Welcome to the Issue
This is the last edition of our journal for 2022, a tumultuous year by any standards. The ISOH executive board wishes you a peaceful holiday period and hope you enjoy the contents of our magazine.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 / EDITORIAL—JUBILEES, CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE
ISOH President Christian Wacker explains why jubilees have a significant role and are a blessing for Olympic historiography
3 / ISOH ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPORT
Why our meeting is “central to the Olympic history network”
5 / BRUCE KIDD WINS LIFETIME AWARD
“I didn’t intend to become an Olympic historian” Kidd tells the ISOH General Assembly
6 / JUDGE EVERY PERSON AS AN INDIVIDUAL HUMAN BEING
David Wallechinsky spoke a short tribute as ISOH laid a wreath to remember the victims of the 1972 terrorist attack at the memorial in Munich’s Olympic Park.
8 / MUNICH 2022—REMEMBRANCE RECRIMINATION AND RECONCILIATION
Philip Barker reports from the memorial events held in Munich attended by German and Israeli leaders and families of the victims.
11 / A PALESTINIAN VIEWPOINT
San Charles Haddad offers a previously unpublished epilogue to “The File”, his ground breaking book on the background to the Munich attack as viewed from the Palestinian perspective.
23 / MEMORIES OF A MUNICH HOSTESS
Annmarie Calderwood-Boulter recalls the harrowing days inside the Olympic village at the 1972 Olympics
27 / 40 YEARS OF THE OLYMPIC STUDIES CENTRE
The amazing documentation centre in Lausanne which should be the first stop for Olympic research, on its 40th birthday.
28 / DIFFERENT PATH BUT SIMILAR OBJECTIVES
International Pierre de Coubertin Committee President Stephan Wassong on the different approaches taken by CIPC/IPCC and ISOH to developing Olympic History.
36 / TIME TRAVEL
A century after Alice Milliat’s pioneering women’s Games in France, Professor Peter Radford reveals the fascinating story of the women who ran in the 18th century.
46 / MUNICH 1972. FORGOTTEN & UNKNOWN IMAGES
48 / TRANSCONTINENTAL COACHING RELATIONSHIP
90 years ago Argentina’s Juan Zabala won the Olympic marathon in Los Angeles. Olaf Brockmann uncovers the story of Alexander Stirling, Zabala’s largely forgotten Austrian coach.
57 / FOR PRINCIPALITY AND FOR BRITAIN
Wales at the 1908 Olympic Games Luke Harris from the University of Birmingham on Welsh competitors at the 1908 Olympics and how their exploits were reported.
65 / IOC MEMBERS BIOGRAPHIES
Marcia NetoWacker continues our series with members co-opted at the 2011 session.
67 / OBITUARIES
The list includes many Olympic gold medallists and other figures with a unique Olympic involvement.
72 / BOOK REVIEWS
David Miller’s new book on Thomas Bach and retiring IOC member Sir Craig Reedie on his lifetime in sport ,the International Olympic Academy and a new book by lifetime award winner Bruce Kidd are among the reviews.
77 / NEWS
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