In the long history of human development, apart from the ancient social and cultural phenomenon of religion, the Olympic movement can be said to be the oldest social and cultural phenomenon. From the recorded history, the origin of the Olympic Movement can be traced back to 776 BC. But before that, the ancient Olympic Games may have existed for centuries. Olympic Games, referred to as "Olympic Games", is a comprehensive world games sponsored by the International Olympic Committee.
The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece and got its name because it was held in the Olympic Games. Legend has it that the ancient Olympic Games was founded by Zeus, the king of the gods. The 1 th ancient Olympic Games was held in 776 BC and 293 times in 394 AD. The sports meeting is held every 14 17 days, that is, every four years. Later, people called this cycle the Olympic cycle. With the rise of modern sports, the Greek people hope to restore the ancient Olympic Games. 1859- 1889, Greece held four Olympic Games and made a preliminary attempt. From 1883, Frenchman Coubertin devoted himself to the revival of the ancient Olympic Games. Through the efforts of several generations, the International Olympic Committee was established on June 23rd, 1894. The first Olympic Charter formulated by Coubertin emphasized the amateurism of the Olympic movement, stipulating that only the winners were awarded honorary awards at the Olympic Games, and no money or other material rewards were given to athletes in any form. 1893 April 6 to 13 April 5, the first Olympic Games was held in Athens.
The ancient Olympic Games were basically held every four years, and this cycle was called "Olympiad". According to this cycle, from 776 BC to 394 AD, * * * should be held for 293 sessions; But in fact the number of meetings is much less. However, according to the ancient Olympic Games, one Olympic Games is one, whether it is held or not.
In the early days of the ancient Olympic Games, there were not many events, so the first 22 sessions only lasted for one day. Later, with the increase of incidents, it was extended to two days. From the 37th session, the juvenile competition was added, and the time was extended to 5 days. The first day is the opening ceremony, with sacrificial ceremonies and swearing-in ceremonies, the second, third and fourth days are the specific contents of the competition, and the fifth day is the closing ceremony, with awards and sacrificial activities.
Modern Olympic Movement
The development scale and level of the modern Olympic Movement have attracted worldwide attention. The Olympic spirit has been widely spread. People see that Olympism, as a cultural phenomenon, closely links ethnic groups with different skin colors and cultural backgrounds in the form of competition, which has a far-reaching impact on human social activities and human civilization. As a sports phenomenon, the Olympic Games is the most fascinating stage for human beings to explore the limits of physical fitness. Olympic records and medals have become lofty goals pursued by athletes, and the Olympic movement has become a global activity with great attraction, penetration and cohesion in many participating countries and regions.
From 65438 to 0893, at the suggestion of Coubertin, the father of the Olympic Games, an international sports conference was held in Paris to discuss the revival of the Olympic Games. 1894 1 month, Coubertin drew up the concrete steps and 10 issues to be discussed in reviving the Olympic Games, and wrote to sports organizations and groups in various countries. 16 June, the "International Sports Congress" opened in Sorbonne Theological Seminary in Paris, with 79 delegates representing 49 sports organizations in 2 countries. 2000 people attended the opening ceremony. The General Assembly adopted the resolution of "Reviving the Olympic Movement". On June 23rd, the International Olympic Committee was established. The establishment of the International Olympic Committee marks the birth of the Olympic Movement.
2. Ancient Greece is a mythical kingdom with beautiful fairy tales and bizarre folk stories, which cast a mysterious color on the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. Legend: The ancient Olympic Games was a regular sports activity to worship Zeus. Another legend is related to Hercules, the son of Zeus. Heracles is known as "Hercules" because of its great strength. He finished the task that ordinary people couldn't finish in Elis city-state, and cleaned the king's cowshed full of cow dung in less than half a day, but the king didn't want to honor his promise of giving away 300 cows, so Herakler drove the king away in a fit of pique. To celebrate his victory, he held a sports meeting at the Olympic Games.
The most popular story about the origin of the ancient Olympic Games is Pelops's marriage. In order to choose a husband who is both civil and military for his daughter, Elis, the king of ancient Greece, proposed that the candidate must compete with himself in the chariot. In the competition, 13 youths were killed by the king's spear, 14 youths were Pelops, the grandson of Zeus and the sweetheart of the princess. Encouraged by love, he bravely accepted the king's challenge and finally won with wisdom. To celebrate this victory, Pelops and the princess held a grand wedding in front of the temple of Zeus in Olympia. At the meeting, chariots, gladiators and other competitions were arranged. This was the original ancient Olympic Games, and Pelops became the legendary founder of the ancient Olympic Games.
