Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 30/No. 1 – 2022
The 24th Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022 are history. IOC President Thomas Bach called them “truly exceptional” at the closing ceremony, which seemed to reflect the opinion of most of the athletes. The COVID-19 pandemic forced these Games to be held in a bubble as well, which meant they lost a lot of their flair. […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 29/No. 3 – 2021
The Olympic flame in Tokyo had hardly been extinguished when the flame for the XXIV Winter Olympiad in Beijing was ignited ten weeks later in Ancient Olympia. Philip Barker reports on both events in this issue, which closes the 29th year of the Journal of Olympic History. A key focus will be on China, […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 29/No. 2 – 2021
At this moment, as I write these words, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo – postponed by a year – are officially being opened. The Japanese hosts, forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to adjust their plans to constantly changing conditions, have done a great amount. Most importantly, they have promised safe […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 29/No. 1 – 2021
Along with the start of the cherry blossom front, which brings the Japanese islands to bloom from the southwest to the northeast, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay began on 25 March with a year’s delay. There is no going back now! The 121-day countdown, for which extensive hygiene measures have been taken in the […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 28/No. 3 – 2020
COVID-19 has changed the world. People have learned to deal with it, although there is no end in sight to the pandemic. The ISOH has also been forced to face this challenge. Since the printed edition of the Journal cannot be sent to all countries, we have decided to make the new edition available without restriction to all […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 28/No. 2 – 2020
The world has changed since the last edition of the Journal. Our fears have become reality as the spread of COVID-19 has forced the IOC and Japanese organisers to postpone the Tokyo Olympics by a year. This was a decision unique in Olympic history. The Games are now scheduled to take place from 23rd July to 8th August 2021. […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 28/No. 1 – 2020
With the lighting of the Olympic flame on 12th March, the countdown to the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo has begun. Philip Barker reports from the ceremony in Ancient Olympia. There have been doubts over the celebration of the Games before. In 1916, 1940 and 1944, neither Summer nor Winter Games […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 27/No. 3 – 2019
With the opening of Tokyo’s New National Stadium in December, the final stage of the countdown to the beginning of the XXXII Olympic Games on 24 July 2020 has started. Never has a city looked “as well prepared for the Games as Tokyo at this point in time”, said IOC President Thomas Bach after the last meeting […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 27/No. 2 – 2019
The focus of the last Journal was the first Olympic Congress, which on 23 June 1894 decided to revive the Olympic Games. They set up an International Olympic Committee to organise them. Now, 125 years on, the new Olympic House has opened and we offer an introduction of the new building in this issue. […]
Journal of Olympic History – Vol. 27/No. 1 – 2019
Would Pierre de Coubertin really be turning in his grave, if he were aware of what had become of his Olympic idea, as some critics claim? Maybe he would have problems with the participation of women on an equal basis. Maybe some sports would have appeared strange to him. It seems certain he would […]
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