took third place - 38 medals (14 gold, 13 silver, 11 bronze).

At the Games of the VIII Olympiad, athletes were accommodated in the Olympic Village for the first time. For the first time, games were broadcast on television. At the closing ceremony of the Games, a ritual was introduced for the first time, which involves raising three flags: the flag of the International Olympic Committee, the flag of the host country and the flag of the next host country of the Olympics.

1928

The IX Summer Olympic Games were held in Amsterdam (Netherlands) from May 17 to August 12, 1928. 2883 athletes from 46 countries took part in the games. For the first time, the Olympic flame was lit at the opening ceremony. A total of 109 sets of medals were awarded. The USA team won the largest number of awards - 56 (22 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze), the German team took second place - 30 medals (10 gold, 7 silver, 13 bronze). The Finnish team took third place - 25 awards (8 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze).

1932

The X Summer Olympic Games were held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles (USA). 1334 athletes from 37 countries took part. 117 sets of medals were played.

Athletes from China took part in the Games of the X Olympiad for the first time.

The US team took first place, winning 103 medals (41 gold, 32 silver, 30 bronze), second place - Italy, winning 36 medals (12 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze), third - Finland with 25 medals (5 gold, 8 silver, 12 bronze).

1936

The XI Summer Olympic Games were held from August 1 to August 16, 1936 in Berlin (Germany). 3963 athletes from 49 countries took part. 129 sets of medals were played.

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Adolf Hitler tried to use the Olympics to prove his theory of Aryan racial superiority. However, the hero of the Games was the American black athlete Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals.

The Olympic torch relay was held for the first time. More than three thousand runners took part in delivering the torch from Olympia to Berlin.

The first place was taken by the German team, winning 89 medals (33 gold, 26 silver, 30 bronze), second by the USA, winning 56 medals (24 gold, 20 silver, 12 bronze), third by Italy with 22 medals (8 gold, 9 silver). , 5 bronze).

1940

The XII Summer Olympic Games were to be held from September 21 to October 6, 1940 in the capital of Japan, Tokyo. However, due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, the IOC moved the Games to Helsinki (Finland), where they were scheduled to be held from July 20 to August 4, 1940. But after the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, it was decided to cancel the Games completely.

Despite the cancellation of the Games, they, like the VI Summer Olympic Games that did not take place in 1916, were assigned their own serial number.

1944

The XIII Summer Olympic Games, by decision of the IOC adopted in June 1939, were planned to be held in 1944 in London (Great Britain). They were supposed to take place in the year of the 50th anniversary of the creation of the International Olympic Committee. Due to World War II, the Games were cancelled. London hosted the first post-war Games in 1948, winning the right without an election.

1948

The XIV Summer Olympic Games were held in London (Great Britain) from July 29 to August 14, 1948. 4,104 athletes from 59 countries took part. 136 sets of medals were played.

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The best athlete of the XIV Olympics was the Dutch athlete Fanny Blankers-Kun, who won four gold medals in four sprint distances.

Seventeen-year-old American Bob Mathias won the decathlon and became the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win the men's track and field event.

One of the heroes of the Olympics was the Soviet weightlifter Yuri Vlasov.

American boxer Cassius Clay, who later turned to professional boxing and became known as Muhammad Ali, won his first gold medal.

Soviet athletes won 15 of a possible 16 medals in artistic gymnastics, and Larisa Latynina won 6 medals (4 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).

The Soviet team took first place, winning 103 awards (43 gold, 29 silver, 31 bronze). The United States came in second with 71 medals (34 gold, 21 silver, 16 bronze), and the United German team came in third with 39 medals (12 gold, 16 silver, 11 bronze).

1964

The XVIII Summer Olympic Games were held in the capital of Japan, Tokyo, from October 10 to 24, 1964.

5,152 athletes from 93 countries took part. 163 sets of medals were played.

Australian swimmer, champion of Melbourne and Rome, Dawn Fraser, won her third Olympic victory. She became the first female swimmer to win a total of eight Olympic medals.

