Olympics are always such fun events to watch. There is an event for everybody to watch. Each Olympics there is always something that is remembered. Whether it is a record being broken or a controversy. We are going to look at Controversies at six different Olympic games.
The 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin. In Berlin, the main reason there was controversy was because of Hitler. He started something where he wanted to purify Germany so jews had to be taken out of the country. This led to the president of Germanys Olympic Committee being evicted out of the country. The position was then taken by a friend of Hitlers. The Olympics are supposed to be a fair and everybody needs to be treated equally and with respect. This particular thing that Hitler did caused people to have to …show more content…
This particular controversy had to do with politics. In the summer games prior to this one South Africa had been banned, were put back in, but then ended up being banned again. In the United States, some activists who were black decided to boycott. Another part of this controversy was when two Americans placed in the men's 200-meter race. According to 1968mexicocityolympics.weebly.com,"the men raising a black-gloved clenched fist during the American national anthem. Most of the 80,000 people in the stadium didn’t understand the significance and others booed (Currie 1999)." This made an impact because it showed that when people want to fight for something they will.
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia. There was also a boycott at these games. The boycott was to not participate in these games. The boycott worked a little bit because only 80 countries were represented at the games which are actually about 1/3rd less than at previous games. Some athletes whose countries participated in the boycott were not that happy. This was because they had a dream of being in the Olympics and this was the only opportunity they
The 1936 Summer Olympics was held in Berlin. In Berlin, the main reason there was controversy was because of Hitler. He started something where he wanted to purify Germany so jews had to be taken out of the country. This led to the president of Germanys Olympic Committee being evicted out of the country. The position was then taken by a friend of Hitlers. The Olympics are supposed to be a fair and everybody needs to be treated equally and with respect. This particular thing that Hitler did caused people to have to …show more content…
This particular controversy had to do with politics. In the summer games prior to this one South Africa had been banned, were put back in, but then ended up being banned again. In the United States, some activists who were black decided to boycott. Another part of this controversy was when two Americans placed in the men's 200-meter race. According to 1968mexicocityolympics.weebly.com,"the men raising a black-gloved clenched fist during the American national anthem. Most of the 80,000 people in the stadium didn’t understand the significance and others booed (Currie 1999)." This made an impact because it showed that when people want to fight for something they will.
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia. There was also a boycott at these games. The boycott was to not participate in these games. The boycott worked a little bit because only 80 countries were represented at the games which are actually about 1/3rd less than at previous games. Some athletes whose countries participated in the boycott were not that happy. This was because they had a dream of being in the Olympics and this was the only opportunity they