120 years since the British Olympic Association was founded
The British Olympic Association was founded 120 years ago this week. Twenty years ago, then International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge unveiled a plaque as part of the BOA centenary celebrations […]
USOPM & ISOH Launch The Games History Hour: A Virtual Series
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum and the International Society of Olympic Historians are proud to introduce The Games History Hour: A Virtual Series, a new quarterly digital programme designed […]
LA 28 Choose Coliseum for Historic Third Ceremony
Organisers have confirmed that the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has been chosen to host Opening and Closing Ceremonies at the 2028 Olympics and is set to become the first stadium to do so at three Olympic Games. […]
80th Anniversary of VE Day
This week, celebrations have marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe. When the Olympic Flag was lowered in 1936 at the Closing Ceremony in Berlin, those watching in the stadium could scarcely have foreseen that it would be 12 […]
Winter Torch Design Unveiled
The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Torch has been unveiled simultaneously in Milan and at the Italian pavilion of the Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. Made from an alloy of recycled aluminium and brass, the Olympic Torch is coloured blue/green. It is intended to represent […]
Wembley’s Olympic Roll of Honour Unveiled 75 Years Ago
A fanfare sounded from the trumpeters of the Household Brigade, as 75 years ago this week plaques commemorating the great deeds of the 1948 London Olympics were unveiled at Wembley Stadium in London. […]
More gold medals than ever before at LA28
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are set to include more female competitors than men in a move the International Olympic Committee have insisted is a sign of “a strong commitment towards innovation and gender equality.”The IOC Executive Board […]
Olympic Order for Richard Pound
Richard Pound, Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee and ISOH Executive Committee representative has been invested with the Olympic Order as the IOC Session in Costa Navarino came to a close. He received the insignia from President […]
Kirsty Coventry elected as IOC President
Kirsty Coventry has been elected as International Olympic Committee (IOC) President after only one round of voting at the Session at Costa Navarino. 49 votes in the first round proved decisive for Coventry. Juan Antonio Samaranch received 28 […]
Emotional Tribute From Afghanistan for Bach
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has received an emotional tribute from Afghan IOC member Samira Asghari at the IOC Session in Costa Navarino. It came after a proposal to make him Honorary Life President was tabled. […]
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