Modern Olympics Dbq

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Sports Dominate the modern world. One of the biggest sporting events in the Olympics. A lot of aspects went into shaping the modern Olympics. The modern Olympics were shaped from the outlook of competitors, the reflection of the countries, and the economics of participating countries.
The competitors were perhaps the most important and influential aspect of modern Olympics. As depicted by Document 2, women could compete in the early Olympics but very few did. However as gender equality grew more and more women’s enthusiasm for participating increased. Hassiba Boulmerka reflected on, in Document 8, how her victories inspire more Algerian female athletes to succeed, even when society did not always encourage them. Other tensions and challenges …show more content…

For the hosting country the games brought viewers from around the world. Document 6 imposed that, hosting the games was a sign of prestige. Although source 6 was biased in promoting Soviet values and view, he did exemplify the national pride that hosting the Olympics brought. This respect motivated many countries to join the games. Document 1 shows how Europeans wanted to bring the Olympics to Europe in order to facilitate peace and improve international standings. An interesting document that would provide some perspective would be a speech of a person who opposed bringing the Olympics to Europe, or any country. Even sponsoring, not necessarily hosting, the Olympics brought high profits and these high profits instituted a hot bid for these rights as shown by Document 7. The increased competition for sponsoring drove the Olympics to success and higher prestige. Overall the games reflected only the best in countries, and this standard reflected on the country's national pride. Document 10 shows how even struggling countries in the Olympics wanted to be shown better. That pressure only continued to improve the success of the

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