Teaching Values- An Olympic Education Toolkit - International ...
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SECTION 3 SHARING THE VALUES THROUGH SPORT AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES<br />
BIGGER AND BIGGER: THE<br />
OLYMPIC SPORTS<br />
PROGRAMMES<br />
THE NUMBER OF SPORTS ON THE PROGRAMME FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES CONTINUES TO GROW. FOR A SPORT TO<br />
BE MADE AN OLYMPIC SPORT IT HAS TO BE GOVERNED BY AN INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION RECOGNISED BY THE<br />
INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.<br />
SPORTS<br />
PROGRAMME FOR<br />
BEIJING 2008,<br />
CHINA<br />
Aquatics – Diving, Swimming<br />
Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo<br />
Archery<br />
Athletics/Track and Field<br />
– Running, race-walking, hurdles,<br />
steeplechase, marathon, relays,<br />
long jump, high jump, triple jump,<br />
pole vault, discus, shot put,<br />
javelin, decathlon (men) /<br />
heptathlon (women)<br />
Badminton<br />
Baseball<br />
Basketball<br />
Boxing<br />
Canoe/Kayak – Slalom, Flat Water<br />
Cycling – Road, Mountain Bike,<br />
Track, BMX<br />
Equestrian – Dressage, Jumping,<br />
Eventing<br />
Fencing<br />
Football<br />
Gymnastics – Artistic, Rhythmic,<br />
Trampoline<br />
Handball<br />
Hockey<br />
Judo<br />
Modern Pentathlon – cross-country<br />
running, swimming, fencing,<br />
equestrian, shooting<br />
Rowing<br />
Sailing<br />
Shooting<br />
Softball<br />
Table Tennis<br />
Taekwondo<br />
Tennis<br />
Triathlon<br />
Volleyball – Beach Volleyball,<br />
Volleyball (indoor)<br />
Weightlifting<br />
Wrestling – Freestyle, Greco-Roman<br />
READING<br />
In Athens in 1896, 241 athletes from 14<br />
countries competed in 9 sports. In Athens<br />
in 2004, over 10,000 athletes from 201<br />
countries competed in 28 sports. “To be<br />
included in the programme of the summer<br />
<strong>Olympic</strong> Games, an <strong>Olympic</strong> sport must be<br />
widely practised by men in at least 75<br />
countries and on four continents, and by<br />
women in at least 40 countries and on<br />
three continents” (<strong>Olympic</strong> Charter).<br />
FOR DISCUSSION<br />
Which of these sports are popular in<br />
your country? What sports do you<br />
play in your country that are similar to<br />
or based on these sports?<br />
Which traditional sports are popular<br />
in your country that are not<br />
<strong>Olympic</strong> sports?<br />
50 TEACHING VALUES
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