For the first time in the long history of the Olympics, one athlete managed to become a marathon winner for the second time in a row. It was an athlete from Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila.

USSR athletes retained their championship in the unofficial team competition, winning 96 medals (30 gold, 31 silver, 35 bronze). The US team took second place with 90 medals (36 gold, 26 silver, 28 bronze), and the United German team took third place, winning 50 medals (10 gold, 22 silver, 18 bronze).

1968

The XIX Summer Olympic Games were held in the capital of Mexico, Mexico City, from October 12 to October 27, 1968.

5,516 athletes from 112 countries took part. 172 sets of medals were played.

The choice of Mexico City as the site of the Olympic Games was controversial due to the city's high altitude above sea level - 2300 meters.

The hero of the Olympics was American Bob Beamon, who showed a result of 8 meters 90 centimeters in the long jump, exceeding the world record by 55 centimeters.

The Games of the XIX Olympiad are considered a turning point in the history of high jump - American Richard Fosbury set a new Olympic record by jumping over the bar in a new way - backwards. The technique was called the "Fosbury flop" and began to be used throughout the world.

First place in the unofficial team competition was taken by athletes from the United States, who won 107 medals (45 gold, 28 silver, 34 bronze). Athletes from the USSR took second place, winning 91 awards (29 gold, 32 silver, 30 bronze), and the Hungarian team took third place, winning 32 medals (10 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze).

1972

7,234 athletes from 121 countries took part. 195 sets of medals were played.

The Olympics were almost derailed by tragedy. On September 5, 1972, terrorists from the Black September organization stormed the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli team and took nine hostages. In the ensuing battle, all nine Israeli hostages were killed.

The hero of the Games was American swimmer Mark Spitz, who became the first person to win 7 Olympic gold medals at one Games.

The USSR national team took first place, winning 99 medals (50 gold, 27 silver, 22 bronze). The USA took second place, winning 94 medals (33 gold, 31 silver, 30 bronze), and the GDR team was in third place, winning 66 medals (20 gold, 23 silver, 23 bronze).

1976

The XXI Summer Olympic Games were held in Montreal (Canada) from July 17 to August 1, 1976. 6084 athletes from 92 countries took part. 198 sets of medals were played. The games were boycotted by 22 African countries in protest of the New Zealand rugby team breaking the boycott of the apartheid regime in South Africa.

Women's basketball was introduced for the first time at the Games of the XXI Olympiad; Soviet basketball players became the first Olympic champions in history.

For the first time in the history of Olympic competitions, Soviet athlete Viktor Saneev became the best in the triple jump for the third time in a row.

The USSR confirmed its title as an Olympic leader, winning 125 medals (49 gold, 41 silver, 35 bronze). The second Olympic team was the GDR team, which won 90 awards (40 gold, 25 silver and 25 bronze), the US team for the first time came in third place in the medal standings (34 gold, 35 silver, 25 bronze).

1980

The XXII Summer Olympic Games were held from July 19 to August 3, 1980 in Moscow (USSR). 5,179 athletes from 80 countries took part in the Games, and 203 sets of medals were awarded. The USA, Germany, Japan and several dozen other countries boycotted the Olympics in protest against the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan. At the Moscow Olympics, Alexander Dityatin became the only gymnast in the world to have medals in all judged events in one competition: he won three gold, four silver and one bronze medal.

The leaders in the number of medals were athletes of the USSR, they won 195 awards (80 gold, 69 silver, 46 bronze), in second place were athletes from the GDR, who won 126 medals (47 gold, 37 silver, 42 bronze), third place was the team Bulgaria - 41 medals (8 gold, 16 silver, 17 bronze).

1984

The XXIII Summer Olympic Games took place from July 28 to August 12, 1984 in Los Angeles (USA). 6,829 athletes from 140 countries took part, and 221 sets of medals were awarded. The program of the Games included rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming. Soviet athletes and athletes from 13 countries announced a boycott of the Olympics in connection with the boycott of American athletes at the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. In total (due to the boycott of most countries of the socialist bloc), 125 world champions were unable to take part in the Olympic competitions. The Chinese team competed at the Olympics for the first time after a 32-year absence.

