Olympics Dbq Analysis

Olympics DBQ There are many different factors that have shaped the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. It was originally revived so people of different races could interact with other people without conflict. They wanted to have a temporary time of international peace. This idea is expressed in Document 1. The author, Pierre de Coubertin, explains how the athletes are exported into other lands without any hostility. The author is credible because he is also the founder of the modern Olympic movement. However, many countries were motivated by political, social, and economical reasons. The reasons altered the competitiveness of the Olympics. While the Olympic Games were originally revived to be the “true free trade of the future”,
Women were rarely included in the Olympics. This is proven by Document 2 that states in the caption that 2 percent of athletes were women in the 1908 games. However, women have made progress since then. In the 1992 games, there were 29 percent women who competed in the games (Document 8). Another document that could’ve helped further emphasize this statistic is a graph that shows the change in women participants in the Olympics from 1892 to 2002. Document 8 also highlights how victories gave countries confidence. Also, Hassiba Boulmerka, a female Algerian competitor in the 1992 games held in Spain, felt that her victories would inspire other women to compete in later games. Another example of social impacts on the games is the performance by the Pakistan man’s field hockey team. When Pakistan first became a country, the citizens had pride in their country so they gave their best effort towards the Olympics. They won silver and gold in their first two Olympic hockey games. However, the current team has no sense of urgency and they are playing horribly. Their social values have changed and their pride in their country has lessened (Document 10). All in all, social values have impacted the