Analysis of the Applicability of Olympism in terms of Life Quality
Journal Title: Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Araştırmaları Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate aims of Olympism, playing great role and in human life and life quality. In this study aims of investigated in five continents and twenty countries in terms of economy, productivity, Gross National Product, quality of life of the country on comparative basis. Universe of study has formed all continents and countries, sample of study has formed countries and continent in which Olympic Games were organized and countries, it was selected randomly and consisted of 20 countries. Method of study consists of gathering and comparing. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data and presented by number and percentage. Results of this study indicate that European continent organized Olympic Games; which occurred 76 times in total, 44 times and as per World Bank figures it has the best life quality with its Gross National Product USD 35,000 per person. On the other hand, Africa continent which could not organize any Olympic Games so far has the worst life quality performance with USD 1200 Gross National Product per person. In terms of literacy ratio, it is observed that Africa continent has the worst percentage of 70% while Europe has the best percentage of 98-99% among the world. As result of this study, it is noticed that average Gross National Product value of the Olympic Games organized countries is USD 35.000 per person whereas this value is under USD 2000 for countries that could not organize any Olympic Games so far. Consequently, it is seen that there is parallelism between countries’ organization capability of Olympic Games and their economic wellness, education level, productivity; Gross National Product, live quality.
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Rıza Erdal
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