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American athletes won the most medals - (83 gold, 63 silver, 32 bronze), in second place was the team from Germany, which won 59 medals (17 gold, 19 silver, 23 bronze), in third place was the team from Romania with 53 medals (20 gold, 16 silver, 17 bronze).

1988

The XXIV Summer Olympic Games were held from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul (South Korea). 8397 athletes from 159 countries took part,

There is less than a year left to wait until the opening of the next Summer Olympic Games. The main sports competitions of the four-year anniversary will start on August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracanã stadium. For the first time, the Olympics will be held in South America.

Summer Olympics 2016were far from the first application for holding this type of competition in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro previously competed to host the Olympics in 1936, 1940, 2004 and 2012. Attempts to host the main Games were successful for only the fifth time for Rio. In addition to Brazil, Madrid (Spain), Tokyo (Japan) and Chicago (USA) also competed for the right to host the XXXI Summer Games. Interestingly, at the first stage, St. Petersburg also competed for the opportunity to host the Summer Olympic Games. However, in the summer of 2007, after the city of Sochi received the right to host the 2014 Winter Games, the northern capital withdrew from this race.

NUMBERS

The Summer Olympic Games in sunny Brazil will take place from August 5 to 21. August in this country is considered calendar winter. The air temperature here at this time is from +18 to +25 degrees. In Rio de Janeiro, August is the coldest and windiest month of the year, but at the same time one of the sunniest (22 days of clear weather). The opening ceremony of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games will begin on August 5 at 18:00 local time (in the Southern Urals - 2 am). According to the tradition that began at the 1996 Games, it will be Friday.

Feature of the upcoming Olympics will be a return to the official program after a long absence of such sports as rugby sevens and golf. The last time rugby competed at the Summer Games was 92 years ago, golf has not been considered an Olympic sport for the last 112 years.

According to the organizers, in the upcoming competitions over 10 thousand athletes will take part, which will represent 205 countries of the world. Athletes will play 306 sets awards in 42 types. The largest number of medals - 47 sets (23 for women, 24 for men) will go to track and field athletes. Almost 5 thousand award and 75 thousand commemorative Olympic medals will be produced by the Brazilian Mint.

Over 7.5 million tickets tickets for sports competitions are already available by booking through the National Olympic Committee. The cheapest seats at the opening ceremony will cost spectators $86, while the most expensive seats go up to $2,000. The average price of a ticket to the competition is $30.

Official cost of preparing for the Olympics in Brazil today is $2.9 billion. The amount differs significantly from the originally announced - 1.8 billion. The organizers attributed the significant increase to inflation, the addition of new species to the program and an unforeseen increase in costs for the development of the Olympic village.

SYMBOLS OF RIO 2016

Emblem of the XXXI Olympic Games, according to its creators, symbolizes Rio de Janeiro itself. The symbol of the future Games is based on the three colors of the national flag of Brazil, and the winding lines represent the sea, sun, mountains and silhouettes of people dancing together.

- Vinicius and Tom- presented back in November 2014. The patrons of the Games received their names in honor of famous Brazilian musicians. The characters represent collective images of the rich flora and fauna of a tropical country. The Olympic mascot was depicted as a smiling yellow animal, Vinicius, similar to a cat. Tom, resembling a cross between a flower and a tree, is the mascot of the Paralympic Games, the personification of Brazilian flora.

OLYMPIC FLAME

The traditional lighting of the fire will take place on April 21, 2016 in Greece. The flame will be delivered to the capital of the Games on a special flight by air by April 27, and will start on May 3 Rio 2016 Olympic torch relay. It is planned to involve 12 thousand torchbearers. The length of the walking route for each participant will be about 200 meters. The total length of the route will be 20 and 16 thousand km by land and air, respectively.

The relay will take place almost throughout Brazil, and almost 90% of the country’s residents will have the opportunity to see this event. The end of the long journey of the Olympic flame will be the grand opening of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

OLYMPIC OBJECTS

Sports venues The organizers divided it into four zones: Copacabana, Maracana, Deodoro and Barra.

