Olympic Games: History, Purpose, Types of Games & Sports Movement

What is Olympic Games?

The Olympic Games is a quadrangular international multi-sport event celebrated by people around the world as a global sports festival.

What is the history of the Olympic Games?

Today's Olympic Games have their roots in the ancient Olympic Games held 2,800 years ago. Formerly known as the "Olympiad". The event was first held in the Olympia region of ancient Greece. But at present there are different opinions regarding its origin. The event is said to have been an athletic and artistic festival dedicated to the worship of the gods. However, the ancient Olympic Games were interrupted by many conflicts and finally ended in 393 AD. Although the Olympic Games are believed to have been started by Herakles, the son of Zeus, in Greece some 2,796 years ago, it is believed that the Games were played much earlier than that. The process of the Olympic Games duly started in 776 BC continued uninterrupted after that till 393 AD i.e. for 1,169 years.

Modern olympic games:

Various uses of the word "Olympics" to describe athletic events in the modern era have been documented since the 17th century. The first such event was the Cotswold Games or "Cotswold Olympic Games", an annual meeting near Chipping Campden, England, which included a variety of sports. It was first held by lawyer Robert Dover between 1612 and 1624, with many of the latter's ceremonies dating to the present day.

Olympic Movement:

The Olympic Movement is led by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), guided by the philosophy of the Olympics, which strives to promote world peace and the betterment of society. The Olympic Movement is adopted throughout the world, and the Olympic Charter has chosen the five-ring mark of intersection as its emblem. The IOC is solely responsible for the advancement of the Olympics in accordance with the Olympic Charter. The IOC recognizes 205 countries and territories and hosts the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Activities of the Olympic Movement-

Some of the main activities involved in the Olympic movement include anti-doping, women's participation and funding.
Doping – the use of muscle-enhancing agents and other banned substances to improve performance – is not only illegal, but can have serious harmful effects on the body.
Women were not allowed to participate in the ancient Olympic Games, and it was not until the opening of the modern Olympic Games in Athens that they were welcomed as participants.
As a result of the efforts of the women's movement as well as the IOC's working group, many female athletes now participate in the Games.
Through the aid program, "Solidarity", the IOC plays a major role in providing financial assistance to athletes and coaches living in economically disadvantaged societies.
Funds are allocated for scholarships, construction of sports facilities and other activities aimed at improving expertise and performance for all.
Another main activity of the Olympic movement is the Paralympic Games which is the highest point of sporting events for athletes with disabilities.
The Paralympic Games are hosted immediately after the Olympic Games, and the level of performance is increasing at a rapid pace.

Objective of the Olympic Games:

Objectives of the Olympics- Citius, Altius, Fortius, composed by Father Didon in 1897, is the aim of the Olympics in Latin which means fast, high, strong. It was first introduced as an Olympic objective in 1920 at the Antwerp (Belgium) Olympic Games.

Types of Olympic Games:

Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Youth Olympic Games (YOG)

The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event that is usually held once every four years.

The Winter Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports played on ice and snow. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France.

The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between the ages of 14 and 18, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The Games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events in line with the current Olympic Games format. The first summer edition was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, while the first winter edition was held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 22 January 2012.

List of Games played in the Olympics

Olympic Games are played here in India and all over the world. A list of all those games played in the Olympics is given. How many games are there in the Olympics?

Name of game	Description
3x3 Basketball	3x3 Basketball (pronounced three-ex-three) is a variation of basketball played on three sides on a basketball hoop. According to the ESSEC Business School study commissioned by the International Olympic Committee, 3x3 is the largest urban team sport in the world.
Alpine Skiing	Alpine Skiing Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. It is also commonly referred to as downhill skiing, although it also encompasses a variety of styles. Alpine skiing can be combined with skiing using free-heel bindings; Ski mountaineering and Nordic skiing - eg cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark.
Ice Hockey	Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in an indoor or outdoor rink, in which two teams of skaters use their hands to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net in order to score goals. use stick.
Archery	Archery is the art, sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus, which means. Bow Historically, archery has been used for hunting and warfare. In modern times, it is primarily a competitive sport and recreational activity.
Artistic Swimming	Synchronous swimming or artistic swimming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, in which swimmers perform a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in water accompanied by music.
Acrobatic Gymnastics	Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive gymnastics discipline where participants of gymnasts work together and perform acrobatic moves, dancing and tumbling, shapes set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine where the focus is on strength, balance and flexibility; A 'dynamic' routine that includes throws, somersaults and catches, and a 'combined' routine that includes elements of both balance and dynamic.
Athletics	Athletics is a group of sporting events that include competitive running, jumping, throwing and running. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
Karate	Karate is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts under the influence of kung fu, particularly the Fujian White Crane.
Curling	Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is divided into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, vases and shuffleboards. Two teams, each consisting of four players, slide heavy, polished granite rocks, also called stones, across a curling sheet of ice toward home, a circular target marked on the ice.

