my question is what was the olympic theme?and why are the olympic ring interconnected?
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The theme music used on the telecasts is Bugler’s Dream, by Leo Arnaud and was written in 1958 for a larger project called “The Charge Suite.”\n\nABC first used it in their coverage of the 1968 Winter games.\nNBC purchased the rights to it in 1992 for their Olympic coverage.
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The Summer Olympics (Games of the Olympiad) have been held every fourth year starting in 1896, with the exception of the years during the World Wars.\n\nA special edition for winter sports, the Olympic Winter Games, was first held in 1924. The first winter Olympics competitions were originally held as a non-Olympic sports festival, but were declared to be official Games by the International Olympic Committee in 1925. Originally these were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics, but from 1994 the Winter Games and the Summer Games are held two years apart.\n\nThere are many legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. One of these associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of εκεχειρία (ekecheiria) or Olympic Truce. The date of the Games' inception based on the count of years in Olympiads is reconstructed as 776 BC, although scholars' opinions diverge between dates as early as 884 BC and as late as 704 BC.\n\nIn the 17th century, the Olympic Games sports festival was held in England, followed by the National Olympic Games, which were established in the 19th century and continue to this day. Later, similar events were organised in France and Greece, but these were all small-scale and certainly not international.\n\nThe interest in reviving the Olympics grew when the ruins of ancient Olympia were uncovered by German archaeologists in the mid-19th century. At the same time, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was searching for a reason for the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). He thought the reason was that the French had not received proper physical education, and sought to improve this. In 1890 he attended the Wenlock Olympian Society. Coubertin also thought of a way to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the world compete in sports, rather than fight in war. In his eyes, the recovery of the Olympic Games would achieve both of these goals.\n\nIn a congress at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, held from June 16 to June 23, 1894 he presented his ideas to an international audience. On the last day of the congress, it was decided that the first modern Olympic Games would take place in 1896 in Athens, in the country of their birth. To organise the Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was established, with the Greek Demetrius Vikelas as its first president.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games#Ancient_Olympics
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The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C. At first, only one race (the sprint) was run. Later, the discus and javelin throw, broad jumping and wrestling were added. The Olympic Games were held for more than 1,000 years. They were abolished by the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius  in 394 A.D.\n\nThe Games were revived in 1896 to promote understanding and friendship among nations. The first modern games were held in Athens, Greece. Young men and women come from all over the world to compete in various sports and represent their country. They live in an Olympic Village at the site of the games
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each ring represents one of the five continents involved in the olympics at the time of its creation.\nalso, all the countries involved could make their flag out of the colors used for the rings and thier white background.
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Apparently triathlons only take place during the Olympics.  thanks Mike...  Yahoo! has yet to add many sports to the list.  Skate/Snow boarding, Tri's, running.  None of these seem to have made.  But curling and snookering seem to have a large fan base.  Come on Yahoo! guys, think!!!!
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=HB\n\nIt's an olympic sport lol
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http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
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The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC, when Koroibos, a cook from the nearby city of Elis, won the stadion race, a foot race 600 feet long. The stadion track at Olympia is shown here. According to some literary traditions, this was the only athletic event of the games for the first 13 Olympic festivals or until 724 BC. From 776 BC, the Games were held in Olympia every four years for almost 12 centuries.\n\nContrary evidence, both literary and archaeological, suggests that the games may have existed at Olympia much earlier than this date, perhaps as early as the 10th or 9th century BC. \n\n Although the ancient Games were staged in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD, it took 1503 years for the Olympics to return. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. The man responsible for its rebirth was a Frenchman named Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who presented the idea in 1894. His original thought was to unveil the modern Games in 1900 in his native Paris, but delegates from 34 countries were so enthralled with the concept that they convinced him to move the Games up to 1896 and have Athens serve as the first host.
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I think my favorite olympic sport is probably SPEED SKATING.  I like speed skating because I like waiting for the suspense to see if some like Apollo Anton Ono falls again. I like watching to see who will move on and go win the medal.