Copacabana As one of the most famous beaches in the world, it will be an area predominantly for aquatic species. Medals will be awarded here for sailing, open water swimming, triathlon, rowing, as well as cycling (road), walking and marathon.

Maracanã Zone named after its central sports facility - the famous football stadium. It is at the Maracanã stadium that the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, as well as football competitions, will take place. Other facilities in this zone include the Maracanisinho volleyball arena and the João Havelange stadium, where track and field athletes will compete.

Formerly a military base Deodoro According to the organizers, for the duration of the Games it will become a competition zone where medals will be played out in equestrian sports, modern pentathlon, fencing, rowing slalom, cycling (BMX, mountain biking) and shooting.

The largest and most competition-rich area in Rio will be Barra. Within its boundaries will be located: the Olympic Arena (rhythmic and artistic gymnastics, trampolining), the Olympic Tennis Center, the Maria Lenk swimming pool (water polo, diving), the water sports center (swimming, synchronized swimming), the Rio Center (boxing , badminton, table tennis, weightlifting), Olympic halls 1-4 (taekwondo, judo, wrestling, basketball, handball), golf center, velodrome.

In addition to sports grounds, Barra is home to the Olympic Park and the Olympic Village, as well as press and television centers.

By sports standards, the wait is not too long until the opening of the Olympic Games - less than a year! In some sports, the fight for tickets to the main competitions of the four years is already in full swing. It is too early to talk about possible results and make any predictions. However, fans of the Russian team believe that very soon the next Olympic Games will write new Russian names in the history of world sports.

The Olympic Games in Rio have been over for a week now. The results are known to everyone - Russia took a respectable fourth place in the medal standings, behind the USA, Great Britain and China. Our Paralympians have been suspended from the Games, it is unknown what will happen next and how Russia will participate in the Olympic movement in the future. However, it is already known where the next Games will be held - both winter and summer. Next Summer Olympics 2020 will take place in Tokyo.

Where will the next Summer Olympics 2020 be?

Where will the next Summer Olympics 2018 be? This question is asked by people who have mixed up the order of the Games. In 2014 there was a winter one, in 2016 there was a summer one, which means that in 2018 there will be no world forum in August. The Summer Olympics will take place in four years, that is, in 2020. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, will receive her.

Tokyo, in a competitive struggle, won this right over Madrid and Istanbul. The IOC decision was officially announced on September 7, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tokyo's two main clusters are the Olympic Park and the Heritage Zone, where the main sports facilities will be located.

In addition to the sports in which medals were played in Rio, karate, surfing, baseball, rock climbing and skateboarding will be added to the list in Japan. Please note that the new package will be valid in Tokyo; in the future, these types may be canceled again.

Next Olympics - PyeongChang 2018

Next Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018. Pyeongchang won the first round with 63 votes, leaving Germany's Munich and France's Annecy behind. Six new types of programs have been added to the Olympic program: big air in snowboarding for men and women, speed skating mass start for men and women, double mixed in curling and a team tournament for alpine skiers. We also note the exclusion of two disciplines - parallel slalom in snowboarding for men and women. A total of 102 medals will be awarded at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games, the 32nd in a row, will be held in the Land of the Rising Sun, namely in Japan, the capital of the games is the main city of Japan - Tokyo.

It should be noted that Tokyo has already hosted the Summer Olympics. This was in 1964.

In 2020, the games in the capital of Japan will officially begin on July 24 and end on August 9. And the Paralympic Games will take place from August 25, 2020 to September 6, 2020.

In 2020, the thirty-second Summer Olympics will be held in Japan (Tokyo).

To host the Olympic Games

But Tokyo still deserved that right.



It is known

will be approximately sixteen billion dollars. The estimated costs were six times less.

Only about 3.5 billion US rubles were spent on the Rio Olympics. Whereas the previous games in London cost about 13 billion dollars. But.

The most expensive Olympic Games were the winter competitions in Sochi. Carrying out

cost Russia more than fifty billion dollars.



The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in the capital of Japan - Tokyo.

