High Five Facts - Olympic Games

The video presents five fascinating facts about the Olympic Games. It begins with the history of the ancient Olympics, which started in 776 BC as a festival for Zeus, and the modern Olympics initiated by Baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1896. The Olympic rings, introduced in 1913, symbolize global unity. From 1912 to 1948, artists competed in the Olympics, but art was later removed as a category. Initially, Olympic medals were made of solid gold, but since 1912, they have been mostly silver with a gold coating. Women first competed in the 1900 Paris Olympics, with limited sports available to them, and it wasn't until 2012 that women could compete in boxing.

How have Olympic medals changed since the 1912 Summer Olympics?

What was the first sport in which women competed in the Olympics?