Canoe / Kayak Flatwater	Flatwater kayaking refers to a type of kayaking that takes place on a body of water that is sheltered from waves, extreme wind, and current. It usually occurs on small lakes, ponds and other calm bodies of water such as marshes or marshes.
Canoe/Kayak Slalom	Canoe slalom is a competitive sport aimed at navigating a decked canoe or kayak through hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible.
Cross Country Skiing	Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own location to move across snow-covered terrain rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; However, some still use it as a means of transportation.
Golf	Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use different clubs to hit balls in a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Horse Riding	Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, usually involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys over a specified distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as it has a basic premise - to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance.
Gymnastics artistic	Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines (approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on separate equipment, with little time for vaulting. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastics (FIG).
Gymnastics rhythm	Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on the floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, club, ribbon or rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; Gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, agile and coordinated.
Judo	Judo is generally classified as a modern Japanese martial art, which has since evolved into an Olympic event. The game was created in Japan by Jigoro Kano in 1882 as a physical, mental and moral pedagogy.
Tennis	Tennis is a racquet sport that can be played individually against an opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket tied to a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.
Table Tennis	Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whiff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a light ball, also known as a ping-pong ball, using small rackets. Back and forth on a table by doing. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net.

Triathlon	A triathlon is an endurance multisport race that includes swimming, cycling and running at various distances. Triathletes compete for the fastest overall completion time, running each section sequentially, transitioning between the disciplines involved over time.
Trampoline	A trampoline is a device consisting of a single piece of sturdy fabric, taut, between a steel frame using several coiled springs. Not all trampolines have springs, as the springfree trampoline uses glass-reinforced plastic rods. People bounce on trampolines for entertainment and competitive purposes.
Diving	Diving is the sport of jumping or falling from a platform or springboard into the water, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games.
Taekwondo	Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do or Taekwon-do is a Korean martial art characterized by punching and kicking techniques, with an emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping spinning kicks and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation of Tae Kwon Do is "kicking," "punching," and "art or way."
Nordic Combined	Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping.
Figure Skating	Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs or groups perform figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when it was competed at the 1908 Olympics in London.
Football	Football, also called association football or football, is a sport that involves two teams of 11 players each trying to swing the ball into the other team's goal without using their hands or arms. The team that scores more goals wins.
Futsal	Futsal is a football game played on hard courts, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has a similarity to five-a-side football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are allowed.
Fencing	Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three themes in modern fencing are the foil, the apse, and the saber; Winning points are scored through the weapon's contact with an opponent.
Freestyle Skiing	Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline that includes aerial, mogul, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big wind as part of the Winter Olympics. This can include a skier doing aerial flips and spins, and skiers can include sliding rails and boxes on their skis

Biathlon	Biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is regarded as a race, in which competitors ski through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds.
Basketball	Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, each with a maximum of five players, compete on a rectangular court with the primary objective of shooting the basketball through the defender's hoop while the opposing team plays. prevent them from shooting through their own cordon.
BMX Freestyle	BMX freestyle is a spectacular discipline where riders perform routines that include sequences of moves to be executed. This can be done in a variety of ways such as on flat ground, in alleys, on dirt jumps, a half pipe and built-in ramps.
Beach Volleyball	Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net. As with indoor volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net and ground it on the opponent's side of the court. Each team works in unison to prevent the opposing team from grounding the ball on their side of the court.
Beach Handball	Beach handball is a team sport in which two teams pass and bounce or roll a ball, trying to throw it into the opposing team's goal. The game is similar to standard handball, but it is played on sand instead of a concrete floor. Matches are played as best two-out-three sets.
Baseball / Softball	Baseball, the game played with a bat, a ball, and gloves, between two teams of nine players on a field with four white bases encased in a diamond.
Badminton	Badminton is a racket sport played by using a racket to hit the shuttlecock over the net. Although it can be played with large teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).
Boxing	Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined time in a boxing ring.
Bobsleigh	Bobsleigh or bobsleigh is a team winter sport that involves timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh.
Braking	Breaking, which is a competitive form of breakdancing, will be an Olympic sport in Paris 2024! Athletes, known as b-boys and b-girls, will compete for the ultimate sporting prize—a place on an Olympic podium. The dance form was extremely popular with the crowd at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