The 2020 Olympic Games will be the XXXII. Hence their official name: Games of the XXXII Olympiad.

The decision to hold the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo was made in 2013. The candidates for the Olympics were Tokyo, Istanbul, and Madrid. As a result of voting, the Japanese city of Tokyo became the venue for the XXXII Summer Olympic Games.

Tokyo already hosted the Olympic Games in 1964.

The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in the capital of Japan - Tokyo.

It is already known that the 2020 Olympics will be held in Japan, it will be the city of Tokyo, and the games will be the thirty-second in a row. The competition will also have an official name, and it sounds like this: the Games of the XXXII Olympiad.



This decision to hold the 2020 Games in Japan was made almost three years ago, in 2013.

There were several candidates to hold, a vote was taken and Japan won. The last games were held there back in 1964. In 2020, the Olympics will begin on the twenty-fourth of July and end on the ninth of August.

The 32nd Summer Olympic Games (XXXII Summer Olympic Games) 2020 will be held in Tokyo, Japan from July 24 to August 9, 2020. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games will take place at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. As we already know, these Olympic Games will feature new types of competitions such as karate, surfing, rock climbing, baseball and skateboarding. Preliminarily, 12,500 athletes from 205 countries will participate in these games.



The thirty-first Summer Olympics, which took place in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, recently ended.

Now the next Summer Olympics will be held in four years, in 2020 in the Japanese city of Tokyo. And this will be the second Olympics in a row on the Asian continent. In 2016, the Winter Games will be held in Korea.

This decision was made and announced on September 7, 2013 in Buenos Aires, where the 125th IOC session was held.

Tokyo had two main competitors - Istanbul and Madrid. As we already know, the city of Tokyo won.

The games will take place from July 24 to August 9. A little early in my opinion. Still, it is better to hold such grandiose events closer to the beginning of autumn, and not in the midst of the holidays.



Capital XXXII Summer Olympic Games 2020 was chosen in 2013 at the IOC session, where Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul fought for the right to host the Olympics. Received the right to host the Games in 2020 capital of Japan. Interestingly, Tokyo already hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964, and then it was the first in Asia.

The Olympic Games will be held in the capital of Japan from July 24 to August 9, 2020, and the Paralympic Games: from August 25 to September 6. The Olympic flag has already been handed over by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro to the representative of Japan - Yuriko Koike (Governor of Tokyo) at the closing ceremony of the Games in Rio. Now the Olympic flag is already in in Tokyo, and the Japanese can begin preparations for a future grandiose sporting event.



In Tokyo, the capital of Japan. It seems like in two thousand and twenty...

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Japan, namely in TOKYO, and this will be the 32nd Summer Olympic Games. The opening ceremony will begin on August 9, 2020, with an estimated 205 participating countries

The next Summer Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, Japan. The dates for the 32nd Summer Olympics are already known - July 24 - August 9, 2020.

The capital of Japan won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics over Madrid and Istanbul.

The 32nd Summer Olympic Games will be held in the city Tokyo is the capital of Japan.

The 32nd Olympic Games will take place at the Main Stadium.

Let's hope that Russia will receive more medals at these games and enter the top three.

It would seem quite recently, in 2014, the well-organized Winter Olympics in Sochi thundered throughout the world, where our state was able to show its temperament, charisma and flavor in full glory.

The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held from February 9 to 25, in Korea, in the town of Pyeongchang. He applied for this role twice already, in 2010 and 2014, but only got lucky on the third attempt. During this period of time, athletes will compete for 98 gold medals in seven sports.

As a reward for perseverance, PyeongChang was designated as the venue for the 2018 sports competition. It was not very difficult to win - the reason for this was rather weak competitors, and the not very expressed desire of the population. The following candidates applied for the role of a place where sports competitions will take place:

• Annecy in France;
• Munich in Germany;
• Pyeongchang in Korea.

The population of the first two candidates was neutral, and even cool, towards such an idea, since the 2018 Winter Olympics could further worsen the state of the environment, which is already not sparkling with cleanliness.