The origin of the Olympic Games is actually closely related to the social situation in ancient Greece. In the 9th-8th century BC, the Greek clan society gradually disintegrated, the slave society of city-state system gradually formed, and more than 200 city-states were established. City-states are fragmented, there is no unified monarch, and wars between city-states continue. In order to cope with the war, every city-state actively trains its own soldiers. The children of the Spartan city-state were raised by the state from the age of seven, engaged in sports and military training, and lived a military life. War needs soldiers, soldiers need strong bodies, and sports is a powerful means to train soldiers who can fight. The war promoted the development of Greek sports, and the events of the ancient Olympic Games also had obvious military brand. The people are disgusted with the continuous war and generally long for a peaceful environment to recuperate. Later, the King of Sparta and the King of Elis signed the "Holy Truce Month" treaty. As a result, the military training and sports competitions to prepare for the troops have gradually become games of peace and friendship.
The rise and fall of ancient Olympic Games
From 776 BC to 394 AD, the ancient Olympic Games experienced 1 168, and * * * held 293 times. According to its origin, rise and fall, it can be roughly divided into three periods.
From 776 BC to 388 BC, although there were disputes among the city-states, Greece was an independent country with developed politics, economy and culture, which was the golden age of the Games. Especially in 490 BC, after Athens, Greece defeated the Persian army in the Marathon Valley, the people's feelings flourished and their national prestige increased greatly. Many sports facilities and temples have been built, and participants are all over the Greek city-States. The Olympic Games is at its peak, becoming the biggest festival in Greece.
② It began to decline from 388 BC to 65438 BC+046 BC. Due to the long Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens (43 BC1year to 404 BC), the national strength of Greece was greatly reduced, and Macedonia gradually annexed Greece. King Philip of Macedonia also took part in the horse race himself. Later, Alexander the Great actively supported the Olympic Games, although he did not like sports activities, and regarded it as the highest opening ceremony of sports activities in ancient Greece, adding facilities for it. However, during this period, the spirit of the ancient Olympic Games has greatly faded, and professional athletes began to appear.
③ From BC 146 to AD 394, the ancient Olympic Games went from decline to destruction. After the Roman Empire ruled Greece, the Olympic Games were still held at first, but Olympia was not the only venue. For example, in the 175 Olympic Games in 80 BC, Rome's economic laws called for excellent athletes to compete in Rome, while Olympia only held junior competitions. At this time, professional athletes began to appear in large numbers, and the Olympic Games became a competition for professional athletes, and the Greeks lost interest in it. After the 2nd century AD, Christianity ruled the whole of Europe, including Greece, advocating asceticism, advocating the separation of soul and body, and opposing sports, which made Europe in a dark age, and the Olympic Games even declined until it existed in name only. In 393 AD, the Roman emperor Theodosius I declared Christianity as the state religion, and thought that the ancient Olympic Games were against the purpose of Christianity and were pagan activities. The following year, he announced the abolition of the ancient Olympic Games. In 895 AD, the Byzantines fought fiercely with the Alphonse River in Goethe, destroying all the facilities in Olympia. In 426 AD, Theodosius II burned the remains of Olympia architecture. Two strong earthquakes occurred in 522 and 5 1 1 year, which completely destroyed Olympia. In this way, the ancient Olympic Games, which was delayed for more than 1000 years, ceased to exist, and the bustling Olympia was in ruins.
Events of the ancient Olympic Games
The competitive events of the ancient Olympic Games were mainly track and field, and then wrestling, pentathlon, boxing, horse racing, gladiator, chariot racing and armed racing were gradually added. , up to 23 events. Most sports are the rudiments of modern sports, with simple rules and great randomness. Some sports, such as the most distinctive gladiator in ancient Greek sports, have disappeared in modern sports.
The earliest event of the site run ancient Olympic Games was the only event from 1 to 13, with a distance of 192.27 meters, which is exactly the length of the sports ground. Later, there was a middle-long distance race, and the distance was a multiple of 192.27 meters. At that time, there was no lane separation sign on the runway, and the boundary of the sports ground was paved with stones, which was the starting line. There are various starting positions, and it is only a matter of time before the race. The ancient Greeks liked running. On the rock wall of Alphonse River in Olympia, there is an ancient Greek proverb: "If you want to be smart, run!" If you want to be strong, run! If you want to be healthy, run! "Pentathlon is a comprehensive event in the sports meeting, which is very different from modern track and field all-around sports. For example, the ancient pentathlon was accompanied by a flute, and the athletes passed by with dumbbells. The discus is actually a stone cake, and the javelin was a practical weapon at that time. The first four events were held in the arena and wrestling was held next to the temple. A wrestler must be the champion of the first four events, and wrestling must win the first place to become a champion of five events. In the ancient Olympic Games, Spartans always dominated this event, and almost won all previous championships.
