KIN 2501 : KINSTEST3 Not Done

• School: LSU
• Department: Kinesiology: Professional Courses/Basic Activity Courses
• Course: KIN 2501
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Missed first class (finished talking about sport in 1820s) Resonsible for getting the 1896 games going. Jesse owens, joe louis, and wwii: their impact on race in sport. 1936 & 1938: fights german max schmelling. Americans now have a variety of sports being played. Bc increase popularity of sports, another sport icon was born, bringing back the olympic games. Responsible for getting the 1896 games going. Bc of its success, he tours europe and north. America to promote olympic rebirth idea to get money and investors. Greek philanthropist donated to build a stadium, from there the greek gov raised money and sold tickets and medals in order to lessen cost of the games. Only first place (silver medal, crown of olives and diploma) and second place (bronze medal, crown of laurel and diploma) Countries weren"t competing as teams, they were traveling individually. Us team was made up of 9 athletes, mostly college students.