Olympic Games 2008Olympic Games 2008

Raková, SlovakiaRaková, Slovakia

Olympijská prísahaOlympijská prísaha

V mene všetkých pretekárov V mene všetkých pretekárov sľubujem, že na týchto olympijských sľubujem, že na týchto olympijských hrách budeme rešpektovať a hrách budeme rešpektovať a dodržiavať pravidlá, ktorými sa tieto dodržiavať pravidlá, ktorými sa tieto hry riadia, budeme súťažiť bez hry riadia, budeme súťažiť bez dopingu a drog v ozajstnom dopingu a drog v ozajstnom športovom duchu, pre slávu športu a športovom duchu, pre slávu športu a česť našich tímov. česť našich tímov. (The Olympic Oath in Slovak (The Olympic Oath in Slovak language)language)

The Summer Olympics in RakováThe Summer Olympics in Raková

were held on 30May together with were held on 30May together with the activities of the Children´s Daythe activities of the Children´s Day

were prepared and organized by a were prepared and organized by a team of our teachers, naimly: Mr team of our teachers, naimly: Mr Roštár, Mrs Najdeková (PE teachers), Roštár, Mrs Najdeková (PE teachers), Mrs Budošová, Mrs Ďurkáčová and Mrs Budošová, Mrs Ďurkáčová and Mrs Bebejová. Mrs Bebejová.

152 pupils took part.152 pupils took part.

The Summer Olympics 1992• The Summer Olympics of 1992 were held in Barcelona, Spain. 9356 sportsmen and sportswomen from 169 nations

participated there. The only one country among IOC countries not to participate was Afghanistan. South Africa was allowed to participate after a 28 years suspension which had been imposed due to its apartheid policy. At the end of 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s a lot of political events took place which led to forming new states and disappearing the old ones and that´s why:

• 1 Germany participated as a single team for the first time since 1960• 2 The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania participated with their own teams for the first time since 1936.

The other Soviet republics took part in the Unified Team.• 3 Yugoslav athletes were only allowed to compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants due

to United Nations sanctions• 4 Czechoslovakia competed as one national team for the last time before the split in 1993.• The Summer Olympics of 1992 were officially opened by the Spanish King Juan Carlos I on 25th July. The Olympic

Flame was lit by a paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo. • In men's artistic gymnastics, Vitaly Scherbo from Belarus won six gold medals, including four on a single day. • On the 20th anniversary of the Munich massacre, Yael Arad became the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal,

winning a silver medal in judo. The next day, Oren Smadja became Israel's first male medalist, winning a bronze in the same sport.

• The most medals were won by the Unified Team sportsmen (45 gold, 38 silver, 29 bronze). • Among Czechoslovak sportsmen the most succesful were: Ján Železný who won a gold medal for athletics –

throwing the javelin, Robert Změlík who won a gold medal for decathlon, Lukáš Pollert for C1 slalom and Petr Hrdlička for sports shooting, trap. Silver medals were won by Jiří Rohan, Miroslav Šimek and Václav Chalupa.

• The Summer Olympics 1992 were the last to be held the same year with the Winter Olympics. Since then summer and winter olympic games have been held separately in different years.

• The complete results of Czechoslovak participents can be found under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics

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