Gladiator is a popular sport combining boxing and wrestling in ancient Greece. The competition is very fierce and often attracts many spectators.
In the ancient Olympic Games, the youth event was only established in the 37th session, and the age limit was not clear. These events are also limited to track running, wrestling, pentathlon, boxing and gladiator, but they are not lasting.
In addition, there are wonderful literary and artistic competitions, and the participants are poets, writers, artists and speakers. The literary competition began at the 84th ancient Olympic Games in 444 BC. Grodotte, then known as the "father of history" in Greece, read out some chapters in his masterpiece History and praised the Greek soldiers who defeated the Persian army in the Battle of Marathon Valley in 490 BC, and finally won the first literary competition. Art competitions also have prizes, even higher than sports competitions. For example, in the Olympic Games after Macedonia conquered Greece in 338 BC, all prizes belonging to sports competitions were awarded to poets.
The Birth of Modern Olympic Movement
The development scale and level of the modern Olympic Movement have attracted worldwide attention. The Olympic spirit has been widely spread. People see that Olympism, as a cultural phenomenon, closely links ethnic groups with different skin colors and cultural backgrounds in the form of competition, which has a far-reaching impact on human social activities and human civilization. As a sports phenomenon, the Olympic Games is the most fascinating stage for human beings to explore the limits of physical fitness. Olympic records and medals have become lofty goals pursued by athletes, and the Olympic movement has become a global activity with great attraction, penetration and cohesion in many participating countries and regions.
From 65438 to 0893, at the suggestion of Coubertin, the father of the Olympic Games, an international sports conference was held in Paris to discuss the revival of the Olympic Games. 1894 1 month, Coubertin drew up the concrete steps and 10 issues to be discussed in reviving the Olympic Games, and wrote to sports organizations and groups in various countries. 16 June, the "International Sports Congress" opened in Sorbonne Theological Seminary in Paris, with 79 delegates representing 49 sports organizations in 2 countries. 2000 people attended the opening ceremony. The General Assembly adopted the resolution of "Reviving the Olympic Movement". On June 23rd, the International Olympic Committee was established. The establishment of the International Olympic Committee marks the birth of the Olympic Movement.
History of modern Olympic Games
Historically, the origin and development of the Olympic Games can be divided into two stages. The Olympic Games held since A.D. 1986 are collectively called the modern Olympic Games. /kloc-At the beginning of the 4th century, the Renaissance in Europe made people praise the ancient Olympic spirit. Matteo Palmiri, an early Italian activist, proposed in 1450 that the peaceful and friendly spirit of the ancient Olympic Games should be integrated into people's social life ideology. During this period, more and more attention was paid to the investigation and excavation of Olympia. The investigation team, led by German Kuziyus, has carried out excavation for six years, and obtained a large number of cultural relics and historical materials, so that the Olympia village, which was buried for many years, was rediscovered. 1852 65438+1October 10, Kuzius read out the report on the investigation and excavation of Berlin's "Olympia" and suggested resuming the sports meeting, which aroused strong social repercussions. From 1895 to 1889, Greece hosted five national Olympic Games, but never expanded its army.
/kloc-In Europe in the 0/9th century, with the development of science, culture and education, countries established their own sports organizations, some countries held competitions in certain events, and Germany, Sweden and Britain also formed their own sports systems or competitive sports. Just when people further demanded to organize international competitions, the first batch of international sports federations were established, such as the International Gymnastics Federation of 188 1, the International Rowing Federation of 1892 and the International Skating Federation. In addition, at the end of 19, imperialism and monopoly capital appeared in the world. The newly powerful William Germany wants to wage war to carve up the world market again, and France is Germany's close neighbor. If Germany starts a war, the disaster of the war will first fall on the French people, so the French people want to maintain peace. It is in this situation that some people consider resuming the Olympic Games, which symbolizes peace and friendship.
