Olympic Games have always brought people together in peace to respect universal moral principles.
1. When did the first recorded Olympic Games take place?
2. What did only include The first Olympics?
3. How long was the marathon race in the 1896 Olympics in Athens?
4. What didn’t the competitors include in the 1896 Games?
5. How often do the Olympics take place?
6. Which kinds of competition isn’t included in ‘track and field’?
7. Where were held the most recent summer 2004 Olympics?
8. Which event was included in the Olympics for the first time in 2004?
9. Which two countries often win a lot of medals at the Olympics even though their populations are not very big?
10. What was Argentina’s surprising achievement in the 2004 Olympics?
Links:
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture
- The ancient Olympics Games at the UPM
- The official website of the Olympic Movement.
- Interesting facts about the Games in Ancient Greece.
- A comic book about the Games in Ancient Greece.
- Wikipedia information about the first ‘modern’ Olympics.
- All the results from the 2004 Athens Olympics.