Olympics

This week for Integrated Studies I had to find facts about the Ancient Olympics, History of the New Zealand Olympic teams and facts about the Modern Olympics. This is what I found out....

Ancient Olympic Games

• The ancient Olympic games were held in Olympia.
• The athletes competed nude.

History of the New Zealand Olympic Teams

• The first 3 modern Olympics New Zealand did not compete. Due to money and distance. 
• In 1908 New Zealand joined with Australia and they formed a team together called “Australsian”. New Zealand sent an independent team in 1920.

Modern Olympics

• The first modern Olympic games were held at  Greece, Athens in 1986
• The Olympic games are held in different countries every 4th year.