Forgotten & Unknown Images, Munich 1972
For the first time in 50 years, a selection of 1400 images was presented at the General Assembly 2022 in Munich/Germany. Not long ago, these images were discovered in a completely forgotten basement in Munich. On behalf of Otl Aicher to capture these Olympic Games in images, […]
Double Requiem in Munich 1972-2022
50 years separated two days of memorial events in Munich. In 1972, a service of remembrance was held in the Olympic Stadium barely hours after the news had been revealed that all 11 Israelis taken hostage by Palestinian terrorists had perished. The orchestra played the funeral […]
ISOH remembers the terrorist attack at 1972 Munich Olympics
David Wallenchinsky led a short ceremony at which the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) laid a wreath at the memorial in Munich’s Olympic Park on the 50th anniversary of the terrorist attack in which 11 members of the Israeli team […]
A 1972 Munich Olympics Scrapbook
This weekend, Munich provides the setting for the annual meeting of ISOH. This year’s gathering coincides with the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games in the city. Remembrance of the terrible events in the Israeli quarters at the Olympic village and subsequently at […]
From the Commonwealth Games to the Olympics – Introducing the Victory Podium
90 years ago, the Games in Los Angeles were the first summer Olympics to feature a medal podium. The presentation of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals had become standard practice, but in early Olympic Games they […]
London’s Olympic Stadium is 10 years old
London’s Olympic Stadium is 10 years old. The London Stadium, now the home of FA Premier League side West Ham United was the third in the same city to be the centrepiece of an Olympic Games, a feat which will be emulated by Paris in 2024. The stadium was to have a capacity of 80,000. […]
What A Beautiful Horizon – Barcelona!
The Montjuic stadium in Barcelona remains an impressive presence above the city thirty years after the Olympics which opened this week in 1992. In fact, the facade of the stadium was very much older, the work of architect Pere Domènech i Roura. It had originally been built in 1927 […]
Igniting the Games by David Miller
ISOH member David Miller’s new book represents the first full length assessment of Thomas Bach’s leadership of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and provides a fascinating chronicle on nine years in which “Bach sustained IOC equilibrium through many crises.” […]
Jim Thorpe’s sole gold medals reinstated
Jim Thorpe is once again to be recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the sole gold medal winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon. The decision comes on the exact anniversary of his decathlon gold medal 110 years ago.
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Norbert Müller on Olympic Day
Olympic Knowledge – Olympic Education – Olympic Culture. The achievements and legacy of Prof. Dr. Norbert Müller. This podcast was compiled and chaired by Holger Kühner, SWR Germany, discussing with companions of Norbert Müller.
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