Football

                                     

FOOTBALL

Association football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport.Women's football was added to the official program in 1996. Football was the first team sport added to the Olympics, in 1900. At first only a men;s competition was included. A women's Olympic football was only added in 1996.

Football icon in the Olympic Games

Trivia 

• The 1900 and 1904 Olympic football tournaments were originally composed of demonstration matches, but have subsequently been upgraded to official status by the IOC with medals attributed to the teams based upon the match results.
• The United States had two of the three football teams at the 1904 Games, taking the silver and bronze medals.
• In 1920, Czechoslovakia abandoned the final Olympic football match against Belgium after 40 minutes with the Belgium leading 2–0. Czechoslovakia were disqualified, and a mini-tournament to figure out the other medalists was held, with Spain beating the Netherlands for second place 3–1.
• The 1932 Games was not supposed to include football as part of the program, due to the low popularity of football in the United States. The world governing body for Football (FIFA) and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so football was dropped from the Games. This led to FIFA organising their own World Cup, which was first held in 1930.
• The highest goalscorer in an Olympic football tournament was Hungarian Ferenc Bene, who scored 12 goals in Tokyo 1964. This beat the record by Sophus Nielsen, who scored 11 goals for Denmark in 1908 (including 10 goals in their 17-1 match against France).
• In 1972, the third place match between the Soviet Union and East Germany was a 2–2 tie after extra time had expired. Both teams were awarded bronze medals.
• In 1984, in a compromise with FIFA, professional soccer players were allowed to compete, but only if they hadn't previously been part of a World Cup event.

• In 1992, World Cup athletes were allowed to compete in soccer for the first time, but only three players over the age of 23 are allowed on each team. This effectively made the Olympic event an under-23 championship.
• In 1996, the American women's teams won the first-ever women's soccer event.
• The best all-time performing football player at the Olympic Games is USA player Christie Rampone who has won 3 golds and 1 silver. See more on the Greatest Soccer Players at the Olympics

The official Olympic ball

Badminton

Sports in Olympic Games

Badminton was first held as a demonstration sport at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1988 it again appeared at the Olympics as an exhibition sport. Badminton premiered as a full-medal Olympic sport at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, and has continued as a full-medal sport since then. The Mixed Doubles were included in the Olympic Games for the first time in Atlanta in 1996.

According to the Badminton World Federation, badminton was becoming an official Olympic games in 1992 at the Olympic games in Barcelona Olympic badminton including single games, all female doubles games, all male doubles games and mixed double games consisting of both men and women,

Badminton icon at the Olympic Games

Olympic qualification 

• Players qualify for the Olympic Games through their world rankings, based on their performances in such events as the Thomas Cup, the Uber Cup, the World Championships, Grand Prix events and other international and continental championships. The host nation is allowed at least two entries in the Olympic competition.
• No country may have more than three players or pairs in any event, and that involves only players or pairs ranked in the top 16. The limit is two per country if a player or pair ranked 17th to 64th is involved, or one if a player or pair ranked below 64th is involved.
• Each event will include at least one player or pair from each region — Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania and the Americas.

Trivia

• Denmark's Poul-Erik Høyer is the only non-Asian badminton player ever to win an Olympic gold medal. He won the men's singles event in 1996.
• In 2012, for the first time there was a combination of group play and knockout stages. During the round-robin group play of the women's doubles, four teams were accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw, and were subsequently disqualified from the competition.

Players

• The best all-time performing badminton player at the Olympic Games is female player Gao Ling of China, who played in 2000 and 2004, winning 4 gold medals.

Gao Ling received 4 gold medals in 2000 and 2004

Host Country

Host Country

 

OC President Jacques Rogge opens the envelope announcing that Rio de Janiero has won the bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games on October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

When choosing locations for the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) specifically gives the honor of hosting the Games to a city rather than a country. One of the important decision taken by IOC is the election of the host city for the Olympic Games. The election of hosting city takes seven years before the Games start.But the actual candidature process is launched to 10 years before and last for a period of approximately three years. 

Reasons for a city or country to host the Olympic Games

There are 3 stages of candidature process for a city or a country to host the Games. First is the vision,concept,strategy and plans of the Games. The second stage is about the governance, legal and venue funding. During this phase, Cities will also take part in an Olympic Games observe programme which is an essential element of the IOC's knowledge transfer and form part of the candidate;s cities overall the learning strategies. Third one is Games delivery, experience and venue legacy. This stage analyses on how candidate cities will deliver the games and ensure a sustainable legacy.  

Candidature process of being a host country

History of Olympic Games

Olympic Sport 

Olympic sport are an international event featuring summer and winter sports. Olympic games are also known as Olympic sport are vital sports even that are held every two years, with Summer and Winter taking turns. Each seasonal games happens every four years. Thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. More than 200 nations participating in the Olympic Games as it has been considered to be the world's foremost event. 

Olympic games were inspired by the ancient Olympic Games which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. According to historical records, the first ancient Olympic Games is on 776 BC. 

Stadium in Olympia, Greece.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) is being constructed in 1894. it was founded by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement with the Olympic Charter defining its authority and structure. Some of the adjustment to the Olympic Games has resulted by the evolution of Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries. The creation of Winter Olympic Games for ice and winter sports is one of the adjustment being held by the Olympic Movement. Also, the Paralympic Games for the athletes with a disability and Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The Olympic Movement organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision made by them, IOC is responsible to choose the host city for each of the Games, Also, IOC is determining the sports that should be contested for each Games.

Each logos differ among countries