Olympic Games Past, Present and Future Contents:
Ancient Greece and Ancient Games The Ancient Olympics
was developed as a subset of the Perseus Project which was created in the
Classics Department at Tufts University in honour of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. This site provides
access to information on Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports, gives details of athletes' stories;
places the Games and the Olympic spirit in context and allows visitors to tour Ancient Olympia.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/
ODYSSEUS is the WWW server of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and provides a range of
links to a vast number of ancient and modern Greek cultural sites. The page offers a search engine
that provides access to numerous Ancient Olympic (by using the search term "Olympic Games")
pages which provide details about the Archaeological Museum at Olympia; artefacts linked to the first games; issues related to the ancient games and information about the events.
http://www.culture.gr/ ORAMA, Inc (a commercial Internet Presence Provider in the USA) have created this site which
provides information on the first Modern Olympic Games (Athens, 1896) and the revival of the
games, as well as photographs of the ancient sites. Details of the ideas behind the revival of the
games, the preparatory organisation of the games, a description of the games and details on the Panathenian Stadium are included.
http://www.forthnet.gr/olympics/athens1896/index2.html The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games
site was produced by staff at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. It includes a question and answer section
that provides some information about: when the first Games were held; whether the athletes were
amateurs or pros; whether women were allowed to compete; and how political and commercial the Games were from the start.
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicorigins.html
Modern Developments The Olympics Through Time is presented by the Foundation of the Hellenic World, a cultural
centre located in Athens, Greece. The site is mirrored in Australia, and provides access to
prehistory, antiquity and revival Olympic information. This includes details on myths, athletes of antiquity and progresses to nineteenth century Athens.
http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/mirrors/olympics/ The Ancient Olympic Games Virtual Museum
was a project jointly sponsored by the Foundation of the Hellenic World and Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, USA). Undergraduates
from Dartmouth College developed a virtual museum, which allows visitors to view information and
photographs by clicking in the appropriate room. The floor plan includes a Museum Shop, a
Museum Lobby as well as a Slide Show on Modern Greece; The History; The Site; Story of a Competitor and Hellenic Experts Forum.
http://devlab.dartmouth.edu/olympic/
A Broader Picture of Time An Olympic Games Primer
was produced by the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. The Primer provides a wealth of information on the History of the games, the Olympic movement,
Symbols of the Olympics, the Olympic Games in the United States, athletes and issues relevant to Olympic sports as well as information on future games.
http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicPrimer/OlympicPrimer_.htm
Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland have developed a wonderful website that has a lot of
textual and graphic information about the Olympic Movement. In addition to information about
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, you can access the catalogue of the
Olympic Museum Library and the Museum's Images & Sound Section. The website also hosts
several online virtual exhibitions, including stamps and coins associated with the Olympics (along
with links to the websites of the international bodies responsible for each area), along with the other permanent exhibitions in the Museum.
http://www.museum.olympic.org
In Recent Times
Olympic Games Information, provides a collection of essays taken from Cantwell and Shepard's
Share the Olympic Dream Oct '97. Host cities, famous Olympians, medals and information on both
the Ancient and Modern Games are among the topics included on this site. It was established by
Mrs Linck, a Physical Education teacher at Washington Elementary School, Indiana, USA, in honour of the Atlanta Games 1996.
http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicPrimer/OlympicPrimer_.htm
Local Chernogolovka Olympic Web Server provides information on the Atlanta Games. Day by
day medal winners, world and Olympic records on games and final results. Site focuses on Russian
medallists, but includes details on all winners. This site links to the Official Olympic Games Server at
Atlanta and the Atlanta Games Server. These links have been updated to reflect the end of the games.
http://www.iem.ac.ru/~dima/sports/index2.html
Future Games The official site of the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee
provides details of how the 2004 Olympic Games are for the eager, able and unique. News of progress; audio and video highlights
(provided your technology is capable) and information about the sponsors and how to contact the AOC is available.
http://www.athens.olympic.org/en/
The Olympic Spirit of Ancient Greece in the 2004 Olympic Games through Volunteers is a
website set up to foster volunteering in helping to prepare and administer the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.
http://www.sport.gov.gr/volunteer/en/index.html |
