Showing posts with label 1988 Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1988 Games. Show all posts

Thursday, June 14, 2012

2012 London Olympic 44 Days to go

VII Olympic Games 1920, Antwerp,Belgium. 

 The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international  multi-sports event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium The 1920 Games were awarded to Antwerp to honor the people of that city after the suffering they endured during World War I.  The initial choice for the site of the Games had been Budapest Hungary. Though the majority of events took place in Belgium, there was a single sailing event which took place in Dutch waters and as such, the games were officially in both countries.  



 

  Remembering Note: 

  These Olympics were the first in which the Olympic Oath was voiced, the first in which doves were released to symbolize peace, and the first in which the Olympic Flag was flown.


 

Looking back;


       After the Antwerp Games the first Olympic flag went missing, so they had to make a replacement for the 1924 games. That was in use until the 1988 games. By then it had become quite 'old and frail', so another replacement was made for the 1992 games. As for the missing 1920 flag, it was actually stolen as a souvenir (by an American athlete) who at long last returned it in person to the IOC a few years ago the Sydney 2000 games to be held. The ex-athlete wasn't punished, if only because he's too old to sit out any time in jail 
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Olympic Flame

The Facts of Olympic flame:

A Barbuda miniature sheet (1984) shows the start of the journey of the torch from Olympia. The journey may not be only by land, water and air With modern technology, the flame has been transferred by adopting  latest  techniques and satellites,

points to  note:

in 1964 it was carried  from Greece to Okinawa (Japan) by air.

in 1968 it was carried to Veracruz ( Mexico) by ship,

in 1972 the torch was passed through land by a horse, boat and runners 

in 1976 the flame was transmitted by electronic devices (using satellite ) and then  it have been continuation, and now 2012 using the same, The Olympic flame at the Temple of Hera. 

 

The Grenada 1988 Stamps 

A mirror was uses to intensify the sun's rays and ignite the flame. The flame is passed to the torch, which will travel 1,800 miles on Greek soil, a week-long relay throughout Greece and it will be heading off to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.