125 Years of the Olympic Anthem
This week, to mark the opening of the virtual IOC session which had originally been scheduled for Athens, the Olympic Anthem sounded in the Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, just as it had at the first Olympic […]
After 57 years, the Olympic Flame to again travel across Japan
The Olympic flame lit in March 2020 is set to resume its journey later this month and New Tokyo 2020 president, Seiko Hashimoto, has insisted: “We have produced guidelines for COVID-19 countermeasures including […]
Museum of Modern Olympic Games at Olympia to reopen
Ancient Olympia’s museum of the Modern Olympic Games is to reopen this autumn after extensive renovation works. The doors had been closed since 2010, but following an agreement with the Hellenic Olympic […]
Athens has a new Olympic museum
Athens has a new Olympic museum in Maroussi, the very district which was home to 1896 Olympic marathon champion Spiridon Louis. “We believe that it will support Greece’s contribution in the modern Games. […]
Agnes Keleti oldest Olympic champion turns 100
Ágnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion has celebrated her 100th birthday in Budapest where she received a congratulatory call from IOC President Thomas Bach who told her “We all admire […]
Photographic memories of the Rome Olympics
The year of 2021 marks the centenary of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) and all being well the horses will be in Tokyo, but 60 years ago the equestrian events were held in Rome. […]
Maria Moscholiou, Olympic high priestess has died.
Maria Moscholiou, the longest serving high priestess of the Olympic flame has died in Athens. Moscholiou lit the Flame for four successive Olympic Games from 1968 and for the Winter games in 1976 and 1980. […]
Bach arrives in Tokyo as flame begins Japanese tour
IOC President Thomas Bach has begun his first visit to Japan since the COVID-19 crisis forced the postponement of the Olympics. Bach arrived by chartered plane after observing “additional isolation […]
Showing the Flag
in Moscow
The 1980 Moscow Olympics came to an end forty years ago and at the closing ceremony, the Stars and Stripes was to have been raised in honour of Los Angeles, the host city for the 1984 Games. Instead, as a result of an edict from the […]
Coronavirus and Your Journal
COVID-19 has even had an impact on the Journal of Olympic History. The last edition was completed at the end of March following the lighting of the Olympic flame. Unfortunately, international mail has since experienced […]
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