Sydney 2000- OLYMPIC GAMES PRESENTATION

OLYMPIC GAMES Sydney 2000 & Moscow 1980

Welcome to our Presentation

Hello Everyone, I'm Hannah and I will be disscussing the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Supporting comparrison themes between past olympics and Sydneys. Hello! I'm Megan and I will be talking about the Moscow 1980 summer Olympics and disscussing it's key points of interest.

The Sydney 2000 Olympics

Sydney is located in New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the most popular cities in Austrailia, With its beautiful landscapes, proximity to coast and hot weather. The Olympic Board was attracted to the cities long history of enthusiasm for sports. Melbourne 1956 Olympics was the first Olympics to be hosted by the southern hemisphere, making Sydney 2000 to be the second. it was also the 24th olympics of the modern games.

Poster Comparison

The Figure of an athlete, using typical Australian colours of RED, YELLOW and BLUE. With Denotations of Boomarangs, the sun (the head), the red symbolising Australians orginal inhabitants. The outline of the sydney Opra House morphes into smoke from the olympic tourch. The designers of the posters were of different creative and cultural backgrounds. 50 posters were published. They called it the millenium man. pictograms used rather than people.

The first poster has an overlapping collarge feel to it as it has a parade of nations flying their flags. The use of male figue was a dominant theme in the hisory of the olympics as it was a symbol of strength and idology of mens power.

Poster Comparison

The Figure of an athlete, using typical Australian colours of RED, YELLOW and BLUE. With Denotations of Boomarangs, the sun (the head), the red symbolising Australians orginal inhabitants. The outline of the sydney Opra House morphes into smoke from the olympic tourch. The designers of the posters were of different creative and cultural backgrounds. 50 posters were published. They called it the millenium man. pictograms used rather than people.

The first poster has an overlapping collarge feel to it as it has a parade of nations flying their flags. The use of male figue was a dominant theme in the hisory of the olympics as it was a symbol of strength and idology of mens power.

the olympic ceremony

Olympic Ceremonys are rather a new tradition in the olympics. Sydney opened its games with an aquatic theme to it with, large floats of jellyfish and a large waterfall within its stadium. They also had indigenous dancers and horses with the australian flags, who filled the floor to show the cultural section of the ceremony. Cathy Freeman was the first to hold the tourch lighting a ring of fire around her as a huge firework display filled the sky. TShe was chosen to light the touch some thought as a movement towards Aboriginal reconciliation - dispite rule 50 of the IOC Athletes commission about using the games as a political platform. So who is Cathy Freeman? Freeman is a former Australian sprinter who specializes in the 400M race. Her PB (PERSONAL BEST) is 48.63 seconds making her the ninth-fastest woman of all time. Not only did she open the ceremony, she also became the first Australian Aborignal person to win an individual Olympic Gold medal.

The medals of Sydney 2000 Olympics

On the front of the medals included customary symbol including the victory Goddess holding a winners crown. The Sydney Opera house, Olympic tourch and Olympic rings are also represented on the back of the medals. The USA won the majority of the medals having a total of 93.

MASCOTS

Their names were Syd, Olly and Millie. In reference to SYDNEY, OLYMPICS and MILLENNIUM. The Mascots rpresented Australias Fauna, Syd the Platypus, Olly the Kookaburra and Millie the Anteater created by Matthew Hatton. All dressed in the colours of the Olympic rings designed by Barton pierre de coubertin. the Olympic board DIDN'T want mascot designs of Kangeroos and koalas, which made Hattons Platypus stand out within the competition. Did you know, the first mascot was Smokey the Scottish Terrier from the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

MOSCOW OLYMPICS 1980

The Moscow olypics were held in the summer of 1980 from the 19th of July until the 3rd of August. These games were also known as The Games of XXII Olympias.

This was the 19th occurance of the modern games.

A scene from the opening ceremony of the 1980 Moscow Games

POLITICS AND BOYCOTT

The soviet union's invasion of Afghanistan in the previous year of December 1979, let to the largest boycott in the history of the olympics. The bycott was lead by the USA and joined by Canada, Israel, Japan, China, West Germany and most of the Islamic nations. In total, 65 Nations refused to participate in the games, however 80 countries sent athletes to compete. The war they boycotted for did not end until 1989.

moscow 1980 Poster design

There was a large amount of posters designed for this particular olympics. The organising comittee recieved hundreds of designs sent in from all kinds of people including the general public aswell as established designers. The final design was by Wladimir Arsentjev. There was a total of 250 different designs and a total of 18,750 copies of his works.

Chosen design

MISHA THE MASCOT

The mascot for the Moscow games was Misha the bear. Misha the bear was designed by children's book illustrator Victor Chizhikov. There was great commercial success in merchandise with Misha and an animated short film was even made. To this day Russians are very nostalgic over Misha the bear and think of it fondly.

Propaganda?

Sources say that the mascot was purposelly created by the children's illustrator to enforce an unthreatening and friendly display to deter from the current politcal situation that the Soviet Union was in regarding the war and boycott.

MISHA THE MASCOT

The mascot for the Moscow games was Misha the bear. Misha the bear was designed by children's book illustrator Victor Chizhikov. There was great commercial success in merchandise with Misha and an animated short film was even made. To this day Russians are very nostalgic over Misha the bear and think of it fondly.

Propaganda?

Sources say that the mascot was purposelly created by the children's illustrator to enforce an unthreatening and friendly display to deter from the current politcal situation that the Soviet Union was in regarding the war and boycott.

MEDALS

The Soviet team won 195 medals in total. 80 of which were gold. The level of competition suffered due to the Boycott and the results were the most "lopsided" final tally results since the US domination of the 1904 games.

FACT:

Team Great Britain won 21 medals. 5 of them gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze.

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Bibliography:

https://olympics.com/en/

https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sydney-2000/medals

https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sydney-2000/mascot