Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 32/No. 1 – 2024
Paris is preparing for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in 2024. Once again, they will surely be superlative,
the river Seine meandering through Paris will play a role, the programme will be innovative and cultural events will be diverse and heterogeneous. We, the Olympic […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 3 – 2023
Anniversaries should be celebrated; people want to remember what has happened and engage in a culture of remembrance. As historians, we are particularly fond of doing this and like to note that 100 years ago, the first Winter Olympics took place in the winter sports destination of […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 2 – 2023
MONUMENTS OF OLYMPIC CULTURE
ISOH President Christian Wacker examines Olympic Heritage and asks How can Olympic monuments be protected and preserved for posterity? In SPORT FOR A WORLD OF PEACE, Richard Pound offers a personal reflection on the Olympic Congress […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 31/No. 1 – 2023
A SMILE FOR ETERNITY
ISOH President Christian Wacker remembers Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, better known as Pele, who never competed in the Olympics but carried the Olympic Flame in Rio de Janeiro with great emotion and was a standard bearer for all that is best in sport. […]




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