The Controversy Of The 1980 Olympics

In the image "Going to the Olympics,1984" by Frank Romero shows how theres five cars and on the very top of the cars theres 5 hearts. In between each car theres palm trees. In the sky theres a horse,a stamp,an iron,a blimp,and two men wrestling. Theres 2 red cars, 1 blue car, a yellow, and a green cars. They look like chicano cars heading to the olympics. The possible meaning for the details there is and how colorful it is, is to show how they come from different places.

In 1980 during the Moscow Summer Olympics, at the time president, Jimmy Carter decided to boycott the Olympics and stay out of the games for that year that

The olympics were shaped due to social reasons. Document 1’s author, Pierre de Coubertin, who is the founder of the modern Olympics, is a reliable asset to pursuing ideal peace with many other countries. The reason why he wants peace is because he wants to have the “disappearance of war” to be “utopians” which shows that he believes that the olympics one of the best answers to his goal. Similarly, in document 6, the Soviet Union’s Olympic organizing Committee also want to take part with “peace, democracy, and social progress.” This shows how more and more countries, even those with bad ties with others,

We many different types of Olympics; like for example, swimming, hockey, track & field, etc. The Olympics have been going on for a very long time; it started on April 6, 1896. According to Document G, it says, “Soviet weight lifter Vasily Alekseyev and gymnast Olga Korbut were both gold medal winners in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.” They were both Soviets and were international superstars in their events. On the other hand, “ Cold War tensions led the United States to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympic in Moscow and the Soviet Union to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.” Basically, the Soviets brought the Summer Olympics to us in 1984 ad that’s how everything started in LA. According to the Summer Olympics Medal Count, “The USSR won the most medals than the US.” In my opinion, I think the USSR won because they were the ones that had more athletic people. This should be in the Soviet textbooks, so we all know how the Olympics

The 1896 Olympics may be remembered because it was the Game that started it all but there was much room for improvement. The next two Games were both disasters. The 1908 Games of London saved the Olympics from disappearing. The 1904 Games in St. Louis were considered as one of the worst Games ever.

The Soviet’s decision to invade soon lead to the 1980 Olympic Boycott (Taranto 191). “The Olympic boycott was case in point. [America

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an event held in the city of Moscow, Soviet Union, in Soviet era Russia.

Olympics in Moscow and the Soviet Union to boycott the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los

With all-out-war out of the question, President Jimmy Carter after careful consideration led a US delegation to oppose the hosting of the Olympic Games of 1980, in Moscow (Bigelow). This attempt however failed as the Olympic Organizing Committee refused to change the venue as it was so late in the organization and planning of the games.

“The Olympic Contradiction” in a passage by David Brooks about when people are stuck between two contradictions they should face both of them headon. Brooks uses the Olympics as a metaphor to make know the idea that competitive virtues can often coexist with cooperative values. In the passage Brooks uses the Olympics to effectively develops the idea that embracing contradiction should be considered positive rather than negative.

“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

At first thought, it may be difficult to understand any possible connection between sports and politics. The New International Webster's Dictionary of the English Language defines politics as 'the science of government', and sports as 'a particular game or physical activity pursued for diversion'. On the surface the two concepts have very little in common, yet their connection can be traced to antiquity and the first organized sporting events. The first Olympic games took place in Greece in the ninth century, b.c.e. to worship the gods, win personal glory, and, most importantly, unite the Greek city-states. At that time, Greece was made up of many small, isolated communities which, as they flourished, sought to dominate the others.

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

From the beginning of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 the games have been the essence of how sports can directly affect politics. “The Olympic Games are arguably the most popular multi-sporting event in the world. As of 2010, twenty-three Nations and thirty-nine separate cities have hosted the Olympics since its revival in 1896” (Saum 8). The 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games has been labeled as a “case study”, examining the relationship between sports and politics, and how they affect each other. Some argue that the United States purposely boycotted the 1980 Olympics as a low risked protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion into Afghanistan, and also displaying the success of both capitalism and socialism. At the end of the 1984 Olympic Games the United States came out victorious with a more economically successful Olympic Games then the Soviet Union’s, who held the 1980 Olympic Games. Thus, concluding the triumph of Capitalism over socialism.

Despite many incidents of the athletes and the corporate sponsors infringing the core values of the Olympics, the IOC claims that they are working on their part to enforce more significance on the Olympics moral standards. The IOC is the main organizer of the Olympics Games, who is responsible for the total construction of the event, from the venue, athletes, to the judging system; thus, it should be safe to assume that once the IOC determines to put effort into reviving the true spirits of the Olympics, the moral codes of the Games should gradually restore. During the Sochi Olympics event, where five athletes were sent home after being tested positive from the use of performance-boosting drugs, Thomas Bach, an IOC president, commented that