In 1883, Pierre De Coubertin, a French educator, proposed to hold a competition similar to the ancient Olympic Games and spread it to the whole world. During the period of 1892, he traveled all over Europe to publicize the Olympic concept and call for the revival of the Olympic movement. In the same year, at the annual meeting of the Paris Sports Federation 10, he proposed to restore the "Olympic Games". 1894 10, he wrote to Olympic organizations in various countries and suggested that an international sports conference be held in Paris in the same year. At the International Sports Conference held in Paris from June 65438 to June 24 of the same year, the representatives of 15 countries decided to hold the Olympic Games every four years. In order to prepare for the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee was established on June 23rd, with the Greek Vi Kailas as the chairman and Coubertin as the secretary-general, and personally designed the Olympic emblem and flag. The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens, Greece from April 6, 1996 to June 5, 1996. * * There are 3 1 1 athletes from 13 countries attending the Athens Congress. American athlete Jan Connolly won the gold medal in triple jump with a score of 13438+0m, thus becoming the first modern Olympic champion.
The most significant thing in the history of modern Olympic Games is to break the old rule that women are not allowed to participate. In the second Olympic Games, despite Coubertin's persistent opposition to women's participation, female athletes still set foot on the field that has always belonged to men. However, gender discrimination didn't end there, and track and field didn't open to women until the 9th Olympic Games in 1928. Another unforgettable event in the history of the Olympic Games is the ceremony of lighting the Olympic torch in Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games, and then passing it to the venue of the Olympic Games, and lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. Starting from 1924, modern Olympic Games can be divided into summer Olympic Games and winter Olympic Games. At that time, the Eighth Summer Olympic Games was held in Paris and the 1 Winter Olympic Games was held in Chamonix.
Boycott the Olympic Games on the grounds of political issues is 1956' s first Olympic Games in Melbourne. Britain and France sent troops to the Suez Canal, which caused resistance from Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon. The former Soviet Union sent troops to Hungary, which led Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands to refuse to participate in the competition. 1980 At the Moscow Olympic Games, the biggest "boycott event" in Olympic history, initiated by the United States and joined by 6 1 countries, took place to protest against the invasion of Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union. To this end, the former Soviet Union rallied its allies in Eastern Europe and retaliated against the United States on the grounds of security at the Los Angeles Olympic Games four years later.
Danish cyclist Zhan Sen fell to the ground and died in the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Since then, the drug problem has been closely following the Olympic Games. It was not until 1988 Seoul Olympic Games that it was made clear that ben johnson, the world and Olympic champion and world record, relied on steroids. The modern Olympic Games has experienced hardships since it was born 100 years ago. Its rise and fall, honor and disgrace, have affected hundreds of millions of people all over the world. It has played an indelible role in strengthening the friendship between people and athletes all over the world and promoting world peace and the development of world sports, which people will never forget when reviewing the history of the Olympic Games.
3. The modern Olympic Games are held every four years (leap year), Beijing in 2008 and London in 20 12.
4: Olympic Games (Greek: ο λ υ μ π ι α κ ο? Αγ? νε? ) is an international games sponsored by the International Olympic Committee, including a variety of sports. It is held every four years. The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece and got its name because it was held in Olympia. /kloc-At the end of 0/9, Baron Coubertin of France founded the truly modern Olympic Games. Starting from 1896, the Olympic Games will be held every four years (interrupted three times by two world wars), and the duration will not exceed 16 days. Since the Winter Olympics was founded in 1924, the Olympic Games is also called the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Games has now become a symbol of peace and friendship.
The following are the official events of this summer Olympic Games:
Project time
Archery1900–1908, 1920, 1972-
Track and field 1896-
Badminton 1992-( 1972 is an exhibition match)
Baseball1992-2008 (1912, 1936, 1956, 1964, 1984,/kloc.
Basketball 1936-
Beach volleyball 1996-
Packing 1904-1908, 1920-
Canoeing 1936 -( 1924 performance)
Bicycle 1896-
Diving 1904-
Equestrian 1900, 19 12-
Fencing 1896-
Football 1900-1928, 1936-
Gymnastics 1896-
Handball 1936, 1972-
Hockey 1908, 1920-
Judo 1964, 1972-
Modern pentathlon 19 12-
Rhythmic Gymnastics 1984-
Rowing 1900-
Sailing boat 1900, 1908-
Shooting 1896-1924, 1932-
Softball 1996 -2008
Swimming 1896-
Synchronized swimming 1984-
Table tennis 1988-
Taekwondo 2000 -( 1988-1992 Performance Project)
Tennis 1896-1924, 1988 -( 1968, 1984 exhibition match)
Trampoline 2000-
Triathlon 2000-
Volleyball 1964-
Water polo 1900-1904, 1908-
Weightlifting 1896, 1904-1906, 1920-
Wrestling 1896, 1904-
The Winter Olympics is referred to as the Winter Olympics for short. The Winter Olympics is held every four years. The main feature of this project is winter sports held on ice and snow, such as skating and skiing, which are suitable for winter. The first Winter Olympic Games was held in Chamonix, France on 1924.
