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THE SUMMER OLYMPICS OF 1908 IN LONDON

Heidi Raimla Saaremaa Co-educational Gymnasium FORM 10 A 2009. THE SUMMER OLYMPICS OF 1908 IN LONDON. Games of IV Olympiad. Ital y refused to host the fourth Olympic Games and in 1907 L ondon got the right to organize the Games.

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THE SUMMER OLYMPICS OF 1908 IN LONDON

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  1. Heidi Raimla Saaremaa Co-educational Gymnasium FORM 10 A 2009 THE SUMMER OLYMPICS OF 1908 IN LONDON

  2. Games of IV Olympiad • Italy refused to host the fourth Olympic Games and in 1907 London got the right to organize the Games. • Ithe Games took place from 27th April to 29th October 1908. • The president of the IOC was William Henry Grenfell. • 22 countries participated.

  3. White City Stadium • Built specially for the Olympic Games and cost £60,000. • The stadium was situated in the burgh called Sheperd's Bush in West London. • It had about 70,000 seats. • The track was 536.45 meters long but he original distance was changed to be longer so the race would finish in front of the king.

  4. London – The Olympic Town • Most other events took place around London. • As had happened in the two previous games, the programme spanned several months. • Although the main events were held in July. • At the Olympics in 1908 a winter sport - figure skating - was taken into the program. • White City was to host athletics, cycling and swimming competitions.

  5. 22 events were contested • Water motor sports • Shooting • Jeu de paume • Lacrosse • Polo • Archery • Rugby • Hockey • Rackets • Tennis • Gymnastic • Athletics • Football • Rowing • Fencing • Swimming • Diving • Water polo • Boxing • Wrestling • Sailing • Cycling • Figure skating

  6. " The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part. " • American swimmer John Taylor was the first African-American athlete to win a gold medal. • 60 year old Oscar Swahn from Sweden, who won the gold medal for deer shooting, became the oldest champion of all times. • Estonians did not participate in the Olympics that year. • Great Britain had the biggest number of athletes – 2059, including 36 women.

  7. got the glory. People greeted him as the real winner. The most dramatic incident • The marathon was coming down to end. • The first to enter the stadium was Dorando Pietri from Italy who due to a very hot day collapsed several times. • Not far from the finish two officials took him by arm and brought him to the line. • Americans protested and as a consequence Pietri was disqualified. • The gold medal went to the second place owner but Pietri

  8. The designer of the medal was B. Mackennal • The 1908 Olympics are the first and the only time when Britain has won more medals than any other nation. • These are the first Olympic Games were the winners got medals made of pure gold.

  9. The war of flags king and that irritated the Englishmen. The UK and the USA had conflicts during the entire Olympic Games. Great Britain Greece Switzerland Sweden South Africa United States Russia Norway Netherlands Italy Hungary Turkey Germany France Finland Denmark Canada Bohemia Belgium Austria 22 countries in the Olympic. Australasia Argentina • On opening day for the first time teams were supposed to parade of nations. • Finland was part of the Russian Empire and was expected to march under the Russian flag. So they decided to go without a flag. • The Swedish and the United State's banner had not been displayed above the stadium. • Americans refused to dip the colours in front of the

  10. Donations - the main source of earnings • With less than two years to get ready it is said that these Games were perhaps the best organised to date. • The budget showed a cost of £15,000. • Over 1/3 was labelled as an “entertainment expense”. • Ticket sales gave only 28% of the income. • Total profit was claimed to be £21,377. • £60,000 paid by the government to build the White Stadium was not included.

  11. References • http://en.wikipedia.org • http://www.eok.ee • http://www.olympics.org.uk • Thank you!

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