Summer Olympics Worksheets

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Every four years the best athletes from over 200 of the countries come together to compete against one another in their chosen sport. These games bring together the Earth to celebrate the efforts of humankind. Each athlete individually or as a team competes to place in top three places. The top three places receive medals to commemorate their efforts and achievements. First place receives the gold medal followed by the silver and the bronze. There are just over 30 sports that athletes compete in the summer games. This tradition has been taking place for nearly 3,000 years since it first took place in Greece. These worksheets will help students become more familiar with the summer Olympic games and begin to understand the tradition and honor that comes with representing your country.

Summer Olympics Worksheets:

Word Find - See how many terms you find in that matrix of letters. They are mostly sports and the name of events.

Alphabetical Order - Put the names of all the sports in alphabetical order.

Trivia - These are all questions related to the games. See what you know and what you don't.

Unscramble - Rearrange all the letters to properly spell all of these related names and concepts.

Word Box - Complete all of the sentences by using the terms found in box. Note that number 6 requires two of them.

True or False - This is really helpful to introduce the concepts that we are exploring.

Medal Count - This is a great activity to have students do over the course of the games. If that is an option for you.

Sentence Writing - You will be given a sea of words that you must write clear sentences with.

What the Colors Mean - Color the Olympic symbol in the correct colors. Why are the rings in the Olympic Games symbol linked?

Trace and Write - You will write words that are related and work on your penmanship.

Tell Us - What is your favorite sport to play or watch that is part of the games?

Data Sheet - This is somewhat of a learning inventory on this topic.

Acrostic Poem - For each letter, write words or phrases relating to the Summer Olympics that begins with the letter on that line.

Great Moments in History - Explore some of the greatest achivements to be recorded over the course of these games.

Brainstorms - This can be used to explore areas that you would like to know more about.

What Events Take Place During the Summer Olympics?

In the last 125 years, The Summer Olympics have crossed five continents, traveled from Athens to Rio, added, modified, and removed events, and only faced cancellations three times due to two World Wars.


Since the modern-age Olympics started in 1896 in Athens, more than 30 new games have been added to the sporting event. These are:


1. 3x3 Basketball
2. Archery
3. Artistic Gymnastics
4. Artistic Swimming
5. Athletics
6. Badminton
7. Baseball Softball
8. Basketball
9. Beach Volleyball
10. BMX Freestyle
11. BMX Racing
12. Boxing
13. Canoe/Kayak Flatwater
14. Canoe/Kayak Slalom
15. Diving
16. Equestrian
17. Fencing
18. Football
19. Golf
20. Handball
21. Hockey
22. Judo
23. Karate
24. Marathon Swimming
25. Modern Pentathlon
26. Mountain Bike
27. Rhythmic gymnastics
28. Road Cycling
29. Rowing
30. Rugby
31. Sailing
32. Shooting
33. Skateboarding
34. Sport climbing
35. Surfing
36. Swimming
37. Table Tennis
38. Taekwondo
39. Tennis
40. Track Cycling
41. Trampoline
42. Triathlon
43. Volleyball
44. Water Polo
45. Weightlifting
46. Wrestling


Events in Summer Olympics:


Here's a brief description of some of the most popular events that take place during the Summer Olympics:


Archery


Archery is one of the oldest sports in the Summer Olympic Games. The games allow both men and women to have separate individual and team events. The current Olympic archery competition supports four medal events: men's individual, men's team, women's individual, and women's team.


Swimming


Swimming is one of the most popular sports in the Olympic Games program. It is one of five sports that have been regularly contested at every Summer Olympic Games since 1896. The 2020 Games in Tokyo boasted 35 swimming events with 17 events for men and women and a medley relay mixed. For the first time in Olympics history, the games included women's 1,500 and men's 800, equalizing the events for men and women.


Gymnastics


This one of the more demanding disciplines because it has many different area that competitors must master. There are three separate disciplines at the Olympic Games in the sport of gymnastics.


They are:


Rhythmic Gymnastics - in these events, the competitors perform choreographed routines that incorporate hand-held apparatus.


Artistic Gymnastics - in this event the athletes compete using different kinds of equipment and have multiple floor routines in both individual and team events.


Trampoline - this involves bouncing themselves on a trampoline to total heights of up to eight meters. Here, the athletes perform acrobatic movements in mid-air, including twists and somersaults. They are awarded points for execution, difficulty, and flight time.


Modern Pentathlon


The 5 events of this sport are: Fencing, Swimming, Horse riding, Combined running and shooting event


In this step, the leading competitor starts first, and the rest follow at times according to their current point score. It consists of a 3,200m race (with four laps of 800m) and four shooting stops. The first athlete who crosses the finish line wins gold.


Conclusion


With its many events, the summer Olympics is a delight to watch. The 2024 Olympics are scheduled to take place in Paris, France. The games will make their way back to the United States in Los Angeles in 2028.