5: Peace
It seems that the slogan of 2008 is "One World, One Dream".
The Olympic spirit is "swifter, higher and stronger". What supports and creates "Faster, Higher and Stronger"? It is "self-confidence, self-improvement and self-esteem". This is not only the driving force of the Olympic spirit, but also the sublimation of the Olympic spirit. What I want to learn is this spirit of "self-confidence, self-improvement and self-esteem". Lack of self-confidence cost me many opportunities. I remember when I was in the college entrance examination, my ambition was to major in law in East China University of Political Science and Law. However, just before the exam, I chickened out. May I? Can I really go in? It is because of my lack of self-confidence that I failed to get what I wanted. But I am not discouraged. I want to learn from the spirit of self-improvement and tenacious struggle of Olympic athletes and women volleyball players.
Greatness comes from the ordinary, and details show quality. Learning the Olympic spirit is not empty talk, but an action. After all, Olympic athletes who won gold medals and silver medals are a minority, and most of us work in ordinary posts. However, ordinary posts can also create miracles, and all work requires hard work and innovation. The report of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that "innovation is the soul of a nation's progress, the inexhaustible motive force for a country's prosperity and development, and the source of a political party's eternal vitality." The key to innovation lies in the word "new". We should study new problems, even old ones, and strive to put forward new methods, new ideas and new measures. Dealing with the relationship between truth-seeking and innovation is meaningful only through practice and innovation, and "new wine in old bottles" should avoid unnecessary fancy renovation. Only by breaking the routine can we achieve a real breakthrough.
To learn the Olympic spirit, we must learn their spirit of being brave in dedication, being willing to be lonely and willing to pay. The Olympic Games is short-lived, but its enlightenment is eternal. The victory or defeat on the field is temporary, but the spirit of self-improvement is forever.
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The origin of the Olympic rings
The Olympic movement has a series of unique and distinctive symbols, such as the Olympic symbol, motto, Olympic flag, anthem, emblem, medal and mascot. These signs have rich cultural connotations and vividly reflect the value orientation and cultural connotation of the Olympic ideal. Today, with the continuous development of the Olympic movement, the Olympic symbol has become a household name all over the world and is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
According to the Olympic Charter, the property rights of Olympic symbols, Olympic flags, Olympic motto and Olympic anthem belong to the exclusive rights of the International Olympic Committee. The IOC may take all appropriate measures to ensure that Olympic symbols, flags, aphorisms and songs are protected by law at home and abroad. In order to strengthen the protection of Olympic intellectual property rights and Olympic symbols, and safeguard and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Olympic intellectual property rights holders and Olympic symbol rights holders, China has successively promulgated the Provisions on the Protection of Olympic Intellectual Property Rights in Beijing (Beijing Municipal Government Decree 2001+0+1) and the Regulations on the Protection of Olympic Symbols (February 2002).
The most popular symbol in the world today is the Olympic rings. With the development of the Olympic Movement, it has become an image representative of the Olympic spirit and culture. Where the five rings "turn", the Olympic movement will take root and sprout.
Speaking of the origin of the five rings, there has been such an interesting story. 1936 1 1 The torch relay was held for the first time in Berlin Olympic Games. The torch relay route starts from Olympia, leaves northern Greece, crosses Austria along the Danube, and finally enters Germany. In order to set off this symbolic activity, Carl? Tim and his colleagues arranged the ancient Greek ruins along the way almost completely according to the scene of the ancient Olympic Games. A special ceremony will be held when the torch arrives at the ancient sports ground in Panacas Mountain, Delphi. At this time, Tim had a whim, and designed and carved the five rings of the modern Olympic Movement on the four sides of a rectangular stone about 3 feet high, and put them on the starting line of the ancient sports ground. After the ceremony, the torch continued northward, but this stone as a prop was left in the ancient sports ground.
Because few people know the true identity of this stone engraved with five rings (later called "dim stone"), it has been regarded as "the remains of the ancient Olympic Games with a history of 3,000 years" for a long time. It was not until the 1960s that Greek officials in Delphi pointed out this mistake. 1972 In May, this fake cultural relic was sent to another place in Delphi-the entrance of Rome Square.
