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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Tokyo’s Olympic film treads the red carpet at Cannes
“Olympic Games Tokyo 2022 Side A” by renowned Japanese director Naomi Kawase has been shown at the Cannes film festival. “It focuses on the thoughts, passion and emotions of the athletes who took centre stage at the Olympic Games,” and is the first of two films that Kawase has […]
“With Hope in our Hearts and Wings on our Heels” the Olympic music of Vangelis
The passing of Vangelis prompted many reminders of his Oscar-winning score for Chariots of Fire but his career also featured music associated with other sporting events. It is 40 years since Vangelis, born Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou, won the […]