The Modern Olympics

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🗓️ 4 August 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Every four years, the Modern Olympic Games is a celebration of athletic excellence. From modest roots in 19th Century Athens, to a worldwide phenomenon which will feature almost 15,000 athletes in Paris 2024, the Modern Olympics has developed into the largest sporting festival in the world. It unites the international community in the world’s greatest exhibition of human strength and agility. But how was the Olympics revived, and by whom? Why does this sporting event hold such universal fascination? And how do events at the Games reflect cultural and political changes throughout the 20th century and beyond? This is a Short History Of….The Modern Olympics. A Noiser Production. Written by Lindsay Galvin. With thanks to David Goldblatt, sports writer, and author of The Games: A Global History Of The Olympics. Get every episode of Short History Of a week early with Noiser+. You’ll also get ad-free listening, bonus material, and early access to shows across the Noiser network. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.0	It is August 5th, 1936, a humid morning in Berlin. At the Olympia Stadio, a brand new state-of-the-art venue, 100,000 spectators are crammed into
0:47.1	the seats for the fourth day of the Berlin Olympics.
0:52.0	On a concrete platform jutting above the crowds, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler watches on surrounded by his officials.
0:59.0	These games are part of a complex propaganda campaign designed to prove the superiority of the white, blonde, blue-eyed German master race.
1:11.0	And so far, so good. The German team have already won gold medals in the hammer throw, shot puts, women's
1:17.9	javelin and discus. But right now Hitler's not happy because taking place in the current main event is a
1:26.9	young African-American who's been making quite the name for himself. Down at the long jump kits in the center of the arena, 22 year old world record
1:36.9	holder Jesse Owens walks backwards from the takeoff board measuring his steps.
1:47.4	His first jump was a foul. He has two more chances to get through to the final. Owens is one of only 18 African Americans in the 312 strong US team.
1:57.0	He's already an Olympic champion having won gold the 100 meters the day before.
2:04.4	His main competition, the tall, sandy-haired German Lutz Long,
2:09.1	has already made a qualifying distance.
2:14.4	Determine that the Fura will hear about his jump,
2:17.0	even if he chooses not to watch it, he makes his next attempt.
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