In fact, the five-ring symbol of the modern Olympic movement comes from Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. Coubertin thought that the Olympic movement should have its own logo, and this idea lingered in his mind for a long time. 19 13, he finally conceived and designed the five-ring logo and the Olympic flag printed with five rings on a white background, and planned to launch this logo on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the International Olympic Committee.
1965438+June 2004/kloc-0 ~ May 23rd, the International Olympic Committee held a congress at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee. At the commemorative meeting, Coubertin took out his five-ring logo and a flag printed with the five rings for everyone to show, and suggested that they should be used as symbols of the Olympic Movement. After listening to Coubertin's explanation of the five-ring symbol, the meeting decided to use the Olympic rings and the Olympic flag as the Olympic symbols.
The Olympic five-ring symbol is made up of five Olympic rings nested from left to right, which can be monochrome, blue, yellow, black, green and red. The original explanation was that the five colors represented the colors of national flags, and later the five rings with different colors were interpreted as symbols of the five continents.
The Olympic flag is 3 meters long and 2 meters wide with a white background, which symbolizes purity. Blue, yellow, black, green and red are interlocking. 19 14, the Olympic flag was raised for the first time at the Olympic Games held in Paris. 1920, the Olympic flag flew for the first time at the Summer Olympic Stadium in Antwerp. After this Olympic Games, the Belgian Olympic Committee presented the same national flag to the International Olympic Committee, which was hung during the Olympic Games and then customized. At the opening ceremonies of previous Olympic Games, the flag was handed over by the last host city and kept by the host city. During the competition, only substitutes were hung in the main stadium. 1952, Oslo presented the flag of the International Olympic Committee for the Winter Olympics, which was handed over, preserved and used in the same way as the Summer Olympics.
1June, 979, the International Olympic Committee officially announced the meaning of the Olympic flag and the five rings: according to the Olympic Charter, the meaning of the Olympic flag and the five rings is: symbolizing the unity of the five continents and the gathering of athletes from all over the world in a fair and frank competition and friendly spirit at the Olympic Games.
On July 30th, the 10th Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles, USA. China sent Liu Changchun, a student from Northeastern University, to participate in100m, 200m and 400m track and field competitions. Liu Changchun became the first athlete in China to participate in the Olympic Games. In advance, the All-China Sports Federation only sent its Director-General Shen Siliang to participate in the Olympic Games. Later, the puppet Manchukuo government announced that it would send Liu Changchun and Yu Xiwei to participate in the Olympic Games, which shocked the whole country. Finally, the All-China Sports Federation decided to send Liu Changchun to represent China.
On July 1 day, at the graduation ceremony of the Department of Physical Education of Northeastern University, Zhang Xueliang personally announced that Liu Changchun and Yu Xiwei were athletes and Song was the coach to represent China in the 10th Olympic Games. Hao Gengsheng wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consulted Wang He and Zhang Boling of China Sports Association. Zhang Boling Express Olympic Committee Registration Procedures.
At that time, Liu Changchun set out from the Shanghai pier and was warmly sent off by thousands of Shanghai residents. Dr. Wang, director of China Sports Association, and his wife attended the flag-raising ceremony and delivered a farewell speech: "This is the first time since the founding of New China that China sent a gentleman to the World Sports Conference, which is of infinite significance. On behalf of the All-China Sports Federation, I would like to present you with the national flag. May you carry forward the spirit of your's struggle in the Olympic Stadium and let the flag of the Republic of China fly before other countries in the world. "
On the opening day, the China team improvised. Liu Changchun held the national flag, followed by Shen Siliang as the general representative, followed by Song, Shen and four representatives. Among them, Shen, Shen and Shen are temporary Chinese in Los Angeles. But it was this improvised team that started the historical prelude of China's participation in the Olympic Games.
After the competition started, Liu Changchun's performance in the 100-meter preliminaries was about 1 1 sec, ranking fifth and being eliminated. Ranked sixth in the 200-meter preliminaries, and also lost. Later, due to the fatigue of the journey, 400 meters abstained. In the report of the preparatory meeting for the Los Angeles Olympic Games, a full-length photo of Liu Changchun was published, which read "Liu Changchun, the only representative of 400 million people in China". But in any case, Liu Changchun went to the meeting alone, creating a historical record of China's participation in the Olympic Games, which has a far-reaching impact on the world sports community.