Postage stamps 2012 Olympic Games

Today the Olympic Games are bigger than any other sporting event. The respective host country spares no expense or effort in staging the opening and closing in a big way. The best athletes from more than 200 nations compete against each other at the Olympic Games.

For more than 120 years now, the Olympic Games have been drawing more and more spectators to the Olympic sites around the world.

The Olympic Games originated in Greece. Originally, the games were cult rituals in honor of the Greek gods. For the first few years, the Olympic Games consisted only of the stadium run. Over the years, more sports have been added. First further running competitions, then fist and wrestling matches, as well as discus throwing, long jump, javelin throwing, running and wrestling. At first, only young Athenians of Greek descent were allowed to participate. Later the games were open to all athletes from the region.

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