Olympic Connections Celebrated at ISOH General Assembly
Mouad Benouzekri has celebrated receiving the trophy for the ISOH Poster competition by evoking the greatest moments of Moroccan Olympic history. “Thank you for encouraging researchers and for giving a young […]
ISOH General Assembly opens in Lausanne
The 2026 ISOH General Assembly opened at the Olympic Studies Centre(OSC) Lausanne with a message from International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry who is attending the Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya. […]
GA’26 Lausanne, Switzerland, September 18-20
Program for the ISOH General Assembly 2026 […]
ISOH heads to the “Olympic Capital”
The Olympic Museum and Olympic Studies Centre (OSC) in Lausanne will be at the heart of the ISOH General Assembly this weekend Lausanne is officially known as the “Olympic Capital” and has been the official headquarters of the Olympic Movement since 1915. […]
Jean-Loup Chappelet Receives 2026 ISOH Lifetime Award
Professor Jean-Loup Chappelet is a leading scholar of Olympic history, governance and sport management. His lifelong engagement with the Olympic Movement combines historical and academic research with […]
Does ‘Cold War 2.0’ threaten the LA28 Olympics?
2026 marks forty years since the first “Goodwill Games” took place in Moscow. They originated in a decade during which athletes from the United States and the Soviet Union had largely been prevented from competing against one another in the Olympics […]
Genius of Sport Exhibit at USOPM
It is now 30 years since the Centennial Olympics opened in Atlanta, but without the efforts of French nobleman Baron Pierre de Coubertin a century before, the Games might never have been revived for the modern era. With less than two […]
90 Years Ago the First Olympic Flame Was Lit
Exactly 90 years ago, an Olympic Flame was kindled from the rays of the sun in Ancient Olympia. Thousands thronged to the village of Olympia to witness the Ceremony. The next issue of the Journal of Olympic History will reveal why this was not a […]
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