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Try this link:\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp\nthis is a complete database of the Olympic medal winners from all the Olympics.\nis it's not enough try wikipedia
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WWE IS ALSO NOT IN OLYMPICS.\n\nTHE VERY SAME REASON WHY CRICKET IS NOT INCLUDED IN OLYMPICS.
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The olympic rings is the symbol of the olympics with the five intersecting circles. There are three on the top and two on the bottom. I believe the colors are red, blue, yellow, red, and green. Supposedly each flag in the world has one of those colors. I would go to www.wikipedia.org to find out more.
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Hm, difficult one. I don't like nationalist symbols myself and I would never ever wave my own country's flag around. I do get you drift, but still - when it comes to the Olympics I don't really think that it is meant as a non-bloody war disguised as sports competition. Unfortunately we are always categorized - and language or nationality is one of the firdst categories that come to mind. So even if you leave out all the flags and teams and anthems, you will probably find people categorizing by gender or - much worse - by race. That's the way the human mind works - we like to analyse and categorise. \nHowever, you are mentioning a good point there with the restricted numbers of athletes per country. Again, realistically though, if numbers were not restricted, I guess the rich countries would be more likely to send athletes and win at international competition than smaller and less wealthy countries. \nSo, I think nationalities were not a problem if the viewers of such events were actually less nationalist themselves...
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Who says the Olympics are about unity? The Olympics are about sport, and sportmanship...There are plenty of examples throughout Olympic history where an athlete has chosen to forego competition in observation of the Sabbath or other religious rites. See "Chariots of Fire"\n\nThis is purely between the athlete and their faith, it's not the responsibility of the Olympic organizers to accomodate the religious requirements of every athlete. Instead, it's up to the athlete to decide for themselves if they wish to observe the requirements of their faith.
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There are five interlocking rings coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red.\n\nThese five rings represent the five parts of the world which now are won over to Olympism and willing to accept healthy competition.\n\nThe rings are with a WHITE background on the Olympic flag, the six colours thus combined reproduce those of all the nations without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the French, British, American, German, Belgian, Italian, and Hungarian tricolours, the yellow and red of Spain lie next to the new Brazilian and Australian flags, and the old Japan and the young China. This is really an international emblem\n\nThough the Baron de Coubertin obviously considered the rings and colours as two independent characteristics, and even though the IOC explicitly states no ring represents a specific continent, still some people list matches. These are some such lists. (Since users of each list claim that list to be the explanation in general use, they are ordered here alphabetically according to the arbitrary, somewhat explanatory titles.)\n\nA map, of sorts\n\n* Blue - Americas\n* Yellow - Africa\n* Black - Europe\n* Green - Oceania\n* Red - Asia\n\n\n\nColours representing peoples, Blue ocean\n\n* Blue - Oceania\n* Yellow - Asia\n* Black - Africa\n* Green - Europe\n* Red - Americas\n\n\nColours representing peoples, Greek flag\n\n* Blue - Europe\n* Yellow - Asia\n* Black - Africa\n* Green - Oceania\n* Red - Americas\n\nThis is the colours continents meanings who choose an IOC organism: The Association of National Olympic Committees who englobes to all 204 National Olympic Committee like the colours symbology for its emblems
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Seems like you're a few decades behind!  I'm not sure of the exact date, but the world used to host the Olympics every four years, and both Summer and Winter Games would be in the same year.  \n\nFor example, during the Cold War, the 1980 Olympics were held in Lake Placid (winter) and in Moscow (summer) later that year.  There was some controversy because the Easterners (Russia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, etc.) talked about boycotting the Lake Placid games, and President Carter talked about retrobuting by boycotting the Moscow games.  Something like that.  \n\nAnyways, since then, the schedule has changed, and the Olympics are every two years.  The seasonal games, like the summer games, are held every 4 years.  The schedule is: Beijing 2008(summer), Vancouver 2010(winter), and London 2012(summer).  Check out the links below for more info. (there are links to each of the sites from olympic.org)
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Contact the Olympic Committee, you should be able to find their website online fairly easily, good luck.