Pierre de Coubertin - Olympic Precinct - Ballarat, Australia
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The Olympic Creed is etched in stone in Ballarat's Olympic Precinct.
Waymark Code: WMNWH1
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 05/12/2015
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THE 1956 SUMMER OLYMPICS (Games of the XVI Olympiad)
The Olympic Games took place in the southern hemisphere for the first time in 1956. They were hosted in Melbourne, Australia, from the 22nd November to the 8th December 1956.
The Rowing and Canoeing events took place at Ballarat's Lake Wendouree, approximately 100km from Melbourne.
BALLARAT'S OLYMPIC PRECINCT
The Olympic Precinct was developed to commemorate Ballarat's involvement in the Olympics and to honour the achievements of Ballarat Olympians. The Precinct, on Lake Wendouree's foreshore which was the finish line of the 2000m events, includes a focal memorial of a boomerang topped with the 5 Olympic rings, a cauldron fountain, stone columns with The Athlete’s Oath and the Olympic Creed, and bronze hand and foot imprints of Ballarat’s Olympians.
Pierre de Coubertin (1863 - 1937), father of the modern Olympic Games and founder of the International Olympic Committee, expressed the Olympic Creed which is etched in granite here as follows:
"The most important things in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph,but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered, but to have fought well."
Address:
Olympic Precinct,
Wendouree Parade, Botanical Gardens, Ballarat, 3350
Website: Not listed
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