Boycott Of The American Olympic Committee

Finally, the Olympic games are altered by the diverse and changing social structures in the world. For instance, in 1908 a photograph of British competitor Sybil Newall shooting her bow was found on newspapers across England(2). Whether this photograph was staged to sell newspapers or not, it cannot be denied that this photograph indicates the beginning of women’s movement, which was obviously an important issue during this time in the world. With more leniency being given to women during this time, they were eventually being allowed to compete in the competitive events, though only 2% of the athletes were women. This factor also continues to show during the 1992 games held in Spain, where by then 29% of women were competing. Hassiba Boulmerka was an Algerian competitor during this time and spoke in an interview about her critics, and how being the first Algerian to win an Olympic title did not depend on her gender, but simply on her strength in her mind and in body. Boulmerka was heavily criticized by Muslim groups in Algeria for wearing shorts as she ran in the events. Despite this, the games illustrated the decreasing requirements for dresses and increasing requests for

the time, and the Nazis were in power. Before the Olympics, German Jews had been segregated and

On July 14, 1933, Hitler’s Nazi party was declared the only legal political party in Germany. Hitler’s ways of gaining followers, worked well for him in the aspect of getting things done. He quickly created a fascist government and was focused on continually pleasing the people. However as the year went on, Hitler used his power for his own selfish hate against Jews. Unknown to many, Hitler and his Nazi regime instituted many laws and regulations that restricted and excluded Jews from society. These laws were known as Anti-Semetic. In 1936, Hitler paused the enforcement of the Anti-Semetic laws when Germany hosted winter and summer Olympics. Hitler hosted these games in an effort to avoid a negative world view on Germany and to essentially be on everyone’s good side. However soon after the Olympics, Hitler went right back to the persecuting of Jews. It began to escalate very

There are quite a few factors that shaped the modern-day Olympics from 1892 to 2002. Pierre de Coubertin states that he wanted to create the Olympics to spread world peace. He does this by substituting war for friendly sports competitions (doc 1). Of course, there were some bumps in the road while trying to achieve this utopia. Some factors that have changed the Olympics are the allowing of women being able to compete in the Olympics, women’s suffrage, nationalism, wars, and economic conditions (doc 2-7).

Starting with Document 3, we are shown how the Nazi’s took the Olympic Games during the period of World War 2. Document 3 shows that the Nazi’s interpreted the Olympic games as a competition showing what countries have the most power in the world. Since during World War 2, The Nazi’s were trying to spread their ideas and beliefs to the world and they thought a good way to do this was the Olympic Games since their interpretation of the Olympic Games was a way to show a country's supremacy. In the end, The Nazi’s were provoked to cheat as they were caught practicing a course before the course was to be presented. In the end, the world was shown what would happen when national conflicts are brought into the Olympic games.

Most people would classify the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 as just another Olympics, and they would be right because the Games did have the classic triumphs and upsets that occur at all Olympic Games. What most people did not see, behind the spectacle of the proceedings, was the effect the Nazi party had on every aspect of the Games including the results. Despite Nazi Germany’s determination to come off as the superior nation in the 1936 Olympics, their efforts were almost crushed by the very people they were trying to exclude.

These two olympics were filled with more controversy than all others. The 1980 Olympic Games were held in Moscow, but back then it was a part of the Soviet Union and we were in the middle of the Cold War. Many people around the world were awestruck by the fact that the IOC had even given Moscow the opportunity to be the host city. Due to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan, 8 months prior to the Olympics, the United States of America and 64 other nations chose to boycott the 1980 Olympics and did not participate in them, leaving only 81 other countries to participate. Oddly enough the United States had gotten the bid to host the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The Soviet Union then returned the favor and boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles

The Nazi Olympics in Berlin in 1936 destroyed Hitler’s master race history. "There was very definitely a special feeling in winning the gold medal and being a black man," Woodruff said. "We destroyed [Hitler's] master race theory whenever we started winning those gold medals,” said runner John Woodruff (7). John Woodruff was a black man who won a gold medal. Another African American Jesse Owens won four track and field gold medals. These two people defied the Aryan ideal that Hitler believed that Aryan dominated the world. Another important impact the Olympic brought happened in 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. In that Olympics, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon refused to participate because of a dispute over the Suez Canal; Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands boycotted the Games in protest over the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary; China boycotted the Games because a flag of Taiwan was raised in the Olympic Village. The original purpose of the Olympics was to make the countries collaborate, however, it also brought negative impacts. Another example is that Olympics in Mexico city in 1968. Americans politicised the Games by letting two African Americans, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, represent the United States. Tommie Smith and John Carlos placed first and third in the track and field. During their medal ceremony, they raised a clenched fist above their

Hitler set out a massive propaganda plan for the 1936 Olympic Games. He had to cutback on his propaganda because it caused other countries to distrust Germany. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website, “Nazi Germany used the 1936 Olympic Games for propaganda purposes. The Nazis promoted an image of a new, strong, and united Germany while masking the regime’s targeting of Jews and Roma (Gypsies) as well as Germany’s growing militarism.” The new image Hitler created of Germany made other countries hesitant toward Hitler and his regime.

“No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas” (Advertising, Demonstrations, Propaganda* 98). This rule shows just what the Germans were hoping for, a peaceful, passive, war-free environment in which countries can get together and compete. Although we all know that quite the antithesis was upon the 1972 Olympics in Munich between September the fifth and September the sixth. The Munich Massacre, one of the worst massacres of all time, was driven by the vengefulness of the Palestinian group known as Black September, towards the people of Israel, or more relevantly, towards their Olympic team (Rosenberg). Since this confrontation between Palestine and

"...Sport is prostituted when sport loses its independent and democratic character and becomes a political institution...Nazi Germany is endeavoring to use the Eleventh Olympiad to serve the necessities and interests of the Nazi regime rather than the Olympic ideals."

Soon after Hitler took power in 1933, questions began to arise from the United States and other Western democracies of whether or not they should support the idea of the Olympic Games hosted by the Nazi Regime. America was particularly concerned about the persecution of Jewish athletes that lived in Germany in 1933. In the United States, debate over participation in the 1936 Olympics was a hot topic. The U.S. always sent one of the largest teams to the Olympics. Groups on either side of the debate stated strong views of whether the United States should participate in the Olympics in Hitler’s Nazi Germany.

Ultimately, the campaign managed to reel in 60 other nations in boycotting the games in Moscow. Back at home, while most supported the move to boycott the games, some felt that it was a gross injustice to the athletes that had trained vigorously for the games. The athletes themselves, though not vocal at the time, greatly suffered

Yes, finals are never re-run. Heats and semifinals are never re-run also. Have you ever heard about a solo racing before this one? The problem here is the privilege against the spirit of Olympics. If this "solo racing" privilege would be granted to other countries, we will never need heats and semifinals, even finals. Every team just uploads a video recorded at home of solo racing then gold medal can be decided, and we will never need Olympics anymore. It is nothing about China in this case. It is just a shame on privilege. Privilege has backfires too, quickly the US team will have some nicknames like "solo racers". Remember everyone in this world hates

The Olympics, an event where the most physically fit push themselves to the extreme to win against other nations. In 1936, Adolph Hitler and the Nazis held the Olympics in Berlin, Germany. American athletes had a hard time deciding if they should travel to Berlin and take part in the Nazi Olympics. The Berlin Olympics was a personal issue for the American team, which included Jesse Owens. He wasn't sure that he should join the team because of the views that were expressed by the Nazis. Despite this, he had a lot to show the world.