People's Olympiad
Planned multi-sport event in Barcelona in 1936 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The People's Olympiad (Catalan: OlimpĂada Popular, Spanish: Olimpiada Popular) was a planned international multi-sport event that was intended to take place in 1936 in Barcelona, Catalonia within the Spanish Republic. It was conceived as a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics being held in Berlin, which was then under control of the Nazi Party.
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Purpose | Alternative sporting event to protest against the 1936 Summer Olympics being held in Berlin under Nazi rule. |
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Despite gaining support from some athletes, and most significantly the Soviet Union and the Communist International organization, the People's Olympiad was never held, as a result of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Fifty-six years later, Barcelona hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics.
The People's Olympiad was the first ever global attempt to boycott a modern Olympics.[1]