1956 Equestrian Olympics 70th Anniversary
A cache of rarely seen colour photographs from a private collection depicts the Olympic equestrian competitions exactly 70 years ago. They were held in Stockholm’s historic stadium in June 1956. The Olympics were scheduled for […]
Olympic Museum to receive mementos from Champions
The newest Olympic sport of ski mountaineering is set to take its place in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne this week as double Milano Cortina 2026 medallist Emily Harrop donates some of her equipment to the museum. A special […]
When Everybody Wanted To Run The World
Sudanese middle distance runner Omer Khalifa was an Olympic finalist at the 1984 Olympics over 1500m and also competed in the 1988 Seoul Games but he is best known for another run he undertook 40 years ago this week. Khalifa was the […]
ISOH/IOA Poster Competition Back for Second Year
ISOH is pleased to announce that the poster competition at the International Olympic Academy (IOA) New Young Ambassadors Session is to return for a second year. The competition is open to all participants at the session which takes […]
World Championships celebrate Table Tennis Centenary
Table Tennis is celebrating one hundred years since its first World Championships in London, where the inaugural competition was held in 1926. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was established in […]
1912 – 2024 The first and last riders in Olympic Modern Pentathlon
In 2024 at the Palais de Versailles, the Olympic modern pentathlon competition brought the curtain down on 112 years in which horses have played an integral part. When the sport is next seen on the Olympic stage at Los Angeles […]
Kai Jølver: The First Rider in the Olympic Modern Pentathlon
This informal account draws on newspaper articles, Swedish Olympic archives, and the report of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) to give the reader an impression of what the experience may have been like for competitors at the first Olympic Modern Pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games, […]
Élodie Clouvel, The Olympic Modern Pentathlon Rider
The women’s gold medal in modern pentathlon was decided on the final day of the Paris Olympics. It will forever hold a significant place in the sport as it was the last modern pentathlon to feature riding as the sport will include the discipline of obstacle racing in 2028. […]
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