OLYMPIC GAMES
(See also Sports)
“blood doping”: g85 5/8 30; g78 1/22 31; g77 2/8 8
boycott: g68 4/8 30
called “a carnival of nationalism”: g84 5/8 29-30
cheating: g77 2/8 8
commercial sponsorship: g84 7/22 29
contrast with Witnesses’ convention held in Olympia Park in Munich: yb74 251-252
discussion: g84 8/8 3-11; g77 2/8 5-9; g73 2/22 13-15
effect of nationalism on: g84 8/8 6-8
failure: g72 10/22 29
gold medals: g84 8/8 7
Olympic flame: g84 8/8 10-11
Olympic Oath: g84 8/8 6
origin: g84 8/8 4-5, 10; g77 2/8 6; ad 620; g68 8/8 24; g64 12/22 23; bf 190; g52 11/8 25; g48 6/22 9
reflections of an Olympic track star: w76 419-426
religious aspect: g84 8/8 10; g73 2/22 15; ad 620; g68 8/8 24-26; g64 12/22 23; g57 3/8 4; g52 11/8 25-27; g48 6/22 9
requirements to participate in games of ancient Greece: w67 399-400
use of drugs: g84 8/8 8
List by Year
1896: g72 10/8 30
1948: g48 6/22 10
1952: g52 11/8 5-7
1956: g57 3/8 3-4
1964: g64 3/22 29; g64 12/22 23-24
1968: g72 10/8 30
1984: g84 5/8 29-30; g84 7/22 29; g84 8/8 3-4, 7-8, 10