Citizens acting as volunteers are also actively involved in organizing the event. It is with their help that participants, journalists and guests of the competition will be able to feel more comfortable and will be able to quickly receive the necessary information or help. More than 20,000 volunteers have already been selected for this role and are currently undergoing training.

Olympic venues

Pyeongchang is a county located in the east of Korea, a world-famous ski resort. There are more than 100 slopes of varying difficulty, some of which exceed 1,000 meters in height.

The epicenter of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang will be the Alpensia complex. This is where competitions will be held in:

• Ski jumping;
• Biathlon;
• Ski racing;
• Bobsleigh;
• Slalom.

The Olympic Village will be located very close by.

The opening and closing events of the Olympics will also be held on the territory of the Alpensia complex, the dates of which are set for February 9 and 29.

It is also necessary to pay attention to the small town of Gangneung, where competitions will be held in:

• Curling;
• Hockey;
• Figure skating;
• Short track.

In the vicinity of this city, its own Olympic village has been created, where the athletes will be accommodated.

The sports complex in Chungbong, where the downhill competition will take place, is already beginning to welcome those wishing to inspect the area with their own eyes and try out the downhills. And Bugwan Phoenix Park is happy to welcome participants in the next Olympics in freestyle skiing and snowboarding.

At the moment, 7 objects are ready for delivery, the rest are at the final stage of construction. In order to verify the quality and correctness of the construction of sports facilities, this summer the IOC commission visited Pyeongchang, in the opinion of which the construction not only complies with the time frame, but is also proceeding significantly ahead of schedule. Moreover, this does not affect the quality of buildings in any way.
This only confirms the intentions and great desire of South Korea to host the Olympics in 2018 and show the world the beauty of the country.

What sports will be represented?

At the 2018 Olympics, as in previous years, the following main sports will be represented:

1. Biathlon;
2. Bobsled;
3. Curling;
4. Hockey;
5. Skiing;
6. Luge;
7. Skating.

Among the innovations at the competition I would like to note:

• Big Air, which refers to snowboarding;
• Mass start, from speed skating;
• Double mixed, from curling;
• Team competition in alpine skiing.

But now in the program you will not see parallel slalom in snowboarding among men and women.

Who will participate in the competition?

The 2018 Olympics have already registered more than 2.5 thousand participants from more than 90 countries who want to compete in various disciplines for medals.

Applicants from Canada, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, Norway, Finland, and many others have already confirmed their participation.

Spectators who want to watch such a grandiose action will have to pay for tickets costing from 1,200 to 50,000 rubles. The cost of the main part of the passes will not exceed 4,600 rubles, which is considered quite affordable for almost everyone. You can purchase tickets online now.

Symbols of the Olympics in 2018

Like every previous Olympics, the competition in Korea will have its own mascot. They are the ones that are first remembered in the memory of fans and help restore the chronology of events. This time it was a white tiger, typical for Korea. He is often found in folk stories, and is characterized by courage, wisdom and strength. He inspires trust and can protect from evil.

Video with the mascot:

But the emblem of the event, at first glance, is completely inconspicuous, but it carries a lot of meaning and is quickly remembered by all fans. It looks like four even parallel lines connected in the form of an unfinished square. Despite its simplicity, it carries a deep meaning and symbolizes clear sky, earth and the people on it.

The second symbol is even simpler, and resembles a five-pointed star, meaning snow and ice, since the games will take place in winter. The color scheme involves the use of five primary colors - yellow, black, red, green and blue. According to experts, there has not been a more successful connection for quite some time. Properly placed colors complement each other perfectly and make the emblem bright, but not overloaded.

Paralympics

And just a month later, the Paralympic Games will be held in the same city, in which people with disabilities will take part, where the mascot will be Himalayan white-breasted bear. The Paralympic competition will be held from March 9 to 18, and participants will compete in six sports.

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The Winter Olympics is a huge spectacular event, which is awaited not only by athletes, but also by fans around the world. Some of them will visit PyeongChang in person, but most will watch on TV and cheer for their country's representatives. We'll see whether the competition in Korea will be able to surpass the previous games in Russia.