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 […]
ISOH Election Results(2020 – 2024)
The results of the election for the new Executive Committee for the period 2020 – 2024 are now available.[…]
25 years of ISOH – Happy Birthday!
IOC Doyen Dick Pound was typically forthright at the celebrations of our 25th anniversary. He told members that the IOC lost “moral authority” by refusing to ban the entire Russian Olympic team from Rio. […]
Homosexuality and the Olympic Movement
Sport remains “one of the last bastions of cultural and institutional homophobia” in Western societies, despite the advances made since the birth of the gay rights movement. […]
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