Marathon Swimming	Marathon swimming is a class of long-distance swimming based on English Channel swimming and defined by traditional rules in open water swimming. Unlike marathon foot-races, which have a specifically defined distance, marathon swims vary in distance.
Modern Pentathlon	The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of five separate events; The final combined event of fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, and pistol shooting and cross country running.
Rugby	Gby is a collective name for the family of team sports of union and rugby league, as well as the earlier forms of football from which both sports, as well as Australian rules football and gridiron football, developed.
Wrestling	Wrestling is a fighting sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins, and other grappling holds. Sports can be either truly competitive or sports entertainment.
Rowing	Rowing is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports, in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using an oarlock, while the paddles are not attached to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing.
Roller Speed Skating	Roller speed skating events are usually held outdoor - and sometimes indoor - along side walls or on off-road circuits.
Luge	A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which a sled is held supine and foot-first. A luger runs by using the calf muscles to flex the runners of the sled or by exerting pressure on the opposite shoulder on the seat.
Water Polo	Water polo has been a part of the Summer Olympic program since the second Games in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Weightlifting	Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting, often referred to simply as weightlifting, is a sport in which an athlete attempts a single lift with a maximum load of barbells loaded with weight plates. There are two competition lifts in the order snatch and clean and jerk.
Volleyball	Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding the ball on the other team's court under organized rules.

Short Track Speed Skating	Short track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, many skaters skate on an oval ice track with a length of 111.12 meters.
Shooting	Shooting is the action or process of firing a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, catapult, or blowpipe). Even acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting.
Surfing	Surfing is a surface water sport in which a person, a surfer, uses a board to ride over the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, usually leading the surfer to shore.
Cycling Track	Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually conducted on a specially constructed banked track or velodrome using track bicycles.
Cycling BMX	BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycling sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or in general on- or off-road recreation. BMX began when young cyclists appropriated motocross tracks for recreational purposes and stunting, eventually evolving into specialized BMX bikes and competitions.
Cycling Mountain Bike	Mountain biking is a type of bicycle riding, which is carried out on off-road and rough terrain. It uses specially designed mountain bikes.
Cycling Road	Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling. This includes recreational, racing, commuting and utility cycling. Road cyclists are generally expected to follow the same rules and regulations as other drivers or riders, and those vehicles may also be cyclists.
Sailing	Sailing employs the wind to propel a craft over the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) - sails, wings, or kites. acting on. Of course, that is often part of a larger scheme of navigation.
Ski Jumping	Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to make the longest jump possible after descending a specially designed ramp on their skis. Along with the length of the jump, the contestant's style and other factors affect the final score.
Ski Mountaineering	Ski mountaineering is a skiing discipline that involves either climbing mountains on skis or taking them, depending on the slope of the climb, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment used, skis based on free-heel telemark skis and alpine skis, where the heel is free to climb, but is fixed during descent.

Skateboarding	Skateboarding is an action sport originating in the United States that involves riding and performing using a skateboard, as well as being a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation.
Skeleton	Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which one person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled (or -sleigh)
Snowboard	Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves standing on a snowboard and descending a snow-covered slope that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It is involved in the Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympic Games.
Speed Skating	Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which competitors race each other on skates traveling a certain distance. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating and marathon speed skating.
Sport Climbing	Sport climbing is a form of rock climbing that may rely on permanent anchors attached to the rock for safety, with a rope attached to the climber.
Swimming	Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of your entire body to move through water. The game takes place in a pool or open water.
Handball	Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players pass a ball with the aim of throwing a ball from their hands into the goal of the other team.
Hockey	Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to swing a ball or puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. There are many types of hockey such as bandy, field hockey, ice hockey and rink hockey.