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1 Ellen Rogers & Korey Decker

2 Introduction  Cold War  11 Olympic Games

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4 Statistics  59 countries  4099 athletes  385 women  17 sports  136 events

5 “Victory Over Dark Times”  World War II halts Olympic Games  London rose to the challenge

6 Progress  First Games to be shown on home television  Starting blocks  Empire Pool

7 Absentees  Germany  Japan  Soviet Union

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9 Statistics  69 countries  4,925 athletes  518 women  17 sports  149 events

10 New Countries  Israel  Soviet Union

11 Notable Performances  United States  Soviet Union  Hungary  Emil Zatopek

12 Cold War Influence  Sport remained at the top of the agenda

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14 Statistics  67 countries  3184 athletes  371 women  16 sports  145 events

15 Outside Influence  Suez Crisis  Egyptian-Israeli Conflict  Invasion of Hungary  Violence in North Africa

16 Boycotts  Egypt  Lebanon  Iraq  The Netherlands  Spain  Switzerland

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18 Statistics  93 countries  5140 athletes  683 women  19 sports  163 events

19 Progress  Mondovision  Computers  Pictograms  Judo and volleyball  Japan’s enthusiasm

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21 South Africa  Banned from the Games after failing to condemn apartheid

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23 Statistics  112 countries  5330 athletes  781 women  18 sports  172 events

24 Progress  German athletes  Drug tests  Tartan  Official timing

25 Worldwide Events  Assassinations  Martin Luther King Jr.  Robert Kennedy  Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia  Plaza of the Three Cultures shooting  Hundred of protesting students wounded

26 African Americans  “Jet” Smith  John Carlos

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28 Waldi the Daschund

29 Statistics  121 countries  7123 athletes  1058 women  21 sports  195 events

30 Black September  Palestinian terrorist group  9 Israeli athletes taken hostage  Demanded release of 234 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons and two in German prisons  Germany attacked the terrorists  Terrorists killed all hostages and one German police officer

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33 Amik the Beaver

34 Statistics  92 countries  6028 athletes  1247 women  21 sports  198 events

35 Obstacles for Montreal  IOC hoped to restore all events  Stadium and other facilities under construction  Delays  Increase in gas prices

36 Progress  Women’s events  Basketball  Rowing  Handball  Nadia Comaneci  Romanian gymnast  Torch

37 Boycotts  Africa  22 countries  Taiwan  Cameroon  Egypt  Morocco  Tunisia

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39 Misha the Bear

40 Statistics  80 countries  5217 athletes  1125 women  21 sports  203 events

41 Boycotts  United States  Japan  West Germany  China  Philippines  Argentina  Canada

42 The IOC’s Response  Opposed the boycott  Felt that the games should be more than politics

43 Biased Competition  Soviets took control of the games  197 overall medals  80 gold  Irregularities

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45 Sam the Eagle

46 Statistics  140 countries  6797 athletes  1567 women  21 sports  221 events

47 Boycott  Soviet Union  Cuba  East Germany

48 Funding  No government financing  Strictly private funding

49 Progress  Neroli Fairhall  Paraplegic archer  Women’s marathon  Women’s cycling  Blueprint for future Olympic Games

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51 Hodori the Baby Tiger

52 Statistics  159 countries  8465 athletes  2186 women  23 sports  237 events

53 Protests  Soviet Union  Still participated  Cuba  Ethiopia  North Korea

54 Achievements  $288 million profit  Encouraged the West to explore South Korea’s history and culture  Increased trade and commerce

55 Progress  Women sweep equestrian medals  Kerstin Palm  7 Olympic Games  Table tennis  Tennis returned  Open to professionals

56 Doping  Ben Johnson  100m dash  Tested positive for steroids

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58 Cobi the Little Dog

59 Statistics  169 countries  9367 athletes  2708 women  25 sports  257 events

60 Boycott Free  First time since 1972  Apartheid abolished in South Africa  Fall of the Berlin Wall  Reunification of East and West Germany  End of Communism in the Soviet Union  15 separate countries that participated as a “unified team”

61 Progress  Baseball achieves medal status  Baseball had appeared as an exhibition sport at six Olympic Games  Badminton  Women’s judo

62 Conclusion  Sport remained most important  Olympic “spirit” was present in almost all of the games

63 Sources  http://www.historiasiglo20.org/JJOO/jjoo.swf  www.zurazine.com/2011/03/01/the-2012-london-olympics-logo/olympic-logo-1952/  http://www.sportslogos.net/logo_comments.php?id=6982  http://www.juggle.com/1964-tokyo-olympics-primary-logo  http://tedslogomania.webs.com/olympics.htm  http://wtfontbook.blogspot.com/2010/02/olympic-fever.html  http://www.airbertach.com/wwmcmillan/Olympics_1980.html  http://www.vectordiary.com/illustrator/los-angeles-olympic-logo-tutorial/  http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2008/08/a-brief-history-of-olympic-dis-10.php  http://www.olympic.org  http://www.olympic.it/english/game/id_S1952  http://kiat.net/olympics/history/  http://www.redruth.cornwall.sch.uk/curriculum/history/coldwar-rev/coldwar.htm  http://www.topendsports.com/

64 Sources  http://olympic-museum.de/mascot/mascot1980.htm  http://www.aldaver.com/  http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=100704  http://designresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/reinventing-the- orange-order-a-superhero-for-the-21st-century/  http://downatthirdman.wordpress.com/page/15/?archives-list&archives- type=cats  http://pinterest.com/rachellem/brown-skin/  http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Mexico_1968.htm  http://countrystudies.us/mexico/66.htm  http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Martin_Luther_King_Assassin ation  http://www.paperlessarchives.com/black_september.html  http://olympic-museum.de/pictograms/Picto1964.htm  http://www.splendorfarms.com/dachshund-trivia.html  http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/08/40-years-of-olympic- mascots.html

65 Primary Sources  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource /US-Israel/Nixon/NixonLog090672.pdf  http://www.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/int ernational/19720906arafat.pdf?scp=1&sq=se ptember%206%201972&st=cse  http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/09/worl d/moscow-s-statement-shuns-term- boycott.html  http://articles.latimes.com/1988-06- 13/sports/sp-3286_1_montreal-s-summer- olympics


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